Settlement Association

[cjp]

The main canal this lies on is the Kennet and Avon which makes extensive use of two rivers but by Monkton Combe there was a short canal built for transportation local coal and one of the places this served was Timsbury

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dunkerton was also once served by the now-defunct Somerset Coal Canal.

 

[cjp]

If you want some of Dunkertons Cider you can pick it up from their shop in Leominster

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Slaithwaite is another settlement that is not pronounced phonetically.

 

[cjp]

Slaithwaite is in the colne valley.There is also a river Colne in Essex and on it lies Colchester

 

[DerekC]

Castle Park in Colchester is one of the twelve royal saluting stations from which guns are fired on important occasions. Another is Stirling Castle.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dryburgh also erected a monument commemorating William Wallace

 

[cjp]

Sounding the same but spelt differently we have Drybrough & Co. whose brewery is in Duddingston Road, Edinburgh

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dumfries also has a camera obscura.

 

[cjp]

The A75 now bypasses Dumfries but if you follow this trunk road you will get to Cairnryan and your ferry to Ireland

 

[DerekC]

P&O Ferries sail from Cairnryan to Larne

 

[EbbwJunction1]

David Anthony "Dave" McAuley MBE, the former IBF World

Flyweight Champion​

was born in Larne on 15th June 1961. Among his most famous bouts were two brutal encounters with Colombian Fidel Bassa at The King's Hall, Belfast.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dunmanway in County Cork also has connections to the linen industry.

 

[cjp]

County Cork is named after the city of Cork which is twinned with a number of places including Coventry

 

[DerekC]

Lady Godiva's statue is in Coventry and the story of her ride is well known. She was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. Mercia doesn't seem to have had a capital as such, but activities centred on the royal estates at Repton and Tamworth.

 

[cjp]

Rugby school, like Repton, also has boarders and is coeducational

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Altrincham also has a clock tower in the town centre.

 

[cjp]

Sudbury also has a regular market (on Market Hill) which has grown to encompass arty things in the nearby hall and church

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wokingham also had medieval links to the silk trade.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The local football club is Wokingham & Emmbrook FC, who are based at Larges Lane, Bracknell in a ground share arrangement with Bracknell FC. They currently play in the Hellenic League Division One East, where one of their opponents is Holyport FC, who play at Summerleaze Village in Maidenhead.

 

[cjp]

Cookham also has a road bridge over the river Thames

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Silchester also lies on the route of the Roman road known as Camlet Way.

 

[cjp]

Chester in a name is indicative of a Roman connection but not all place with Roman fortifications have "chester" in their name particularly if they are small; one such is Brough-on-Noe in the Hope Valley

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Templeborough is as the other end of the Roman road known as Batham Gate.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Steel, Peech and Tozer, known locally as "Steelos", who owned the Templeborough steelworks, was one of the largest manufacturers in the Rotherham area. In 1918 they merged with Samuel Fox and Company, based in Stocksbridge and Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company in Scunthorpe creating United Steel Companies (USC).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Burley in West Yorkshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Matthias.

 

[cjp]

The dale known as Wharfedale includes Ilkley as well as Burley-in-Wharfedale

 

[johnnychips]

Whereas Ilkley has a song about its moor (baht ‘at), Richmond has a song about a sweet lass who lives on its hill. It is the one in North Yorkshire.

 

[DerekC]

A walk across Ilkley Moor (preferably with suitable headgear) brings you to Shipley

Richmond is at the lower end of Swaledale. The River Swale rises on the moors above Keld.

 

[johnnychips]

Keld is the Viking word for Ford, which is near Arundel.