Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Great Harwood was also once a stronghold of the hand-loom weavers.

 

[Johnuk123]

Darwen also used to have many cotton mills.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hoghton Bottoms also lies on the line of the River Darwen

 

[Johnuk123]

Eye (Cambs) is also a place with a part of the body in it.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hoole in Cheshire also has a long historical connection with brickmaking.

 

[Johnuk123]

Chester was where Russ Abbot lived for some time but he was born in Hoole.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

York was also a major Roman garrison town,

 

[Welshman]

Lindfield [W.Sussex]
is also on a River Ouse.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newbridge, in West Sussex, is also a historical settlement that had connections with the Wealden iron industry.

 

[Welshman]

There is also a new bridge presently being constructed over the harbour at Rhyl.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Greenhithe is another settlement to have lost its pier.

 

[ATW Alex 101]

There is also a decent sized shopping complex in Gateshead

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Coalville was also a coal producer in the early medieval times.

 

[Welshman]

Henry Isaac Stephens, who designed Christ Church Coalville, was also the architect of several other churches in the area, including St Mary's, Coton-in-the-Elms.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Meriden is another settlement to have claimed to be the centre point of England.

 

[deltic1989]

Meriden was home to the Triumph Motorcycle Company from 1941 to 1983.
Triumph was founded in Coventry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kew was also the place where a Carthusian monastery was established.

 

[Welshman]

Highbury

Trams and dusty trees.
Highbury bore me. Ruchmond and Kew
Undid me.

T.S. Eliot - The Waste Land

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Parkhead is another district of a major British city that hosts a professional football club.

 

[ATW Alex 101]

Worcester also has buses there

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Goodwood also lies on the line of the Monarch's Way long distance footpath.

 

[Johnuk123]

Branchton also has a part of a tree in it.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gorbals was another area in Scotland to have tenement blocks.

 

[ATW Alex 101]

Glasgow is also in Scotland

 

[12CSVT]

Glasgow is also in Scotland

I think we should be more specific than that, otherwise we could end up with posts such as Xxxxxxxtown or Xxxxxxxville 'is on planet Earth'.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I think we should be more specific than that, otherwise we could end up with posts such as Xxxxxxxtown or Xxxxxxxville 'is on planet Earth'.

I agree with you, as Scotland is a nation state and not a settlement as such, so I think the best course of action will be to leave Gorbals as the settlement to make the next association with.

 

[ATW Alex 101]

Ok then, Manchester is also on planet Earth as is this Gorbals place

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ok then, Manchester is also on planet Earth as is this Gorbals place

Time for me to intercede here....Let us not let cynicism and sarcasm enter into this quiz, but let us all remember that the quiz should be played in a sprit of good nature.

 

[Welshman]

OK -let's get out of Gorbals

Sheffield

[The name Gorbals may have derived from the Latin "garbale" meaning "sheaf". The River Sheaf flows through, and gives its name to "Sheffield"]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Nottingham also has a tramway system.