Trivia - Stations named after people

Dr Hoo · 22 Aug 2017

Liam said:
KGV DLR Station?

I thought that was named after a dock that was in turn named after a king, i.e. indirect again.

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Liam · 22 Aug 2017

Dr Hoo said:
I thought that was named after a dock that was in turn named after a king, i.e. indirect again.

Yes, that's what I suspected. There are quite a few King George V docks around, though (Glasgow, Hull, Southampton...).

xotGD · 23 Aug 2017

Finsbury Park is named after a character from The Harry Hill Show.

(Or have I got that back to front?)

mallard · 23 Aug 2017

Alexandra Parade - Presumably named after the same person as Alexandra Palace.
Alexandria - Town named after Alexander Smollett.
Argyle Street - Street named after the Duke of Argyll.
Audley End - Named after the house named as such by (the family of) Thomas Audley.
Burton Joyce - Village named after Robert de Jorz (Joyce).
Crews Hill - Village named after the "Crew" family.
Dunfermline Queen Margaret - Named after the hospital named after the former Queen of Scotland.
Elmers End - Named after the "Elmerus" (criminals) executed in the area.
Energlyn & Churchill Park - The park area seems to have been named after Sir Winston, several "parks" of the Caerphilly area are named after early 20th century politicians.
Fitzwilliam - Family name of the local landowners.
Fort Matilda - Fort named after Matilda of Scotland, wife of Henry I.
Fort William - Fort named after William of Orange.
Gerrards Cross - Area named after the Gerrard family, landowners.
Gipsy Hill - Area named after Gypsies who once lived in the area.
Gordon Hill - Area named after Lord George Gordon.
Gypsy Lane - Similar to Gipsy Hill.
Hamilton Central/Hamilton West - Town named after the Hamilton family, landowners, particularly James, Lord Hamilton, husband of Princess Mary.
Hamilton Square - Square named after the family of William Laird's wife; although I can't find her name anywhere. Possibly related to the Hamiltons of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.
Hampden Park - Stadium named after a park named for John Hampden.
Hatfield Peverel - Village named after William Peverel.
Helensburgh Central/Helensburgh Upper - Town named after Lady Helen Colquhoun.
James Cook - Hospital named after the naval captain.
Lostock Hall - Hall and area named after James de Lostock.
Maxwell Park - Park named after Sir John Stirling Maxwell.
Maze Hill - Road named after Sir Algernon May (originally "May's Hill").
Ninian Park - Stadium named after Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart.
Palmers Green - Palmer family, landowners.
Robertsbridge - Bridge/abbey/area named after Robert de St Martin.
Tulse Hill - Tulse family, landowners.

BurtonM · 24 Aug 2017

IBM, at a stretch.
Clock House was named after a local landowner's house, demolished before 1900.

If only Connah's Quay had a station - it's served by Shotton.

Trackbedjolly · 24 Aug 2017

Some more Scottish stations named after people:

Kilwinning
Kirkconnel (St. Connal Convallus)
West Kilbride (St. Bridget)
Paisley Saint James
Johnstone
Dalmarnock (St. Marnock)
Dalmally

On the Glasgow Underground:
St. Georges Cross
St. Enoch

There are probably others....

Ones that sound like they should be but are not:

Carluke
Roy Bridge
Bridge of Allan
Barry Links
Keith

Mag_seven · 24 Aug 2017

The original OP request was:

Thinking more of stations named after more "ordinary" people.

I don't think Queen Victoria, William of Orange or King George V for example really satisfy that criteria.

brompton rail · 24 Aug 2017

David Emmott said:
No, his full title is Saint Bede the Venerable. A real genuine saint, one of the two to have his tomb in Durham Cathedral.

Nelson in Lancashire: the town (and hence the station) is named after the pub the Lord Nelson which in turn was named after Lord Nelson.

James Street in Liverpool: I don't know who the James is but probably a person.

As I understood it, the settlement now known as Nelson (Lancs) was called Marsden. However the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway had a Marsden station (Huddersfield) and chose to call the Lancashire station Nelson. Since the coming of the railway led to a rapid development of a textile mill town, the name Nelson stuck!

Grumpy · 24 Aug 2017

Milton Keynes. Two for the price of one

JackTheLad · 25 Aug 2017

I've got a mate called Lee

AlterEgo · 25 Aug 2017

Grumpy said:
Milton Keynes. Two for the price of one

Not named after two people! This is a popular myth.

