Map oddities

[Flick of the Elbow]

Very dull round here.

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Twinned with with Boring, Oregon and Bland, New South Wales

 

[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.

My wife has just reminded me of another battle commemoration, Waterloo just north of Perth. We always enjoy the Abba vibe when we pass through it

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Not as such. There’s quite a few local references to Egypt (gypsies) and I know of Californias in Falkirk and I think Birmingham.

Can I add the Norfolk California (just north of Great Yarmouth) to your California collection?

 

[Ian H]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7586606,-3.4429729,19z?hl=en&entry=ttu

 

[Donger]

Very dull round here.

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Shame about the "Adventure Activities" spoiling it. Btw, is that the place that is twinned with "Boring" in the USA?

 

[Jenkins]

Just to the north of Colchester

 

[biggs682]

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

Spent many a night with maps over the years navigating on car rally's and doing servicing etc etc

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

One of my favourite place names in Scotland. Who wouldn’t want to live in a place called Jemimaville ?

(Black Isle, north of Inverness)

 

[Tim Bennet.]

When American friends come and visit, they are rather puzzled by our local Black Dyke Road.
I tell them we often name roads in honour of various groups or individuals: Alan Turing Way, Princes Road, Mongomery Road, Nelson Mandela Ave, etc.
They just nod and add it to the long list of things they don't 'get' about the UK.

 

[PK99]

Vancouver BC

 

[DRM]

When American friends come and visit, they are rather puzzled by our local Black Dyke Road.
I tell them we often name roads in honour of various groups or individuals: Alan Turing Way, Princes Road, Mongomery Road, Nelson Mandela Ave, etc.
They just nod and add it to the long list of things they don't 'get' about the UK.

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Don't tell them that in West Yorkshire there's the Black Dyke Mills Band, it'll blow their minds totally

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Road signs get nicked that often from here, that the last time I rode through it they were hand written.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Road signs get nicked that often from here, that the last time I rode through it they were hand written.

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I believe that happened regularly here as well.
https://images.app.goo.gl/LKJUyWmUpgNLNJVw8

 

[PeteXXX]

Hollywood is just outside Birmingham.

So is Lickey End 🔚

 

[Ming the Merciless]