Settlement Association

[Hamma52]

Grizedale Hall at Grizedale, Cumbria -- south of Hawkshead -- was also in World War II, the site of a specialised kind of camp for German prisoners-of-war. Hard-core Nazis were concentrated at Watten; Grizedale Hall's "clientele" were largely senior officers in the German armed forces, including many submarine officers: the camp was unofficially styled "The U-Boat Hotel".

(Answer not demanded; but -- maybe I'm thick, and / or a thorough innocent; I can perhaps see how the Scottish river is one letter away from being a swearword; but the one in England -- ??)

Might be my rural Yorkshire dialect coming through, but I've seen the word "wellund" used as a generic "dunce, brainless idiot" swear. I only heard it around farming circles though, and perhaps was a mutation of the much more well known swear starting with B and ending in end

Anyway!

Delamere, Cheshire, also gives its name to a large forest park which has a GoApe adventure course in it.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Little Budworth in Cheshire West and Chester was also once under the jurisdiction of the Hundred of Eddisbury.

 

[Calthrop]

Might be my rural Yorkshire dialect coming through, but I've seen the word "wellund" used as a generic "dunce, brainless idiot" swear. I only heard it around farming circles though, and perhaps was a mutation of the much more well known swear starting with B and ending in end

Thanks ! Said B-possibility never entered my head.

@Xenophon PCDGS writes: "Little Budworth in Cheshire West and Chester was also once under the jurisdiction of the Hundred of Eddisbury."

In the vicinity of Little Budworth and neighbouring Tarporley, there is a pub called the Cabbage Hall. There is another hostelry of that name, in Liverpool's Anfield area -- is this perhaps a particular Cheshire / Merseyside thing? (The publicity for one of these establishments, tells us that the title is not directly about green-and-growing edibles; but comes from "cabbaging", a tailoring practice dating back to the 18th century -- the saving of leftover fabric scraps as "cabbage" after cutting garments.)

(@Hamma52 didn't actually say the above -- but, stupid computers and / or stupid me ...)

 

[Hamma52]

Anfield Stadium, in the area of Liverpool with the same name, is well known in the sporting world for being the home of...

The 2019 Rugby Football League magic weekend!

The next magic weekend would be held in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2021.

 

[Calthrop]

It would seem that not all that many British settlements, are twinned with ones in the Netherlands. However, both Newcastle upon Tyne; and Preston, Lancashire; have Dutch twin settlements -- both in essentially the northern half of that country. The English cities' "twins" are respectively Groningen; and Almelo.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fenham in Tyne and Wear was also once under the jurisdiction of the Newcastle upon Tyne Poor Law Union.

 

[High Dyke]

The River Ribble, which flows through Preston is one of the few that start in the Yorkshire Dales and flow westwards towards the Irish Sea. Another such watercourse is the River Dee, which rises in Dentdale. Whilst Dentdale is the valley of the River Dee, it takes its name from the village of Dent, Cumbria.

The River Dee meets the River Rawthey and they go on to join the River Lune.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Millthrop in the area of the Yorkshire Dales was also once administered by the Ewcross Wapentake.

 

[Hamma52]

Millthrop has a peculiar situation of being located within the Yorkshire Dales national park, which are predominantly found in Yorkshire, having a Lancashire postcode, yet being actually located in Cumbria.

Somewhere else with similar oddity to this would be Warslow, which is located in the Peak District national park, which covers largely Derbyshire, has a Stockport (Greater Manchester) postcode, yet is actually located in Staffordshire.

 

[High Dyke]

The church of St Lawrence, at Warslow, dates from 1820 and was designed by Charles Lynam.

Another building designed by Lynam was the Maw and Company Tile Works in Jackfield, Shropshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Framilode in Gloucestershire also lies on the line of the River Severn.

