Settlement Association

[Calthrop]

Getting toward "clear-as-mud" realms here, at least for me -- in Wales at any rate, there would appear to be for sure more than one contender as to which St. Hilary, a church of that dedication is actually dedicated to. "Llanilar" is (Mid-anyway) Welsh for St. Hilary -- but there is seeming uncertainty as to whether that refers to the best-known saint of that name, the 4th-century Hilary of Poitiers; or the basically very-little-known, but possibly Welsh, saint and martyr St. Ilar; or even a different bod again, the definitely Welsh St. Ilian -- and it would appear that St. Cybi may also get in on this thoroughly confused act. There is, very far south in Wales -- in Vale of Glamorgan, just south-east of Cowbridge -- another village named after, with church dedicated to, St. Hilary. In this mostly Anglophone part of Wales, this settlement's official and generally-used name is St. Hilary (Welsh version "Sain Hilari" -- thus differing from usage for Ceredigion settlement as above). We learn that nowadays at any rate, the Church's ruling is that the saint concerned here, is "him of Poitiers", and that's that -- apparently re the Ceredigion settlement, they're not so sure.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan also lies on the line of the River Thaw.

 

[High Dyke]

The 18th century antiquary, Iolo Morganwg, inventor of the present-day rituals of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, kept a bookshop in the High Street, the location of which is now marked with a plaque inscribed with the words Y Gwir yn erbyn y Byd ("Truth against the world") in Roman and Coelbren y Beirdd script.

The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales. The venue for 2025 is Wrexham.

 

[Calthrop]

Sutton Coldfield, City of Birmingham: also has a pub called the Horse and Jockey.

The 18th century antiquary, Iolo Morganwg, inventor of the present-day rituals of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, kept a bookshop in the High Street, the location of which is now marked with a plaque inscribed with the words Y Gwir yn erbyn y Byd ("Truth against the world") in Roman and Coelbren y Beirdd script.

(My italics) -- I often remark on how educational this game is. Had never before heard of the above-mentioned script for the Welsh language -- Googled it -- found that it was devised something over 200 years ago (by the mentioned Iolo Morgannwg, himself?): my impression was, that it would seem to look like runes; and would appear a lot more complicated than the Roman-script alternative -- but I'm no expert on any of these matters.

 

[High Dyke]

I'm no expert on any of these matters.

Me neither.

Following his death, the actor Arthur Lowe was cremated and his ashes were scattered at Sutton Coldfield Crematorium. However, he was born in Hayfield, Derbyshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Burnley in Lancashire also has a church that is dedicated to St Matthew,

 

[Greaseball]

Hull also received the Enterprising Britain award from the UK Government as the Most Enterprising Area in the UK in 2017. Four years earlier, Burnley received an Enterprising Britain award in 2013.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Deal in Kent also has a maritime museum.

 

[Calthrop]

Deal and its connection with maritime doings -- especially its long-standing important role in the England / France smuggling trade -- feature in many works of fiction; particularly, ones set in the Napoleonic Wars era. Brought to mind by a recent question on these Forums' General Knowledge Quiz ! -- this applies also to some extent, to another coastal settlement in southern England: Lymington, Hampshire. Connection here, is with the long series of novels by Dennis Wheatley, hero of which is Roger Brook, a sort of Napoleonic James Bond equivalent. Roger was born and spent his childhood in Lymington, and occasionally revisits it later in the series -- his father, a senior naval officer, continues to live there. (Roger -- while on good terms with Dad -- hates the sea and ships: he does his stuff on land, as far as possible.)

 

[High Dyke]

Lymington particularly promotes stories about its smuggling. There are unproven stories of smugglers' tunnels running from the old inns and under the High Street to the town quay.

Talking of smuggling brings us to the Battle of Mudeford. It was a skirmish fought between smugglers and Customs and Excise officers which occurred in 1784 on what is now a car park at Mudeford Quay, Mudeford.

 

[Calthrop]

Mudeford Spit is a small "quasi-peninsula" just south of Mudeford itself: one of two projections-of-land, which protect Christchurch Harbour. The Spit is well endowed with beach huts -- one way of reaching which, is by a "land train" (simulated railway train, in fact running on roads), locally popularly known as the Noddy Train. The land-train phenomenon is found at many holiday venues: one such being Llandudno, with its so-called Great Orme Land Train. Not, in fact, a rival to the cable tramway which actually runs up the Great Orme headland: the Land Train keeps to the sea-level route along the base thereof.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Risca in Caerphilly County Borough also has a Coptic Orthodox church.

 

[Calthrop]

Risca in Caerphilly County Borough also has a Coptic Orthodox church.

Risca's Rugby Union team is known locally as the Cuckoos. Another sporting association of said bird, occurs in Heathfield, East Sussex. Local rendering of the town's name, is "Heffle"; and the cuckoo has long been prominent in Heathfield-related lore. Whereby, the town's Heffle Cuckoos Cricket Club.

The innumerable different branches of the Christian faith -- Coptic Orthodox is a new one on me !

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Burwash in East Sussex was also once administered by the Hundred of Hawkesborough.

