Settlement Association

[Calthrop]

Knutsford, Cheshire, is also in close proximity to a birds-of-prey collection / display centre. (While I dearly love birds of prey -- such outfits seem to be everywhere nowadays.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Biddulph also has a National Trust property

 

[Calthrop]

Biddulph also has a National Trust property

According to one theory, the above-bolded settlement's name comes from the Saxon / Old English bidulfe = wolf-slayer. Also with a name putatively wolf-and-killing-thereof-associated, is Wolf's Castle in Pembrokeshire: by some accounts, near the spot where the last wild wolf in Wales was killed.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Wolfscastle castle formed part of the series of defences constructed by the Normans after 1093 known as the Landsker Line, which provided a general boundary between the English-speaking south and the Welsh-speaking north. A visible boundary which represents the Landsker line is Brandy Brook which runs through Newgale in Pembrokeshire, remarked upon by Richard Fenton in his Historical Tour of 1810.

 

[Calthrop]

Newgale has a Duke of Edinburgh Inn; Barrow-in-Furness has a Duke of Edinburgh Hotel.

 

[johnnychips]

Barrow won the FA Trophy in 1990 as did Dagenham in 1980.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hornchurch also lies on the line of the River Beam.

 

[Springs Branch]

Barnstaple also has an entertainment venue named The Queen's Theatre.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Abbotsbury also has a sub-troplical garden.

 

[Calthrop]

Christchurch is also a renowned venue for swans, much appreciated by bird-lovers.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Holdenhurst was also once administered by the Hundred of Christchurch.

 

[Calthrop]

Holdenhurst was also once administered by the Hundred of Christchurch.

Name reckoned likely to come from Old English holegn = holly; and hirst = grove or wood. Also possibly nomenclaturally holly-related: Christmas Common, Oxfordshire -- maybe so named from the abundance of holly trees growing thereabouts.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gazeley in Suffolk also lies on the route of the ancient trackway known as Icknield Way.

 

[Calthrop]

Athboy, County Meath, is also very close to the boundary of a neighbouring county.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Loughrea in County Galway was also chosen as an early Medieval site in which to establish a Carmelite Priory.

 

[Calthrop]

Loughrea in County Galway was also chosen as an early Medieval site in which to establish a Carmelite Priory.

I learn from Wiki, that Loughrea's cricket club is one of the leading clubs in Connacht (I didn't know that they even played cricket in the Republic) -- Downpatrick also has a locally renowned cricket club -- but with said town being in the Six Counties, that's unsurprising.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ballina in County Mayo also has a cathedral.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Ballina in County Mayo also has a cathedral.

Also bearing the same name as an Australian town with a large statue of a crustacean is Kingston

 

[johnnychips]

Taking this as Kingston upon Thames, Lechlade is also on that river.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

With a different river in mind, Eastington in Gloucestershire also lies on the line of the River Leach.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Leland also has a pub named after an animal formerly employed by Harry Hill

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leland also has a pub named after an animal formerly employed by Harry Hill

I have some difficulty in finding a settlement called Leland in the parameters of the area covered by the rules of this quiz.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Apologies for the typo, I meant Lelant (Cornwall)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Redruth also has a church that is dedicated to St Uny.

 

[Calthrop]

Crofton, Wiltshire, is also the location of steam pumping machinery preserved in working order.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ogbourne Maizey was also once under the jurisdiction of the Marlborough Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The hamlet of Ogbourne Maizey has no church but is part of the Ridgeway Benefice, which is within the Marlborough Deanery in the Diocese of Salisbury of the Church of England. The Benefice also includes the parish of Holy Cross Chiseldon with Draycot Foliat.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ogbourne St Andrew also lies on the line of the River Og.

 

[Calthrop]

Southwold, Suffolk, also features a self-proclaimed gastro-pub.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Allestree in Derbyshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Edmund.