Settlement Association

[John Griffiths]

Aylesham, Kent, is also a former mining village built in the 1920s.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dornoch in Sutherland also has a church that is dedicated to St Finnbarr.

 

[John Griffiths]

The last execution for witchcraft in Scotland took place in Dornoch in 1722. The last in England was in Exeter in 1684.

 

[Springs Branch]

Hull is also the location of a university which received its Royal Charter in the 1950s.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Londonderry (or Derry depending on personal preference) has also been accorded the title of UK City of Culture.

 

[Springs Branch]

Following Germany's capitulation at the end of WW2, elements of the German Navy still at sea surrendered to the Allies at several ports in the UK.
The U-Boat submarine fleet surrendered in (London)Derry, whilst fast attack craft known as E-Boats (Schnellboot in German) surrendered at Felixstowe. [typing corrected]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Flexistowe.

?????.... what county is this in?

 

[John Griffiths]

Autocorrect versions of our favourite quizzes and games might be a fun way to pass time in lockdown...

Felixstowe is connected to Harwich by a foot ferry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gloucester also has a Guildhall.

 

[John Griffiths]

John Taylor, the 'Water Poet', was born in Gloucester in 1578. A Thames waterman, he wrote poetic travelogues of his many journeys, some of which were somewhat eccentric. For example he rowed (or claimed so) from London to Queenborough in a paper boat, with stock-fish tied to canes for oars.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gillingham was another settlement to be attacked by a Dutch naval fleet in 1667.

 

[DerekC]

Dee Murray, guitarist in the Elton John band, was born in Gillingham. Elton John himself was born in Pinner.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ickenham also lies on the line of the River Pinn.

 

[Springs Branch]

Swakeleys House in Ickenham was leased by the Bristol-Myers Squibb pharmaceutical company for a period from 1985 onwards.
Bristol-Myers Squibb also has a drug development & research lab on the Wirral at Moreton.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Moreton witnessed the world's first commercial passenger and mail hovercraft service. A Vickers-Armstrong VA-3 hovercraft was operated by British United Airways and ran from Leasowe embankment to Rhyl in North Wales. The service commenced on 20 July 1962, but due to varying reasons including bad weather and technical difficulties the service was cancelled after its final journey on 14 September 1962.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Derwen in Denbighshire also lies on the line of the River Clwyd.

 

[DerekC]

Perranporth in Cornwall, like Derwen, has a freestanding celtic cross.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bowburn in County Durham also has a church that is dedicated to Christ the King.

 

[Springs Branch]

Arriva North East's X12max bus between Newcastle upon Tyne & Middlesborough also passes through Birtley.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Urpeth also was once under the jurisdiction of the Chester le Street Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Flackwell Heath in Buckinghamshire also has a pub called The Cherry Tree.

 

[John Griffiths]

Burnham in Buckinghamshire also has a football team which plays in the Hellenic League Premier Division.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Congleton also has a Church of England parish church that is dedicated to St Peter.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Congleton Town Hall was designed in the Gothic style by Edward William Godwin, and completed in 1866. Prior to this, his first notable public commission and best known of his early works was [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northampton_Guildhall']The Guild Hall, Northampton, built between 1861 and 1864. [/URL]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Street in Somerset also has a shoe museum.

 

[Springs Branch]

Woking also has a branch of Pizza Express (allegedly).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Merrow in Surrey was also once administered by the Hundred of Woking.

 

[Springs Branch]

Oxted is also on the route of the A25 road.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bowness-on-Solway also had an iron girder bridge over a waterway.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Bowness-on-Solway is the western end of the Hadrian's Wall Path. On it's way to the eastern end at Wallsend, the Path passes through Heddon-on-the-Wall in Northumberland.