Settlement Association

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Urban District status was conferred on Buckley in 1898; it was formed of Pentrobin and Bannel, Argoed, and Bistre (the oldest part of the town). Wat's Dyke, which runs from through the northern Welsh Marches from Basingwerk Abbey to Maesbury in Shropshire formed the western boundary.

 

[Springs Branch]

Buckley was once associated with the manufacture of pottery. As was the Yorkshire settlement of Hornsea.

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....... Maesbury in Shropshire .......

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Crickheath in Shropshire also lies on the line of the Montgomery Canal.

 

[Calthrop]

Crickheath in Shropshire also lies on the line of the Montgomery Canal.

Getting a bit frantic -- Crickheath is a little under a mile from the village of Morton. On the other side of England, in Lincolnshire, Hanthorpe is a little under a mile from another village called Morton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Haconby was also once under the jurisdiction of the Bourne Poor Law Union.

 

[Calthrop]

There is also a pub called the Hare and Hounds near Arreton, Isle of Wight.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Charlestown in Cornwall also has a Shipwreck Centre.

 

[Calthrop]

... a Shipwreck Centre.

Is that the present-day euphemism for a venue where the locals falsify things to lure ships to their doom, so that they can help themselves to the cargo? (Just kidding!)

Castle Combe, Wiltshire, has also been used as a location for filming.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fortrose also has a church that is dedicated to St Andrew.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The A832, which links Cromarty on the east coast, to Gairloch on the west coast, runs through Fortrose.

 

[Calthrop]

The A832, which links Cromarty on the east coast, to Gairloch on the west coast, runs through Fortrose.

The bolded settlement had in former times, a county (highly fragmented) of its own - Cromartyshire. There was in England -- further back in history -- a fully-fledged county which is now no more: Hallamshire -- chief and central town, Sheffield.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Conisbrough also lies on the line of the River Don.

 

[Springs Branch]

Kilner Jars were once a popular method of preserving and storing food. The Kilner Brothers Glass Co. had factories in several locations, including Conisbrough and Thornhill Lees.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Soothill was also once under the jurisdiction of the Dewsbury Poor Law Union.

 

[Springs Branch]

Another Yorkshire settlement with a Working Mens Club is Crofton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sandal Magna was also once administered by the Agbrigg division of the Agbrigg and Morley Wapentake.

 

[John Griffiths]

Richard, Duke of York, aspirant to the English crown and father of the (eventual) Edward IV, was killed in the Battle of Wakefield fought at Sandal Magna on 30 December 1460. His head was hacked off by the victorious Lancastrians and placed on a spike on Micklegate Bar in York.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Dewsbury also has a Minster Church.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cornholme also lies on the line of the River Calder.

 

[Nick_C]

Cornholme's most famous resident (or at least, the only one mentioned on Wikipedia), was Thomas Southwell, a Parasitologist. He died in Todmorden in 1962.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rainow also hosts a fell race.

 

[John Griffiths]

A former resident of Rainow was the radio presenter, journalist and author Brian Redhead, who was born in Newcastle upon Tyne.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wolverhampton has also hosted a Vegan Festival.

 

[John Griffiths]

Britain's first automatic traffic lights were installed in Wolverhampton; its first traffic roundabout is claimed by Letchworth.

 

[Calthrop]

Formby, Merseyside, can also boast something unusual on the squirrel scene. There, it's native British red squirrels -- the only colony of same for some way around -- on a National Trust reserve; around Letchworth, it's a slightly "mutant" black variety of the more common grey squirrel.

 

[John Griffiths]

Britain's first lifeboat station was established in Formby in 1776; the first purpose-built lifeboat came somewhat later, built by Henry Greathead of South Shields in 1790.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Porthcawl also has a land-based lighthouse.

 

[John Griffiths]

The seaside promenade at Porthcawl was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. The riverside promenade along the River Dee in Llangollen was built to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llandrillo also lies on the line of the River Dee.

 

[Springs Branch]

TransCymru bus service T3 passes through Llandrillo en route from Wrexham to Barmouth via Dolgellau.