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Thread #42545   Message #620800
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
04-Jan-02 - 04:02 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Name of apartments, condos, townhouses
Subject: RE: What's in a Name??
I think the worse I saw was a typical (UK) 1960's semi named 'Rivendell'!

On a more serious note local authorities around here are definitely making a mess of naming places. In Swinton (where I live - derived from Swine-town btw) a meadow owned by a certain Miss White and known for many years as Whites Meadow has had a old-folks home built on it. Name? White Meadows. Manchester council have also named the car park near the site of the infamous Peterloo masacre Peters Fields - pluralising the historic Peters Field for no apparanat reason. The site of the ill-fated Peterloo meeting was the large, but singular, field at the side of St Peters church.

Only small points I know and I am probably being pedantic but in years to come people may wonder what is White about the home or why Peter owned so many of Manchesters green spaces;-)

Cheers

Dave the Gnome