 

[Calthrop]

One of the river-names shared by a number of different streams in Britain: is Frome -- seemingly a speciality of England's "mid-south-west". Such a one, hitherto unknown to me -- and alias the Stroudwater, rising in the Cotswolds, flowing through Stroud, and joining the Severn hard by Framilode -- is reckoned the origin of Framilode's name: "in the old tongue", Frome Crossing Point. Another and better-known River Frome, in those general parts, is the Somerset one -- tributary of the Bristol Avon, and flowing eponymously through the town of Frome, Somerset.

 

[Tetragon213]

Beaulieu has also been noted for being quite tricky to pronounce by the BBC.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Weybridge in Surrey also has a motor museum.

 

[Hamma52]

Abridge, Essex, also lies within the M25, yet is not within Greater London proper.

 

[Tetragon213]

North Ockendon is the exact inverse; it is within Greater London proper, yet it does not lie within the M25

 

[Hamma52]

North Ockendon has an unusual deposit of superficial alluvials immediately to its east, which is why there is a low lying marsh there.
Somewhere else with this type of geology, and by extension terrain, around it is Laxton, East Yorkshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sandwick in Orkney also has a church that is dedicated to St Peter.

 

[High Dyke]

Close to Sandwick is the lofty natural arch, hole of Rowe.

Bow Fiddle Rock is another natural sea arch. It is located near Portknockie, Moray.

 

[Hamma52]

Portknockie has an open air swimming pool (although it is questionable if it actually is a standalone swimming pool or just a slightly "blueified" extension of the North Sea!)

So too does Helmsley, North Yorkshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Appleton-le- Street in North Yorkshire was also once administered by the Ryedale Wapentake.

 

[Hamma52]

The Thirsk and Malton railway used to pass through Appleton le Street. It also used to pass through Amotherby, North Yorkshire, where there was a station.

 

[D6130]

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The Thirsk and Malton railway used to pass through Appleton le Street. It also used to pass through Amotherby, North Yorkshire, where there was a station.

Unfortunately railway-related questions are not permitted in this game.

 

[transportphoto]

Unfortunately railway-related questions are not permitted in this game.

I’m not sure I’m fully of the same opinion. The other game compares railway stations to each other, this game compares the settlements. Associations between settlements which just so happen to be railway related aren’t expressly disallowed… unless I’ve missed something?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Settlement Association Quiz!

This works in exactly the same manner as the Station Association Quiz, only this thread concentrates on the thousands of inhabited locales instead of their railway stations

Extract from the very first posting on the thread.

 

[D6130]

I’m not sure I’m fully of the same opinion. The other game compares railway stations to each other, this game compares the settlements. Associations between settlements which just so happen to be railway related aren’t expressly disallowed… unless I’ve missed something?

Apologies! I must have misremembered the rules or confused it with the other game. Happens a lot when you get to my age!

 

[transportphoto]

On reflection, the idea of this game is to make comparisons and associations between settlements. The idea of Station Associations is to explicitly make comparisons and associations between railway stations.

Reading back to 2011/12, the sprit of the game has been to minimise overlap between the two games. Generic railway associations are allowed, and examples exist from the start, what we wish to avoid here is comparing train stations as that lays specifically in the other game.

We continue from:

The Thirsk and Malton railway used to pass through Appleton le Street. It also used to pass through Amotherby, North Yorkshire, where there was a station.

 

[D6130]

On reflection, the idea of this game is to make comparisons and associations between settlements. The idea of Station Associations is to explicitly make comparisons and associations between railway stations.

Reading back to 2011/12, the sprit of the game has been to minimise overlap between the two games. Generic railway associations are allowed, and examples exist from the start, what we wish to avoid here is comparing train stations as that lays specifically in the other game.

We continue from:

OK. Thanks for the clarification!

 

[Calthrop]

Recommencing from Amotherby:

West Chiltington, West Sussex -- a little way east of Pulborough -- also has a pub called the Queen's Head.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bamburgh in Northumberland also has a croquet club.