A to Z of place facts

Bath is often used as a place in Jane Austen novels.

Clacton is Essex, England will soon be having a by election which may be won by that mighty political wannabe Count Binface.

Dorset, an English county in the SW has unearthed a huge quantity of dinosaur bones over the last two hundred years.

Edinburgh famous for its castle and Military Tattoo.

Flookburgh is an old village on the Cartmell peninsula of Cumbria. In his childhood Stan Laurel was a frequent visitor as his aunt and uncle ran the cooperative store.

Grantham in Lincolnshire, home to the late Conservative PM Margaret Thatcher.Her Father ran a grocery store there.

Isle of Wight.
A good place to visit for a flavour of being back in time, say the 1950’s.

Missed H!
So, Hampshire, which contains the New Forest, a wonderful place to roam about in and made sometime in the 12,00’s C or thereabouts for the English King to have as a new hunting ground.

Tedious…….

Jersey, an interesting island that can’t decide if it’s French or English.
Occupied by Germany during the last war.

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Tedious…….

We’re not on the T’s yet 🤭

Kernow, the Cornish language name of Cornwall.

London. A multicultural city of 19 million people

10 million people

Melton Mowbray - home of the pork pie

Nottingham……..famous for its lace manufacturing

Nottingham - the birth place of Torvill and Dean

Old Trafford - a suburb of Manchester, known for Manchester United FC.

Pembroke. Famous for its castle, the birth place of Henry VII

The Quantock Hills in Somerset were England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Runnymede. Where King John signed the Magna Carta

Staffordshire, in the Midlands and was the home of pottery for a very long time.

Towcester, pronounced toaster😁 where the Silverstone motor racing happens.

Ulverston is a market town in Cumbria, famous for being the birthplace of Stan Laurel.