Settlement Association

[John Griffiths]

Swindon (and I didn't think I'd be back here so soon but it's a connection that cries out to the heavens) also has a 'magic roundabout'.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lacock in Wiltshire was also on the line of the Wilts and Berks Canal.

 

[John Griffiths]

Like Lacock, Chiddingstone in Kent is largely owned by the National Trust.

 

[DerekC]

The television series Elizabeth R was filmed at Chiddingstone and at Penshurst, also in Kent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Boxworth in Cambridgeshire also has a church said to be in "The Decorated Style".

 

[John Griffiths]

Although it is in Norfolk, West Lynn is, like Boxworth, part of the diocese of Ely.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

South Lynn also once came under the jurisdiction of the Kings Lynn Poor Law Union.

 

[Springs Branch]

The A47 trunk road also passes through Nuneaton.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bedworth is another settlement to have been associated with the silk ribbon weaving industry that commenced in the 17th century.

 

[John Griffiths]

Professional wrestling in the 1970s and 80s, often televised from Bedworth Leisure Centre, would also draw grapple fans to the Town Hall in Leeds.

 

[Springs Branch]

Ross-on-Wye also had a corn exchange.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lugwardine was also once administered by the Hundred of Greytree.

 

[John Griffiths]

Presteigne also lies on the Afon Llugwy/River Lugg.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lancaster also has a building known as Judges' Lodgings.

 

[John Griffiths]

Kirkcaldy was also a centre of linoleum manufacture.

 

[DerekC]

Methil is also on the Fife Coastal Path.

 

[John Griffiths]

Methil is the home of East Fife FC, famous for triumphing over league rivals Forfar Athletic with the result East Fife five, Forfar four.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dundee also was once connected with the production of jute.

 

[John Griffiths]

Edinburgh also has an extinct volcano not far from the city centre.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sheffield also has a tram service.

 

[Springs Branch]

Sheffield is one of a limited number of places using a single letter rather than two for its Postcode Area.
Another location with a single letter postcode district (E17) is the east London settlement of Walthamstow.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Camden Town was another of the 34 major centres identified in the London Plan of 2016.

 

[DerekC]

Camden Town reminds me of the song "Finchley Central" by the New Vaudeville Band:

"Finchley Central, ten long stations, from Golders Green change at Camden Town"

It always struck me that it would have been much quicker and cheaper by bus. The internet now allows me to prove the point - 13 minutes (by bus No 13) compared with 24 minutes by Northern Line, not including the change at Camden Town!

 

[Springs Branch]

National Express coach service 422 operates between Burnley and London.
Among its calling points are Golders Green and Accrington.

 

[DerekC]

Accrington's football team is Accrington Stanley, named after Stanley Street where it was originally based. Stanley is a village in Derbyshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Somersal Herbert also once was administered by the ancient Hundred of Appletree.

 

[DerekC]

The Marston Brook runs through the parish of Somersal Herbert on its way to join the River Dove. The Dove flows into the Trent at Newton Solney and thence into the Humber and the North Sea.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Duffield in Derbyshire was also the site of a Norman hunting park.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ernest Hives, 1st Baron Hives of Duffield (1886-1965), one-time Chairman of Rolls-Royce Ltd, lived at 'Hazeldene', Duffield from 1937. Rolls Royce have a plant at Barnoldswick, Lancashire.

 

[John Griffiths]

Saddleworth was also removed from Yorkshire by the 1974 reforms of English local government.