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A to Z of place facts

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CrazyUSA Thu 23-Jul-26 20:11:53

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Accrington is in Lancashire England

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Rocketstop2 Sun 18-Oct-26 18:24:49

Zeals is in Wiltshire it is a small parish of around two miles.

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mscombobulated Sun 18-Oct-26 23:25:19

Aylesham is an old mining town in Kent.

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Bellanonna Mon 19-Oct-26 11:35:59

Bognor is a coastal resort in West Sussex. It gained the title Bognor Regis after George V spent 3 months convalescing there and apparently the sea air helped his (short) recovery.

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JamesandJon33 Mon 19-Oct-26 13:32:01

Caerphilly. Famous for it’s castle with a leaning tower and it’s crumbly cheese,

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twiglet77 Mon 19-Oct-26 22:59:28

Derwent is a small parish in Derbyshire, containing the site of the submerged village of Derwent, which was flooded in the 1940s to create the Ladybower reservoir.

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PollyEsther Tue 20-Oct-26 22:07:11

Eye - town in Suffolk which derives its name from the Old English for island.

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JamesandJon33 Wed 21-Oct-26 15:11:36

Ferryside. A small coastal village in Carmarthenshire.

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Rocketstop2 Wed 21-Oct-26 18:29:43

Grenoside, a village in Sheffield, famous for it's troupe of Morris dancers at one time. Birthplace of band 'Reverend and the makers'

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twiglet77 Thu 22-Oct-26 00:35:06

Hindhead is Surrey’s highest village, on the edge of the beautiful Devil’s Punchbowl. The busy A3 used to skirt the Punchbowl but now runs through the Hindhead tunnel, the longest road tunnel in England at over a mile.

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Rocketstop2 Thu 22-Oct-26 13:35:48

Islington is a borough in London and is now a trendy place to live.

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