Settlement Association

[Springs Branch]

Cwmbran was another of the first wave of New Towns established after World War 2.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Golborne also suffered an explosion at a colliery in its environs.

 

[Springs Branch]

RailUK Forum user @Springs Branch's first girlfriend lived in Golborne, at a house in Slag Lane.
Another settlement with a street named Slag Lane is Westbury, Wiltshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Keevil also once came under the remit of the Westbury and Whorwellsdown Poor Law Union.

 

[Springs Branch]

Bolton-le-Sands was also listed in the Domesday Book.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Tewitfield also lies on the line of the Lancaster Canal

 

[Springs Branch]

St Helens, Merseyside, is also at longitude 2° 44'W

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Widnes also lies on the line of the Sankey Canal.

 

[Springs Branch]

Speciality chemicals manufacturer Croda Europe Ltd has an operation in Widnes. The company also has a facility in Leek.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Macclesfield also had connections to the silk weaving trade.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

A resident of Macclesfield is Neville John "Noddy" Holder MBE, the lead singer and guitarist of Slade. Noddy was born on 15th June 1946 in Walsall, West Midlands.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bristol also has an Orthodox church that is dedicated to The Nativity of the Mother of God.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Roman Glass St George Football Club is a football club who play at Oaklands Park in the Bristol suburb of St George. Founded in 1872, they are the oldest club in Bristol, and are currently members of the Western League Premier Division. members of the Western League Premier Division. Among the other members of the Western League Premier Division are Odd Down Football Club, who play at the Lew Hill Memorial Ground, Bath.

 

[Springs Branch]

Bradford also has a university which received its Royal Charter in 1966.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Many of the Brontë family were born in Thornton, which is on the outskirts of Bradford. They are, of course, most associated with the town of Haworth, where their father was the Curate.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Shaftesbury also has a steep cobble-surfaced road in the central town area.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Adjacent to the site of the former Shaftesbury Abbey is Gold Hill, the steep cobbled street made famous in the 1970s as the setting for Ridley Scott's television advertisement for Hovis bread.
Ridley Scott was born on 30th November 1937 in South Shields, County Durham.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Scarborough was also subjected to attack by Germany during World War 1.

 

[deltic1989]

Sixth Officer James Paul Moody of RMS Titanic was born in Scarborough. As was Sir Edward James Harland, Co-Founder of Harland & Wolff, the builders of RMS Titanic.
RMS Titanic sailed from Southampton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Brighton is another coastal settlement to have been attacked by a French naval fleet.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Go-Ahead Group operate the urban bus routes within Brighton. Another south coast settlement where a Go-Ahead company operates the local buses is Plymouth.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dover also lends its name to a sea area in the British Shipping Forecast.

 

[deltic1989]

Lewes also has a namesake town in the US state of Delaware.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In the 1960s Lewes was the home of Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones; as a child, he lived in Wembley, London.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cardiff also has a national sport stadium.

 

[johnnychips]

Bristol also has a football team named 'City'.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chester also has a zoo

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Brecon also has a military museum (and very good they both are, too!).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pontnewydd also lies on the line of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Pontnewydd in Cwmbran should not be confused with Pontnewynydd, which is a suburb of Pontypool.