Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire also lies on the line of the 40-mile circular walking route known as the Chalkland Way.

 

[Calthrop]

Winchester is also twinned with a settlement in the German State of Hesse. Pocklington's "twin" is Trendelburg; Winchester's, Giessen. (Incidentally, Pocklington has another German connection of sorts: an annual beer festival in October, called the "Pocktoberfest" -- a much more modest event than the Munich one to which the name alludes.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ilkeston in Derbyshire was also granted the right to hold a Charter Fair.

 

[Calthrop]

Ilkeston in Derbyshire was also granted the right to hold a Charter Fair.

In East Midlands English -- widely spoken in the area of the above-bolded -- its name is rendered as "Ilson". Similarly with Launceston in Cornwall: local pronunciation likewise contracts three syllables into two, hence "Lanson".

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Nostell in West Yorkshire is another settlement where a religious house of the Augustinian Canons Regular was established.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Ibstock Brick Company has one of its brickworks at Nostell.
The same firm also operates a brickworks in Lancashire at Skelmersdale.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Litherland in Merseyside was also once administered by the Hundred of West Derby.

 

[DerekC]

According to the Liverpool Echo, Litherland was invaded by giant spiders in September 2021 (seems to have been one lady scared of a very large spider in her bathroom). Anyone wishing to overcome arachnophobia can pay £95 for a "Tarantula Experience" at Drusilla's Zoo Park, Alfriston, Sussex.

 

[Springs Branch]

Telscombe in East Sussex also has a village green known locally as The Tye - this being a local name used in Sussex for an area of common land.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Piddinghoe in East Sussex was also once administered by the Hundred of Holmstrow.

 

[Calthrop]

According to the Liverpool Echo, Litherland was invaded by giant spiders in September 2021 (seems to have been one lady scared of a very large spider in her bathroom). Anyone wishing to overcome arachnophobia can pay £95 for a "Tarantula Experience" at Drusilla's Zoo Park, Alfriston, Sussex.

London Zoo used to -- maybe still does -- perform the same service (don't know the cost there). I've had thoughts of availing myself of same; but decided it wasn't really necessary -- I have only mild arachnophobia. I acknowledge that they're fascinating and accomplished creatures, and wish I could like them ...

Piddinghoe in East Sussex was also once administered by the Hundred of Holmstrow.

According to a saying in that locality, "Piddinghoe people shoe their magpies". Seemingly not about cobbling-for-corvids; but referring to the shoeing of oxen -- which thereabouts were, if black and white, called "magpies". Another settlement with relevance to the species Pica pica, is Magpie Green, (just) in Suffolk -- a little way west of Diss.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Roydon in Norfolk also has an illustrated village sign.

 

[341o2]

And shares its name with another village on the Herts/Essex border between Hoddesdon and Harlow

 

[341o2]

and shares its name with another village between Hoddesdon and Harlow

 

[DerekC]

Roydon in Norfolk also has an illustrated village sign.

And shares its name with another village on the Herts/Essex border between Hoddesdon and Harlow

Assuming we are now at Roydon, Essex:

From Roydon (Essex) the 381 bus will take you to Coopersale Common, Essex.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Macclesfield in Cheshire East also has a church that is dedicated to St Alban.

 

[Calthrop]

People from Macclesfield are sometimes referred to as "Maxonians". In similar wise: people from Spalding, Lincolnshire, are sometimes referred to as "Spaldonians".

 

[gabrielhj07]

Narborough is another settlement known for its production of Tulips.

 

[Calthrop]

Narborough lies on the River Nar, a tributary of the Great Ouse. The river's name is a product of back-formation, from the village's name Narborough; not, as is more usual, the other way round. The same situation obtains with Flitton, Bedfordshire -- south of Bedford. The River Flit, on which the village lies -- a tributary of the River Ivel -- takes its name from that of the village: village bore its name, earlier than the river.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Diddington in Cambridgeshire was also struck by the F1/T2 tornado on 23rd November 1981.

 

[DerekC]

Diddington can be accessed by car only from the A1 "Great North Road". The same is true of Gatenby, North Yorkshire, although the road has now been renumbered A6055 following construction of the parallel A1(M).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Osmotherley in North Yorkshire was also once administered by the Allertonshire Wapentake.

 

[Springs Branch]

The YHA (England & Wales) also operate one of their youth hostels in Betws-y-Coed.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Betws yn Rhos in Conwy County Borough is another settlement that has its centre as a House of Prayer.

 

[Calthrop]

T. Gwynne Jones (1871 -- 1949) -- Welsh poet, scholar, literary critic, novelist, translator, journalist (and strong opponent of the First World War) -- was born very near Betws yn Rhos; he died in Aberystwyth.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Neath also has the site of a Celtic hill fort within its environs.

 

[Calthrop]

Tamworth, Staffordshire, also has a Castle Hotel (Lord Nelson stayed at the Neath one).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Monks Kirby in Warwickshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Editha.

 

[Calthrop]

One of Monks Kirby's pubs has the name -- seemingly unique for UK pubs -- of the Denbigh Arms. It would be nice if Denbigh had a pub called the Monks Kirby Arms; but seemingly the best it can do, is the Masons' Arms.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Northallerton in North Yorkshire is also a settlement that was chosen as a site for a Carmelite priory.