Settlement Association

[Deerfold]

Denbigh also has a Plum Festival.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rosllanerchrugog has also hosted the National Eisteddfod of Wales

 

[Deerfold]

Wrexham also has a Stiwt Theatre.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wigan also has historical connections to the coal mining industry.

 

[Deerfold]

Glasgow also has a Catholic church dedicated to St Jude.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aberdeen was also subjected to outbreaks of the Bubonic Plague in the 17th century.

 

[Class172]

Aberdeen is well known for having buildings built of granite rock: moving further south, Cirencester is another town built of a local rock; this time the honey-coloured Cotswold stone

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Abingdon also has the remains of an Oppidum from the Iron Age time period contained within its environs.

 

[cjp]

Stedman Triples are also rung at Ringmer in the church of St Mary

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lavenham also has an area containing ancient woodland within its environs.

 

[cjp]

Long Melford also has a wool church

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bocking was another settlement that was affected by the Peasant's Revolt that occurred in 1381.

 

[cjp]

Outwood, in Surrey also has a fine post windmill

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kinlochard also has a village hall.

 

[Strathclyder]

Blair Drummond is also in the Stirling council area.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Doune also lies on the line of the River Teith

 

[Class172]

The Scots Gaelic for Doune is "An Dùn," meaning fort; whilst in welsh the same word is "Caer," as found in the Newport district of Caerleon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wroxeter in Shropshire was another settlement where the Romans erected a large fort.

 

[cjp]

Telford is probably the largest town in Shropshire

 

[Class172]

Telford is served by the M54, which is a predominantly D2M road (dual-carriageway, 2 lane, motorway). A similar road is the M65, which serves the similarly sized town of Blackburn.

 

[Darren R]

Derby is another town whose football team was a founding member of the Football League.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Macclesfield was another settlement with silk mills.

 

[High Dyke]

Although "Silk Town" seems to be its preferred nickname Macclesfield's traditional nickname is "Treacle Town" — supposedly from an incident when a load of treacle was spilt on Hibel Road, and the poor scooped it off the cobbles. However, this term is more widely associated with Nuneaton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cannington in Somerset is another settlement where a Benedictine nunnery was established.

 

[cjp]

Cannington in Somerset is another settlement where a Benedictine nunnery was established.

Not to be confused with the similar sounding Canning Town

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stanstead Abbotts also lies on the line of the River Lea.

 

[cjp]

The Lea (or Lee) flows from its source at Leagrave to the Thames in London

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Marden in Kent also has the remains of a Neolithic period D-shaped enclosure.

 

[cjp]

Marden may well be confused with Marsden which is up in Yorkshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wellow also has a well-constructed packhorse bridge