Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edinburgh is in another name of those royal titles of the current British royal family

 

[TheEdge]

Oxford is also internationally renowned for it educational institutions.

Cardiff is also the capital of one of the 4 countries of the UK.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rhosllannerchrugog has also hosted the Welsh National Eisteddfod

 

[Class172]

Does anyone remember the days when Class172 was a regular contributor on here with his encyclopedic road connections ? As a tribute to those days, I will say......

In which case Oswestry is also bypassed by the A483. (In honesty though, I had to look up where Rhosllannerchrugog was as I'd never heard of it!)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Camberley was also much visited on its approach roads by highwaymen.

 

[Ivo]

Lancing is another medium-sized town with a level crossing in the central area.

 

[Broken Viking]

North Shields also takes it's name from a piece of equipment that would be carried by a Knight...
(First time here - Is that kind of connection sufficient? )

 

[Ivo]

More than sufficient. If it's accurate, and it's clearly relevant to the settlement and not its station(s), then go for it! The wide variety of material in this thread has been very educational, and unusual matches are a clear part of this.

Although I would have said they "share" their names since they don't actually derive their names as such

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

North Shields also takes it's name from a piece of equipment that would be carried by a Knight.

Peterhead is another North Sea port wih a long historical link to the fishing industry.

 

[Ivo]

One has to wonder why I validated Death's link without actually making one myself :roll:

From Peterhead to Peterlee. It was the next place in my atlas's index (It also has "Peter" at the start of its name.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Skelmersdale was another settlement that was named in the New Towns Act of 1946.

 

[Ivo]

The Bristol suburb of Brislington also has a four-letter nickname ("Bris").

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

You have now given me the chance to use one of my "special treats" that I have stored up.....


Nempnett Thrubwell was also part of the medieval Hundred of Keynsham.

 

[Welshman]

["Oh, no!" the cry goes out from all four corners of the land, "not Nempnett Thrubwell again"]

As everyone knows, this village is famous for its Fairy Toot oval barrow, which was opened in the late 18c-early 19c by one Revd Thomas Bere who held the living of Butcome [and apparently didn't have enough living souls to care for].

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Keighley also has a small independent brewery (Goose Eye Brewery)

 

[Welshman]

Woolfardisworthy

must also rank highly in the "mispronouned settlements" charts.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Burscough (at Martin Mere) is another place where Fortean Zoology has been researched.

 

[Ivo]

Slough also has that infamous English phoneme "-ough" at the end of its name.

Nempnett Thrubwell was also part of the medieval Hundred of Keynsham.

Never heard of it! hock:

Butcome

It's Butcombe (sorry!)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Slough also has that infamous English phoneme "-ough" at the end of its name.

Leamington Spa also lies on the line of the Grand Union Canal

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Nempnett Thrubwell....Never heard of it! hock:

You should be ashamed of yourself with you deep knowledge of that area...:roll:

I am sure that your good friend "Chikorita" will be able to give you "chapter and verse" on this settlement.

 

[Deerfold]

Wooton Basset can also have its name preceded by "Royal".

 

[Ivo]

Note: In RWB, both Ts are double Ts "Royal Wootton Bassett"

Sorry guys. In an overly pedantic mood today!

Anyhow, Leyton is also served by a major bus route numbered 55.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ramsbury in Wiltshire is another settlement where remains of a Roman villa have been found (Littlecote Roman Villa).

 

[Deerfold]

Ramsbottom also plays host to a Royal British Legion club.

Apologies for my previous misspelling.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Padiham was another of the Lancashire cotton spinning towns.

 

[Deerfold]

Padiham was another of the Lancashire cotton spinning towns.

Padiham is one end of the "core" of the Mainline set of bus routes offering 9 buses an hour to the other end at Colne. Most buses (numbered 21-29) continue at lower frequencies to the East and West.

 

[Ivo]

I might have to suggest a bus association thread. As much as I enjoy bus links, I'm not entirely sure they belong in here. I thought about this earlier when writing my connection to Leyton using the TfL and Swindon 55 routes.

Anyhow, the village of Trent, just outside Yeovil, also shares its name with a river elsewhere in England.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Axbridge is another settlement in the Anglican Diocese of Bath and Wells.


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I might have to suggest a Bus Association thread. As much as I enjoy bus links, I'm not entirely sure they belong in here. I thought about this earlier, when writing my connection to Leyton using the TfL and Swindon 55 routes.

Had Class172 still had been the most regular participant that he once was with his extensive knowledge of the "A" and "B" roads of Britain, you could have also considered a "Road Association Thread"....

 

[Welshman]

[I thought we had strayed into "Archers" territory until I realised there was an "x" instead of an "m" ]

Hebden Bridge

another bridge over a local river, in this case, Hebden Water.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Failsworth also lies on the line of the Rochdale Canal

 

[andrew bell]

Failsworth is twinned with the German town Landsberg am Lech, another British place which is also twinned with Landsberg is Bushey