Settlement Association

[Ivo]

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

Cambridge is also a University city [/cliché]

Norwich also has an extensive Park & Ride system.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sculthorpe also lies on the line of the River Wensum

 

[Deerfold]

Cosford also has an RAF base.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sheffield also has an athletics stadium

 

[ls2270]

Torquay also has a 'United' football team.

 

[12CSVT]

The main setting for the TV comedy series 'Fawlty Towers' was a hotel in Torquay. However, many of the scenes were filmed in Harrow.

 

[ls2270]

Rugby also has a famous public school.

 

[Ivo]

The small village of Badminton, known on this forum for its proximity to the Sodbury Tunnel, is home to Badminton House, which gave its name to a sport. As everyone knows, the same is true of Rugby, home to the afore-mentioned public school of the same name - where the world's greatest team sport* was invented.

*insert controversy here

 

[ls2270]

In 1949 the first Thomas Cup competition in badminton was held in Preston (Lancs).

 

[Ivo]

Chelmsford is another (or the other depending on your viewpoint) English settlement to have won City Status this century.

 

[ls2270]

The headquarters of Britvic soft drinks was formerly in Chelmsford, but moved in 2012 to Hemel Hempstead.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bicester was another settlement to be granted medieval bailiwick status.

 

[Ivo]

I wondered why the address on Pepsi bottles changed. One less daft claim to fame for Chelmsford...

Anyway, Chafford Hundred has also become famous for a shopping facility over the last ~20 years.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I wondered why the address on Pepsi bottles changed. One less daft claim to fame for Chelmsford...

Anyway, Chafford Hundred has also become famous for a shopping facility over the last ~20 years.

Is this in response to Hemel Hempstead or Bicester?

 

[Ivo]

It was initially in response to Hemel, but by the time I had posted you had beaten me to the punch so I changed it to match Bicester (Bicester Village; Lakeside). Obviously responding to the Britvic thing took too long!

Summary: Chafford Hundred is where we stand at present, following on from Bicester.

 

[ls2270]

Greenhithe also has a large shopping centre adjacent to the River Thames.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oxford also was once a settlement where the medieval order of Dominican Sisters once had an establishment.

 

[ls2270]

British Leyland cars were also built in Birmingham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Arisaig in Inveress-shire also has the remains of a Stone Age burnt mound.

 

[ls2270]

Ouston, Co. Durham, has a street called Arisaig.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Neasden is another place where a World War II bunker may be found.

 

[Deerfold]

Dollis Hill also regularly features in Private Eye in spoof articles really about much larger places.

 

[Ivo]

Nearby Kenton also sounds like it belongs in a Barbie Universe

Dollis Hill; Kenton

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Nearby Kenton also sounds like it belongs in a Barbie Universe

Dollis Hill; Kenton

Kenton....have you never listened to "The Archers" and noted the part of Kenton Archer...:roll:

Chorleywood is another area to receive "Metroland" housing estates

 

[Clip]

'Metroland' used to be the theme park inside the Metrocentre shopping centre in Gateshead

 

[Deerfold]

London also has a Millennium Bridge.

 

[Clip]

Geddington also has an 'Eleanor cross'

 

[Deerfold]

Geddington also has an 'Eleanor cross'

Where's the one in London? Are you referring to the replica at Charing Cross?

 

[Clip]

Where's the one in London? Are you referring to the replica at Charing Cross?

Yes I am

 

[Deerfold]

Altofts also has a St Mary Magdalene's church.