Settlement Association

[johnnychips]

Whereas Ponteland is an affluent community close to Newcastle Airport, Bessacarr is an affluent community close to Doncaster Airport.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Aberdeen also has a church that is dedicated to St Francis of Assisi.

 

[Springs Branch]

Northlink ferries depart from Aberdeen serving, among other destinations, the Shetland settlement of Lerwick.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dunrossness is another settlement in the Shetland Isles with an airport (Sumburgh Airport)

 

[DerekC]

Robert Stevenson, the grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson, built the Sumburgh lighthouse in Dunrossness Parish in 1821. He is more famous for the Bell Rock (aka Inchcape Rock) lighthouse off the coast of the Scottish mainland at Arbroath, built between 1807 and 1810 and now the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gairloch also has a museum that houses Pictish carved stones.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Gairloch is the final resting place of the renowned Gaelic bard Uilleam Ros or William Ross (1762–1791), known as 'the Gairloch bard'. Ross was born in Broadford on Skye, and died at the age of 28 in Badachro.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Torrin is another Isle of Skye settlement where marble has been quarried.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Marble from Torrin was used in Armadale Castle which, despite it's name, is a ruined country house (and the former home of the MacDonalds) in Armadale, Skye.

 

[DerekC]

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is a higher education college at Armadale which teaches solely in Scottish Gaelic. It has a sister foundation at Bowmore on Islay.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The Rev Donald Caskie, also known as the "Tartan Pimpernel" for his wartime exploits in France, is one of Bowmore's most noted sons. He was responsible for the safe passage of numerous exiles through the Scots Kirk in Paris during World War II, risking both life and limb. He was born in Bowmore on 22nd May 1902, and died on 27th December 1983, aged 81, in Greenock.

 

[John Griffiths]

Belfast also had a Harland & Wolff shipyard.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dunmanway in County Cork also has historical connections with the linen industry.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

In the 2018 / 2019 season, Dunmanway Town FC were the champions of the West Cork Football League Premier Division. The runners up were Ballydehob FC.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Allihies is another County Cork settlement with historical connections to copper mining.

 

[John Griffiths]

Antony in Cornwall also had an influence on a Daphne du Maurier novel (My Cousin Rachel).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Notter Bridge also lies on the line of the River Lynher.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

The A38 trunk road crosses the River Lynher at Notter Bridge. The road runs from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodmin']Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, and is 292 miles long, making it the longest 2-digit A road in England.[/URL]

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Lurgan in County Armagh was also chosen to be the recipient of a Carnegie Library.

 

[John Griffiths]

Silksworth in Sunderland also has an outdoor ski slope.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

East Kilbride also has a church that is dedicated to St Leonard.

 

[John Griffiths]

East Kilbride was the first New Town to be officially designated in Scotland; Cwmbran was the first New Town to be designated in Wales.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Golborne also had a fatal explosion at its local colliery.

 

[DerekC]

Golborne was once the home of Colonel Blood, chiefly famous for attempting to steal the Crown Jewels, for which he was pardoned by Charles II because of the amusement the escapade provided. The Colonel had a very complicated life, serving in the armies of both Charles I and Cromwell during the Civil War and at one time practising as an apothecary in Romford, Essex.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dagenham also lies on the line of the River Beam.

 

[Springs Branch]

Sunderland is also the site of a motor vehicle manufacturing plant.

 

[John Griffiths]

Darlington also had a Binns department
store.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Newton Aycliffe is also on the line of the River Skerne.

 

[John Griffiths]

Newton Ayclffe was unusual in its management as a New Town in that it shared a chairman and board with Peterlee.

 

[DerekC]

Peter Lee (after whom Peterlee is named) was born at Trimdon Grange, Co Durham