Map oddities

[Tim Bennet.]

Just looked up the OS from 1885~1900, it was there even then…

Probably started out as a farm named to celebrate the Battle of Oudenarde. We have a farm and area round here called Gibraltar that was named to celebrate it becoming 'ours' after a similar victory in the 1704 War of Spanish Succession.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Probably started out as a farm named to celebrate the Battle of Oudenarde. We have a farm and area round here called Gibraltar that was named to celebrate it becoming 'ours' after a similar victory in the 1704 War of Spanish Succession.

Interesting, just googled the date, 1708, just the year after the highly unpopular Act of Union. I wonder how the locals felt about such celebration.

 

[Willd]

Been to Scotland twice

and Hollywood

 

[captain nemo1701]

Pennsylvania is apparently a village in Gloucestershire.
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1124623

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Maps argue less

Every slept with a map, there’ll be tears by morning…

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Who knows what goes on, on this hill at night

 

[steverob]

We have a farm and area round here called Gibraltar that was named to celebrate it becoming 'ours' after a similar victory in the 1704 War of Spanish Succession.

There's a hamlet (literally four houses and a farm) near me called Gibraltar as well.

I only found out about that when I was looking up online where the nearest branch of a particular retailer was and it said there was one just a few miles down the road in what looked like open countryside, while the rest of their branches were in major cities. Turns out their mapping software had confused the Gibraltar bordering Spain with the one in Buckinghamshire!

 

[Willd]

oh, and Bermuda wasn't quite what I was expecting

 

[Willd]

Who knows what goes on, on this hill at night

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or here

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Plus this old favourite

 

[presta]

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

No fighting please!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

 

[Donger]

There's a Gotham in the Peak District, but I haven't noticed Batman when I've passed through.
(And another near Nottingham)

Every time I've ever been past there some bright spark has added "City" to that on the place sign.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Very dull round here.