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Stonea

Skipton, North Yorkshire, also has a church dedicated to St. Andrew.

Peterborough East

Walton

Yarnbrook has a pub called the Longs Arms and Hungry Horse. The Hungry Horse pub chain, is a far-reaching one in England -- Worle, Somerset (suburb of Weston-Super-Mare) has such a hostelry, called the Hungry Horse Super Mare West Wick, Worle.

Ketton and Collyweston Egad, sir -- I have ever maintained that this "electricity" thing was from the first, an invention / snare / delusion of the Devil ...

What would I do without town-twinning? Trowbridge, Wiltshire, is also twinned with a settlement in the German State of Niedersachsen. Windsor's "twin" is Goslar; Trowbridge's, is Leer.

Manton

Whissendine

Minffordd? If this correct, open floor, please: I feel that I've been highly obtuse, and "giving it away" indeed describes the situation.

Grimston

Widmerpool (also the name of the principal character in a long series of novels by Anthony Powell -- which from what I hear about them: would seem to be, for my tastes, the most ghastly, "arch" stuff -- have thus never in fact tried them !)

I learn that Llangefni is Anglesey's county town -- a bit unexpectedly; had imagined that it would be Holyhead. Another counter-intuitive county town is Winchester, county thereof, Hampshire -- language-wise, one might have thought "Southampton"; but, "who expects things to make sense?"

Denholme

Kildwick and Crosshills (1st station)

The only similar "boast" that I can make: is having been at the same university / same time, as June Tabor -- renowned on the "folk" scene and, I gather, still going strong thereon. I saw and listened to her, and hopelessly "fancied" her (far out of my league; we only ever exchanged a couple of...

Mike Harding, folk singer and comedian, was born in Settle in 1944. One of the better-known songs of his making, is Rochdale [Greater Manchester] Cowboy.

Skipton (1st station)

(My italics) -- to me, that they most certainly are... no more attempts re this one by me, for quite some time; not sulking, just have to go out-and-about for a good many hours !

Just to suggest something -- rubbish, I'm sure -- Conwy? Old spelling, "Conway" -- where a "con" might choose his "way" ?? (I'm like my favourite fictional detective, who has a serious blind spot with initials / acronyms: couldn't even begin to get anywhere with FMF and DMD.)