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William Huskisson, who died at the vicarage in Eccles after his unfortunate accident on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, was born at Birtsmorton in Worcestershire.
Skelmorlie is a village in North Ayrshire. Although it is the northernmost settlement in the council area of North Ayrshire it is contiguous with Wemyss Bay, which is in Inverclyde. The dividing line is the Kelly Burn, which flows into the Firth of Clyde just south of the Rothesay ferry terminal.
George Bain (1881–1968), who was born in Scrabster, was an artist and art teacher who made an important and influential contribution to the revival of interest in Celtic and Insular art which began in the 19th century . In 1952 he moved to Codsall in Staffordshire, where he continued to work until his death in 1968.
Rhyl was the location of the first ever hockey international match, between Wales and Ireland in 1895. The first ever association football international took place in 1872, between Scotland and England, in Partick.
Iain MacLeod, Conservative politician who was briefly Chancellor of the Exchequer before his sudden death in 1970, is buried in Gargrave; he was born in Skipton.