Settlement Association

[johnnychips]

Marple was also an Agatha Christie character named after a place. (Arthur Hastings was Poriot's sidekick).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bingley also has a noted canal rise of locks.

 

[Darren R]

Colne also hosts a noted music festival (The Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival for those not in the know!)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oakenclough is another of the Lancashire mill towns.

 

[Strathclyder]

Knott End-on-Sea is also in the Borough of Wyre.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dolphinholme also lies on the line of the River Wyre

 

[Welshman]

St Budeaux

[not obvious? OK, then, here's the link: The parish church at Dolphinholme is dedicated to St Mark - Our Man at St Mark's was the name of an early TV comedy starring the great Sir Donald Sinden who sadly died recently - Sinden was born at St Budeaux - seemples!]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bolton also supported the Parliamentary side during the English Civil War.

 

[Deerfold]

90s rock group Romeo's Daughter play in Bolton in November. The previous date on their tour is Grimsby.

http://www.romeosdaughter.co.uk/tour.php

(There is a railway connection though - my wife bumped into the lead singer on a Chiltern train last year )

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Digbeth was also the site of an early English cold-storage facility.

 

[Deerfold]

In Digbeth there is a pub called "Moby Dick's"

Moby Dick was written by Herman Melville.

Herman Melville was married to Elizabeth Shaw.

Elizabeth Shaw make "luxury" chocolates.

They are based in Stoke Gifford.

 

[Strathclyder]

Wokingham is also on the M4 corridor.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sudbury also had medieval links to the silk trade.

 

[Welshman]

One of Sudbury's famous sons was Thomas Gainsborough.
His style influenced his contemporary from the same area, John Constable, who was born in East Bergholt.

 

[Deerfold]

The first match of the village cricket club was against Ipswich in 1745.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Workington also has a speedway club.

 

[Welshman]

Southall

also had a bus-building industry [now unfortunately no more].

[Workington produced the Leyland Nationals of the 1970s - Southall the earlier AEC busses for London Transport]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brentford also lies on the line of the Grand Union Canal

 

[Deerfold]

Brentford also lies on the line of the Grand Union Canal

Brighton is also a common location in the humorous novels of Robert Rankin.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ozleworth also has a church that is dedicated to St Nicholas of Myra.

 

[cjp]

Winchcombe lies in the same area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the Cotswolds

 

[12CSVT]

North Thoresby (Lincs) has an infrequent bus service and is near a preserved railway.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Low Fell also has a church that is dedicated to St Helen.

 

[cjp]

I confess to some disappointment.
Until I researched it I thought Low Fell would be a small village nestling somewhere in the Dales instead it is a suburb of sprawling Gateshead

 

[johnnychips]

The Earth Centre at Conisbrough was a Millennium project like the Eye bridge at Gateshead.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Briavels is another settlement chosen by the Normans in which to erect a defensive castle.

 

[Deerfold]

Resilient Energy, who have their only complete Wind Turnine project there, are planning to expand into Stroud.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dursley is another settlement with a long barrow within its environs.

 

[cjp]

Bear with me on this.

I recall a character in Harry Potter called Dursley.
Harry Potter train scenes as well as being at a phantom platform in Kings Cross were shot on the Glenfinnan viaduct.
The viaduct is in Lochaber.
There is a Lochaber Athletic Club which is based in Fort William

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[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grotaig also lies on the line of the long-distance path known as the Great Glen Way.