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Trivia: Stations that could be someone's name

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Audley End. There is the boxer Audley Harrison, and I once met a man whose surname was Ende.

Dalston Kingsland should have been a West Indian fast bowler, but wasn't.
 
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Is this Late Arrivals at the Railway Travellers' Ball?

Eve Sham and her daughter Honey Bourne, who is engaged to King Ham.
 
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Surprised that

Hadley Wood and Alexandra Palace haven't been mentioned.......
 
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The Lee brothers from West Yorkshire- Keith, Bram, Shep, and Bing.
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Don't forget the one who was made a judge - the Hon. Lee.

Are there any Mor (ley) of these?
There must be some of this Ilk (ley) around.
We're Heading (ley) in a dreadful direction here.
You can't just say (k)Notting (ley) to that.

I'll get my coat.
 
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What's it called? It's called Cumbernauld
From the school register of surnames:

Marston Green

While in my original neck of the woods in the West Midlands, Cradley Heath and their distant cousin from Essex Chadwell Heath, and Rowley Regis and their distant cousin from Sussex Bognor.
 
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Wolverhampton (place) is named after Wulfrun or Wulfhere, kings of Mercia.

Wednesbury (home of Midland Metro) is named after norse god Wotan/Woden/Odin (Wodens-burg).
There's a modern statue of Sleipnir, Wotan's 8-legged horse, outside the metro depot.

The Runcorn-Widnes rail bridge is named the Queen Ethelfleda bridge after a queen of Mercia, daughter of Alfred the Great.
 
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Doctor Fegg said:
Is this Late Arrivals at the Railway Travellers' Ball?
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Yes, yes it is.

Here's Garth Powys and his friend Barry Links. Followed by Fern Hill and her husband, Flint.
Oh, and that well known suburbanite, Miss Vane recently took up doubles badminton with a thunder god, but they're not very good: every game it's Lis Vane and Thor: nil.
 
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adrock1976 said:
From the school register of surnames:

Marston Green

While in my original neck of the woods in the West Midlands, Cradley Heath and their distant cousin from Essex Chadwell Heath, and Rowley Regis and their distant cousin from Sussex Bognor.
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..and if you consider triple barrelled surrnames we have Mr Sand-Welland-Dudley
 
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Posted earler this year . But still fun nonetheless...


Some more from the English and Welsh hinterlands...

Fay Gate
Win Chelsea
Bex Hill
Syd Enman-Hill
Cat Ford
Brent Ford
Cath Ays
Mel Dreth
Ched Dington
Roy Don
Stewart By
Will Ington
Pat Ricroft
Tim Perley
Percy Main


as well as the Ham brothers...

Grant Ham
Lewis Ham
Len Ham

More arstocracy

Earl S. Field
Prince Regent


and some who need no more introduction then just their firstnames (like Bryn)...

Dean
Mortimer
Leigh
Ash
Lee
Iver
Hope
Douglas

And we should all go and visit...

Andrews House
 
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On the Glasgow Subway:

St. Enoch, Kelvin Hall, Kelvin Bridge & St George's Cross.

Surprised nobody's mentioned either Kirkhill (Kirk Hill) or Maxwell Park (Max Well Park) yet.
 
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Strathclyder said:
On the Glasgow Subway:

St. Enoch, Kelvin Hall, Kelvin Bridge & St George's Cross.

Surprised nobody's mentioned either Kirkhill (Kirk Hill) or Maxwell Park (Max Well Park) yet.
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Stretching it a bit with these, but how about:
Paul Lockshawseast
Paul Lockshawswest
Paul Lockshieldseast
(you get the picture anyway...) ;)
 
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Dont think anyone has said Bryn

Edit: sorry evotista did this morning. My bad
 
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Given many places are named after people and many people are named after places. then it fits that train stations in places could well be similar to the names of people
 
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Given many places are named after people and many people are named after places. then it fits that train stations in places could well be similar to the names of people
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Though there are several coincidental ones. Some of the ones being suggested are a bit contrived (including mine) and some don't really scan.
 
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