Settlement Association

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Thomas Lord who gave his name to Lord's Cricket Ground was born in Thirsk. Lord's is located in St John's Wood.

 

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Chester-Le-Street also has a cricket ground that has hosted Test Match cricket.

 

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During the Jarrow March of October 1936, the marchers were fed and accommodated overnight at towns and cities along the route to London. Most communities were welcoming and supportive of the marchers, even in prosperous, strongly Tory locations such as Harrogate. Two settlements which were reported to have given the Jarrow Marchers a luke-warm reception were Chester-le-Street and Market Harborough.

 

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Spalding also lies on the line of the River Welland.

 

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Spalding War Memorial is located in the grounds of Ayscoughfee Hall and commemorates the 224 men from the town killed in the First World War, and was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

One of Lutyens' smaller works, but considered one of his masterpieces, is The Salutation, a house in Sandwich, Kent, England, which was built in 1911 – 1912 for Henry Farrer.

 

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Hastings was also a member of the Cinque Ports confederation.

 

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Hastings gives its name to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The battle actually took place 8 miles to the north at Senlac Hill, which is located near what is now the town of Battle, East Sussex.

 

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Bisham in Berkshire was also chosen as a site in which to build a Benedictine abbey.

 

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Bisham is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire. The village is located on the River Thames, around one mile south of Marlow in the neighbouring county of Buckinghamshire.

 

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West Molesey is also a river lock location

 

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Molesey is a suburban district comprising two large villages, East Molesey and West Molesey, in Surrey.

 

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Stoke d'Abernon was also once administered by the Hundred of Elmbridge.

 

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Stoke D'Abernon Cricket Club was formed in 1870.

The club were runners up in Division Three of the Surrey Championship this year. In 2019, one of the teams that they will play in Division Two will be the Bank of England Cricket Club, who play at Bank Lane, Roehampton, Surrey.

 

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Stamford Hill also has a church that was founded by the Jesuit order.

 

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The City of London is also on the route of the A10 trunk road.

 

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One of the neighbouring authorities of the City of London is Tower Hamlets.

 

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Camden Town also lies on the line of the Regent's Canal.

 

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The British Transport Police has its headquarters in Camden Town.
Another major police station where the BTP carries out some of its central administration is located in Cardiff.

 

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The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St David, also known as St David's Cathedral, Cardiff is the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Cardiff and is the centre of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff. The Cathedral Church of Saint Joseph, also known as St Joseph's Cathedral, Menevia Cathedral or Swansea Cathedral, is a Grade II-listed Roman Catholic cathedral in Swansea. It is the seat of the Bishop of Menevia and mother church of the Diocese of Menevia.

 

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Llanelli also has an association to the tinplate industry.

 

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I can't resist this .... Newport RFC have also beaten New Zealand!

 

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Middlesbrough is another settlement where a transporter bridge was erected.

 

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Winston is a village in County Durham and also lies on the River Tees.

 

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Wackerfield also once came under the remit of the Teesdale Poor Law Union.

 

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Spennymoor is also on the route of the A688 road.

 

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Grange-over-Sands also has a church that is dedicated to St Charles

 

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The 'over-Sands' suffix at Grange (etc.) was added in the late 19th or early 20th century by the local vicar, who was fed up with his post going to Grange in Borrowdale (also known as Grange) near Keswick.

 

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Cockermouth also lies on the line of the "Cumbrian" River Derwent.

 

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Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire's Gold X4 bus route also serves Penrith.

 

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Bracknell also has examples of Neolithic standing stones.