Settlement Association

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blackburn and Salford were Hundred administrative areas of the Lancashire Region in medieval times up to the 19th century and both also have small cathedrals.

 

[Schnellzug]

Famously, there were 4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire, according to the Beatles' A Day in the Life. they went on to speculate that this would be a sufficient number to fill the Albert hall, which is in Kensington, London.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kensington, Liverpool is also a district in a large city.

 

[Ivo]

Everton is another district of Liverpool

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Burnley and Everton were amonst the 12 member teams that made up the first Football League Division in 1888.

 

[Ivo]

Burnley is the smallest town to have been represented in the Premier League. Conversely, Bristol is the largest to have not been represented.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kings Lynn and Bristol both have a long maritime trading port history.

 

[Class172]

Leicester is also served by the A47.

 

[Ivo]

Bradford is another large city that is not part of the Core Cities Group.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

York (Railway) and Bradford (Media) are homes to "National" museums.

 

[Eagle]

York is home to the renowned Bettys Tea Rooms (no apostrophe, before you ask), which is owned by Taylors of Harrogate.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Buxton and Harrogate are both spa towns.

 

[Class172]

Buxton and Droitw… Cheltenham Spa are both Spa towns also.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aintree and Cheltenham Spa are important events on the British horse racing calendar.

 

[Ivo]

British Rail (abbreviated) + Aintree = Braintree

 

[Schnellzug]

In the early 19th century Braintree became a centre for silk manufacturing when George Courtauld opened a silk mill in the town. Silk Mill Crossing was formerly a level crossing to the west of Taunton station, Somerset.

 

[Ivo]

The village of Hotham, a few miles west of hull, also sounds like it belongs in a galaxy far, far away.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Yet again you come up with a difficult one to follow.....

Portsmouth (Lord George Goring) and Hotham (Sir Ralph Hotham) were residences of senior Royalist army commanders who fought in the English Civil War.

 

[Ivo]

Portsmouth site directly opposite Gosport.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newbury and Gosport are both places that had Mesolithic settlements in their environs which had hunting camps as an essential part of the settlements.

 

[Eagle]

Newbury is on the course of the A34, as is Newcastle under Lyme.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stockport and Newcastle under Lyme both have a long-standing connection to the Hatting Trade.

 

[Ivo]

Bolton are also bidding to become Greater Manchester's third official city.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Salford and Bolton are areas within Greater Manchester that have Universities.

 

[Class172]

Bradford and Salford are both places ending in 'ford' that are also served by short motoways in the M60x series.

 

[Schnellzug]

Bradford is one of the few cities that is not built on any substantial body of water. The same could not be said for another Bradford, Bradford on Avon, which is, as its name suggests, on the River Avon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fishbourne and Bradford on Avon both have remains of large Roman buildings in their environs.

 

[Ivo]

Another "______bourne" local to Fishbourne would be Southbourne.

 

[Eagle]

Southbourne has a cliff funicular, as does nearby Bournemouth.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lyme Regis and Bournemouth are both resorts on the Jurassic Coast (A World Heritage Site).