Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Theoretical physicist Peter Higgs lived in Jesmond as a young baby and toddler, but now lives in Edinburgh.

Portmerion also has a cast metal sculpture by William Brodie.

 

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Portmeirion .....

Tattenhall in Cheshire also has buildings designed by architect Clough Williams-Ellis.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Macclesfield also has a church dedicated to St Alban.

 

[cjp]

St Andrews, in Fife, also has a golf club

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Glasgow also has a university that was opened in the 15th century.

 

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Ashton-under-Lyne also once had municipally-operated trolleybuses.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whaley Bridge also lies on the line of the Peak Forest Canal.

 

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Otley also has a listed Mechanics Institute building.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bromyard also hosts a folk festival.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The actor Ronald George Hinings Adam was born in Bromyard, but died in Halland, East Sussex.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Albourne is another area of the original county of Sussex that was once administered by the ancient Hundred of Shiplake.

 

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Pease Pottage is also served by Go-Ahead Metrobus route 273 buses.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Pease Pottage featured in the 1953 film Genevieve as a very remote village deep in the Sussex countryside. Another location used in the film was the One Pin Pub, Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, where the characters stopped for a drink.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stromness in Orkney also has a church that is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.

 

[cjp]

The nearest airport to Stromness is Kirkwall and from there one can catch a plane to Inverness

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Abergavenny is another settlement where a lunatic asylum was once established

 

[cjp]

Crickhowell also lies on the River Usk

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Eglwscummin in Carmarthenshire also has an Iron Age hillfort in its environs.

 

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Just in case of any quibbles.....

Following a request and support for a change to the rules of the game, please be advised that the geographical area for this game has now been extended.....

Kirk Michael, Isle of Man, is also the location of ancient stones with ogham inscriptions.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Staying in the Isle of Man, the village of Crosby is also on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the TT races and Manx Grand Prix.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Marown in the Isle of Man also lies on the line of the River Dhoo.

 

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Buckden, North Yorkshire, also sits at Latitude 54° 11' N.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Yockenthwaite is also a small settlement that is situated within the area of the Yorkshire Dales National Park

 

[Springs Branch]

Ilkley is also on the course of the River Wharfe.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

York also has a branch of the iconic Betty's Tea Rooms.

 

[A Challenge]

Canterbury also has an Archbishop.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St David's is another settlement to where medieval pilgrimages were made.

 

[cjp]

another saintly named settlement is at St Michael Mount

 

[Springs Branch]

The Holy Island of Lindisfarne (I think that's its correct name) is another settlement connected to the mainland by a causeway and regularly cut off at high tide.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Iona was also made subject to a raid on its religious house by Norsemen with many of the community massacred.