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Newton Flotman's village pub, now Relish Bar and Restaurant, was formerly called The Maid's Head, a name shared with a pub on Tuesday Market, King's Lynn
Walberswick is a settlement in Suffolk at the south side of the mouth of the River Blyth. Blyth is a settlement in Northumberland at the south side of the mouth of the River Blyth.
Blyth Spartans FC reached the fifth round of the FA Cup in 1977 – 1978. Having beaten Chesterfield, Enfield, and Stoke City in the second, third and fourth rounds respectively, they were then drawn to play away at Wrexham (whose victory over Newcastle United denied Spartans a tie against their North East neighbours) where they drew 1–1. The replay took place at Newcastle United's St James' Park where Blyth eventually went out, losing 2–1, meaning they missed out on a home tie with Arsenal.
Aintree is, of course, the home of the Grand National since its first official run in 1839. Not widely known is that three earlier races were run, but it is not clear whether they were at Aintree or Maghull.
Tarleton Rugby Club play at Carr Lane, Tarleton in North 2 West Division. One of the clubs that they play is Aspatria RUFC, who play at
Bower Park, Station Road, Aspatria, Wigton, Cumbria.
Dogdyke Land Drainage Pumping Station falls within the drainage area of the Witham Third DistrictInternal Drainage Board. It contains a steam engine, which was built by Bradley and Craven of Wakefield in 1856.
Durham City RFC play in the North One East Division; their next match will be on Saturday 9th November against Percy park RFC, whom play at Preston Avenue, Tynemouth.