Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Maidenhead also has a Grade I listed Tractarian church (All Saints)...the one in Sowton is dedicated to St Michael

 

[Ivo]

The main local bus operator in Blackpool is, like Maidenhead's Courtney Buses*, not owned by a prominent (inter)national group.

* They were known as Courtney Coaches until about a year ago.

 

[Johnuk123]

Hunstanton also has a Sea Life Centre.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Little Cressingham in Norfolk also lies on the line of the long-distance footpath that is known as The Peddars Way.

 

[Ivo]

Cressing can be found within Little Cressingham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Strood is another settlement that had early medieval connections to the Knights Templar.

 

[Welshman]

Tonbridge
is also on the River Medway

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pembroke was another settlement where the Normans chose to build a castle.

 

[Deerfold]

The main local bus operator in Blackpool is, like Maidenhead's Courtney Buses*, not owned by a prominent (inter)national group.

* They were known as Courtney Coaches until about a year ago.

Although they operate many routes in Maidenhead, Courtney are based in Finchampstead, near Wokingham (explaining various odd routes that extend occasionally to and from there).

Back to the Subject:

In 1347, the Countess of Pembroke founded Pembroke College, Cambridge.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

London was also affected by the Black Death in the outbreak in Britain in 1348-1350.

 

[Ivo]

Time for a QI-buzz...

Oxford forms one corner of the so-called Golden Triangle, with the last two cities nominated for this quiz forming the other two.

 

[Trainfan344]

Wolverhampton is also home to a university although it might be a little less famous...

 

[LE Greys]

High Wycombe is also home to a football club with the suffix 'Wanderers'

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ramsbury in Wiltshire also was the site of a Roman villa (in Littlecote Park).

 

[Deerfold]

Ramsbury in Wiltshire also was the site of a Roman villa (in Littlecote Park).

Not to be confused with Ramsbottom, near Bury

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aspull was also a settlement in the medieval Hundred of Salford

 

[Ivo]

Oh dear - over 72 hours without a single response I would have done so myself, but did not know what to say...

Ascot also begins with the first two letters on the middle row of a QWERTY keyboard.

 

[Jatos]

One of Derbys key industrial areas has a road name called Ascot Drive

is this an acceptable connection?

 

[Ivo]

Slough can also be difficult to pronounce to a newcomer to England.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leatherhead was also an official horse changing point for stagecoaches.

 

[Johnuk123]

Chipstead also has a football team in the Isthmian league South.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Arlington in East Sussex also has a Site of Special Scientific Interest (Arlington Resevoir)....The one in Chipstead is Chipstead Downs

 

[ls2270]

Ashford (Kent) also has a suburb called Arlington.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lyndhurst is also situated in an area with connections to an ancient forest.

 

[ls2270]

Bodmin also formerly had a station suffixed 'Road' which has since been renamed.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bodmin also formerly had a station suffixed 'Road' which has since been renamed.

Sorry to be somewhat pedantic, but that answer is more suited to the Station Association quiz.
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Sorry - that sounds more like a station-specific link, which is not valid in this thread (it was repeated non-station links which resulted in the creation of this thread in the first place).

Perhaps this quote of explanation from the quiz setter may be of assistance to new contributors to this particular quiz.

 

[ls2270]

Okay then - a non-railway connection:

Rugby - The real life 'Alice' that the fictional character was based on lived in Lyndhurst and author Lewis Carroll went to Rugby School!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Okay then - a non-railway connection:

Rugby - The real life 'Alice' that the fictional character was based on lived in Lyndhurst and author Lewis Carroll went to Rugby School!

Now you are back on the right track.....

Abingdon also had an Iron Age settlement in its environs.

 

[Trainfan344]

Uffington is also in the Vale of the white house.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Delamere also was the site chosen by the tribal people in the area to build an Iron Age hill fort (Eddisbury hill fort)....the one at Uffington was called Uffington Castle.