Settlement Association

[Springs Branch]

Largs also has a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry terminal.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Golspie has also hosted the Royal National Mod.

 

[cjp]

Loch Fleet is a little to the South West of Golspie.

(Fleet is in Hampshire)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fleet is in Hampshire

Yateley was also once administered by the Hundred of Crondall.

 

[cjp]

The tower on the church at Lavenham is larger than the tower at St Peter's church in Yately

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Banstead was also connected to the medieval woollen trade in England.

 

[cjp]

Epsom also has "downs"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kingston upon Thames also lies on the line of the Hogsmill River.

 

[cjp]

"Hogs" are raised at Lambrook Pig Farm near Shepton Mallet

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sampford Courtenay also has a cider manufactory.

 

[cjp]

The Wurzels had a hit with a song about a Cider drinker. The founder of the Wurzels, Alan Cutler,was born in Portishead, Somerset

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Deganwy also has a marina.

 

[cjp]

Conwy is a mile or two upstream of it (on the other side of theRiver Conwy)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Skipton also has a ruined castle

 

[cjp]

I hesitated on this Paul because of the railway connection but . . .

Travelling to Skipton from Leeds by train it is better to go to Giggleswick as it has a more trains stopping there.

Alternatively
A nearby place with a "funny" name is Giggleswick

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

With the Station Association Quiz having gone slightly off the rails of late (pun not intended), it has been suggested that a new quiz to run in parallel to it is created. Thus, as requested by several others, I present to you all.....The Settlement Association Quiz!

This works in exactly the same manner as the Station Association Quiz, only this thread concentrates on the thousands of inhabited locales instead of their railway stations.

I helped Ivo to launch this quiz and the rules above are clear in what they say are railway station connections NOT being allowed, as there is another Station Association Quiz where such matters can form posting submissions.

 

[cjp]

Hence my posting the alternative connection earlier @ 18.28

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Alternatively
A nearby place with a "funny" name is Giggleswick

Zennor in Cornwall also has a plague stone within its environs.

 

[cjp]

There is a legend about a mermaid at Zennor. There is a Mermaid Inn at Bishopsbourne

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bartlow in Cambridgeshire also has Roman burial mounds.

 

[Springs Branch]

Cambridge is also on the course of the River Cam or Granta (as the Ordnance Survey maps say).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ludlow was also subjected to outbreaks of Sweating Sickness in the 16th century.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

John Marston, the founder of the Sunbeam racing car and motorcycle company, was born near Ludlow in 1836, although he died in Wolverhampton in 1918, aged 82.

 

[Springs Branch]

Norwich's soccer team also wear yellow shirts when playing at home.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Norwich's soccer team also wear yellow shirts when playing at home.

Ahem .... I think that you might find that the Wolves play in "Old Gold" and not Yellow!

Be that as it may though, to move on ..... although the author Ian McEwan was born in Aldershot in 1948, he was educated at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, where he was the first graduate of its Creative Writing course.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Catterick is also a major garrison town.

 

[cjp]

Racing also takes place at ASCOT

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wells in Somerset also has a religious building that incorporates a Tree of Jesse window.

 

[cjp]

There is a bishop of Bath and Wells

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chelsea also lends its name to a bun.