"""Provincial Glossary"". Research by Wiltshire Council's Community History Project shows that a claim can be made for the Crammer, a pond at Southbroom, Devizes, as the original location for the tale. Other accounts naming the village of Bishops Cannings 2½ miles to the north-east of Devizes, which has no pond, are explained by a change in the parish boundaries in 1835, which transferred the Crammer from that parish into the town. However, many other places in the county have laid claim to the story. Moonrakers Moonrakers is the colloquial name for people from Wiltshire, a county in the West Country"
"common command for light infantry to advance while skirmishing, was to ""spring up"". The nickname Moonrakers came from the Wiltshire region itself. According to a local legend, customs officials had come across some yokels raking a pond to retrieve some kegs of alcohol. The men explained themselves by pointing to the reflection of the moon in the water and claiming they were trying to retrieve the roundel of cheese there. Hence the name, ""Moonrakers"". When the regiment was affiliated with Wiltshire, the nickname followed. The second battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment (formerly the 99th Regiment of Foot) brought its own"
"moon from the canal' and definitely not as 'fishing out smuggled brandy'. A ""Moonraker"" is now the official nickname for a native of the village. Similar stories and nicknames exist for the neighbouring villages of Golcar (""Lillies""), Marsden (""Cuckoos"") and Linthwaite (""Leadboilers""). The legend is also known in Wiltshire, where the locals are also known as 'Moonrakers'. An apocryphal story associated with Slaithwaite is that in the 19th century, when tenants came to the village to pay their annual rent, The 5th Earl of Dartmouth would provide 'rent dinners' and that the shoulder of mutton was the most favoured with"
"Wiltshire Yeomanry currently lives on as Y (RWY) Squadron, based in Swindon, and B (RWY) Squadron, based in Salisbury, of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry. Around 1800 the Kennet and Avon Canal was built through Wiltshire, providing a route for transporting cargoes from Bristol to London until the development of the Great Western Railway. Information on the 261 civil parishes of Wiltshire is available on Wiltshire Council's Wiltshire Community History website which has maps, demographic data, historic and modern pictures and short histories. The local nickname for Wiltshire natives is ""Moonrakers"". This originated from a story of smugglers who managed to"
"that event. Most English counties have nicknames for their people, such as a ""Tyke"" from Yorkshire and a ""Yellowbelly"" from Lincolnshire. The traditional nicknames for people from Cambridgeshire are ""Cambridgeshire Camel"" or ""Cambridgeshire Crane"", referring to the wildfowl that were once abundant in the fens. The term ""Fenners"" was often applied to those who come from the flat country to the north of Cambridge. Since the late 20th century, this term is considered to be derogatory and has been discouraged in use. Original historical documents relating to Cambridgeshire are held by Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies. Large areas of the"
"of origin of the legend of the Moonrakers. Next to the pond is the 15th-century church of St James, which was a chapelry of Bishops Cannings. Historically, the parish was part of the Potterne and Cannings hundred of Wiltshire. A detailed parish history was published in 1953 by the Wiltshire Victoria County History. Bishops Cannings is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for almost all significant local government functions. The Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin is Grade I listed. Originating"
"metal group, Cradle of Filth, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, and coloratura soprano Christina Johnston. Hip-hop DJ Tim Westwood is originally from Suffolk and the influential DJ and radio presenter John Peel made the county his home. Contemporary painter, Maggi Hambling, was born, and resides, in Suffolk. Suffolk's contributions to sport include Formula One magnate Bernie Ecclestone and former England footballers Terry Butcher, Kieron Dyer and Matthew Upson. Due to Newmarket being the centre of British horse racing many jockeys have settled in the county, including Lester Piggott and Frankie Dettori. Significant ecclesiastical figures from Suffolk include Simon Sudbury, a former Archbishop"
"them to July.<br> And the name of Paddy Mulligan took half of Ireland's pride. Pat of Mullingar Pat of Mullingar is an Irish rebel song has been sung and recorded by many different folk artists, including the Irish Rovers, Derek Warfield and The Wolfe Tones You may talk and write and boast about your Fenians and your clans,<br> And how the boys from County Cork beat up the Black and Tan.<br> And view a little codger who came out without a scar.<br> His name is Paddy Mulligan, the man from Mullingar. <br> The Peelers chased him out of Connemara,<br> For"
"BBC Four TV series ""Detectorists"", an episode of ""Kavanagh QC,"" and the films ""Iris"" and ""Drowning by Numbers"". The Rendlesham Forest Incident is one of the most famous UFO events in England and is sometimes referred to as ""Britain's Roswell"". The song ""Castle on the Hill"" by singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was referred to by him as ""a love letter to Suffolk"", with lyrical reference to his hometown of Framlingham and Framlingham Castle. Suffolk Suffolk () is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to"
