Cryptic clues = station name

[Seacook]

Ansdell and Fairhaven

Open floor if this is correct.

 

[Welshman]

Correct

[Richard Ansdell {1815-1885} was the painter and Huttleston Broughton {1896-1966}was 1st Baron Fairhaven].

 

[Seacook]

The next clue is:

page looks wrong in this location

Two days gone and no responses. Time for a hint. Another clue could be:
New Testament book by Gabriel?

Still nothing, so...

page looks wrong in this location (6,3)

 

[Welshman]

The next clue is:

Two days gone and no responses. Time for a hint. Another clue could be:
New Testament book by Gabriel?

In the Abrahamic Religions, Gabriel is the Messenger of God.
In the New Testament, the Messenger is John the Baptist.
John the Baptist's life is documented in St Luke's gospel, and the Angel Gabriel also appears to Mary in St Luke's gospel.

So the NT book appears to be the Gospel of St Luke.
Southport St Luke is now closed, so following the lead of Gabriel's appearing to Mary, could it be:-

St Mary Cray?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Gospel Oak

 

[Seacook]

Gospel Oak

Correct. Anagram of page looks.

In the alternative clue, a gospel is a New Testament book and Gabriel Oak is a character in Thomas Hardy's Far From The Madding Crowd

 

[D841 Roebuck]

OK. How about:
A tough choice, we hear, for an alcoholic nymphomaniac!

 

[Seacook]

OK. How about:
A tough choice, we hear, for an alcoholic nymphomaniac!

Manorbier!

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Manorbier is correct (if perhaps politically incorrect...)

 

[Seacook]

Manorbier is correct (if perhaps politically incorrect...)

Open floor. If I think of another one I'll check first to see if someone else has stepped in.

 

[Welshman]

OK - try this in the meanwhile:-

Kept ancient Asiatic people warm?
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
This seems to have died the death, and I can't think of a clue without giving it away, so the station I had in mind was Huncoat.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I rarely visit this quiz now, so since I find it in a state of some dormancy, I will set the next one...

A Celtic sacred grove has regal connections.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Royal Oak

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Royal Oak

A good guess, but not so.

HINT : The "sacred grove" part of the clue gives the ancient meaning of a word in my conundrum.

 

[Welshman]

Buxton [Aquae Arnemetiae - Spa of the goddess of the Grove]?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Again not so, unfortunately. I am unable now to provide any further "hints".

 

[oddiesjack]

I have no idea what a nympton is, but assuming its not a place to get nymphomaniacs from , I am guessing Kings Nympton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

You are correct...I apologise for my absence in informing you earlier.

Nympton is derived from the Celtic language term that was used to describe a sacred grove which was so important in Druidical tradition.

Kindly set the next one.

 

[oddiesjack]

Best place to score some MDMA in Derbyshire?

 

[Buttsy]

Edale?

 

[oddiesjack]

aye, Edale, so over to you. . . .

 

[Buttsy]

Dagenham's choice on the main throughfare?

 

[plymothian]

Maybe thinking too deeply!

Blackhorse Road?

Black - Ford (car from Dagenham)'s legendary colour
Horse - horsepower/work horse/car
Road - main thoroughfare

 

[Buttsy]

No, sorry

 

[Mvann]

Ford.

 

[Buttsy]

No, but ford does appear in this station name

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Watford High Street

 

[Buttsy]

Correct D841. Over to you.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Skipper of the Goblin

 

[DaveHarries]

Skipper of the Goblin

(Jim) Brading?

Dave