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Group: uk.transport.london · Group Profile
Author: Tom Anderson
Date: Sep 11, 2008 15:40

Hello!

There's a village called Wivenhoe, in the depths of Essex. It's, well,
mostly harmless, really.

So why is there a street called Wivenhoe Court in Hounslow? Here:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.465926%%2C-0.376346

And why is there another one in Frome, Somerset? Here:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.236813%%2C-2.299442

In the latter case, there seems to be an estate with streets whose names
all start with a 'wi' sound, and i suppose whoever did the names just came
across Wivenhoe in a gazetter or something.

The former is more of a puzzle. None of the names of surrounding streets
have any link that i can see. A MYSTERY!

tom

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It involves police, bailiffs, vampires and a portal to hell under a
tower block in Hackney.
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