Settlement Association

[Ivo]

One of Betjeman's most famous one-liners was "the pier is Southend; Southend is the pier".

Back home then :roll: Barely ten posts since Shoeburyness and we've already gone back there.

 

[Temple Meads]

Teignmouth is also a seaside resort with a pier.

 

[Schnellzug]

As is (just to please Ivo) Weston-super-Mare.

 

[Welshman]

Eugenius Birch also designed the Royal Pier at Aberystwyth

 

[Ivo]

Considering its size, Aberystwyth is among the most important settlements in Wales. In Scotland, the same cane be said of Inverness .

As is (just to please Ivo) Weston-super-Mare.

That's more like it

 

[Welshman]

Corpach

the other end of the Caledonian Canal

 

[Schnellzug]

The name Corpach is reputedly based on the Gaelic for "field of corpses", something that, which is something not many people know, it also shares with Weston-super- .... no, you're right, it doesn't.
Corpach was, however, once the site of a Paper mill, and in this it shares something in common with Sittingbourne.

 

[12CSVT]

Blaenau Ffestiniog is famous for a narrow gauge railway which was origionally built for industrial traffic

 

[4SRKT]

Slateford contains the name of Blaenau Ffestiniog's most famous product.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chirk also has an aqueduct.

 

[Welshman]

Slateford contains the name of Blaenau Ffestiniog's most famous product.

I always thought Rainham contained the name of Blaenau Ffestiniog's most famous product

Perhaps it's just every time I've been there.

Anyway, Thomas Telford also designed the aqueduct at Pontcysyllte

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ripon also has a World Heritage site in its environs (Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal).

 

[Welshman]

Wilfrid also built a church and monastery at Hexham

 

[Ivo]

I always thought Rainham contained the name of Blaenau Ffestiniog's most famous product

That's not actually Blaenau Ffestiniog's product though is it? They just see a lot of it...

Speaking of which, let's bring Rainham in.

Hexham's name is formed of one short monosyllabic word followed by the common ending "-ham". The same is true of Rainham, in the Medway Towns.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Canterbury also is on the line of the Roman road called Watling Street.

 

[4SRKT]

Maidstone also has two unconnected stations called East and West. Must be a Kent thing.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rochester also lies on the line of the River Medway.

 

[Ivo]

Elgin is also a former city.

N.B.: A reminder! DO NOT say Perth in relation to Elgin on the basis of the same being true!

 

[Schnellzug]

Elgin is famous for its Marbles (all right, Lord Elgin is famous for his Marbles, even if he has nothing to do with actual Elgin, but let us not be pedantic here ), and The British and World Marbles Championship have been held at Tinsley Green, West Sussex, England every year since 1932.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edenbridge in Kent also has a very long historical association with the iron industry.

 

[4SRKT]

Harwich also has a station called 'Town'.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Holyhead is also a ferry port.

 

[LE Greys]

Sheerness is also the largest town on an island with a rail link to the mainland

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chatham was also attacked by a Dutch naval fleet in the 17th century.

 

[Ivo]

We're very repetitive on this thread aren't we? A large number of the last 30 or so posts have been from the Thames Estuary!

Speaking of which...

Among those areas in and around said estuary, Coryton is also known for water freight - or, at least, will be before long.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stanlow is also the site of a large oil refinery....I have ensured a move away from the Thames estuary, as requested.

 

[Clip]

O.M.D made a song called 'Stanlow ' about the refinery. One of the creators of OMD was Andy McCluskey who was born in Heswall

 

[Ivo]

Among Heswall's most famous sons is Ian "Beefy" Botham, who spent much of his professional career in and around Taunton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ashburton was also where a portreeve was situated to administer tax matters in the late Middle Ages.

 

[221129]

Plymouth is also home to a Devon and Cornwall Police TAG unit