"Helen Titchener in the programme. Borsetshire Borsetshire is a fictional county in the BBC Radio 4 series ""The Archers"". Its county town is the equally fictional Borchester. The county is supposedly set between Worcestershire and Warwickshire, but is also intended as a generic West Midlands rural county. Its name also echoes Anthony Trollope's fictional Barsetshire and the real Dorsetshire. Other places in the county include Ambridge, where ""The Archers"" is mainly set, Lower Loxley, a nearby village and Felpersham, a cathedral city which appears to be larger than Borchester. Ambridge is on the B3980 six miles south of Borchester and"
"Seac"""" and made famous by the song 'The Rose of Mooncoin'. Mooncoin gives its name to a townland, and the Roman Catholic parish of Mooncoin. Mooncoin is situated in the Suir Valley, at the south of County Kilkenny in the province of Leinster in the south-east of Ireland. The linear town, which lacks a traditional village centre, stretches along the N24 national primary road with little development north and south. It is away the Waterford City and south of the county town Kilkenny. Located in the barony of Iverk, Mooncoin is in the civil parishes of Pollrone, Rathkieran, and Ballytarsney."
"(Lords Carrick), Butler of Maidenhall, Butler (Lords Mountgarret), Butler (Earls of Ormonde), Cuffe (Lords Desart), De Montmorency, Flood of Farmley, Langrishe of Knocktopher, Loftus of Mount Juliet, McCalmont of Mount Juliet, Ponsonby (Earls of Bessborough), Power of Kilfane, Smithwick of Kilcreene, St George of Freshford and Wandesforde of Catlecomer. The song ""The Rose of Mooncoin"" is the traditional anthem of the county at GAA fixtures. The recently released, ""Kilkenny by the Nore"" sang by Alice O'Hanlon is also now considered an anthem. In hurling, by far the dominant sport in the county, Kilkenny GAA compete annually in the All-Ireland Senior"
"Barry Coope and ultimately Ian Carter, all members of the Ram's Bottom Band. Barry Coope eventually joined the circle by working in duo with John Tams. Muckram Wakes Muckram Wakes was a folk band from the north-west midlands of England. The original line up of Muckram Wakes was Roger and Helen Watson and John Tams. Their album ""Map of Derbyshire"", on Trailer Records, contributed greatly to the promotion of folk music from that county. The name Muckram Wakes derived from a small township in the region of Somercotes where Tams originated and Wakes, the local and northern word for a"
"the North East of England. Funded by the proceeds of fundraising concerts organised by The Unthanks, it is administered by the English Folk Dance and Song Society. The Rachel Hamer Band were awarded a bursary in 2016. Graeme Miles Graeme Miles (1935–29 March 2013) was an English songwriter who was based in Middlesbrough. Born in Greenwich, London, he grew up in Teesside and studied at West Hartlepool Art School. His songs included ""Sea Coal"", ""Blue Sunset"" and ""Ring of Iron"". ""A Great Northern River"", written by Miles, was included on The Unthanks' 2012 album ""Songs from the Shipyards"". The Unthanks"
"listening figures. Partly established with the aim towards educating farmers following World War II, ""The Archers"" soon became a popular source of entertainment for the population at large, attracting nine million listeners by 1953. ""The Archers"" is set in the fictional village of Ambridge in the fictional county of Borsetshire, in England. Borsetshire is situated between, in reality, the contiguous counties of Worcestershire and Warwickshire, south of Birmingham in The Midlands. Possibly based on the village of Cutnall Green, various other villages claim to be the inspiration for Ambridge; ""The Bull"", Ambridge's pub, is modelled on The Old Bull in"
"(née Cadden), who was from Munterconnaught. She had been a student in Munterconnaught National School in the 1940s. Munterconnaught Munterconnaught () is a civil and ecclesiastical parish of County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. It is located between the southern shores of Lough Ramor and the county boundary with County Meath. The name Munterconnaught has often been mistaken as being derived from the Irish ""Muintir"" meaning people and Connacht being the western province. However, it actually has nothing to do with this and is named after Choncur, one of the 13 sons of the O'Reilly's of Breffni. The O'Reilly"
"Yorkshire Yorkshire (; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Due to its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as a geographical territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media and the military, and also features in the titles of current"
"Borsetshire Borsetshire is a fictional county in the BBC Radio 4 series ""The Archers"". Its county town is the equally fictional Borchester. The county is supposedly set between Worcestershire and Warwickshire, but is also intended as a generic West Midlands rural county. Its name also echoes Anthony Trollope's fictional Barsetshire and the real Dorsetshire. Other places in the county include Ambridge, where ""The Archers"" is mainly set, Lower Loxley, a nearby village and Felpersham, a cathedral city which appears to be larger than Borchester. Ambridge is on the B3980 six miles south of Borchester and seventeen miles west of Felpersham."
