Settlement Association

[Welshman]

Sowerby Bridge

is also on the Rochdale Canal.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ripponden is another settlement to see a revival of the Rushbearing Festival

 

[Deerfold]

Ripponden had the largest Urban District Council in the country until 1974 when it was abolished.

Another place to have a UDC named after it was Tickhill.

Incidentally the Rushbearing celebrations in Ripponden and Sowerby Bridge are the same ones with the cart passing through various points between over two days, as distinct from the more recent Littleborough ones.

(I'm from Ripponden).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire is another settlement that has a buttercross.

 

[cjp]

Greene King of Bury St Edmunds brew a rather nice Abbot ale

 

[Welshman]

Greene King of Bury St Edmunds brew a rather nice Abbot ale

They do indeed - I'm tempted to go out and drink one now!

Newark-on-Trent

also has a sugar-beet processing industry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Beaumaris also has a castle

 

[cjp]

Vikings also landed at Thanet

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Vikings also landed at Thanet

Is Thanet a named settlement (as the intention of this particular quiz) or an area that encompasses a number of settlements ?

 

[cjp]

Is Thanet a named settlement (as the intention of this particular quiz) or an area that encompasses a number of settlements ?

Quite right, I surrender and have struck out my entry

 

[Welshman]

So I assume we are still at Beaumaris.

After having built the castle, Edward I of England was keen to develop a port.

He evicted the "troublesome inhabitants across Ynys Mon to what is now called Newborough.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aberffraw was another commotal centre in Ynys Mon

 

[cjp]

Menai Bridge is another place on Anglesey

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llansadwrn also is in the drainage area of the Afon Cadnant.

 

[High Dyke]

Rhosneigr also lies on the Anglesey Coastal Path.

The village was the birthplace of Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy who was a notable Conservative front-bencher for many years. He died on 13 December 2013, at his home in Rowen, Conwy.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lligwy in Ynys Mon also has a cromlech within its environs.

 

[Welshman]

Lligwy Bay was unfortunately the site of the loss of the Steam Clipper Royal Charter in 1859, when over 450 lives were lost.
She had been built at Sandycroft, Deeside.

 

[High Dyke]

Ranskill, Notts also had a munitions factory.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Erdington also has a church that is dedicated to St Barnabas.

 

[Welshman]

In the 9th c, Erdington developed as settlers travelled up the course of the River Thame from Tamworth.

 

[cjp]

Witney also has a Marks & Spencer Store

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bourton-on-the-Water also lies on the line of the River Windrush

 

[cjp]

The Windrush carried its immigrant passengers to Tilbury

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Didcot also has a bi-mode power station

 

[cjp]

Didcot also has a bi-mode power station

I think Didcot is gas only now and so is no longer good for thermals
but another place with electrical connections is Dungeness, this time nuclear and, again, not a place to go for thermals

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Arlington in East Sussex also has a quiet Site of Special Scientific Interest.

 

[cjp]

East Grinstead also has a bluebell connection

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Martyr Worthy in Hampshire is another settlement that has its Anglican parish church dedicated to St Swithun.

 

[High Dyke]

Cheriton, Hants also lies on the River Itchen (previously also known as the River Alre)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Nantwich in Cheshire was also the scene of a battle in the English Civil War