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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Plymouth also has a naval war memorial.

 

[Calthrop]

Jacka Bakery in Plymouth is reputedly the oldest bakery in the UK. In neighbouring Cornwall, Warrens Bakery claims to be the oldest bakery in its county, and the oldest Cornish-pasty producer in the world. Warrens commenced its career, in St. Just -- the Cornish settlement of that name, near Land's End (I think I've got that right).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Perranuthnoe in Cornwall was also once under the jurisdiction of the Penzance Poor Law Union.

 

[Calthrop]

The mansion near Perranuthnoe, called "Acton Castle": was unofficially used around the turn of the 18th / 19th centuries, by one John Carter -- a highly active smuggler -- and his accomplices, for their smuggling doings. Carter was nicknamed "the King of Prussia": hence the name of the nearby Prussia Cove. "Teutonic-royalty-connections": "The King of Prussia" is a not uncommon name for pubs in England. One such which had that name until not very long ago -- it is nowadays, the King George IV -- is at Eskdale Green, Cumbria. (Said hostelry in its "King of Prussia" days, featured to some extent in the lore of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bassenthwaite in Cumbria also has a church that is dedicated to St Bega.

 

[Calthrop]

Bassenthwaite's name is reckoned descended from, "in the old tongues", name meaning "the clearing of someone -- chieftain, or whatever -- called Bastun". Bastun thought to be an Anglo-French nickname or surname -- originally meaning "stick" (modern French baton); "thwaite" from the Old Norse thveit = clearing. I'd think that there can't be many British place-names hailing from French + Old Norse -- scholars of this subject more learned than me, may know otherwise. However -- what with the Norman Conquest: place-names coupling Norman French and Anglo-Saxon, are quite common. An example of this is Herstmonceux, East Sussex: from Anglo-Saxon hyrst = wooded hill; and the name of the Monceux family, lords of the manor there as at the 12th century.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway also has a church that is dedicated to All Saints.

 

[Calthrop]

Lochmaben, also in Dumfries and Galloway: is located four miles west of Lockerbie, and also has a nine-letter name beginning with "L": I have a bit of a tendency to confuse the two.

 

[John Griffiths]

William Jardine, opium trader and business magnate, was born in Lochmaben. His partner in crime, James Matheson, hailed from Shinness, Sutherland.

 

[Calthrop]

Rhiconich, also in Sutherland (Highland); also lies on the A383 road -- shown in my road atlas, largely as "Narrow Major Road (passing places)".

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oldshoremore in Sutherland also lies on the route of the B801 road.

 

[Calthrop]

According to both my road atlases: the B801 ends at Kinlochbervie; Oldshoremore and settlements north-west thereof, reached by "white" -- unclassified -- roads. However, my atlases are fairly aged: maybe since their publication, the B801 has been extended to serve -- to paraphrase the American author Harry Turtledove -- the great and vibrant metropolis of by God, Oldshoremore, Sutherland !

We learn that Oldshoremore is nowadays part of the Sandwood Estate nature reserve, owned by the John Muir Trust: named after the Scottish-American naturalist and early keen conservationist John Muir (1838 -- 1914); born in Dunbar, East Lothian.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cullen in Moray was also created a Royal Burgh in the 14th century.

 

[Calthrop]

Robert Burns stayed in Cullen in 1787, during his tour of the Highlands. Seems that that guy got everywhere in Scotland -- at all events, he was born in Alloway, South Ayrshire.

 

[John Griffiths]

Stagecoach West Scotland service 58 links Alloway with Girvan.

 

[High Dyke]

Filey, Yorkshire also hosts a folk festival.

 

[Calthrop]

Back to the south-west of Scotland: Maybole, South Ayrshire, also has a church dedicated to St. Oswald.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Turriff in Aberdeenshire was also created a Burgh of Barony in the 16th century.

 

[High Dyke]

Fortrose also has a Mercat Cross.

A mercat cross is the Scots name for the market cross found frequently in Scottish cities, towns and villages where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron.

 

[D6130]

St Andrews also has a ruined cathedral.

 

[John Griffiths]

Aberystwyth also has a university attended by a Prince of Wales.

 

[D6130]

Scarborough also has a ruined castle on a promontory overlooking the Sea.

 

[Calthrop]

Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, is also the venue of a regular-and-established fair; which also gets a mention in a song "in the folk idiom" -- Wad ye treat your Mary Anne / To some dulse and yellow-man [strange snacks in which this fair specialises] / At the ould Lammas Fair at Ballycastle?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Clane in County Kildare also has a church that is dedicated to St Patrick and St Brigit.

 

[Calthrop]

We are told that Clane lies on a tributary of the River Liffey, called the Gollymochy River (come on ! -- somebody has got to be having a laugh here ). Leixlip, also in Co. Kildare, is located at the point where another Liffey tributary, the Rye Water, joins the main stream.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cloondara in County Longford also lies on the line of the Royal Canal.

 

[Calthrop]

Ireland has many settlements whose names begin with "Cloon..." or "Clon..." (the "Clon" form is in fact more common) -- both coming from the word in the Irish language for "meadow" or "pasture". (Cloondara's name is adapted from the Irish for "pasture of two ringforts".) Another instance of the "Cloon..." usage occurs with Cloonacool, Co. Sligo (20 miles east of Ballina): this name an adaptation of the Irish for "meadow at the back".

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Linlithgow in West Lothian also has a church that is dedicated to St Michael.

 

[High Dyke]

Oatlands, Surrey also has connections to a royal palace.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chester also has a Christian Science church.