"Munterconnaught Munterconnaught () is a civil and ecclesiastical parish of County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. It is located between the southern shores of Lough Ramor and the county boundary with County Meath. The name Munterconnaught has often been mistaken as being derived from the Irish ""Muintir"" meaning people and Connacht being the western province. However, it actually has nothing to do with this and is named after Choncur, one of the 13 sons of the O'Reilly's of Breffni. The O'Reilly Clan ruled the area of Cavan and Leitrim which was known as Breffni for centuries. Munterconnaught consists of"
"Mooncoin Mooncoin () (pop. 1,000) is a census town in County Kilkenny, in Ireland. The population had increased to 1,166 at the 2011 census. Historically part of the Gaelic kingdom of Osraige, today it is in the far south of the county of Kilkenny, located in the valley of the River Suir. It is surrounded by the uplands of the Slievenamon and Comeragh Mountains, just north of Waterford City along the N24 national primary road (Waterford to Limerick), and it is south of Kilkenny. The town's name derives from an anglicized version of the Irish """"Móin Choinn"""" which means ""Coyne’s"
"His nephew Ebenezer Henderson (1809–1879), a science writer and historian born in Dunfermline, wrote ""The Annals of Dunfermline"". In popular culture, the singer Barbara Dickson; actor Kenneth Cranham; Dan McCafferty and Peter Agnew from the Scottish rock band Nazareth; Ian Anderson the singer of the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull and Moira Shearer, ballerina and actress were all born in the town. Manny Charlton the producer of Nazareth emigrated to the town with his family in the 1960s and Stuart Adamson, rock guitarist with the Skids and frontman with Big Country was brought up in nearby Crossgates and moved"
"Warwickshire Warwickshire (; postal abbreviation Warks.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare. The county is divided into five districts of North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon. The current county boundaries were set in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. The historic county boundaries include Coventry and Solihull, as well as much of Birmingham. The county is bordered by Leicestershire to the northeast, Staffordshire to the northwest, Worcestershire and the"
"are as follows: Robert Clare, Michael Rose, Ashley Williams, Gareth Owen, Stephen Gleeson, Jason Taylor, Adam Griffin, David Poole, Damien Allen, Anthony Pilkington, Tony Dinning, Dominic Blizzard, Liam Dickinson, Adam Proudlock, Tes Bramble and Anthony Elding. Stockport County F.C. Stockport County Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, the team adopted their name in 1890 after the County Borough of Stockport. They have played at Edgeley Park since 1902, traditionally in blue and white, and are nicknamed The Hatters after the town's former hat-making industry. Stockport County joined"
"County Donegal. Such people include Daniel O'Donnell, Phil Coulter, Shay Given, Packie Bonner, Pat Crerand, Seamus Coleman and the Brennan family. In 2009 the members of the 28th Infantry Battalion of the Irish Defence Forces were also awarded the Freedom of the County from Donegal County Council ""in recognition of their longstanding service to the County of Donegal"". An extensive rail network used to exist throughout the county and was mainly operated by the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee and the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company (known as the L. & L.S.R. or the Lough Swilly Company for short)."
