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« Reply #15 on: September 16, 2015, 08:49:06 » |
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Torpenhow Hill.
'Tor' and 'pen' are English alternates for the word 'hill, 'how' comes from an Old Norse word also meaning 'hill'. Thus a translation could be:
Hillhillhill Hill.
Can't quite go to that extent but here is a probable explanation for the name 'Pinhoe'.. There have been many variations of the name Pinhoe over the years, with the Anglo Saxon Peonha, Pinnoc, and Pinnoch, the Domesday Pinoe and the later Pinho, Pynnoe, and Pinhowe all vying for attention at one time or other. The probably meaning is from the Celtic Pen and Saxon Hoe, both meaning 'hill'.
My highlighting - so there you have it........ Pinhoe, or 'Hill Hill' |
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« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2015, 09:41:55 » |
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Similarly Pendle Hill.
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« Reply #17 on: September 16, 2015, 09:43:26 » |
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There's more than one Street Road in these western parts, but I can't think of a Road Street.
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« Reply #18 on: September 16, 2015, 10:15:54 » |
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« Reply #19 on: September 16, 2015, 11:03:17 » |
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Forget not Lake Nyassa and subsequent Nyassaland (now Malawi) ^
Dr Livingstone to local Malawian (ca. 1850):-
^Pray tell me my good fellow. What do you call that huge body of water?^
^nyassa^ [lake]
^Then I shall call it Lake Nyassa!^ [Lake Lake]
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« Reply #20 on: September 16, 2015, 12:05:37 » |
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Reminds me of when people at work say "... PCB board". (PCB being Printed Circuit Board). Drives me mad!
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« Reply #21 on: September 16, 2015, 12:11:10 » |
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... or when you are told to "enter your PIN number"!  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #22 on: September 16, 2015, 16:55:56 » |
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And how many lakes are there in the Lake District?
(Answer, at the risk of transfer to the Pedants' thread, is one - Bassenthwaite Lake. The rest are tarns, waters, meres, etc)
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« Reply #23 on: September 16, 2015, 17:10:01 » |
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And how many lakes are there in the Lake District?
(Answer, at the risk of transfer to the Pedants' thread, is one - Bassenthwaite Lake. The rest are tarns, waters, meres, etc)
Sorry, not pedantic enough. Even if their names do not have "Lake" in them, they can still be lakes, especially if that's your usual word for big puddles and tarn, water, mere etc. are not. It's back to the White Knight, again ... |
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« Reply #24 on: September 16, 2015, 18:14:35 » |
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Bassenthwaite is, however, the only one to have the terminal 'Lake' in its official name. In that respect it's right that FT,N highlighted it.
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #25 on: September 16, 2015, 18:23:01 » |
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White Knight to Black Rook where would you like the award for pedantry delivered .
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« Reply #26 on: September 16, 2015, 21:01:44 » |
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I think I've found the famous Station Rd Station. Perhaps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytham_(Station_Road)_railway_stationLytham (Station Road) railway station
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lytham
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Place Station Road, Lytham St Annes
Area Fylde
Coordinates 53.7384^N 2.9566^WCoordinates: 53.7384^N 2.9566^W
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Original company Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / London and North Western Railway
Platforms 2
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16 February 1846 Opened
1 July 1874 Closed to passengers
1963 Closed to goods
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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The original Lytham railway station was the Lytham terminus of a branch of the Preston and Wyre Joint Railway from Kirkham in Lancashire, England. It opened, along with the branch, on 16 February 1846; the road it was located in became known as Station Road. It was built in a Renaissance style from Longridge stone. A branch was also built to the dock at Lytham Pool.
In 1863, the Blackpool and Lytham Railway opened a separate line to its own station in Ballam Road, Lytham.
By 1874, both lines were owned jointly by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London and North Western Railway. Ballam Road station was rebuilt as a through station and a connecting line was built to join the other line east of Lytham. The original station in Station Road was then closed to passengers, but continued to be used as a goods station until 1963.[1]
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« Reply #27 on: September 16, 2015, 22:07:34 » |
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A fire station now occupies the site.
So Station Road Station is now a Fire Station. On Station Road.  |
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« Reply #28 on: September 16, 2015, 23:23:54 » |
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Some of you may have spotted that the script whose results you are currently reading is written in php - which stands for 'PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor'
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« Reply #29 on: September 17, 2015, 17:40:39 » |
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Some of you may have spotted that the script whose results you are currently reading is written in php - which stands for 'PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor'
Always thought it was Pot Head Pixie, after I bought that Gong album in 1843. |
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