Settlement Association

[EbbwJunction1]

The portion of the village of Pettigo in Northern Ireland is officially called Tullyhommon, but is locally known as 'High Street' because of its hillside position overlooking the remainder of the village.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Scraghy was also once under the jurisdiction of the Castlederg Poor Law Union.

 

[johnnychips]

The most common surname in Scraghy between 1858 and 1864 was Gormley. Joe Gormley, onetime leader of the NUM, was born in Ashton-in-Makerfield.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aughton was also once administered by the Hundred of West Derby.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Preston Bus company operates two bus routes with the number 5.
One is the no.5 Ormskirk to Town Green circular, which serves Aughton.
In the Ribble Valley, they also operate the no. 5 from Clitheroe to Chipping.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wilmslow also has a church that is dedicated to St Bartholomew.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Wilmslow was one of the eight ancient parishes of the Macclesfield Hundred of Cheshire; another of the eight was Mottram in Longendale.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gamesley also lies on the line of the River Etherow.

 

[John Griffiths]

Catterick in North Yorkshire was also the location of a Roman fort.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aldborough in North Yorkshire was also a settlement of the Brythonic Kingdom of Elmet.

 

[John Griffiths]

Queenborough, on the Isle of Sheppey, was also a 'rotten borough' which lost its parliamentary seat at the passing of the 1832 Reform Act.

 

[Springs Branch]

Oxford also has a Twin Town located in the South Holland province of The Netherlands.

 

[John Griffiths]

York also has two universities.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Canterbury also has an Anglican Archbishop.

 

[John Griffiths]

Exeter was also bombed by the Luftwaffe during the 'Baedecker raids' of March 1942.

 

[LancasterRed]

The X53 used to run to Exeter, now Axminster

(also Preston Bus have 3 route 5s)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kidderminster also has a historical carpet weaving tradition.

 

[John Griffiths]

Spalding also has a football team whose name is that of their home town, with the suffix 'Harriers'.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Crowland in Lincolnshire also lies on the line of the River Welland.

 

[John Griffiths]

Milton Keynes also has a 'three-legged' bridge.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Telford also became a "new town" under the Governmental "third-wave" of such developments between 1967-1970.

 

[Springs Branch]

According to the Legatum Institute's assessment of prosperity across the UK in 2016, Telford came out quite poorly, with an overall Prosperity Index ranking of 318th out of the 389 areas surveyed (smaller numbers indicating more prosperous localities).
Next in the Prosperity Index league table, at position no. 319 was Norwich.
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Out of interest, in the same survey the three "most prosperous" areas were:-
1. Waverley borough (Godalming, Haslemere & Farnham)
2. Dorking & Leatherhead
3. Winchester

At the other end of the list:-
387. Middlesbrough
388. Blackpool
389. Hull

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Liverpool also has both an Anglican and a Roman Catholic cathedral.

 

[John Griffiths]

A large network of tunnels and vaulted excavations extends across the Edge Hill area of Liverpool, created between 1810 and 1840 by tobacco business owner Joseph Williamson for no obvious purpose; they are known today as the 'Williamson Tunnels' and are partly accessible to the public. Williamson was born in or near Barnsley in 1769.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Banbridge in County Down also has historical links to the linen trade.

 

[Springs Branch]

During the period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Provisional IRA detonated multiple bombs in both Banbridge and Warrington.

 

[John Griffiths]

Glamis in Angus also has a vodka distillery.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Longforgan also has a Mercat Cross.

 

[DerekC]

The author Rosamund Pilcher lived for many years in Longforgan and died there in 2019, but she was born in Lelant, Cornwall.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Botallack also lies on the route of the South West Coast Path national trail.