Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Selby was also the scene of a battle in the English Civil War.

 

[Springs Branch]

Nether Poppleton is also on the course of the (Yorkshire) River Ouse.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Winterbourne Gunner in Wiltshire is another settlement where a "Time Team" excavation took place.

 

[Springs Branch]

Cambridge also has a Grade I listed church dedicated to St. Mary.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cheltenham also hosts a folk festival

 

[DasLunatic]

GCHQ have their base in Cheltenham, but they used to have one in Scarborough.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

South Shields is another North Sea coastal settlement that was attacked by Germany in World War 1.

 

[DasLunatic]

South Shields has a Labour MP, like Maltby.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

South Shields has a Labour MP, like Maltby.

General Information

Where there are two settlements with the same name in a geographical region, always add the name of the county in your posting. For example:-

Maltby in South Yorkshire has a Labour MP

Maltby in North Yorkshire has a Conservative MP

 

[Springs Branch]

Westhoughton was also the location of a coal mining disaster in the first half of the 20th Century which resulted in substantial loss of life.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rawtenstall is another settlement to benefit from a public library that was built with money from the wealthy industrialist Andrew Carnegie.

 

[Strathclyder]

Haslingden is also located in the BB4 postcode district.

 

[Springs Branch]

Bethesda, in Gwynedd, was also well-known for quarrying activities in the past.

 

[cjp]

Bethesda, in Gwynedd, was also well-known for quarrying activities in the past.

The A5, which passes through Bethesda, links London with Holyhead

 

[ooo]

Fishguard is another Welsh town with ferries to Ireland

 

[cjp]

Fishguard is another Welsh town with ferries to Ireland

Fishguard is one end of the A40 trunk road linking London and Fishguard which passes through High Wycombe

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Totnes also has a Guildhall

 

[Springs Branch]

Buckfastleigh is also on the course of the River Dart.

 

[DasLunatic]

Colchester sees Dennis Darts on many of its bus routes.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Albans was another large settlement in Roman Britain.

 

[cjp]

another saintly place is St Neots

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Huntingdon also lies on the line of the River Great Ouse.

 

[Springs Branch]

Appleby was also the county town of a historic county (Westmorland) which was dis-established in the second half of the 20th Century.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stow-on-the-Wold also hosts an annual horse fair.

 

[cjp]

Morton-in-Marsh is also on the route of the Roman Fosse Way

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Morton-in-Marsh is also on the route of the Roman Fosse Way

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Dumfries also hosts an Agricultural and Horse Show.

 

[Springs Branch]

Auchtermuchty was also formerly a Scottish royal burgh (and, some may remember, also a paragon of old-fashioned community virtues, according to irascible Sunday Express editor, John Junor).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Glasgow also has historical connections to the linen industry.

 

[cjp]

Glasgow has an airport at Prestwick

 

[Springs Branch]

Hoylake, on the Wirral, is also the location of a links golf course.