Settlement Association

[Johnuk123]

Pontefract was a hospital that the serial killer Dr.Harold Shipman worked at, he was born in Nottingham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ludlow also has a Suffragan Bishop...and a racecourse.

 

[Welshman]

Bromsgrove

A E Housman wrote about the River Teme [which flows through Ludlow].
He was born just outside Bromsgrove.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Belper also has historical connections with the nail-making industry.

 

[Johnuk123]

Burnham - on - Sea also has a Ritz cinema.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Glastonbury is another settlement on the Somerset Levels.

 

[Johnuk123]

Glenrothes also hosts a music festival.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cumbernauld is another of the New Towns that were constructed after the end of the Second World War.

 

[Welshman]

The architectural firm of Gillespie, Kid and Coia, responsible for the design of the Sacred Heart Church, Cumbernauld, also designed St Peter's Seminary at Cardross

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bowmore, on the Isle of Islay, also has a Grade A listed building..... (Killarow Parish Church)

 

[deltic1989]

Carbost also houses a distillery that makes a particularly fine drop of Scotch.

 

[Johnuk123]

Bushey also has a form of transport in its name.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bordon in Hampshire also has been the settlement where Stone Age tools were found.

 

[Deerfold]

There is also an Atlantis Fish Bar in Hornchurch.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wanstead is another part of the medieval Becontree Hundred.

 

[Deerfold]

Goddard Vetinary Group also have a branch in Barking.



:roll:

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tintern is another settlement where an abbey saw degredations after a certain event in British history.

 

[Deerfold]

Caernarfon also has historic buildings in the care of Cadw.

Two of which I visited last week.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Conwy is another Welsh settlement with a ruined castle

 

[Welshman]

Another of Thomas Telford's famous bridges can be found at Menai Bridge.

 

[Deerfold]

From where you can catch a heck of a lot of buses to Bangor (many of them having a 4 in the number - 4, 4A, X4, 42, 43, 44, 44A, X44...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llansadwrn is also in the drainage area of the Afon Cadnant


Drat and double drat...I find the most arcane connection to Menai Bridge.....and find I am too late....

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From where you can catch a heck of a lot of buses to Bangor (many of them having a 4 in the number - 4, 4A, X4, 42, 43, 44, 44A, X44...

Port Penrhyn is also within the drainage area of the River Adda.

 

[Deerfold]

Llansadwrn is also in the drainage area of the Afon Cadnant




Port Penrhyn is also within the drainage area of the River Adda.

Lol - I've had a few easy ones here as I spent last week holidaying in North Wales.

Derbyshire Aggregates Ltd has a presence in Port Penrhyn.

Unsurprisingly they are based in Derbyshire - in Youlgrave.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Acomb in Northumberland also saw an explosion in a lead mine (Fallowfield Lead Mine) that led to fatalities.

 

[Johnuk123]

Bacup also has a branch of Morrisons.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Abergavenny also has historical links to the flannel weaving industry.

 

[Deerfold]

There is also a branch of Waitrose in Barry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oxenhope is another settlement that has seen Stone Age microliths discovered in its environs.

 

[Welshman]

Oxenhope's parish church has some examples of stained glass by William Morris. Morris formed a partnership with Edward Burne-Jones, and good examples of his work can be found in St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham.

 

[Deerfold]

Leeds also has an identically named settlement in the US state of Alabama.