Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Colwyn Bay also has a Spiritualist Church.

 

[Calthrop]

Felton, Northumberland -- between Morpeth and Alnwick -- also has a specifically-geographically-titled zoo: the Northumberland Country Zoo. (Colwyn Bay's is the Welsh Mountain Zoo,)

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The B6345 runs through Felton on it's way from Amble; it terminates at a junction with the A697 at Longframlington.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brompton-on-Swale in North Yorkshire also lies on the route of the Roman road known as Dere Street.

 

[Calthrop]

Broome, Norfolk (near Bungay) has a similar, "botanical" derivation for its name, as the above-bolded N. Yorkshire settlement. In both cases, from the Old English brom -- the shrub called broom; "Brompton" (on-Swale) being brom + tun = village or farmstead.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bungay in Suffolk also lies on the line of the River Waveney.

 

[DerekC]

During a severe thunderstorm in 1577 St Mary's Church in Bungay is said to have been visited by "Black Shuck", a hell-hound which attacked members of the congregation and suddenly disappeared, reappearing at the same moment in Holy Trinity, Blythburgh, 12 miles away, injuring members of the congregation there and causing the church steeple to collapse. On his way out he left scorch marks on the door which are said to still be visible.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ubbeston in Suffolk was also once under the jurisdiction of the Blything Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ubbeston lies on the B1117, which is a cross-country B-road in north Suffolk; the road starts on the A140 near Thornham Parva and heads east, ending at Halesworth where the road joins the A144.

 

[Calthrop]

During a severe thunderstorm in 1577 St Mary's Church in Bungay is said to have been visited by "Black Shuck", a hell-hound which attacked members of the congregation and suddenly disappeared, reappearing at the same moment in Holy Trinity, Blythburgh, 12 miles away, injuring members of the congregation there and causing the church steeple to collapse. On his way out he left scorch marks on the door which are said to still be visible.

(It so happens that I own a modern paperback would-be thriller, loosely on this East Anglian-type theme, titled Black Shuck. I got not many pages into it; reckoned it rather crude and trashy -- not a patch on the real-folklore 16th-century scary item as above per @DerekC.)

Ubbeston lies on the B1117, which is a cross-country B-road in north Suffolk; the road starts on the A140 near Thornham Parva and heads east, ending at Halesworth where the road joins the A144.

Thornham Parva church contains -- I learn -- a retable of considerable note. Before seeing this in Wiki moments ago, I had never heard of retables ("church stuff not my thing"): it turns out that a retable is an artistic piece above and behind an altar. I further learn, that Norwich Cathedral also has a well-regarded one of these.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Guist also lies on the line of the River Wensum.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Guist is at the crossroads of the A1067 and the B1110; the old (dating from 1930) bridge on the latter to North Elmham was replaced by an eco friendly new bridge in 2002.

 

[Calthrop]

The actor John Mills was born in North Elmham. He died, and is buried, at Denham (Buckinghamshire).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Shepperton in Surrey is another settlement where film studios were established.

 

[Calthrop]

"Things spooky" seem to be today's theme: the older parts of Shepperton are said to be haunted by the headless ghost of a monk. A similarity here with Duddon near Chester, reputedly also the haunt of a headless spectre, this one female: a situation allegedly arising from an ugly incident in the English Civil War -- this ghost commemorated in the village pub's name, The Headless Woman.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

St. Peter's Church, Duddon, was erected in 1835 as a Chapel of Ease to the Parish Church at Tarvin. It was built in the early English style at a cost of £603 to the designs of William Railton, who also designed St Paul's Church in the village of Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire in 1837.

 

[Calthrop]

Being a bit cheeky here: Woodhouse Eaves has a pub called the Pear Tree. Singleton near Chichester has a pub with a name sort-of to match: the Partridge.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

West Chinnock in Somerset also has a church that is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ecclesiastically the parish of West Chinnock is now part of the united benefice of Norton-sub-Hamdon, West Chinnock, Chiselborough and Middle Chinnock.

 

[Calthrop]

Ecclesiastically the parish of West Chinnock is now part of the united benefice of Norton-sub-Hamdon, West Chinnock, Chiselborough and Middle Chinnock.

Ham Hill close by Norton-sub-Hamdon is the source of "ham stone": an attractive honey-coloured stone much admired by architects and builders. Most of Norton's buildings are of ham stone: the same applies the rather larger settlement of South Petherton a couple / three miles away.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whitestaunton in Somerset was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of South Petherton.

 

[Calthrop]

Whitestaunton in Somerset was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of South Petherton.

Lancaster also has an Edwardian folly; in Lancaster, it's the Ashton Memorial, built by the industrialist Lord Ashton in memory of his second wife.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tewitfield also lies on the line of the Lancaster Canal.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The A6070 goes through Tewitfield on it's way to Burton-in-Kendal, which is the largest place on its route.

 

[Calthrop]

The A6070 goes through Tewitfield on it's way to Burton-in-Kendal, which is the largest place on its route.

It turns out that the prolific author and poet David Craig -- who I'd never heard of "until this moment" -- lives in Burton-in-Kendal. Born in Aberdeen, his focus is largely Scottish: he has published novels, travel books, historical works, and several volumes of poetry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lowestoft also has a maritime museum.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Lowestoft's hospital closed in 2016, and services are now provided by the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cringleford in Norfolk also lies on the line of the River Yare.

 

[Calthrop]

Cringleford in Norfolk also lies on the line of the River Yare.

Getting a bit frantic: Cringleford's name is derived from Old English / Norse roots meaning "ford by the round hill". Round Hill is an inner suburb of Brighton.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Non-residential buildings in the Round Hill area include the former Brighton Forum, built by the Anglican Diocese of Chichester as an institute to train female schoolteachers for the Anglican schools in Brighton and the rest of Sussex in 1854. It is now a multipurpose business centre and office complex. The architects William and Edward Habershon were commissioned to design the new building; they were based in London but worked extensively in Sussex. One of the buildings they designed separately or together in the county is St Augustine's Church at Scaynes Hill, Mid Sussex.