Settlement Association

[Ivo]

Why not?

Northampton is another Extended Town.

I thought that you would remember where I live at Prestbury, which is FAR superior to Alderley Edge........

Sorry

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kettering and Northampton both have a tradition of boot and shoe making.

 

[Class172]

Kettering and Huntingdon are served by the A14.

 

[Ivo]

Camberley's name is also formed of a word in the English language followed by a common ending of a settlement name (hunting-don; camber-ley).

I think I may well have done something similar with another town before now, but the Search function suggests that this is Camberley's first apeparance.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Oswestry and Camberley were once areas frequented by highwaymen.

 

[Welshman]

York

Oswestry was the headquarters of the Cambrian Railway.
York the headquarters of the North-Eastern Railway.

 

[Ivo]

Bristol also has a bendy-operated Park & Ride.

 

[Welshman]

Charlbury

another station designed by Brunel.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hanborough and Charlbury were stations opened in 1853 by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway.

I know that this is the Settlement Association quiz, but this is still a valid answer..

 

[Ivo]

:roll:

I think it might be time to ban answers that would pass for the Station game. I'll let it go for now though, but keep this in mind.

Oxford is the nearest city to Hanborough.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Manchester has an extremely well-known University.

(Your comment is noted about railway connections on this quiz)

 

[Eagle]

Newcastle-upon-Tyne has an urban motorway.

 

[Ivo]

Newcastle shares the main part of its name with Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Railway connections as a whole aren't banned, but where a connection would work in the Station Association game I ask that you refrain from using it if possible. If nothing else is seemingly possible, then fair enough

A blurring of the definition of "Station Association" was what formed this game in the first place; now, I ask that the same blurring doesn't occur here. That is all.

 

[Eagle]

Newcastle-under-Lyme has a motorway but no railway, as does Kinross.

Voilà a valid rail-related connection.

 

[Ivo]

Mais oui!

Kinross is one half of Perth and Kinross. Not too surprisingly, Perth is the other half.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Howick and Perth are sites where evidence was found of tools used by Mesolithic hunter-gatherer peoples.

 

[Eagle]

Howick and Perth are sites where evidence was found of tools used by Mesolithic hunter-gatherer peoples.

Which Howick? There are a few.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Which Howick? There are a few.

Howick in Northumberland. This has the Mesolithic HOWICK HOUSE archeological site in its environs.

Are we supposed to add the county name to all future entries on this quiz?

 

[Ivo]

I have been asked to make a small clarification for this game.

There is NO OBLIGATION to note county names or similar in this quiz; indeed, not having this information makes it harder to think of a connection. However, in instances where there is more than one such settlement known, and the place in question is not immediately obvious (e.g. "Ashford a major junction town on the M20" obviously refers to the one in Kent), it would help if this information is provided.

 

[Class172]

Henwick also has 'wick' in it's name, as well as starting with 'H'.

 

[Temple Meads]

Chicklade also has a Chicken related name.

 

[Welshman]

Cirencester

Stagecoach in Swindon service 51 connects Cricklade with Cirencester hourly throughout the daytime.

 

[Ivo]

Trowbridge also has a bus link to Swindon.

 

[Eagle]

Morpeth is also the seat of a unitary* county council.

*that is, a county that is not divided into districts

 

[Class172]

Chicklade also has a Chicken related name.

Cirencester

Stagecoach in Swindon service 51 connects Cricklade with Cirencester hourly throughout the daytime.

WAIT! There is a subtle spelling difference between Chicklade, on the A303, and Cricklade, on the A419; both are in Wiltshire. Therefore this link is invalid and thus we are still at Chicklade.

Andover is also served by the A303.

 

[Welshman]

Oh - well-spotted!
Teach me to play this game after a glass of red wine [or two...]

Anyway, Andover, so

Alton

another town with a "Cango" demand-responsive bus service.

 

[Eagle]

Assuming you mean Alton, Hampshire (which is the largest of the Altons)...

Chichester is also a market town dating back to the Roman period.

 

[Temple Meads]

Salisbury also has a cathedral.

 

[Ivo]

As with Salisbury, an older name for Bath was also formed of two words.

 

[deltic1989]

Did'nt want to go so close to home with this one but Lincoln also has reminants of Roman Arcutecture.