Settlement Association

[A Challenge]

Brigg also has a strange double-letter ending.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bishop Bridge in Lincolnshire also lies on the line of the River Ancholme.

 

[Springs Branch]

Bishop Bridge is not the easiest place to find an association for, but....

Weybridge is also at longitude 0° 27' W.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wellingborough is another settlement said to have been visited by the Levellers sect known as "Diggers", which were found during the Oliver Cromwell Commonwealth period after the end of the English Civil War.

 

[Segedunum]

^ Interestingly forming part of my History A Level at the minute!

Thrapston is also on the River Nene.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pluckley in Kent also has an illustrated painted town sign.

 

[Segedunum]

Ide Hill also lies on the Greensand Way

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Speldhurst was also once administered by the Hundred of Codsheath.

 

[cjp]

Speldhurst was also once administered by the Hundred of Codsheath.

Penhurst

What is a "Speld"?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Settlement Association Quiz

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Rules:

• Associations provided should be clearly dissimilar to each of the previous three associations.
• Settlements may be anywhere in the United Kingdom.
• A description of the association should be incorporated in each posting, without simply posting the name only.

Can I draw the attention of all contestants to the third and emboldened rule above.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Penhurst

What is a "Speld"?

(1)....Battle is another settlement that is situated in the area of the High Weald area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

(2)..."Speld" is an arcane term that once was used to signify a splinter or a spark. I am not well enough versed into stating which of the language bases the term emanated from.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, was also the site of a battle fought between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading force.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barmby-on-the-Marsh also lies on the line of the River Derwent.

 

[cjp]

Barmby-on-the-Marsh also lies on the line of the River Derwent.

Derwent Pencils used to be made in Keswick

 

[Springs Branch]

Lancaster is the other extremity of Stagecoach's 555 bus route through the Lake District.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Salford also has a Roman Catholic cathedral

 

[Springs Branch]

Canterbury also has a "plate glass" university which received its Royal Charter in the 1960s.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whalley in Lancashire also has the ruins of an ancient abbey.

 

[cjp]

It is how my mind works <g>

Whalley > wailing > Bridge of Sighs > Venice > Little Venice > Maida Vale

 

[johnnychips]

Hayfield was the birthplace of the late, great Arthur Lowe. He once lived in Maida Vale.

 

[Springs Branch]

Euxton in Lancashire also has a cricket club.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Drigg in Cumbria is another settlement where a Royal Ordnance Factory site was constructed

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The village of Carleton is the "other half" of the civil parish of Drigg and Carleton. It is situated to the south of the River Irt, whereas Drigg is to the north.

 

[Springs Branch]

Belton, in Norfolk, is also the location of a Grade II-listed Georgian house.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Sir John Mills spent his early years in Belton as his father was the headmaster of the village school. He recalled on Desert Island Discs many years later that his first public performance was in a concert in the village organised by his father. He died aged 97 on 23April 2005 in Denham, Buckinghamshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Seaford in East Sussex also was the site of a First World War army camp.

 

[godfreycomplex]

A VOR navigational beacon is also situated in Rhosycaerau

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Assuming that you mean the one in Pembrokeshire, the unmarked road that passes southwards through the village leads onto the A487, which will take you to Fishguard.

 

[johnnychips]

Poole is also a ferry port.

 

[godfreycomplex]

A work by the composer Robert Simpson also had a world première in Westhumble