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There used to be two Wickhams, but they were renamed East Wickham and West Wickham to avoid confusion in the 13th century.
I've always thought Bromley-By-Bow should be renamed Bromley-By-Plaistow, and Plaistow (Kent) renamed Plaistow-By-Bromley. |
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I was going to say you've missed Rainham, but realise one of them is in Kent.
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And another Southborough station used to be near Tonbridge before it was renamed
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My previous stomping ground was St Neots, Cambs. Not to be confused with St Neot, Cornwall. There's actually quite a connection between the two - with the latter being named after the Priory members there went on a (successful) raiding party, stealing the Saint's bones from the former. Apparently Saint rustling was quite a thing in medieval times.
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Putters, I fear that you have recorded the events in the wrong order. It was the Cornish saint's relics that were pinched and ended up in the priory in Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire, now part of the better known St Neots.
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Another way of looking at it is that Bromley was so desperate to be part of London that it kept nicking the names.
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I used to live near Hayes in Bromley and once encountered a confused person at the station who had travelled to the end of the line, but clearly had been needing to go to Hayes & Harlington. It was quite late in the evening, so he had a long journey ahead of him.
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Four of them feature one of the pair in Bromley. I am sure that has no significance whatsoever, but I couldn't help noticing.
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Was also going to say Rainham and Rainham but guess the Kent one is sufficiently away from London not to count. But that one is certainly very confusing especially when planning journeys by train.
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Any truth to the story that Grove Park (Lewisham) inspired 'the Railway Children'? I'm fairly certain I've read that somewhere but have no evidence.
dg writes: Yes. |
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I look forward to 22.2.22 when you ask what London has 22 of...
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One of my relatives ran the Prince Frederick pub in Plaistow (Bromley) in 1911. I didn't really know where it was, but I do now. Thank you. :)
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Re Southborough: The Ace of Spades pub has been so long demolished that the local radio stations now refer to it by its proper name, Hook Junction (rather Roundabout).
It features on Bad Roads as one of the worst junctions in the UK, a bottleneck with limited movements and a perverse solution to the problem it was originally designed to solve. |
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Without wishing to reinforce gender stereotypes, I can't help thinking it would be Elizabeth Perrin rather than Reggie who might have frequented a rising high street such as Hayes's.
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Which Plaistow was Ian Dury's potty-mouthed Patricia from?
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The one that always gets foreign tourists such as myself: Abbey Road & Abbey Road...!
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Not an exact match, but a near miss is Kennington and Kensington. In pre satnav days, I've had to guide a lost driver in Borough High Street trying to find Kensington.
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Petras409 - correct, got my formers and latters arsy-tarsy.
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For me the Grove Park in Lewisham is best known as one end of the erstwhile 36B bus route.
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As a cabbie I can assure you that Kensington is easy to distinguish - but Canning Town and Kennington are the problem pair. Also Leinster Square and Leicester Square..
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Belmont (Sutton) - Today the local presence is the Royal Marsden Hospital... and just the other side of Downs Road, is HMP High Down (one thousand odd inmates), very busy with daily visitors (mon-sat).
One of London's less well known haunts, perhaps because… dg interrupts: it’s not in London. |
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As someone who grew up in Harrow, that parade of shops is actually known as Belmont Circle.
dg writes: updated, thanks. |
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I enjoyed this post. Would be nice to see one sometime on London places named after somewhere else in the UK, e.g. Euston, Richmond.
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The one-letter misses are rather fun: Fulwell-Fullwell; Eltham-Feltham; Barnes-Barnet. Probably several more.
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I'm aware that they don't have the same spelling and aren't pronounced identically, but maybe Perivale, Ealing and Perry Vale, Lewisham are a pair to consider?
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To all those who've suggested including names not in the official Ordnance Survey list, non-identical pairs and locations not in London, feel free to write your own blogposts and I will read them with great interest :)
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I'm amused and delighted that several of these are in Bromley, the borough I grew up in.
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As someone who hails from the Newham Plaistow, I was rather amused on the day I found out there was another Plaistow within London. I already knew about the one in Sussex but it was a revelation to hear about one so much closer to the one I knew.
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More homophones: Somers Town and Summerstown, Morden and Malden.
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Anywhere London has 3 or more of?
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