Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Yateley in Hampshire also has a church dedicated to St Swithun (who was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester).

I can vouch for this church....as I have visited it a few years ago.

 

[Welshman]

There is also a church dedicated to St Swithun in Lincoln

 

[12CSVT]

There is also a church dedicated to St Swithun in Lincoln

Poole has a level crossing in an awkward location near the town centre

 

[Ivo]

Exeter is at the other end of the famed X53 bus.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chichester also has the distinction of possessing both a cathedral and a ship canal.

 

[Welshman]

Richard of Chichester was born in Droitwich.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Northwich also features a brine baths in its attractions.

 

[Ivo]

From Northwich to Southwick (near Shoreham-by-Sea)...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The suffix of "-wich" normally signifies salt and its associated products..."-wick" usually signifies that a coastal bay is nearby

Bignor is also a settlement in the original Sussex area where the remains of a Roman villa were found.

 

[Welshman]

Ewell

also on Stane St

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kingston upon Thames is at the other end of the Hogsmill River

 

[LE Greys]

Kingston upon Hull is the full name

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

London also carried out trade in the late Middle Ages with the Baltic ports of the Hanseatic League.

 

[Ivo]

The other area to have given its name to an official (as opposed to informal) area named "Greater __________" in the last 50 years is Manchester.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chichester also possesses both a ship canal and a cathedral.

 

[Welshman]

certain sense of deja-vu here! [post 2135]

I'll give Richard a rest and recall Francis Chichester was born in Barnstaple

 

[Ivo]

Barnstaple's FirstGroup bus services will soon be transferred to Stagecoach. Many people, myself included, expect Northampton's operations to go the same way.

certain sense of deja-vu here! [post 2135]

I thought that too

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

certain sense of deja-vu here! [post 2135]

This is what happens when you try to enter a quiz when you are quite unwell with your concentration level NOT what it should have been....I should have used the other example of EXETER for the second posting....though it is good to know there at least two of these totally unconnected examples in both settlements.
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I thought that too

Please refer to the above explanation
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Barnstaple's FirstGroup bus services will soon be transferred to Stagecoach. Many people, myself included, expect Northampton's operations to go the same way.

Windsor was another settlement where the Normans chose to build a castle after their invasion.

 

[Ivo]

Not to worry Paul. I have sent you a PM about it

Continuing on from Windsor, Rainhill also has a word in its name that is associated with one of the "elements" identified by the Ancient Greeks.

 

[LE Greys]

Little Bytham is also associated with railway record-breaking

 

[ATW Alex 101]

tarpoly also has a pub that has closed in the last 10 years

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I assume you mean TARPORLEY....if so....

Wroughton in Wiltshire also holds a monthly country market.

 

[Ivo]

Highworth also has a direct Stagecoach bus service to Swindon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lewes also has a number of examples of Geogian period architecture.

 

[Welshman]

Jessops of the Victoria Centre, Nottingham, was the first John Lewis store constructed as part of a shopping centre,

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Honiton in Devon also has a long tradition in lace making.

 

[Welshman]

Shap
another community which has given its name to a railway incline which hindered steam locos but is hardly noticeable today.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Robin Hood's Bay is another settlement on the line of the 192 mile long Coast to Coast Walk.

 

[Welshman]

But don't go to Robin Hood's Bay looking for the Robin Hood Line to Creswell

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wigan was also a source of coal from its collieries.