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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dedham in Essex also lies on the line of the River Stour.

 

[John Griffiths]

Dedham is associated with the paintings of John Constable, born in East Bergholt.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Inverness also has a dramatic society.

 

[Springs Branch]

Tobermory is also the location of a school offering Gaelic medium education.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

During the Second World War, Tobermory was home to the Royal Navy Training Base HMS Western Isles, under the command of the legendary Vice-Admiral Sir Gilbert Stephenson, the so-called "Terror of Tobermory". His biography was written by broadcaster Richard Baker, who trained under him. Richard Baker was born on 15th June 1925 in Willesden, Middlesex.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bacton in Norfolk was also a place of pilgrimage in the early Middle Ages.

 

[John Griffiths]

Cruden Bay in Aberdeenshire is also the landfall for offshore hydrocarbon pipelines.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The author Bram Stoker was a regular visitor to Cruden Bay and the adjoining village of Whinnyfold between 1893 and 1910. The early chapters of Dracula (and possibly most of the rest of it) were written in Cruden Bay.

 

[Bacon_BMW]

The fishing industry in Whinnyfold was diminished after more plentiful regions were found near Peterhead.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Addiewell also has a prison.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Findhorn also used (and indeed still uses) a local currency

 

[DerekC]

Findhorn has a large icehouse formerly used for storing salmon. So does Tugnet near Spey Bay in Moray.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aberlour also lies on the line of the River Spey.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The full name of the village is Charlestown of Aberlour, not to be mistaken for Charlestown in Cornwall.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fowey as a port also has historical connections with the China Clay industry.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Lostwithiel is also on the River Fowey.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Helston was another of the Cornish stannary towns.

 

[DerekC]

Helston holds the annual Hal an Tow dance festival which has ancient origins and some similarities with the better known 'Obby 'Oss dance in Padstow, Cornwall

 

[godfreycomplex]

A winner of the BAFTA for Best Actor (male) is also buried in Sutton, Co. Dublin

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Swords in Co. Dublin was another administered area of the ancient Barony of Coolock

 

[John Griffiths]

Tallaght is also county town of one of the new counties created after the dissolution of Co Dublin in 1994.

 

[johnnychips]

Robbie Keane was born in Tallaght. His first English club was Wolverhampton Wanderers.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brentford was also the site of a battle between Danish Vikings and Anglo-Saxons.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Syon Park House (demolished in 1953, and not to be confused with Syon House itself) housed the 'Syon Park Academy' where the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was educated between the ages of 10 and 12 before moving on to Eton. Shelly was born on 4th August 1792 in Horsham, Sussex.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Arundel also lies on the line of the River Arun.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The former (now retired) National Hunt jockey Liam Treadwell was born in Arundel and attended the local Angmering School. He was the winner of the 2009 Grand National at Aintree, when he rode Mon Mome to victory at odds of 100/1.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cheltenham also hosts steeplechase horse races.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Ramsgate also has a synagogue built in the Regency fashion

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Great Yarmouth was also bombed by a Zeppelin during the First World War.

 

[godfreycomplex]

One of the 2010 nominees for the BAFTA TV award for Best Supporting Actor was also born in Easterhouse