Milton Keynes is a very old village around which the city was built. Milton Keynes was originally called, amongst other things, Middleton Gaynes/Caynes. However like most villages it had a name corrupted from the Norman landowners, the de Cahaines family.

allaction · 25 Aug 2017

Ninian Park, on the (Cardiff) City Line, was named for the football stadium which was in turn, named for Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart, who was killed in the First World War. His family, the Butes, were largely responsible for Cardiff's rise to become the biggest coal exporting port in the world.

backontrack · 25 Aug 2017

BurtonM said:
If only Connah's Quay had a station - it's served by Shotton.

It did once...

JackTheLad said:
I've got a mate called Lee

Post of the year. :lol:

xotGD · 25 Aug 2017

Fans of The Ipcress File and Funeral in Berlin flock to pay homage at Deighton station, which is of course named after the books' author Len Deighton.

wimbledonpete · 26 Aug 2017

Two in a row on the Jubilee line - Stan More and Canon Spark.

Matt Taylor · 26 Aug 2017

Rowlands Castle is named after a now ruined castle which is reputed to have been built by a giant called Rowland.

Dr_Paul · 26 Aug 2017

stut said:
I once worked with a guy called Harold Wood.

There was a bloke at one place I worked called Colin Dale. I made him a door name-sign modelled on a London Transport roundel, but he was not amused.

Peter Mugridge · 26 Aug 2017

Not a station - but is Joan Croft Junction named after a person?

MidnightFlyer · 26 Aug 2017

Peter Mugridge said:
Not a station - but is Joan Croft Junction named after a person?

This question was posed years ago in the Daily Mail in the section where they answered utterly random questions from readers. Alas, I have forgotten what the answer is but I seem to recall it was named after a real-life woman from the area when the railway was built. Similar exists with Dr Day's Junction in Bristol.

midlandred · 26 Aug 2017

Keith Lee?

No, sorry!

Seriously:

Coventry (Cofa's tree)

Peter Mugridge · 26 Aug 2017

MidnightFlyer said:
This question was posed years ago in the Daily Mail in the section where they answered utterly random questions from readers. Alas, I have forgotten what the answer is but I seem to recall it was named after a real-life woman from the area when the railway was built. Similar exists with Dr Day's Junction in Bristol.

Thank you.

Bevan Price · 26 Aug 2017

A lot of place names are derived from either geographic features, or the name of the person (or family) owning the land, usually hundreds of years ago (or sometimes, a combination of both of these.). Spellings have changed over the centuriries, so the original name is not always recognisable.

Just a few:
Wolverhampton (Wulfrun)
Worthing (Weorth)
Brighton (Beorhthelm)
Birmingham (Beorma)
Nottingham (Snot) - I can understand why they later dropped the letter "S".
Salisbury (Sorvio)

(from Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names)

gg1 · 27 Aug 2017

Bevan Price said:
A lot of place names are derived from either geographic features, or the name of the person (or family) owning the land, usually hundreds of years ago (or sometimes, a combination of both of these.). Spellings have changed over the centuriries, so the original name is not always recognisable.

Just a few:
Wolverhampton (Wulfrun)
Worthing (Weorth)
Brighton (Beorhthelm)
Birmingham (Beorma)
Nottingham (Snot) - I can understand why they later dropped the letter "S".
Salisbury (Sorvio)

(from Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names)

Wednesbury's an interesting one, the town is named after Woden, the old English name for Odin. There can't be many places in Britain named after a Norse god.

keith1879 · 17 Jan 2018

Davenport. The station was constructed for the convenience of the Davenport family and named for them. The village of Davenport grew up around the station and took its name.

USBT · 18 Jan 2018

Birkbeck is (indirectly) named after Sir George Birkbeck.

theageofthetra · 18 Jan 2018

BurtonM said:
IBM, at a stretch.
Clock House was named after a local landowner's house, demolished before 1900.

If only Connah's Quay had a station - it's served by Shotton.

As was Kent house- same landowner as Clock House.

theageofthetra · 18 Jan 2018

Portmadoc- named after William Maddock.

Xenophon PCDGS · 18 Jan 2018

I often wonder about the name of Hag Fold

BelleIsle · 18 Jan 2018

Ansdell and Fairhaven. Ansdell is named after the artist Richard Ansdell.

DarloRich · 18 Jan 2018

Wellington? Nelson?

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