Settlement Association

[Springs Branch]

Penrith also has an eponymous Twin Town in the antipodes.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Port Ellen in Islay is another settlement where a Neolithic standing stone can be viewed.

 

[kevconnor]

Port Ellen was the birth place of Lord Robertson, former secretary general of NATO. The only other UK born person to hold this post was Lord Carrington who was born in Chelsea.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bath also lends its name to a bun.

 

[kevconnor]

Buxton in Derbyshire is also a spa town with a Georgian Crescent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Belfast also has a opera house.

 

[kevconnor]

Belfast was the home to Harland and Wolfe and was the birthplace of the Titanic. It is from Belfast that it started its ill fated short existence and it is Cobh (then known as Queentown) in County Cork where it last docked.

 

[Springs Branch]

I think we tend to overlook that settlements in Ireland, IOM & CI are allowed in this quiz, so nice choice picking Cobh.

Killarney is also home to one of the three tallest churches in Ireland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Letterkenny in Co. Donegal also has a cathedral.

 

[kevconnor]

Continuing the ecclesiastical theme Armagh city in Northern Ireland is the ecclesiastical seat of power on the Island of of Ireland

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bayfordbury in Hertfordshire also has an astronomical observatory.

 

[kevconnor]

Bayfordbury is the location of Bayford Manor Who's gardens were developed by the 18th century politician businessman Sir William Baker who was MP for the constituency of Plymouth Erle in Plymouth

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edgware is another settlement where Roman pottery has been excavated.

 

[kevconnor]

Edgware is one of the areas of London which is synonymous with the Jewish community just like in Manchester so is Cheetham Hill

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coventry also has a transport museum.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Swansea was also heavily bombed during the Second World War.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llanelli also has connections to the tinplate industry.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Llanelli Rugby Club beat New Zealand in 1972; however, Newport Rugby Club beat a far stronger New Zealand team in 1963!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester also has a velodrome.

 

[A Challenge]

Glasgow has also been a host city for one of the last 5 Commonwealth Games

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Glasgow Airport is actually located in Paisley.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sorry....computer froze a page ago.

 

[A Challenge]

Paisley is in Scotland, not between Winchester and Canterbury?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dumbarton, like Paisley, was a large settlement in the Kingdom of Strathclyde.

 

[High Dyke]

The Siege of Dumbarton took place in 870, where the British fortress at Dumbarton Rock was besieged by a Viking force from that had sailed from Dublin.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kilcullen in County Kildare also lies on the line of the River Liffey.

 

[Springs Branch]

Newmarket, in Suffolk is also a centre for the breeding and training of racehorses.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barton Mills, in Suffolk, was also once administered by the Hundred of Lackford.

 

[Springs Branch]

Kettlewell also hosts a Scarecrow Festival

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tadcaster also lies on the line of the River Wharfe.