Settlement Association

[John Griffiths]

Kings Lynn also has surviving remains of a Franciscan priory.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lincoln was also the scene of anti-Semetic riots in 1190.

 

[John Griffiths]

Colchester was also a Roman colonia.

 

[DerekC]

The 1884 Colchester earthquake (magnitude 4.6) is said to have been the strongest in the UK for nearly 400 years, but was considerably less strong than the Dogger Bank earthquake of 1931 (magnitude 6.1). The worst damage in 1931 was in Filey.

 

[John Griffiths]

JRR Tolkein was also influenced by the landscape around Edgbaston Reservoir in Ladywood, Birmingham.

 

[Springs Branch]

National Express West Midlands "Inner Circle" route 8A/8C buses also serve the suburb of Sparkbrook.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brightwell-cum-Sotwell also has a church that is dedicated to St Agatha.

 

[John Griffiths]

Dean Inge, nicknamed 'the gloomy Dean', a well known clergyman of the early twentieth century, lived in Brightwell but had been born in Crayke.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Southport also has a church that is dedicated to St Cuthbert.

 

[John Griffiths]

Louis Napoleon (later Napoleon III) stayed in Southport for a while in 1846 (some believe that Lord Street in the town inspired his vision for the boulevards of Paris); exiled in England in the 1870s he died at Chislehurst.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Paul's Cray was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Ruxley.

 

[DerekC]

In the reign of King Richard II (1377 - 1399) the manor of St Paul's Cray was in the possession of Henry le Scroope, of Masham, Yorkshire

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire also lies on the line of the River Ure.

 

[John Griffiths]

Corbridge is also an Anglo-Saxon settlement developed adjacent to a major Roman site.

 

[Springs Branch]

Tavistock also hosts an annual Steam Fair featuring vintage steam vehicles and engines.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barnstaple also holds a pannier market.

 

[DerekC]

From Barnstaple Bus 309 takes you to Lynton (a journey you could once have made by narrow gauge railway)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stogumber in Somerset also lies on the line of the Samaritans Way South West long distance footpath.

 

[John Griffiths]

Tonypandy also had a fulling mill - the name translates into English as meadow/lea of the fulling mill.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aberdaron in Gwynedd is another Welsh settlement that has remains of an Iron Age settlement.

 

[DerekC]

The Tonypandy riots of 1911 happened during a miners' strike/employers' lockout over pay. In fact most of the clashes between soldiers and miners happened in Porth. The troops did not open fire, but one miner died, probably as a result of a blow from a police truncheon.

From Mynydd Rhiw in Aberdaron parish it is said to be possible to see the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland on a clear day.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ashford in Co. Wicklow also lies on the line of the River Vartry.

 

[DerekC]

From Ashford Bus Eireann service no 2 will take you, in rather more than two hours, to Rosslare.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tragumna in Co. Cork also has a Blue Flag beach in its environs.

 

[Springs Branch]

Calstock, in Cornwall, is also located at latitude 50° 30' N.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gunnislake also lies on the line of the River Tamar.

 

[John Griffiths]

Ashington also has an economy formerly based on mining.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Low Angerton also lies on the line of the River Wansbeck.

 

[johnnychips]

Captain Atkinson was lord of the manor in Low Angerton in 1894, whereas Colin Atkinson was captain of Somerset CC in the 60s. He was born at Thornaby.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cotherstone also lies on the line of the River Tees.