Settlement Association

[John Griffiths]

Wolverhampton was also granted city status in 2000.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Buckingham was also a medieval woollen "staple" town.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

St Peter & St Paul Church, Buckingham was redesigned in the 19th century by Sir George Gilbert Scott. His first work was built in 1833, and was a vicarage for his father, a clergyman, in the village of Wappenham, Northamptonshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thenford was also once administered by the Hundred of King's Sutton.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

St Mary's Parish is a member of the Chenderit Benefice, which includes the parish of Chacombe, Northamptonshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire is another settlement where an Augustinian Priory was erected.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Long Buckby is also a settlement in the Daventry District of Northamptonshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Braunston also lies on the line of the Grand Union Canal.

 

[Springs Branch]

Richmond upon Thames also has a twin town located in the Seine-et-Marne department of France.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Teddington also has a lock situated on the line of the River Thames.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Sir Noel Coward was born in Teddington in 1899. In 1926, he acquired Goldenhurst Farm in Aldington, Kent, making it his home for most of the next thirty years, except when the military occupied it during the Second World War.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dundee also has a church that is dedicated to St Martin.

 

[Springs Branch]

Dundee Cake is said to be a well-liked by HM The Queen and is regularly served at tea-time.
Another comestible favoured by the Royals is Laphroaig whisky, enjoyed by the Duke of Rothesay (a.k.a Prince Charles) and distilled in Port Ellen.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grutness in Shetland also has a ferry terminal.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The destination of the ferry mentioned above (Good Shepherd IV) is Fair Isle North Harbour.

 

[MotCO]

Aran is another type of Scottish jumper.

 

[FQ]

Aran is another type of Scottish jumper.

As far as I can tell there's no settlement in Scotland called Aran (there is the island of Arran but that's more akin to a county with many settlements inside). Could we continue from the following post please.

The destination of the ferry mentioned above (Good Shepherd IV) is Fair Isle North Harbour.

 

[MotCO]

As far as I can tell there's no settlement in Scotland called Aran (there is the island of Arran but that's more akin to a county with many settlements inside). Could we continue from the following post please.

I concede: it shows my lack of Scottish geography

 

[FQ]

I concede: it shows my lack of Scottish geography

No problem, easy mistake to make

 

[Springs Branch]

The destination of the ferry mentioned above (Good Shepherd IV) is Fair Isle North Harbour.

Historically, Fair Isle had strong trading links with northern Europe and was the location of a Hanseatic trading booth.

Another settlement which had close connections with the Hanseatic League was Kings Lynn.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Welsh international rugby player George North was born in 1992 in King's Lynn. He was educated at Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern on Anglesey and later at Llandovery College.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llandeilo also lies on the line of the River Tywi.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Although born in Carmarthen, the prominent member of the woman's suffrage movement Rachel Barrett grew up in Llandeilo. She died on 26th August 1953 at the Carylls Nursing Home in Faygate, Sussex.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Crawley also lies on the line of the A264 road.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

There are two official stops on the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, at Crawley and Preston Park, near Brighton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester also has a velodrome.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The John Rylands Library is in a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate. The Library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded byEnriqueta Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands. an English entrepreneur and philanthropist, he was born on 7th February 1801 in Parr, St Helens, Lancashire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Halsall in West Lancashire was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of West Derby.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The commencement ceremony for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal was held at Halsall on 5 November 1770, with the first sod being dug by the Hon. Charles Mordaunt of Halsall Hall. The first section of the canal opened from Bingley to Skipton in 1773, passing through Silsden on the way.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gargrave also lies on the line of the River Aire.