Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Actor Sir John Hurt CBE was born in Chesterfield on 22nd January 1940, but died in Cromer on 25th January 2017.

NOTE : I have emboldened above the settlement with which the connection has to be made.....

Sutton-cum-Duckmanton was also once administered by the Hundred of Scarsdale

 

[cjp]

Norwood Green also has a church named / dedicated to St Mary

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Norwood Green also has a church named / dedicated to St Mary

Is this the one in West Yorkshire or the one in the London region?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

My apologies for messing this up!

My interpretation is that it's the London one, hence this:

Another Grade II listed building in Norwood Green is Friars Lawn, a Georgian house overlooking the Green whose previous residents include the actress Hayley Mills. Hayley Mills made her film debut in Tiger Bay in 1959; this include a scene where she got on the Newport Transporter Bridge and got off in Cardiff, in the modern Grangetown area.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cefn-coed-y-cymmer also lies on the line of the River Taff

 

[EbbwJunction1]

A notable feature of the village is the impressive curving Cefn Coed Viaduct. The viaduct, which spans the Taf Fawr river, came into being as part of the Merthyr to Pontsticill Junction line, is the third largest in Wales and is now a Grade II listed building.

It was designed by Alexander Sutherland in conjunction with Henry Conybeare (1823 – 1892); the latter was also responsible for the design of St Mary's Church, Itchen Stoke, Hampshire in 1866.

 

[cjp]

The river Itchen higher up is known as the river Aire where is passes New Alresford.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ballymoney in County Antrim also hosts an agricultural show.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

James Alexander Young (1918 – 1974), better known as Jimmy Young (no, not that one!) or simply Our Jimmy, was an actor and comedian; he was born in Ballymoney and brought up in Belfast, where he died.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Buxton also has an opera house.

 

[cjp]

Matlock Bath is another spa town

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The River Derwent in Matlock Bath is a location for Canoeing events. It is used by Matlock Canoe Club to host competitive (National Level) Wild Water Racing and Slalom events, and is an assessment location for the BCU 4 Star award; it is also used by recreational canoeists. It is a tributary of the River Trent, which it joins south of Derby.

 

[cjp]

Derby Hats were the product of Mr Bowler so I give you Bowling

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

New Abbey in Dumfries and Galloway also was a settlement where a cornmill was erected.

 

[cjp]

Former Benedictine monks from St Mary's Abbey in York set up a new settlement which was to become known as Fountains Abbey.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Former Benedictine monks from St Mary's Abbey in York set up a new settlement which was to become known as Fountains Abbey.

I must ask forebearance with you over the above association. You have responded with this posting to my posting of New Abbey, which was a proper-named settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, but all my researches so far have not borne fruit in trying to prove your submission that Fountains Abbey was a settlement in accordance with the rules of this quiz, so the best thing to do will be to ask for a formal adjudication on the matter in hand.

 

[OxtedL]

Former Benedictine monks from St Mary's Abbey in York set up a new settlement which was to become known as Fountains Abbey.

Is the link here that these are both Abbeys?

If so, could you make it a bit clearer?

 

[cjp]

I must ask forebearance with you over the above association. You have responded with this posting to my posting of New Abbey, which was a proper-named settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, but all my researches so far have not borne fruit in trying to prove your submission that Fountains Abbey was a settlement in accordance with the rules of this quiz, so the best thing to do will be to ask for a formal adjudication on the matter in hand.

That's fine Paul.
I felt that that an church or abbey with all the ancillary farm and residential dwellings comprised a settlement.

 

[OxtedL]

Where shall we continue from?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Where shall we continue from?

From the last valid posting of an actual named settlement as generally understood in the meaning of that word. As my last posting could be one of the options, I cannot make the next posting.

Do the rules of the quiz need clarifying to make it clear what a named settlement actually is?

 

[deltic1989]

Private James MacKenzie VC was born in New Abbey, another VC recipient, Boy 1st Class John Travers 'Jack' Cornwell VC was born in Leyton, Essex.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur Frank Muir CBE (1920 – 1998) spent part of his childhood in Leyton (He always used to say "I was educated in E10, not Eton") He was, however, born in his grandmother's pub, the Derby Arms in Ramsgate, Kent.

 

[deltic1989]

Ramsgate Lifeboat Station is home to a Trent Class all weather lifeboat (RNLB Esme Anderson)
Great Yarmouth is home to another member of the class (RNLB Samarbeta)

 

[johnnychips]

There is a Fawlty Towers hotel in Great Yarmouth, but of course the series was set in Torquay.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The writer Agatha Christie was born in Torquay and lived there during her early years; there is an "Agatha Christie Mile", a tour with plaques dedicated to her life and work.

In December 1926, she disappeared and, despite an extensive womanhunt, she was not found for ten days. On 14 December, she was found at the Swan Hydropathic Hotel (now the Old Swan Hotel) in Harrogate, Yorkshire, registered as Mrs Teresa Neele (the surname of her husband's lover) from Cape Town.

 

[johnnychips]

Royal Leamington Spa is also a...er...spa.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Royal Borough of Greenwich was the last place to have the title "Royal" conferred on it; this was in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

 

[johnnychips]

The Greenwich Meridian (0 degrees longitude) leaves mainland England just north of Withernsea.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Withernsea's most famous landmark is the white inland lighthouse, rising around 127 feet (39 m) above Hull Road. The lighthouse – no longer active – now houses a museum to 1950s actress Kay Kendall (1927 – 1959), who was born in the town. Upon her death at the age of 32, she was buried in the churchyard of St John-at-Hampstead Church, Hampstead, London.

 

[Springs Branch]

Wilmslow is another prosperous settlement whose McDonalds "restaurant" has closed down in recent years.