Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Biggleswade also lies on the line of the River Ivel

 

[ls2270]

Biggleswade is the location of a collection of historic aircraft, as is Colindale in North London.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Burnt Oak is also on the line of the the Silk Stream.

 

[ls2270]

The first Tesco supermarket was in Burnt Oak. The chain's largest branch is in Walkden, Greater Manchester.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aspull was another township in the medieval Hundred of Salford.

 

[ls2270]

Aspull has a St Elizabeth's C of E Curch, as does Ashley in Cheshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ollerton is another settlement in Cheshire to have its Hall registered as a Grade II listed building.

 

[Welshman]

Not to be confused with Ollerton in Nottinghamshire, which is on the edge of Sherwood Forest.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tilmanstone in Kent also had a history of coal mining.

 

[ls2270]

Tilmanstone has a pub called the 'Plough and Harrow,' as does Aldridge in the West Midlands.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sittingbourne also has a historical link to brick-making.

 

[ls2270]

Sittingbourne once had a large paper mill, as in Shotton (Flintshire).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Port Talbot is another Welsh settlement with connections to the steel-making industry.

 

[ls2270]

The Talbot car factory was in Coventry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Prescot also has historical connections to the watch and clockmaking industry

 

[ls2270]

Former Transport Secretary John Prescot(t) was born in Prestatyn.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Deganwy is another North Wales settlement where the Normans erected a wooden motte and bailey castle after their invasion on 11th century AD.

 

[ls2270]

Deganwy received slate for export by rail from Blaenau Ffestiniog.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whilst Blaenau Ffestiniog hosted the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1898, Caernarfon has hosted it in 1880, 1886, 1894, 1906, 1921, 1935, 1959 and 1979.

 

[Ivo]

Royal Wootton Bassett, as its (new) prefix shows, is also a Royal Town.

 

[ls2270]

Bassett is a district of Southampton.

 

[LE Greys]

Imperial Airways also operated out of Croydon

 

[ls2270]

Blackpool also has a tram system.

 

[Manchester77]

Manchester because it also operates bombardier flexity style trams

 

[Ivo]

Liverpool - Manchester's traditional rival.

And not just in sporting terms either.

 

[ls2270]

The Beatles came from Liverpool, but recorded at Abbey Road Studios, which is in St John's Wood in London.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Worcester also is home to a county cricket ground.

 

[ls2270]

The town of Bramley in Surrey also shares its name with a variety of apple.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Walliswood in Surrey is also on the line of the Cranleigh Waters.

 

[Welshman]

Susan Petronella Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Wallingswood, was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.