Carcant is a small settlement and a wind farm, near Heriot in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
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A famous inhabitant of Carcant was Eric Liddell.
Carcant is a small settlement and a wind farm, near Heriot in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
A famous inhabitant of Carcant was Eric Liddell.
Carcant is etymologically a Cumbric place-name. The first element is cognate with Welsh caer 'fortification'. The second might be can 'white', in which case the name means 'white fort'; but more likely it is cant 'edge of a circle', in this context probably meaning 'district, region, edge, border', thus giving 'fort of the region/border'. [1]
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Binchester is a small village in County Durham, England. It has a population of 271. It is situated between Bishop Auckland, which is to the south, and a short distance to the west of Spennymoor. It has a community centre, swing park and football field, and is surrounded by countryside. Granville Terrace, the main road through the village, was relaid and renovated in 1991 for the BBC television series Challenge Anneka.
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