Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Malmesbury was also a major Anglo-Saxon settlement.

 

[Welshman]

Tewkesbury

also has an abbey.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester is also at the confluence of two rivers (The River Irwell and the River Irk in this case))

 

[Welshman]

The present Bishop of Manchester, Nigel Simeon McCulloch, was previously Bishop of Wakefield.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Normanton was also a constituent parish body in the medieval Wapentake of Agbrigg (which itself was a split from the originally oversized Wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley).

 

[Welshman]

Wombwell
also has a proud mining heritage.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Alnwick also has an athletics club.

 

[Johnuk123]

March also has a thriving athletic club.

 

[Ivo]

I have been asked to clarify the status of posting the same connection more than once in succession. I seem to recall that no official ruling was ever made on this, and this people were allowed to effectively plagiarise the previous link.

I am going to say that as of midnight tonight, repeating the previous clue - in fact, any of the last three - will no longer be permitted. We have had chain answers before, such as piers I seem to recall, which makes things far too easy. What sets this apart from other Association threads is the uniqueness and variety that can so easily be achieved, and the massive potential to learn about so many places in Great Britain (remember, only towns in England, Scotland and Wales are permitted), and I would hope that this can continue for a long time to come. This rule will also be extended to repeating settlements; as well as clues, settlements may also not be copied in any of the next three links.

These two rules combined mean that what previously might have been thus:
Oxford - University - Cambridge - X5 Coach - Oxford - X5 coach - Buckingham - University - Cambridge
would now have to be something like this:
Oxford - University - Cambridge - X5 Coach - Buckingham - Begins with "B" - Bicester - Islip line - Oxford
Makes things a bit more interesting! A note will be provided in the first post also.

Meanwhile, it is good to see that the "old girl" is still running so well, with its first anniversary on the horizon. As such, might I join in again? Linking to March: Fort Augustus, on the Highland Fault which produced Loch Ness and other such spectacular features, also has a month in its name.

 

[Johnuk123]

Laggan also has a swing bridge over the Caledonian canal.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blair Atholl is also within the Cairngorms National Park

 

[Johnuk123]

Addington (Bucks) is also a settlement with the same name as an ex-prime minister.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tonbridge was another settlement where Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, had a residence in the immediate aftermath period of the Norman Conquest.

Incidentally, it was also his final place of settlement leading up to the attack on Tonbridge Castle, which eventually led to his final departure from Britain.

 

[Ivo]

Westbury is another town whose most important feature is arguably its railway junction.

 

[Welshman]

Kilburn [N.Yorks]

also has a White Horse.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stokesley in North Yorkshire was also part of the medieval Wapentake of Birdforth

 

[Welshman]

Apparently, Stokesley is the home of Quorn, the meat substitute.

Whereas Quorn, Leicestershire, isn't.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kilbride in Argyll and Bute was also a medieval historical producer of granite millstones.

 

[Ivo]

I didn't know there is a Kilbride! I know of East and West, but...

N.B.: A Wikipedia search indicates that the name West Kilbride is not related to any settlement named "Kilbride".

Taking only the latter syllable in Kilbride results in a perfect match with the first syllable of the village of Groombridge, near Tunbridge Wells.

 

[Johnuk123]

I didn't know there is a Kilbride! I know of East and West, but...

N.B.: A Wikipedia search indicates that the name West Kilbride is not related to any settlement named "Kilbride".

Taking only the latter syllable in Kilbride results in a perfect match with the first syllable of the village of Groombridge, near Tunbridge Wells.

Wikipedia is not anywhere near accurate just a useful guide.

There are 3 settlements called Kilbride all in Scotland.

One is just South of Oban, one is on the shores of Loch Sween, and one is on the island of Bute.


Benderloch also has a farm supplying free range eggs.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tirefour is also within the Lynn of Lorn National Scientific Area.

 

[Ivo]

Tirefour shares much of its name with a prominent supermarket operator (Carrefour). Morriston in Swansea shares this trait.

There are 3 settlements called Kilbride all in Scotland.

One is just South of Oban, one is on the shores of Loch Sween, and one is on the island of Bute.

So I see... I can lay claim to knowing about substantial swathes of minor settlements in southern England, but once you clear roughly Birmingham most smaller places pass me by. That isn't to say I don't know any - I know of West Kilbride for instance! - but my "success rate" is far smaller.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Preston also has an Orpheus Choir.

 

[Welshman]

Oakham

is also in the revived Unitary Authority of Rutland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Alnwick was also a settlement where the Normans chose to erect one of their castles.

 

[Welshman]

Yate

Alnwick Castle is the setting for "Hogwarts" in the Harry Potter films.
J.K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter novels.
She was born in Yate.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bristol also had outcrops of the primary strontium mineral ore of Celestine (SrSO4)

 

[Ivo]

As everyone know, Bristol has a cathedral, but a second and probably less well-known example also exists in its urban area at Clifton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Menai Bridge (to give it its Anglised name) is also where a suspension bridge has one of its two settlements at end-points.

 

[Welshman]

Thomas Telford also built a road bridge at Conwy.