Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

King's Lynn also has a long history of maritime trading.

 

[DerekC]

The coronation of Richard I in 1189 and his subsequent departure on a crusade triggered anti-Jewish rioting and murder in England, starting in London and continuing during 1190 in Lynn, Stamford, Bury St Edmunds and York.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Norman Colin Dexter OBE, the English crime writer best known for his Inspector Morse series of novels, was born in Stamford on 29th September 1930. He took up the position of Senior Classics teacher at Corby Grammar School, Northamptonshire, in 1959.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blatherwycke was also once administered by the Hundred of Corby.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The population of Blatherwycke is grouped with the nearby village of Laxton for administrative purposes.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Topcliffe in North Yorkshire was also chosen as a site by the Normans to erect a motte-and-bailey castle.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Alanbrooke Barracks is an army base on the outskirts of Topcliffe, and is the current home of 4th Regiment Royal Artillery. The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Topcliffe air base, in 1974, and were named Alanbrooke Barracks after Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke, a former Royal Artillery officer, when 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery took over the site in 1977. Lord Alanbrooke died on 17th June 1963 and is buried in St Mary's churchyard, near his home in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mattingley also lies on the line of the River Whitewater.

 

[DerekC]

Pleshey in Essex, like Mattingley, has a pub called the Leather Bottle. (I can vouch for the Mattingley one but haven't been to the Pleshey one).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whalley in Lancashire also has an Anglican Diocesan House of Retreat.

 

[DerekC]

Netley in Hampshire, like Whalley, was home to a military hospital with an associated war cemetery.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Trawden in Lancashire also has an annual scarecrow trail.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Bronte Way long-distance footpath passes by Trawden.
The eastern terminus of the Bronte Way is in West Yorkshire, at Birstall.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Canterbury is another settlement where the remains of a tiled Roman mosaic floor was unearthed.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Congleton was also notorious for bear-baiting in the 16th century.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Congleton Museum was established in 2002 and contains an ancient log boat. In 1902 an oak log boat over 15m long and 1m wide was found at Addergoole Bog, Lurgan, County Galway, Ireland; it is now in the National Museum of Ireland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Clermiston also has an Emmanuel Church.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Sir Walter Scott held lands in the area of Clermiston and to whom there is a monument nearby on Corstorphine Hill. He died on 21 September 1832 at his home "Abbotsford" near Melrose.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edinburgh also hosts an annual book festival.

 

[John Griffiths]

Baildon in Yorkshire also has a pub called The Halfway House.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Little Timble was also once under the jurisdiction of the Wharfedale Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The civil parish of Little Timble includes Swinsty Hall, a Grade I listed building. It is presently the home of the England Football Manager Gareth Southgate, who was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, on 3rd September 1970.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wallingford also has an ancient pre-Roman period trackway within its environs.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The popular television detective drama Midsomer Murders films in Wallingford and the surrounding area, which poses as the fictional town of Causton in the county of Midsomer. Henley-on-Thames also provides locations for the same series.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Peterborough also hosts an annual regatta.

 

[Springs Branch]

Ipswich is another inland settlement which has a historic Customs House.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coventry also has a transport museum.

 

[Springs Branch]

Daimler Fleetline buses were originally built in Coventry.
In the mid-1970s, production moved to the Leyland Truck and Bus plant in Lancashire, at Farington.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Walls Village in Shetland also has a church that is dedicated to St Paul.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Christine De Luca (born Christine Pearson on 4th April 1947), is a Scottish poet and writer from Walls. Her first three poetry collections were published by the Shetland Library, which is a Scottish public library service, with its main branch based in Lerwick.