Settlement Association

[cjp]

Since Adamstown is in the the Dublin region of Eire, does that contravene Rule 3 above that are the rules of this particular quiz as shown in the very first posting on the quiz ?

Posting above deleted - take it way from Ribchester

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Towcester was also a Roman garrison settlement.

 

[FQ]

Coventry is also hell during the rush hour!

(I know Towcester is for 2 reasons.
1. My dad drives through there every day to go to and from work
2. I used to live very close to it)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Witham Friary in Somerset is another settlement where a Carthusian monastery was erected.

 

[Marton]

Wasn't it nearer Richmond? Known as Sheen and reputed to be under the under the fairway of the 14th hole of the Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Course, in Richmond Old Deer Park.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wasn't it nearer Richmond? Known as Sheen and reputed to be under the under the fairway of the 14th hole of the Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Course, in Richmond Old Deer Park.

I had Kew in mind for a totally different matter...My posting is now duly amended

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I have been informed than an impasse has occurred and requested to help to move matters along.

Beckington in Somerset is another settlement that used to be administered by the ancient Hundred of Frome.

 

[Darren R]

By the 15th Century, Beckington was home to fulling mills along the banks of the River Frome. In Wales, a fulling mill is known as a pandy, which is the root of several place names, such as Tonypandy in the historic county of Glamorgan.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llanddewi Ystradenny in Powys is another Welsh settlement where a 12th century motte and bailey castle was constructed.

 

[Darren R]

Llandrindod Wells also stands on the course of the River Ithon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Buxton is another spa town where a Pump Room was erected.

 

[Darren R]

The ancient tradition of Well Dressing also takes place annually in the village of Wirksworth, Derbyshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Buckden in North Yorkshire is another settlement that has historical connections with the lead mining industry.

 

[Darren R]

Former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord (Denis) Healey spent his Honeymoon staying in the barn that was then attached to the Buck Inn in Buckden. (Personally, I can think of better places to spend one's Honeymoon, but I digress! )

Although Healey was born in Kent, at the age of five he moved with his family to Keighley, West Yorkshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dunfermline was another settlement where a Carnegie Library was built.

 

[Darren R]

Andrew Carnegie, who was born in Dunfermline before emigrating to the USA as a child, later befriended the English poet Matthew Arnold. The latter was the son of Thomas Arnold, famed headmaster of the school at Rugby.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Harrow also has a well-known Public School.

 

[GatwickDepress]

Middlesbrough is another locality twinned with a town in France.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newport (Wales) also has a transporter bridge.

 

[backontrack]

Newport, Shropshire for obvious reasons.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chipping in Lancashire also hosts an agricultural show.

 

[Darren R]

Pickering, North Yorkshire, is another village that holds an annual steam traction engine rally.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Beeston in Cheshire also was chosen as a site to build a 13th century castle.

 

[Darren R]

During the English Civil War, Beeston Castle was seized by Parliamentary Forces led by Sir William Brereton. In 1643 Brereton suffered his only major defeat, at the hands of the Royalists, at the Second Battle of Middlewich.

 

[Nigel Gresley]

My yellow Hornby wagon is a classic which bears the name Saxa Salt, originally a Middlewich company but now much of the production is in Worksop

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Retford also lies on the line of the Chesterfield Canal

 

[Darren R]

The War Memorial in Retford's Market Square is constructed of stone quarried at Darley Dale, Derbyshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bedford is another settlement where a Benedictine Abbey was constructed.

 

[Nigel Gresley]

Ronnie Barker also lived in Oxford

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cambridge was also affected by outbreaks of Sweating Sickness in the Middle Ages.