Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lexden in Essex was also once under the jurisdiction of the Colchester Poor Law Union.

 

[DerekC]

Charles Henry Harrod was born in Lexden in 1799. After an initial foray into milling he went into the grocery trade. In the 1840s he opened a small shop on the Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edinburgh also has a church that is dedicated to St Paul.

 

[D6130]

Clifton in Bristol also has a Camera Obscura.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Clifton Suspension Bridge spans the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fordwich in Kent also has a church that is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.

It is now redundant, but still open to the public.

 

[DerekC]

I do recall that one of the rules of this game is that associations should be clearly different from the last threee associations (cf. posts #41526 and #41523)

 

[OxtedL]

As the association is technically different (but quite similar) I suggest we just continue on this occasion.

 

[DerekC]

Fordwich in Kent also has a church that is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.

It is now redundant, but still open to the public.

Hythe is another settlement in Kent which has a Michelin starred restaurant. (the Fordwich Arms v-a-v the Hide & Fox, Hythe)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rye in East Sussex also lies on the line of the Royal Military Canal.

 

[DerekC]

Barley in Lancashire is another settlement whose name is associated with a cereal crop.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Roughlee in Lancashire has also been placed in the top two positions of the Hamlets section of the Lancashire Best Kept Village Competitin.

 

[DerekC]

In August 1967 Roughlee suffered a severe flash flood which caused considerable damage to property. Almost exactly fifteen years earlier Lynmouth in North Devon also suffered a flash flood but with much worse consequences including devastation of part of the town and the loss of 34 lives.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bossington in Somerset also lies on the route of the South West Coast Path.

 

[Tetragon213]

Bridgend (S. Wales) also lies on the same line of latitude

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackmill in Bridgend County Borough also lies on the line of the River Ogmore.

 

[Tetragon213]

Shenstone Staffs is also home to a Fox and Hounds public house

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Yoxall in Staffordshire was also once under the jurisdiction of the Lichfield Poor Law Union.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

William James Thompson VC was born in Yoxall c1830. He was about 27 years old and a Private in the 1st Battalion, 60th Rifles (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) during the Indian Mutiny when he was awarded the Victoria Cross following actions which led to the survival of his captain (Captain Wilton) on 9th July 1857 at Delhi. He died on 5th December 1891 at Walsall.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Southampton also has a Sikh gurdwara.

 

[Tetragon213]

The doomed RMS Titanic set off from Southampton in 1912. She was built in Belfast

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dundee also has historical connections to the manufacture of linen cloth.

 

[D6130]

Dundee is linked to Newport-on-Tay by the Tay road bridge.

 

[DerekC]

Tayport and North Queensferry in Fife used to be the terminal ;points of the Fife Coastal Footpath, but it has fairly recently been extended at bpth ends.

 

[D6130]

Tayport and North Queensferry in Fife used to be the terminal ;points of the Fife Coastal Footpath, but it has fairly recently been extended at bpth ends.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown resides in North Queensferry. He was born in Giffnock, Renfrewshire.

 

[Tetragon213]

Until 2020, Giffnock was said to be Scotland's least deprived area. After 2020 that title went to Stockbridge, Edinburgh

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blairgowrie in Perthshire also has a church that is dedicated to St Stephen.

 

[D6130]

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney MSP resides in Blairgowrie. He was born in Edinburgh.

 

[Tetragon213]

Cardiff is also a capital of a UK constituent country

 

[D6130]

Taffs Well is also situated on the River Taff.