Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newport in South Wales is another settlement where a transporter bridge was erected.

 

[D6130]

Usk in Gwent/Monmouthshire also lies on the line of the eponymous river.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tobermory on the Isle of Mull also has a clock tower.

 

[Springs Branch]

TfL Oyster Card-carrying fictional furry creatures ("Underground, Overground, Wombling free . . ." ) generally had geographically-inspired names - some within the UK, some overseas.

Tobermory was one, as was the scientifically-inclined Wellington. Many different settlements might have prompted this choice of name, but apparently it came about from creator Elisabeth Beresford's nephew's school at Wellington Somerset.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cheddon Fitzpaine in Somerset was also once administered by the Hundred of Taunton Deane.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Anglican Church of St Mary, Cheddon Fitzpaine was built in the late 13th century, and is a Grade II* listed building. The parish is part of the South Quantock Benefice of West Monkton, which also includes Kingston St Mary and Broomfield within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Othery in Somerset was also once administered by the Hundred of Whitley.

 

[Calthrop]

In the church at Othery is a memorial to Colonel John Chard, V.C. , and his two brothers. Chard, who grew up in the area, was -- as a lieutenant in the Royal Engineers -- one of the two leading officers on the spot, in the renowned defence of Rorke's Drift in the Zulu War, 1879. His "opposite number" in this engagement was Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead of the 24th Regiment of Foot; who was brought up in Thurlby, Lincolnshire (near Bourne).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

North Crawley in Buckinghamshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Firmin.

 

[Calthrop]

Diss, Norfolk, also has a pub called the Cock Inn.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Beccles in Suffolk also lies on the line of the River Waveney.

 

[Calthrop]

Grantly Dick-Read (1890 -- 1959), obstetrician and prominent advocate of natural childbirth, was born in Beccles; in his schooldays, he attended the -- not highly well-known among such -- public school Bishop's Stortford College (as, incidentally, did I some sixty years later).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Clavering in Essex also lies on the line of the River Stort.

 

[Calthrop]

Clavering's church is dedicated to St. Mary and St. Clement. I can find no other church in these islands with this joint dedication; however Sandwich, Kent, has had (at the same time) three churches -- one dedicated to St. Mary, one to St. Clement, and the third -- now out of use -- to St. Peter.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Durham also has a copy of the document called the Charter of the Forest.

 

[Calthrop]

John Gully (1783 -- 1863) -- prize-fighter, racehorse owner, and politician -- died in Durham; he was born near Bath. He is featured briefly but memorably in one of George MacDonald Fraser's "Flashman" novels, Royal Flash.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chelsea also lends its name to a type of bun.

 

[johnnychips]

Elvis Costello sang I don’t want to go to Chelsea but he was born in Paddington.

 

[Calthrop]

Wendover, Buckinghamshire: also has been the terminus of -- bearing the settlement's name -- an Arm of the Grand Union Canal. (The Paddington Arm is still in use -- the Wendover Arm partly restored, after long disuse.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brighton also has a clock tower.

 

[Calthrop]

Going to be somewhat cheeky here, and draw on titles from the works of the novelist Graham Greene. Among very many others: he wrote Brighton Rock. Another of his novels features the capital of Cuba -- Our Man In ... That city has in England a sort-of namesake, though with a different spelling (which has previously featured in this game not all that long ago): Havannah, near Congleton, Cheshire -- named in honour of Britain's capturing the West Indian metropolis in 1762.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Keswick in Cumbria also has historical connections to the brass-working industry.

 

[Calthrop]

Keswick is the venue for the annual -- dating back some century-and-a-half -- Keswick Convention: a large-scale evangelical Christian rally of some days' duration. Similar events now take place each summer at Oban, Argyll & Bute.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tomatin in the Scottish Highlands also has a malt whisky distillery.

 

[Calthrop]

Ferness, Highland, also lies on the River Findhorn.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Carrbridge in the Scottish Highlands also lies on the route of the B9007 road.

 

[Calthrop]

Carrbridge is the venue of "Carve Carrbridge", an annual competition in chainsaw carving / sculpture. Its equivalent south of the border, the England Open Chainsaw Carving Competition: brings us back to Knutsford, Cheshire -- which settlement occurred in the game a few days ago. The chainsaw fun here, takes place in Tatton Park, a little way outside the town concerned.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Appleton Thorn in the Borough of Warrington also has a church that is dedicated to St Cross.

 

[341o2]

Glastonbury is noted for a variety of hawthorn known as the Glastonbury Thorn that flowers twice a year, legend has it that Joseph of Arimathaea introduced it to the UK as well as Christianity

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Llandrindod Wells in Powys also hosts an annual musical festival.