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The Well Dressing custom is also practiced at Bollington.
Liverpool also has both an Anglican and a Roman Catholic cathedral
As noted in the chorus of the folk song "In my Liverpool home"....."If you want a cathedral, we've got one to spare"
Re the song, and its preceding line, "We meet under a statue exceedingly bare" -- a Scouse friend once explained to me the significance of that; but I've forgotten it.
Altrincham also has a noted clock tower.Penrith also has a settlement in New South Wales, Australia, named after it.
Thanks ! My friend was a positive cornucopia of Scouse lore; but we've long been just on, basically, Christmas-card-exchanging terms.The reference is to the very large statue of an unadorned male figure that was placed on the corner exterior of the main entrance of the Lewis's department store on Ranelagh Street in the Liverpool town centre.
Also pronounced-not-quite-as-spelt, is Olveston (South Gloucestershire) -- pronounced at least locally, "Oolveston".Altrincham also has a noted clock tower.
Prescot, Merseyside, was also a centre of watch (and also clock) manufacturing.
Styal is dominated by Quarry Bank Mill and much of its housing is the mill's estate. The mill and the surrounding country park are owned by The National Trust. Newport (South Wales) also has a property owned by The National Trust, Tredegar House.
Thanington in Kent was also once administered by the Hundred of Westgate.