Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pevensey Bay was the site of a Norman wooden castle, as was Bowdon (Watch Hill Castle).

 

[Ivo]

Speaking of the Normans, they engaged in battle with the Anglo-Saxons in the vicinity of what we now know as, well, Battle (!)

 

[Schnellzug]

Norman and the Conquerors* were able to get a foot in the door in Sussex because Harold and his brave lads were preoccupied Up North at Stamford Bridge, in this case being the one in Yorkshire.

* I think that's right

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Malton (Dervento) was also a settlement in Yorkshire that had a Roman fort.

 

[Ivo]

Malton is not to be confused with the Essex town of Maldon.

 

[LE Greys]

Rochester is another place where you would be likely to find Thames barges.

 

[cuccir]

Bury St Edmunds is another cathedral town: Rochester only became one in 1998 when the city authorities neglected to create charter trustees after a local government merger, and it duly lost its legal status

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newton St Cyres is another settlement that includes the name of a saint in its title.

 

[Welshman]

Bury St Edmunds is another cathedral town: Rochester only became one in 1998 when the city authorities neglected to create charter trustees after a local government merger, and it duly lost its legal status

Rochester has had a cathedral since 604, and is England's second oldest. However did the city authorities lose its cathedral city status?

Brockley

Newtown St Cyres is on the Tarka Line.
Henry Williamson, author of Tarka the Otter, was born in Brockley.

 

[cuccir]

Rochester has had a cathedral since 604, and is England's second oldest. However did the city authorities lose its cathedral city status?

Forgetfulness! - they didn't create a trustees group to maintain the city charter when Rochester was merged into a new 'Medway' Unitary Authority.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brockley.....Newton St Cyres is on the Tarka Line. Henry Williamson, author of Tarka the Otter, was born in Brockley.

Penge also had a wharf on the Croydon Canal, which was opened in 1809 and closed in 1836, making it the first canal to be formerly closed by an Act of Parliament.

 

[Welshman]

Forgetfulness! - they didn't create a trustees group to maintain the city charter when Rochester was merged into a new 'Medway' Unitary Authority.

Incredible!

Thank you.


Hebburn

Schoolboy howler land - the schoolboy who thought the Lord's prayer read "Lead us not into Penge station" also probably thought it began "Our Father, who art in Hebburn"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Peebles also had a 15th century Peel Tower

 

[LE Greys]

Nairn was traditionally a Scottish county town, but not since regionalisation.

BTW, am I the only one who pronounced Penge without sounding the second E? Peng?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Let have a link between North-East Scotland and North-East Wales....


Froncysyllte in the Vale of Llangollen contains the Grade I listed Pontcysyllte Viaduct which was the work of Thomas Telford, who also built the harbour at Nairn.

 

[Welshman]

Thomas Telford was aided by William Jessop, who also built the Cromford Canal.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chorley was the place where Richard Arkwright of spinning and carding machinery fame set up his first large mill (Birkacre Mill) and Cromford was where he built the famous Cromford Mill.

 

[LE Greys]

Doncaster was where a fictional Mr Arkwright had his shop

 

[12CSVT]

Bedford was the birthplace of Ronnie Barker, who played the part of Arkwright in Open All Hours

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Carlisle and Doncaster were ceded to the Kingdom of Scotland following the wars between King David I of Scotland and King Stephen of England, as part of the Treaty of Durham in 1136.

 

[VTPreston_Tez]

Well what do you think? Treaty of Durham of course!
(The Bedford one seems to have been a fail I guess :roll

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rochester also had a Norman 11th century castle that was constructed in the early period after the invasion of the Normans.

 

[Schnellzug]

Rochester was the home of renowned steam roller manufacturer Aveling & Porter. When they became Aveling Barford in 1933, they moved to Grantham, Lincolnshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Worcester was also the scene of a victory for the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War

 

[Clip]

#1849 preceded #1850 of Carlisle as there is no connection with Bedford being made so I believe we are back to Bedford which is situated on the river Ouse which empties into the sea via the Wash whose closest settlement is Wisbech.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

#1849 preceded #1850 of Carlisle as there is no connection with Bedford being made

Indeed you are most correct as the timings of both these postings would appear to show that both answers were in the process of being typed out at the same time.....which does add strength to the argument that once you have made your posting on this quiz, you should check its validity against the previous answer that was posted.


Hastings also had a castle that was built by the Normans after their invasion of Britain in the 11th century.

 

[Class172]

Yes, please make sure answers follow on fluently from those before, in order to keep it running smoothly.

 

[Welshman]

Lynton

also has a funicular railway

 

[LE Greys]

Barnstaple was at the other end of a narrow-gauge line (I hope that wasn't too rail-specific)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kenilworth also had an early example of a Norman castle.