Settlement Association

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Kenilworth road is the football ground of Luton Town

 

[Schnellzug]

Luton is a term applied to a popular form of van, which may or may not be because Luton was once the home of Vauxhall, whose commercial vehicle making arm went under the name of Bedford.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Preston is also a county town....under the generally accepted derivation of name.

 

[Welshman]

Not to be confused with Long Preston, near Settle, which is not quite as big.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Westhoughton was another place where a stone age axe was found (which is currently in a museum in Liverpool)

 

[12CSVT]

deleted - Paul got there seconds before I did

 

[Welshman]

Unfortunately, Westhoughton was the scene of the second-worst mining disaster in England at Pretoria Colliery.
The worst mining disaster in England was at the Oaks Colliery, Stairfoot.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stockport is also on the line of The Trans Pennine Trail

 

[Welshman]

Stockport railway viaduct features in some of the paintings of L. S Lowry.
The main exhibition of his work is at Salford Quays.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Canary Wharf is also a former dockland situation that has a new life as a totally different type of an employment area.

 

[12CSVT]

Blackpool also has a very tall man-made structure

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Croydon also has a tramway system.

 

[Temple Meads]

Shoreditch was also instrumental (no pun intended ) in establishing the dubstep genre of music.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Canterbury also saw an immigration of French Huguenot silk weavers in the 17th century.

 

[Class172]

Paul, you know this is coming...

Both Canterbury and Droitwich Spa are Roman settlements.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Always good to hear from someone who has done more than most to put Droitwich Spa on the map.....so to speak


Askern is also a spa town.

 

[Welshman]

Armadale

also[apparently] has an Independent Greyhound Racing Stadium.

[My General knowledge has increased in leaps and bounds since I started doing this quiz]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Workington also has a speedway stadium with a team in the Speedway Premier League (Workington Comets).....whereas Armadale is the place where Edinburgh Monarchs speedway team hold their fixtures in that same league.

 

[12CSVT]

A river bridge in Inverness was once swept away during severe floods, causing long term impact on local transport

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Portmahomack in Easter Ross (which has had excavations carried out) was also a settlement of the Picts.

 

[Ivo]

Portmahomack is another location that owes a lot to Thomas Telford, courtesy of his designing its (small) harbour. Of course, the most famous location to bear any outward relation to Mr Telford is Telford itself.

[My General knowledge has increased in leaps and bounds since I started doing this quiz]

I can only take this as a compliment after starting this thread in somewhat acrimonious circumstances. Thank you kindly

(And thank you to Paul for pointing it out!)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Skelmersdale was also created in the second wave of the New Towns development plan.

 

[Welshman]

Agecroft
was also once a colliery community on the Lancashire Coalfield.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hollingworth Lake also has an accredited rowing club.

 

[Welshman]

I remember being taken to Hollingworth Lake as a child - this brings back memories!

Dover

Matthew Webb practised in Hollingworth Lake for his cross-channel attempt from Dover in 1875.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Holyhead is also a ferry port.

 

[Welshman]

Lindisfarne

another "Holy Island"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Jarrow saw a Viking raid against its religious house in 794AD, following a similar Viking raid against the religious house in Lindisfarne the previous year.

 

[Ivo]

Jarrow is known for the famous Jarrow March in the 1930s - a positive way to protest about something if ever there was one (even if it didn't work). Idiots in the likes of Croydon could learn a thing or two from reading about the March.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackpool also has a tramway system.