Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Delph also lies on the line of the River Tame.

 

[johnnychips]

Stalybridge is also a venue for the annual Whit brass band competition.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Eccles also has an archery club.

 

[John Griffiths]

William Huskisson, who died at the vicarage in Eccles after his unfortunate accident on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, was born at Birtsmorton in Worcestershire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Crosby also has a church that is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.

 

[John Griffiths]

Gateshead is also home to a major piece of art by sculptor Antony Gormley

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Margate also has a noted Contempory Art Gallery.

 

[John Griffiths]

Gravesend was also a popular resort served by steamboats from London in the early/mid nineteenth century.

 

[Springs Branch]

There's a passenger ferry across the Thames Estuary from Gravesend to Tilbury.

 

[DerekC]

Tilbury possesses one of the secondary barriers (a minor Thames Barrier) designed to prevent flooding by a storm tide. There is another near Fobbing.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Talland in Cornwall is another settlement with historical connections to the smuggling trade.

 

[John Griffiths]

Skelmorlie is also the location of a nautical 'measured mile'.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Skelmorlie is a village in North Ayrshire. Although it is the northernmost settlement in the council area of North Ayrshire it is contiguous with Wemyss Bay, which is in Inverclyde. The dividing line is the Kelly Burn, which flows into the Firth of Clyde just south of the Rothesay ferry terminal.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Scrabster is also a ferry port.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

George Bain (1881–1968), who was born in Scrabster, was an artist and art teacher who made an important and influential contribution to the revival of interest in Celtic and Insular art which began in the 19th century . In 1952 he moved to Codsall in Staffordshire, where he continued to work until his death in 1968.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stillington in North Yorkshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Nicholas.

 

[John Griffiths]

The celebrated author Lawrence Sterne, vicar of Stillington 1745-68, was born in Clonmel.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Loughmore in County Tipperary also lies on the line of the River Suir.

 

[Springs Branch]

Ashby-de-la-Zouch is also located at latitude 52° 45' N

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leasowe also has a church that is dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes.

 

[DerekC]

The world's first commercial passenger hovercraft service ran from Moreton Common in Leasowe to Rhyl.

 

[John Griffiths]

Rhyl was the location of the first ever hockey international match, between Wales and Ireland in 1895. The first ever association football international took place in 1872, between Scotland and England, in Partick.

 

[johnnychips]

Whereas Partick Thistle is named after the Scottish national plant, Shamrock Rovers is named after the Irish one. It is based in Tallaght near Dublin.

 

[Springs Branch]

Transport for Ireland's bus routes 75 and 75A operate between Tallaght and Dún Laoghaire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Malahide also has a marina.

 

[johnnychips]

Nicky Byrne of Westlife has lived in Malahide. He once played for Leeds United youth team.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gargrave also lies on the line of the River Aire.

 

[John Griffiths]

Iain MacLeod, Conservative politician who was briefly Chancellor of the Exchequer before his sudden death in 1970, is buried in Gargrave; he was born in Skipton.

 

[Springs Branch]

Wallasey also has a pub named The Black Horse.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cowbridge also has a church that is dedicated to St Hilary.