 

[High Dyke]

The main claim to fame is that for half of his life Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) lived in the village of Burwash at Bateman's.

Batemans Brewery (George Bateman & Son Ltd) is an English brewery based at Salem Bridge Brewery in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire.

Sorry, I can never resist the opportunity to return to my home county.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Partney in Lincolnshire also lies on the line of the River Lymn.

 

[Calthrop]

Batemans Brewery (George Bateman & Son Ltd) is an English brewery based at Salem Bridge Brewery in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire.

Sorry, I can never resist the opportunity to return to my home county.

You too? I was born in Lincolnshire -- Spalding -- and though family moved some way away when I was aged 8, have retained a great affection for the county.

Partney in Lincolnshire also lies on the line of the River Lymn.

Continuing to stick with "God's Own County": there is in the churchyard of Partney's parish church (of St. Nicholas), a stone commemorating the marriage in said church, of Matthew Flinders (1774 -- 1814): Royal Navy officer who led the first circumnavigation of Australia. Flinders was born in Donington, Lincolnshire -- between Spalding and Sleaford.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Northorpe in Lincolnshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Spalding Poor Law Inion.

 

[Calthrop]

What is it with Lincolnshire and Northorpes? The county has three settlements thus-named: two (plainly, one thereof referenced in above post) in the south-east of Lincs., within 15 miles of each other -- one near Bourne, the other near recently-referenced Donington. I'll go for the third, way up north, north-east of Gainsborough; churchyard of which Northorpe, is said to have been haunted at one time by a manifestation of the "huge spectral black dog" apparition often allegedly witnessed in Britain -- especially, it seems, in England's eastern counties. Another such is told of, as having materialised in 1577 in the parish church of Bungay, Suffolk -- where it attacked members of the congregation before suddenly disappearing. (Having regard to the date, I'd be ready to wager that the brute was in the pay of the Spaniards .)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chichester in West Sussex also has a noted example of a Buttercross.

 

[Calthrop]

The surname Chichester has long been a prominent one in Northern Ireland -- stemming from Arthur Chichester, first Baron Chichester, 1563 -- 1625; active in Ireland, particularly associated with Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim.(Overtones of one of my favourite poems, by Louis MacNeice -- Carrickfergus [where the poet spent his childhood] -- lines therein, The Chichesters knelt in marble at the end of a transept / With ruffs around their necks, their portion sure.)

 

[John Griffiths]

Carrickfergus means 'the rock of Fergus' named after Fergus Mor, a king of Dalriada whose existence is the subject of exiting historical debate. Another milder Fergus gave his name to the village is St Fergus, in Buchan, Aberdeenshire.

 

[High Dyke]

You too? I was born in Lincolnshire -- Spalding -- and though family moved some way away when I was aged 8, have retained a great affection for the county.

Born and bred in the county, and still living in it. (Grantham)

Carrickfergus means 'the rock of Fergus' named after Fergus Mor, a king of Dalriada whose existence is the subject of exiting historical debate. Another milder Fergus gave his name to the village is St Fergus, in Buchan, Aberdeenshire.

Bacton, Norfolk is another location where a gas terminal is situated.

 

[Calthrop]

Born and bred in the county, and still living in it. (Grantham)

Curiously enough, I had a weird dream last night; involving Grantham -- which I've passed through, but never spent time there. For compelling but unclear dream-reasons, I had to -- inconveniently in all ways -- leave my real-life dwelling in Birmingham, and go and live in a squat in Grantham. My (numerous) fellow-squatters were perfectly nice; but in practical terms, it totally wasn't working...

Bacton, Norfolk is another location where a gas terminal is situated.

Paddock Wood, Kent, also has a church dedicated to St. Andrew.

 

[Greaseball]

Paddock Wood Railway Station features in Charles Dickens' novel 'Dombey and Son'. In chapter 55, the character of Mr Parker is killed at the station after accidentally falling under a train.

The above example ties in with a broader theme of the novel, in which Dickens laments the destruction brought about by mass-industrialisation, most notably in his description of the new railway through Camden Town (likely inspired by the London and Birmingham Railway). I don't know if he'd be a fan of this forum given his attitude towards trains: Dickens was involved in the Staplehurst train crash in 1865 (many years after Dombey was published), after which he authored two short stories presenting a dark depiction of the railways, 'Mugby Junction' and 'The Signal-Man.'

 

[John Griffiths]

Paddock Wood hosts an annual half marathon. Another such event is the North Lincolnshire Half Marathon, run in and around Scunthorpe.

Postpones deletion pending decision on admissabiliy of railway matter

 

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Postpones deletion pending decision on admissabiliy of railway matter

I’m slightly confused? Looks like you’ve both posted at near-enough the same time, there’s enough detail and thought to both that I wouldn’t particularly rule one out (even with a railway reference).

 

[John Griffiths]

Fair enough. I'll delete mine and game proceeds from Camden Town.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Primrose Hill in London also lies on the line of the Regent's Canal.

 

[Tetragon213]

Marylebone also shares a boundary with Regents Park