"in Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.), archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015 it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by Northamptonshire County Council and by seven non-metropolitan district councils. It is known as ""The Rose of the Shires"". Covering an area of 2,364 square kilometres (913 sq mi), Northamptonshire is landlocked between eight other counties: Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east, Buckinghamshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the south-west and Lincolnshire to"
"(almost certainly borrowed via a Methodist hymnal), seen as an unofficial Yorkshire anthem. Famous folk performers from the county include the Watersons from Hull, who began recording Yorkshire versions of folk songs from 1965; Heather Wood (born 1945) of the Young Tradition; the short-lived electric folk group Mr Fox (1970–72), The Deighton Family; Julie Matthews; Kathryn Roberts; and Kate Rusby. Yorkshire has a flourishing folk music culture, with over forty folk clubs and thirty annual folk music festivals. The 1982 Eurovision Song Contest was held in the Harrogate International Centre. In 2007 the Yorkshire Garland Group was formed to make"
"for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare from Stratford-upon-Avon. Even today, road signs at the county boundary describe Warwickshire as ""Shakespeare's County"". The county has also produced other famous figures such as Aleister Crowley (from Royal Leamington Spa), George Eliot (from Nuneaton), Rupert Brooke (from Rugby), and Michael Drayton (from Hartshill). The poet Philip Larkin lived in Warwick (born in nearby Coventry), and Elizabeth Gaskell went to school in Barford and Stratford. Folk musician Nick Drake, who record for Island records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, lived and died in Tanworth-in-Arden. Warwickshire Warwickshire (; postal abbreviation Warks.) is"
"Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.), archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015 it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by Northamptonshire County Council and by seven non-metropolitan district councils. It is known as ""The Rose of the Shires"". Covering an area of 2,364 square kilometres (913 sq mi), Northamptonshire is landlocked between eight other counties: Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east, Buckinghamshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the south-west and Lincolnshire to the north-east"
"the White Rose of York, is derived from the Yorkists, giving the house a special affinity within the culture of Yorkshire. Especially celebrated is the Yorkist king Richard III who spent much of his life at Middleham Castle in Yorkshire. Since that time the title has passed through the hands of many, being merged with the crown and then recreated several times. The title of Duke of York is given to the second son of the British monarch. Yorkshire Yorkshire (; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest"
"the Stone Roses during the Madchester period and later joined the Primal Scream. Dale Longworth is a musician and music producer with the electronic music group, N-Trance, who found fame with the record Set You Free. James Mudriczki, Lowell Killen, Kevin Matthews, Tony Szuminski (and former member Neil McDonald) make up the line-up for the Alternative rock band Puressence. Broadcaster, journalist and retired cricketer, Mike Atherton, was brought up in the Lord Lane area of the town. The former Lancashire and England captain has a road, Atherton Close, named after him opposite the cricket club in Woodhouses where he played"
"the southern counties of England attracted by the generally lower property prices and the slower and more relaxed pace of life. The relatively high proportion of elderly and retired people is reflected in many of the services, activities and events. Sleaford is considered one of the fastest-growing towns in the East Midlands, with many professional people moving there to benefit from the (relatively) low house prices and crime rate, and the selective education. Those born in Lincolnshire are sometimes given the nickname of Yellowbellies (often spelt ""Yeller Bellies"", to reflect the pronunciation of the phrase by the typical Lincolnshire farmer)."
"Langholm Langholm , also known colloquially as the ""Muckle Toon"", is a burgh in Dumfries and Galloway in southern Scotland. Langholm lies between four hills in the valley of the River Esk in the Southern Uplands. It is the traditional seat of Clan Armstrong with its most famous descendant being Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon. In 1972 he accepted in person being bestowed the first Freeman and Honorary Burgess of the burgh of Langholm. On accepting the distinction he said, ""The most difficult place to be recognised is in one's home town. And I consider"
"Oates Collection, dedicated to the explorer Lawrence Oates. Journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens was born into a naval family in Portsmouth. Broadcasters Philippa Forrester, Amanda Lamb and Scott Mills also are from the county. Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated Hants) is a county on the southern coast of England. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, the former capital of England. After the metropolitan counties and Greater London, Hampshire is the most populous ceremonial county (1.84 million in 2017) in the United Kingdom. Its two largest settlements, Southampton and Portsmouth, are administered separately as unitary authorities and the rest"