Bermuda is in England
David R. Lane (77) 766 posts |
A post to the Power Banks thread in Community subforum revealed that, yes, indeed Bermuda is in England.
I checked on RISCOSM to find it there. So you learn something new everyday! According to Wikipedia, it was named for a former Governor of Bermuda in the 19th century. |
Clive Semmens (2335) 3276 posts |
Ah, now, that Bermuda is named after the more famous one. I also know of places in England called Moscow, Egypt and California that are all named after the more famous ones. On the other hand, the original Houston is in Scotland, and the original Adelaide, Melbourne and Washington are all in England. At least New York and New Hampshire admit their unoriginality. |
Steve Pampling (1551) 8170 posts |
Roughly halfway from Nuneaton centre to Bedworth1 centre. The pub I pointed out is probably the highlight. Trip Advisor has a list of places in Bedworth, topped by Miners Welfare Park and item 8 of 11 is A2B Taxis. Bedworth definitely qualifies for mention in this forum. 1 Colloquially known as “Beduff” 2 There are more. Both the ones listed have won national awards. |
Kevin (224) 322 posts |
In Kent there are 2 towns one called Sandwich and another called Ham Their are signpost with Ham Sandwich on them. Sandwich as in the meal is named after The Earl of Sandwich who was an avid gambler who would have his meals served between 2 slices of bread so he could eat and caryy on gambling. |
David R. Lane (77) 766 posts |
Barcelona is in Cornwall about 4 kilometres West of Looe. So, another place Brits can go on holiday without breaking the coronavirus rules. |
Alan Adams (2486) 1149 posts |
You could also go to California – just up the coast from Great Yarmouth. |
GavinWraith (26) 1563 posts |
Many years ago I received as a birthday present The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, by Eilert Ekwall (4-th edition). It does not mention Barcelona, I regret to say, despite the Carthaginian origins of that name. What I found very striking from the dictionary was how many place-names which are now identical were once different. For example, Great and Little Givendale in the East Riding of Yorkshire comes from Giveldal (valley of the river Gifl), whereas Givendale in the West Riding of Yorkshire comes from Gydhlingdal (valley of Gydhla’s people). A village down the road from me, Swanborough, has nothing to do with swans but swains (young men). |
Steve Pampling (1551) 8170 posts |
and on the same side of the country as Boston |
Clive Semmens (2335) 3276 posts |
The Boston in question being the original Boston, whereas I think the California is named after the more famous one. At our son’s home in Cambridgeshire – that used to be ours – I have a somewhat battered copy of Bartholomew’s Gazetteer of the British Isles. Don’t remember what its publication date is, but either early 20th century or late 19th. I spotted it for 10/- in a secondhand bookshop in Windermere about 60 years ago, already battered. I only had 5/- on me, and rather than lending me the other 5/- my Dad shared the purchase with me, so it belonged to us equally until he died (in 1993). It’s a huge tome. If I remember when I finally retrieve it, I’ll look some of these up. It gives all kinds of interesting information! |
David R. Lane (77) 766 posts |
And for our German friends here is one the other way round: I first came across this when I was travelling by train on the Holzkirchen-Rosenheim railway line when we passed through or stopped at Westerham station. It’s about 33km as the crow flies SW of Munich. In fact, according to RISCOSM, there are several Westerhams in Germany, all in Bavaria. Before anyone says it, the name probably originates from German. But why are they all in Bavaria? And, before you say it, I am not counting the one ending double m somewhere else in Germany. |