G'day JB3,

Just an aside on your starting point. Here in Sydney, Australia, we have a half a dozen local streets or roads with the name Tavistock. Some years back there was a radio program that included a segment by an historian answering questions about local suburb names and personalities.

One listener commented on the number of Tavistocks and asked for whom they were named - as there seemed to be no record of a prominent person of that name. The history buff's answer was that the council surveyors often ran short of names in new subdivisions (the current fashion is to look up the Encyclopedia Botanica and name everything after trees).

When really desperate a name and peering at the landscape over their theodolites, their eyes would light on the nameplate of that theodolite - Government Store issued "Tavistock" brand!

No relation to the request but these things appear ove the morning coffee.

Regards,

Bob Bolton