Settlement Association

[Nick_C]

The shrine of St Cuthbert in Durham cathedral was the most important religious site in England until 1170, when the Martyrdom of Thomas Becket caused that mantle to move to Canterbury.

 

[John Griffiths]

Rosie Duffield, the Labour MP for Canterbury, was born in 1971 in Norwich.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chester-le-Street also has a church with an anchorite's cell.

 

[John Griffiths]

Leeds also has a major cricket ground.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Swillington also lies on the line of the River Aire.

 

[John Griffiths]

There is also a vineyard at Newent in Gloucestershire.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Llanfairfechan also has a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary (actually it has two of them)

 

[Nick_C]

Ashington, West Sussex, also once won "Calor Village of the Year"

 

[John Griffiths]

...and shares a name with Ashington, Northumberland, which would have scorned Calor gas having been known in former times as ' The biggest mining village in the world' (though it was a town, really).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mitford also lies on the line of the River Wansbeck.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Hornby also shares its name with a famous author

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Quernmore was also once under the jurisdiction of the Lunesdale Poor Law Union.

 

[Springs Branch]

The LA2 Postcode District, which covers Quernmore, extends from the vicinity of Lancaster across the border into North Yorkshire, including the town of High Bentham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wennington also lies on the line of the River Wenning.

 

[Springs Branch]

Stagecoach in Cumbria's No. 81 bus route connects Wennington with Kirkby Lonsdale.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Notable buildings in Kirkby Lonsdale include St Mary's Church; the view of the River Lune from the churchyard is known as "Ruskin's View" after John Ruskin, who called it "one of the loveliest views in England". John Ruskin died on 20th January 1900, aged 80, and is buried in Coniston, Cumbria.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Grasmere, home of the appropriately named William Wordsworth, also had two youth hostels (Thorney How, Butharlyp How)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cullompton also has a church that is dedicated to St Andrew.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grasmere, home of the appropriately named William Wordsworth, also had two youth hostels (Thorney How, Butharlyp How)

Helmside also lies on the line of the River Rothay.

 

[DerekC]

Helmside lies just south of the pass of Dunmail Raise. To the north of the pass lies the remnant of the flooded village of Wythburn, most of which is now at the bottom of Thirlmere.

 

[johnnychips]

Another good place to start a climb of Helvellyn is Glenridding.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Appleby was also subjected to flooding during Storm Desmond in 2015.

 

[David Goddard]

Wellingborough is also known for an annual horse fair

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thrapston also lies on the line of the River Nene.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Children from Thrapston Primary School usually go onto the Prince William School in Oundle.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ugborough in Devon also has a church that is dedicated to St Peter.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ugborough is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon. The headquarters of the South Hams District Council is in the market town and civil parish of Totnes.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Buckfastleigh also lies on the line of the River Dart.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

With 13 letters, Buckfastleigh is one of the longest place names in England with no repeated letters. It is tied with Buslingthorpe, Leeds and Buslingthorpe, Lincoln, but exceeded by Bricklehampton, Worcestershire with 14 letters.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Bricklehampton lies near Bredon Hill, which inspired A E Housman to write a poem
He also wrote of Clee Hill, under which Cleobury Mortimer nestles, it sadly no longer has a rail service to Ditton Priors