Settlement Association

[EbbwJunction1]

Bottesford was bypassed by the A52 road in February 1989 at a then cost of £3 million. The A52 is a major road in the East Midlands of England, running east from a junction with the A53 at Newcastle-under-Lyme to the east Lincolnshire coast at Mablethorpe.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Felixstowe is also a settlement that was affected by the North Sea flood of 1953.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Terence James Stannus Gray (also known by his pen name of Wei Wu Wei), who was born in Felixstowe on 14th September 1895, was a theatre producer. He created the Cambridge Theatre Festival in 1926 in (unsurprisingly), Cambridge.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cheltenham also hosts a folk festival.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

St Mary's Church, Cheltenham (the Minster) has a ring of 12 bells. In 2017 the old ring of 12 was completely replaced with new bells cast by John Taylor & Co. of Loughborough.

 

[Springs Branch]

In 1966, royal charters were granted to the University of Loughborough and to Brunel University, located in Uxbridge.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Staines also lies on the line of the River Colne.

 

[John Griffiths]

Staines has a London Stone marking the limits of the City of London's jurisdiction over the Thames; Lower Upnor in Kent has two London Stones marking similar claims over the Medway.

 

[Springs Branch]

West Kirby is also home to a sailing club.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Skenfith in Monmouthshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Bridget.

 

[hst43102]

I've been watching this thread for some time and it amazes me at some of the links you all find!

Time to put in a contribution...

Skenfrith is home to The Bell, the 2007 Pub of the Year. Another pub of the year (2019) is the Fordwich Arms in Fordwich, Kent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wickhambreaux in Kent was also once administered by the Hundred of Downhamford.

 

[hst43102]

Squadron Leader David Maltby, of Dambusters fame, is buried in Wickhambreaux. He was based at RAF Scampton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Swinethorpe was also once under the jurisdiction of the Lincoln Poor Law Union.

 

[John Griffiths]

Swinethrpe is surprisingly not named for pigs, but probably after a Viking called Sven, alias Sweyn, much like Swansea, Sven's ea or island.

 

[johnnychips]

Holyhead is another Welsh settlement whose Welsh name doesn’t translate into its equivalent English.

Swansea=Abertawe=mouth of the Tawe

Holyhead=Caergybi=Cybi’s fort

 

[Springs Branch]

Comedian Dawn French was born in Holyhead.
She now resides in Cornwall, at Fowey.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sandwich was also sacked by French raiders in 1457.

 

[hst43102]

Bures is also located on the River Stour - albeit a different one.

 

[John Griffiths]

Saltney also straddles a county boundary (and also a national one): part is in Flintshire/Wales, part in Cheshire/England.

 

[hst43102]

The railway station at Aberbeeg also closed on the 30th of April 1962.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The railway station at Aberbeeg also closed on the 30th of April 1962.

Sorry, but that posting is more applicable to the Station Association Quiz/

 

[hst43102]

Sorry, but that posting is more applicable to the Station Association Quiz/

Wasn't sure if that one was allowed or not....

Northampton also contains an Asda store that was formerly owned by Danish supermarket Netto.

 

[Springs Branch]

The last Daimler CVG6 half-cab rear-entrance bus for the UK market was delivered in 1968 to Northampton Corporation.
The last domestic specimen of another classic British half-cab bus, the Leyland Titan, was purchased* by the Transport Department of Ramsbottom.

* - it seems by the time the last two buses were actually delivered in November 1969, Ramsbottom U.D.C.'s bus operation had just been taken over by SELNEC PTE. However they were delivered with Ramsbottom livery, fleet numbers and coat of arms

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bacup also lies on the line of the River Irwell.

 

[hst43102]

Bacup is home to Elgin Street, which at 5.2m was the shortest street in the world, until it was replaced by the 2.06m Ebenezer Place in Wick.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Batley is another settlement chosen to receive a Carnegie Library.

 

[johnnychips]

Liverpool is also a settlement that hosted The Beatles during their early career.

 

[hst43102]

Dartford also contains a major tunnel under a river.

 

[johnnychips]

Barton-on-Humber is also on the south side of a bridge spanning a major estuary.