They are the places where the oldest ever living Britons, past or present, were born and in some cases spent their whole lives.
The oldest ever Briton is the world’s oldest living person, Ethel Caterham, who on August 21 this year celebrated her 116th birthday.
She was born in the Hampshire village of Shipton Bellinger, was raised in Tidworth, Wiltshire, and today lives at a care home in Lightwater, Surrey.
Only two other Britons have reached the age of 115, according to the oldestinbritain.org website, while Ethel is one of only nine Britons to have lived to 114 or older.
Ethel, who was the second youngest of eight children, has some way to go to become the world’s oldest ever person.
That honour belongs to Jeanne Louise Calment, who died in 1997, aged 122 years and 164 days.
The life expectancy for women in the UK is 82.8 years, according to the Office for National Statistics, compared with 78.8 years for men.
The 17 oldest ever Britons are, or were, all women, with Harry Allingham, who died on July 18, 2009, aged 113 years and 42 days, being the oldest ever male Briton.
Below are the birthplaces of the nine oldest Britons to have ever lived, listed in reverse order.
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5. Worsbrough
Ethel Lang was the fifth oldest ever Britain, according to oldestinbritain.org. She was born in Worsbrough, Barnsley, on May 27, 1900, and died in Barnsley on January 15, 2015, aged 114 years and 233 days. | Google Photo: Google
6. Newcastle-under-Lyme
Eva Morris was the fourth oldest ever Briton, according to oldestinbritain.org. She was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, on November 8, 1885, and died in Stone, Staffordshire, on November 2, 2000, aged 114 years and 360 days. | Google Photo: Google
7. Chesterfield
Annie Jennings was the third oldest ever Briton, according to oldestinbritain.org. Shef was born in Chesterfield on November 12, 1884, and died in Chesterfield on November 20, 1999, aged 115 years and 8 days | National World Photo: Jason Chadwick
8. Hartlepool
Charlotte Marion Hughes was the second oldest ever Briton, according to oldestinbritain.org. She was born in Hartlepool on August 1, 1877, and died in Redcar on March 17, 1993, aged 115 years and 228 days. | Google Photo: Google