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Of course the two Plaistows are pronounced differently...
The only other one I can immediately think of is:
Grove Park (Chiswick) and Grove Park (erm, Grove Park, of the railway station of that name, a bit north of Bromley and Plaistow)
Pity that Ham (near Richmond) doesn't tie up with a place of that name between East and West Ham, and that East Wickham (near Welling) and West Wickham (near Hayes) similarly have no connection or oppositely named partner...
Dominic | 20.02.11 - 1:19 a.m. | #
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Hmm. If Greater London's boundaries were slightly different, you could have St Margaret's (Twickenham and Herts), but they aren't.
Off-topic, when I've been living in Finsbury Park and Finchley Road, at least one group of confused out-of-towners has gone to Finsbury or Finchley by mistake.
john b | Homepage | 20.02.11 - 2:47 a.m. | #
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Nice idea. Perhaps slightly cheaty, but I have a triple for 'West End'. There's the one in Westminster, of course, plus a small area in Greenford/Northolt borders, and it's also the old name for West Hampstead. I suspect there are similar examples for North End, South End, etc.
M@ | Homepage | 20.02.11 - 4:58 a.m. | #
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Newington. Green and Stoke, about a mile apart in north London, and plain vanilla in Southwark.
Roberta | Homepage | 20.02.11 - 8:28 a.m. | #
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Many exist, but it would appear that being part of a pair forces one to go out of use:
Abbey Wood (Greenwich / Havering)
Belmont (a third in Barnet)
Camden (Bromley / Camden)
Clock House (Bromley / Sutton)
Coldharbour (Havering / Tower Hamlets)
Coombe (Croydon / Kingston upon Thames)
East End (Harrow / Tower Hamlets)
Grove Park (Hounslow / Lewisham)
Ham (Richmond / Newham)
Hyde (Barnet / Westminster)
Little Britain (City of London / Hillingdon)
North End (Bexley / Camden)
Norwood (Ealing / Lambeth)
Stroud Green (Croydon / Haringey)
Telegraph Hill (Kingston / Lewisham)
Upton (Bexley / Newham)
West End (Camden / Ealing / Westminster)
Wood End (Ealing / Hillingdon)
Steve Chambers | 20.02.11 - 8:40 a.m. | #
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Looks like you should have made your usual 'one each' condition! I have North End too, but for Hampstead and West Kensington.
SELondoner | 20.02.11 - 9:01 a.m. | #
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Winchmore Hill one near Amersham, and one in North London.
mclm | 20.02.11 - 10:49 a.m. | #
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Thanks for this lot. I've added the pairs which have definite evidence on an Ordnance Survey map of London. Any more?
diamond geezer | Homepage | 20.02.11 - 3:43 p.m. | #
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Another two for the not-quite-perfect list:
Norwood Green (Southall/Ealing) and Upper Norwood (Croydon);
Barnes (Richmond) and West Barnes (Merton).
THC | 20.02.11 - 6:03 p.m. | #
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Good question! How about Brent (Brent) Brentford (Hounslow) and Brent Cross (Barnet)? I realise the riverly connection might cancel them out ... Lots of 'Greens' and 'Woods' if they count? Eg Palmers Green (Enfield) and Wood Green (Harringey)? But since they're a bit geographically close, better is Chalk Wood (Bexley) and Chalk Farm (Camden).
the gold-digging ant | 20.02.11 - 9:46 p.m. | #
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Green Street Green
(Orpington & Dartford)
Paul | 20.02.11 - 11:05 p.m. | #
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What about World’s End (Kensington & Chelsea) and World’s End (Enfield)?
Andrewh | 20.02.11 - 11:47 p.m. | #
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Amersham: not in London.
Dartford: not in London.
World's End (Chelsea): surprisingly not on the OS map.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 21.02.11 - 12:11 a.m. | #
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Mill Hill (The Hale) and Mill Hill (Acton Town)
Kim | 21.02.11 - 12:31 a.m. | #
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I used to live in Finsbury Park and it drove me mad when people referred to it as "Finsbury" which they did remarkably often. Finsbury and Finsbury Park are only a few miles apart but they are definitely different places.
ganching | Homepage | 21.02.11 - 7:15 a.m. | #
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Bromley by Bow is in London, as is Bromley, which used to be in Kent years ago but not any longer.
Invicta | 21.02.11 - 8:38 a.m. | #
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Difficult this one DG, because of the obvious legacy of counties and parishes. For example before 1889 one Bromley was in Kent the other in Middlesex. The Kent Bromley didn't arrive in London until 1965 although the other Bromley arrived in 1889.
Richard | Homepage | 21.02.11 - 9:20 a.m. | #
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A nearly one.
Brockley, South London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockley
and Brockley Hill, North London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockley_Hill
Graeme | 23.02.11 - 3:02 p.m. | #
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