Settlement Association

[EbbwJunction1]

Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Lady Baden-Powell GBE was born in Chesterfield on 22nd February 1889 and became the first Chief Guide for Britain in 1918. Olave died on 25th June 1977 at Birtley House, Bramley in Surrey.

 

[John Griffiths]

Newton Abbot also has a pub called the Jolly Farmer.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wetherby also has a racecourse.

 

[John Griffiths]

Wetherby is also home to the Wetherby Whaler fish and chip shop; in 2012 they bought and reopened under their name the original Harry Ramsden's fish and chip shop in Guiseley, West Yorkshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ashbourne in Derbyshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Oswald.

 

[John Griffiths]

Alnwick also has a Shrovetide football match.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Sid Waddell (1940 – 2012) was an English sports commentator and television personality. He was nicknamed the 'Voice of Darts' due to his fame as a darts commentator, and worked for Granada, Yorkshire, BBC and Sky Sports. Born on 10th August 1940 in Alnwick, he attended King Edward VI School, Morpeth.

 

[Nick_C]

John Urpeth Rastrick was both in Morpeth. He was famous for, amongst other things, being one of the judges at the Rainhill trials.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lydiate was also once administered by the Hundred of West Derby.

 

[Springs Branch]

Lydiate is the location of the Scotch Piper Inn, claimed to be the oldest pub in the historic county of Lancashire.
Across the Pennines, the oldest pub in Yorkshire is said to be the Bingley Arms in the West Yorkshire village of Bardsey.

 

[DerekC]

Bardsey is on the Leeds Country Way, a 62 mile circular walk round Leeds. On the opposite side of Leeds the Way passes close to the village of Tong.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Drighlington was also once under the jurisdiction of the Bradford Poor Law Union.

 

[John Griffiths]

In the 1980s, hitchhiking, I was once highly alarmed by a lorry driver (who told me he kept a machete under his seat) who became rather annoyed that I had never heard of Briggs of Drighlington. "Everyone on the road's heard of Briggs of Drighlington!"

Anyway, Collingham also lies on the A58. No one ever threatened me about the location of businesses in Collingham.

 

[John Griffiths]

We weren't even driving on the A58 at the time of his outburst.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kettlewell also lies on the line of the River Wharfe.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The village is the northern starting point of the 104-mile (167 km) Yorkshire Water Way to Langsett Reservoir in South Yorkshire. The southern (or ending) point is near to the village of Langsett.

 

[John Griffiths]

In medieval times Langsett was known as Penisale and had a market charter later transferred to Penistone

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Trans-Pennine Trail passes thorough Penistone on it's way from Southport to Hornsea. There is a branch of the Trail from Penistone to Kirkburton in West Yorkshire.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Freemasons 3608 Brooke Lodge was consecrated at Kirkburton in 1796.
Also consecrated in 1796 and within the Provincial Grand Lodge of Yorkshire West Riding is 308 Lodge of St George in Todmorden.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sowerby Bridge also lies on the line of the Rochdale Canal.

 

[Nick_C]

Sowerby Bridge has a listed canal basin - as has Gravesend

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Portsmouth is also a settlement that was sacked during the Hundred Years War.

 

[John Griffiths]

Pompey-born Charles Dickens holidayed for much of his life at Fort House (now Bleak House) in Broadstairs on the Isle of Thanet.

 

[Nick_C]

Swanage is also a coastal town on an "Isle" which isn't actually an island

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Uttoxeter is another settlement where Bronze Age axe heads have been excavated.

 

[johnnychips]

Mayfield is also on the Trent Barton ‘Swift’ bus route.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mapleton also lies on the line of the River Dove.

 

[Springs Branch]

Beers from the Peak Ales microbrewery are available in a limited number of outlets in Derbyshire.
Among these select establishments are The Okeover Arms in Mapleton and The Maynard Hotel in Grindleford.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Flagg was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of High Peak.

 

[John Griffiths]

Brigg in North Lincolnshire also has a name that ends in a 'double G'.