Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ancoats also had cotton spinning mills.

 

[A Challenge]

Coatbridge is another place with 'coat' in its name!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Loughbrickland in County Down was another settlement to have a crannog within its environs.

 

[cjp]

there is a small crannog in Loch Ness near Fort Augustus in Inchnacardoch bay but not much of it remains

 

[johnnychips]

Brixham is the port where King William III landed in the UK. He camped at Loughbrickland on his way to the battle of The Boyne.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Petersfield also has a statue of William of Orange.

 

[johnnychips]

Twickenham was the scene of Erica Roe's famous streak. She was working in a bookshop in Petersfield at the time.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Beaconsfield was also the site of a film studio centre,

 

[johnnychips]

Sedgefield was Tony Blair's constituency when he was PM. He once contested a by-election in Beaconsfield and lost.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cartmel also has a left-handed National Hunt racecourse.

 

[cjp]

The famous Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding is now produced in Flookburgh

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Burton in Lonsdale was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Lonsdale north of the Sands.

 

[johnnychips]

West Burton in Wensleydale is also one of many settlements named from the Saxon burh tun, fortified settlement.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

This is right on my doorstep, so to say...

Prestbury also has a set of stocks in the settlement.

 

[johnnychips]

Walsall was the home of Slade singer Noddy Holder, who (rather unbelievably) once lived in Prestbury.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Glad to see the quiz awakened from its dormancy.....

Birmingham was also described as "being possessed of many trades" in the Middle Ages

 

[cjp]

Birmingham perhaps has more canals than Venice, Little Venice is in London part of Maida Vale

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Elstree is another settlement where BBC studios have been situated.

 

[RJ21]

Tamworth also lies on a now downgraded section of the A5 London-Holyhead road.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lichfield was another important settlement in the Kingdom of Mercia.

 

[johnnychips]

Wells also has a cathedral.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ascot also has a religious building that incorporates a Tree of Jesse window

 

[johnnychips]

Chepstow also has a racecourse.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Clears in Carmarthenshire was also chosen by the Normans as a place to build a castle.

 

[cjp]

Another saintly place is St Austell

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Erth is also possessed of a SSSI site.

 

[cjp]

Downstream of St Erth the River Hayle goes passed Lelant Saltings

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Redruth also has a church that is dedicated to St Uny.

 

[cjp]

Redruth had assciations with tin mining. The tin mining museum is at Geevor near Pendeen

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mousehole was also noted for its involvement in smuggling.