Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

York also saw a massacre of its resident Jewish residents in the early Middle Ages.

 

[Welshman]

Conwy
also a walled settlement

 

[Yew]

In world war two, The ' Mulberry Harbour's ' where developed in Conwy, parts of one (Port Winston) of these now rest offshore of

Shoeburyness

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Otterburn also has an MOD site.

 

[Johnuk123]

Another very large M.O.D. site is Donnington.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Madeley was also once part of the now-defunct Wellington Rural District Council.

 

[Johnuk123]

Wolverhampton was the team of Billy Wright one of Englands greatest ever footballers.

Billy Wright went to school in Madeley.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Shrewsbury also became a 14th century "staple town" of the woollen trade.

 

[Welshman]

Horsehay [Shropshire]

The Cadfael novels of Ellis Peters are centred around Shrewsbury and its Abbey.
Ellis Peters [Edith Pargeter], was born in Horsehay.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coalbrookdale also was connected to the iron foundry production of bridge sections.

 

[Welshman]

Worcester

is also associated with the porcelain industry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Yeovil also has historical connections to the glove making industry.

 

[dzug2]

Stow on the Wold is also located on an old roman road

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lavenham in Suffolk also had a thriving medieval woollen trade.

 

[Old-School]

Brastead a station on the Westerham Branch Line to Dunton Green was closed to passengers in 1961, The line was due to be revived & preserved but cancelled due to plans for the M25.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I take it you refer to BRASTED...

Chislehurst was another English (and the final) place of residence in exile of Emperor Napoleon III of France.

 

[dzug2]

Ystradgynlais (if I've spelt it right) also has caves nearby

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rhosllannerchrugog has also hosted the National Eisteddfod of Wales (in 1945 and in 1961)....Ystradgynlais hosted it in 1954

 

[dzug2]

Lancing is one of several claimants to be the largest village in England - Rhosllannerchrugog is the largest in Wales

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Silchester in Hampshire also has Romano-British building remains.

 

[Old-School]

Chichester also has a Roman Amphitheatre

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lavant in West Sussex also lies on the line of the River Lavant.

 

[Welshman]

All Saints' Long Whatton also has a south tower [as does St Mary's, Lavant]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Osgathorpe also is part of a United Benefice team ministry.

 

[Welshman]

Nanpantan

is also on the line of the now dried-up Charnwood Forest Canal

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gorton also has a reservoir.

 

[Welshman]

G.G. Hilditch, who was General Manager of Halifax Buses [1963-1974], served his apprenticeship at Gorton Tank.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dewsbury is another West Yorkshire settlement with a Minster church...(All Saints).

 

[Welshman]

Batley

was also a shoddy town.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llangollen also has a motor museum.