Settlement Association

[Ivo]

By the way, what is the Welsh name for "Bath"?

Assuming you mean the city, the answer is Caerfaddon.

[three different answers]

Macclesfield is the most notable settlement clearly within a triangle whose corners are in each of Buxton, Cambridge and Formby (see attached).

(Several more notable locations, such as Derby and Warrington, are on the perimeter of the triangle, but not entirely within it.)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Impinging right on my doorstep with that one of Macclesfield (of which Prestbury is part....the "best" part, that is)...


Middlewich and Macclesfield were the two main areas of the ancient Hundred of Hameston which was recorded in the Domesday Book.

 

[Welshman]

Epsom

Middlewich was famous for its salt production. Another such town is Epsom, although its salts [MgSO4.7H2O] are used for different purposes].

 

[Bedpan]

Esher also has a racecourse.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Stoke D'Abernon was also a settlement in the Saxon administrative district of Elmbridge Hundred

 

[Welshman]

Manchester

Yehudi Menuhin opened a music school in Stoke d'Abernon.
Humphrey Chetham opened a school in Manchester, which later became Chetham's School of Music.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chichester also has a Ship Canal.

 

[Welshman]

York

Chichester Cathedral houses a memorial to William Huskisson, who was once the MP for the city.

The NRM at York now houses another memorial to him, which used to be at Parkside, following his tragic death during the Rainhill Trials.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chester also has city walls open to the public to walk upon

 

[Welshman]

Leeds

also has a 'bus link connecting station and town, and on which fares have been recently introduced.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barwick-in-Elmet was also a settlement of the Brythonic 5th to 7th century Kingdom of Elmet.

 

[Bedpan]

Wheathampstead There was for many years a factory in the village manufacturing 'elmets, which sadly closed in 2002 (Helmets Ltd)

 

[Ivo]

Wheathampstead is an example of an unusually large village. Street is sometimes said to be the largest village in Europe.

That is based only on hear-say, but it is certainly very large for a village regardless!

 

[Schnellzug]

not too far (well, in the same county) as Street is Rode. :roll:

 

[Ivo]

Your use of emoticons indicates that Rode might mean something to you

The main bus through Rode terminates to the south at Frome.

I've only done it once, and then on a snowy night - but my God, was it both slow and quiet!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Though not as dramatic as the find at Frome, a clay pot containing over 3,800 Roman coins was found at Bredon Hill, Evesham.

 

[Class172]

Evesham is served by the A46; as is Alcester.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Colchester was another Roman walled settlement with a fort.

 

[Welshman]

Plymouth

another military saluting station

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Portsmouth, like Plymouth, was attacked by a French naval fleet during the Hundred Years' War in the 14th century.

(Portsmouth was undefended and was burnt, but Plymouth fared better with only slight damage)

 

[Welshman]

Wakefield

another city whose cathedral was only consecrated such in the 20th century.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St Albans was also the scene of a battle in the Wars of the Roses.

 

[Welshman]

Holmfirth

The main gatehouse of the old St Alban's prison achieved fame of sorts by being used in the title scene of the BBC comedy "Porridge"

Holmfirth has been the scene of much of the BBC comedy "Last of the Summer Wine"

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Borehamwood also has a long tradition with film-making (though it must be confessed that this town did not also share the same tradition of "cheeky" seaside postcards that also was connected with Holmfirth)

 

[Welshman]

Elland

another town with a Church dedicated to All Saints.

 

[Schnellzug]

The road to Elland is Elland Road, at the Leeds end of which is the home of the mighty Leeds United. Another football ground named after a nearby road or street is White Hart Lane, home of the Tottenham Hotspurs.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lincoln, like Tottenham, is on the line of the Roman road called Ermine Street.

 

[Nym]

Kingston upon Hull used to be the home of The University of Humberside before it renamed to Lincoln University and closed the Hull Campus.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Kingston on Thames also refers to a settlement on a river.

 

[Bedpan]

There is a coronation stone at Kingston, and there is also a coronation stone at Scone, near Perth