Settlement Association

[Lrd]

Portsmouth is also an international port.

 

[cjp]

Avonmouth

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Avonmouth

It is always recommended that you state in any posting, the association that your posting makes to the previous one.

 

[cjp]

It is always recommended that you state in any posting, the association that your posting makes to the previous one.

...mouth

Portsmouth & Avonmouth

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Runcorn also has historical connections to the chemical manufacturing industry.

 

[ls2270]

Widnes is linked to Runcorn by a transporter bridge.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Helens also lies on the line of the Sankey Canal.

 

[ls2270]

St Helens has a road (and formerly a station) called Shaw Street. A road of this name can also be found in Bury (Greater Manchester).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pendleton also lies on the line of the Manchester, Bury and Bolton canal. and also on the line of the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway.

Two historical transport connections for the price of one...

 

[cjp]

Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton went to school in Stotford
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Oops should be Stotfold not Stotford

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ifield in West Sussex also possesses a Grade II listed watermill.

 

[cjp]

Today is Sunday so the next train from Ifield to Three Bridges is at 16.10 and Southern charge £2.10 for the 3/4 mile journey

 

[Trainfan344]

Three Bridges is a Number followed by a object, another example of this is Four Oaks in the west midlands

 

[cjp]

"Hearts of OAK are our ships Jolly Tars are our men" the naval march composed by William Boyce who was born in London


Throws it wide open

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lincoln was another settlement where the Normans built a castle after their invasion of Britain in the 11th century.

 

[cjp]

the merry men wore Lincoln Green so I go for Green Street Green wherever that might be

 

[12CSVT]

the merry men wore Lincoln Green so I go for Green Street Green wherever that might be

Tuffnell Park, North London is where you will find the bizarrely named railway location of Junction Road Junction

 

[cjp]

Hmm now you mention parks there always Hyde Park

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hmm now you mention parks there always Hyde Park

...which you will not find in Hyde in Greater Manchester.


Had to get the name of my favourite non-league side in somewhere

 

[ls2270]

The notorious Harold Shipman practised in Hyde, but was born in Nottingham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Honiton also has a long historical connection with lace making.

 

[cjp]

The Hebrides is also a place begining with H

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Hebrides is also a place beginning with H

May I remind all contestants that this is the Settlement Association Quiz.

The Hebrides is not a settlement under the accepted comprehension of that word, but is in fact a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland comprising of different islands in both the Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides, where many settlements in total may be found to be situated.

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Honiton still remains the settlement to which the next association should be made.

 

[ls2270]

Honiton was on the Roman Fosse Way, which ran to Lincoln.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leicester was another one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw.

 

[ls2270]

Hackney in London also possesses a Victoria Park.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rainham is another settlement that has historical marshes within its environs

 

[12CSVT]

Rainham is another settlement that has historical marshes within its environs

Essex or Kent ? There's more than one Rainham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Essex or Kent ? There's more than one Rainham.

I was not not aware that both of those two areas that you state above are contained of historical marshlands. Therefore, to help matters along on this quiz, I will make a replacement posting...

Titchwell in Norfolk also possesses historical marshlands within its environs..

 

[ls2270]

Titchwell Marsh is an RSPB reserve. The RSPB's Head Office is in Sandy, Bedfordshire.