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Foreign place names in the UK
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:35 pm
by Stewart Gordon
As far as I can remember, there are also America, Quebec, Melbourne and (if you can count it) Scotland. I've a feeling there's a Canada as well. And was Washington mentioned?
Re: Foreign place names in the UK
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:03 pm
by John Bradley
Hollywood in Northern Ireland! O...K.... so it's actually Holywood but pronounced the same.
Re: Foreign place names in the UK
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:26 pm
by Deek Fleming
There are two Washingtons in the UK - one in West Sussex, and one in Tyne & Wear.
And there is also a California, in Falkirk.
Re: Foreign place names in the UK
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:40 pm
by Jeff Clayton
On the Aussie theme, there is a village in Cambridgeshire called Queen Adelaide. It's just to the north-east of Ely, and is also the point at which the railway splits into three branches - which also means there are three level crossings within a short distance of each other.
http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=adelai ... %20CB6%201
Bonus points for Kirk if he can name where each of the three branches goes.
Jeff
Re: Foreign place names in the UK
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:05 pm
by Ben Wilson
There's a New York in Lincolnshire.
Re: Foreign place names in the UK
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:13 pm
by Jeff Clayton
Christchurch, Dorset vs. Christchurch, South Island, NZ.
Norwich, Norfolk vs. Norwich, New York and also Norwich, Vermont.
Re: Foreign place names in the UK
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:25 pm
by jeff wharton
Halifax West Yorkshire. Halifax Nova Scotia
Re: Foreign place names in the UK
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:11 pm
by John Bosley
I bet there is no other Huddersfield - go on, someone prove me wrong.
Just found this - well bugger me!
[Haddersfield (also known as Huddersfield) is a small town located in the St Mary parish of Jamaica. It is located at 18°24' N, 77°1' W, close to the small town of 'Retreat' and the mouth of the 'Rio Nuevo', some 10 kilometres east of Ocho Rios. It lies at an altitude of 164 metres above sea level.]