Settlement Association

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Vicarage Lane Cemetery in Ruddington contains the graves of three of the defenders of Rorke's Drift in January 1879, as does St Woolos Cemetery, Newport, South Wales.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gleneagles has also hosted the Ryder Cup.

 

[johnnychips]

Ecclesfield in Sheffield shares some of the same etymology, meaning ‘church’.

 

[Springs Branch]

Ecclesfield is close to the M1 motorway and can be accessed via Junction 35.
On the other side of the Pennines, leaving the M6 motorway at Junction 35 would take you to Carnforth

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ingbirchworth was also once under the jurisdiction of the Wortley Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In 1945, the station at Carnforth was used as a set for the film Brief Encounter starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard. Sir David Lean CBE was born on 25th March 1908 in South Croydon, then part of Surrey, but now in Greater London.

 

[Springs Branch]

South Croydon has a Volvo Cars dealership (Doves Volvo Croydon).
Across the Irish Sea, another Volvo dealership is Joe Duffy Volvo, located in Swords.

 

[johnnychips]

Swords is a suburb next to Dublin Airport, whereas Blaxton is a suburb next to Doncaster airport.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Loversall was also once administered by the Soke of Doncaster.

 

[DerekC]

The churchyard at Loversall contains an ancient Grade II listed tomb chest. Such chests are more common inside churches and there is a magnificent one commemorating Gruffydd ap Rhys in Worcester cathedral.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coalbrookdale also has historical connections to the porcelain industry.

 

[DerekC]

Coalbrookdale is best known as the base at which Abraham Darby developed the coke-fired blast furnace in the early 18th Century. However nearly two hundred years earlier Cistercian monks from Rievaulx Abbey had made substantial advances in blast furnace technology at their daughter site of Laskill, North Yorkshire. These advances were unfortunately lost at the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Scawton was also once administered by the Rydall Wapentake.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I assume that you mean Scorton, North Yorkshire?

If you do, the village is home to the Ancient Scorton Silver Arrow contest, which is an archery competition which was founded in the village in 1673 and returns to Scorton only when a resident wins as last happened in 2008. It claims to be the oldest sporting event still running, although several other sporting events claim to have been running for longer. One of these is the Kiplingcotes Derby Horserace.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I assume that you mean Scorton, North Yorkshire?

Indeed, I have accessed an arcane spelling in my researches. So to follow on from Kiplingcotes......

Helmsley in North Yorkshire also has a nature reserve that is administered by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The town square at Helmsley is a meeting place for motorcyclists as it is at the end of the B1257 road from Stokesley, which is a favourite with bikers.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kilburn in North Yorkshire was also once administered by the medieval Wapentake of Birdforth.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The village of Kilburn is known for the White Horse, which is a figure cut into the hillside to the north of the village, and visible for many miles around on a clear day. Uffington in Oxfordshire also has a White Horse, but this is much older than the one at Kilburn.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Charney Bassett in Oxfordshire also lies on the line of the River Ock.

 

[John Griffiths]

Abingdon was also transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire in 1974.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Abingdon's brewery, Morland (whose most famous ale, Old Speckled Hen, was named after an early MG car) was taken over and closed down by Greene King Brewery in 1999, with production moving to Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newark-on-Trent also has connections to the sugar-beet processing industry.

 

[johnnychips]

Shepton Mallet also has a large showground on the edge of town.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ilchester also lies on the route of the Roman road known as Fosse Way.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Cheddar has also given it's name to a brand of cheese.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Margate also has a shell grotto.

 

[johnnychips]

St Ives (Cornwall) also has a renowned art gallery.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Polzeath also lies on the route of the long-distance footpath called The South West Coast Path.

 

[Springs Branch]

Polzeath is located at the mouth of the River Camel, which also passes through Camelford.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Capel Curig also has a church that is dedicated to St Julitta.