Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whiteman's Green in West Sussex is another settlement where dinosaur bones were unearthed.

 

[High Dyke]

Datchworth was about the last place in England that a V-1 Flying Bomb hit, Whiteman's Green was one of the first.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ringwood is another Fairtrade settlement.

 

[cjp]

Not many people know that the Ringwood Brewery hold a British Pedal Car Grand Prix in the streets of Ringwood: rather more people know of the British Grand Prix held at Silverstone.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Can Silverstone be described as a settlement in its own right ?

 

[cjp]

Can Silverstone be described as a settlement in its own right ?

Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England with a pub a school and shops which makes it larger than some of the places cited in the past so I do not see why not.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England with a pub a school and shops which makes it larger than some of the places cited in the past so I do not see why not.

My apologies...My logic decided to take a short-break holiday, so I went for a lie-down until it returned...:roll:

 

[High Dyke]

... Silverstone.

The church in Silverstone was heavily restored in the Gothic Revival style by the architect J.P. St Aubyn. He is also responsible for work at the Hall, now a private school in Abberley; including the whimsical clock tower situated in the surrounding parkland.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mamble was also once administered by the Hundred of Doddingtree

 

[High Dyke]

Harston in Leicestershire was also a scene of mining activity that closed in the 1970's.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Foulridge also has a church that is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels.

 

[cjp]

The nearby Leeds and Liverpool canal goes through a tunnel at this point. There is long canal tunnel to the north of Stoke Bruerne

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tongwynlais also possessed a boat weighing machine.

 

[Welshman]

Tongwynlais is noted for its Victorian era folly-castle [Castell Coch].
There's another such folly - Gwrych Castle - in Abergele

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mochdre also has the remains of a North Wales Iron Age fort (Bryn Euryn)

 

[High Dyke]

The town of Llandudno Junction (Cyffordd Llandudno) is also part of the ancient parish of Llangystennin.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wigan is another settlement with a multiplex cinema.

 

[johnnychips]

Lichfield was also the site of an encounter during the Civil War.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tamworth was another important settlement in the Kingdom of Mercia.

 

[johnnychips]

Gloucester is also the name of a pig breed. Remember the 'Tamworth Two' who escaped and literally saved their bacon?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Banbury is also mentioned in a children's nursery rhryme.

 

[Welshman]

Chorley is also famous for its cakes.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brindle was another settlement that was administered by the Hundred of Leyland.

 

[johnnychips]

Muswell Hill also has a church dedicated to St James.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Walsingham was also a settlement that attracted medieval pilgrimages of healing.

 

[johnnychips]

Holywell, in Flintshire (if it's still called that) evidently had, like Walsingham, a holy well.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dyserth is another north Wales settlement with a historical connection to lead mining.

 

[Welshman]

From wells to waterfalls:-
Dyserth has one.
So does Aysgarth.

 

[cjp]

Aysgath is in Wenslydale and the biggest maker of Wenslydale cheese is in Hawes

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gayle also lies on the line of Gayle Beck.