Inappropriate geographical names

[Eagle]

Clapham Junction is in the area of London called Clapham Junction* though...

*which is a subdistrict of Battersea, of course.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bescar Lane, (the hub station of the Manchester to Southport line), is actually situated in Scarisbrick.

The next station to this is called Meols Cop, which is actually situated in Blowick.

 

[Tomonthetrain]

Sandwell and Dudley isn't in Dudley its Oldbury
Rowley Regis is in Blackheath

 

[eastwestdivide]

Essex Road in London is on Essex Road.
London Road (Guildford) is just off London Road in Guildford.
Angel Road is next to Angel Road (if you can find your way in the station that is).
Beaulieu Road is on Beaulieu Road (well, they couldnt really call it anything else).
Blackhorse Road is on Blackhorse Road.
Chester Road is on Chester Road.

Do i need to continue ?

Think the "Road" poster was meaning stations like
Farningham Road, Bodmin Road (now Parkway) or Wantage Road (now closed)
which were not in the places they're named after.

 

[Lrd]

Millbrook (Hants) is technically located in the Millbrook postal ward but the area it serves is more commonly known as Freemantle/Regent's Park. Millbrook is a few miles West in the Redbridge postal ward.

 

[tirphil]

One example that crops up is Nelson, where the town (fka Marsden?) was named after the railway station (rather than the other way round)

And another example is Alderley Edge. The settlement where the Alderley Edge station is, was originally part of Chorley.

Over Alderley and Nether Alderley lie south of the present settlement and the hill known as 'The Edge' which lies mainly within Over Alderley and Nether Alderley was commonly known as Alderley Edge before the coming of the railway!

Incidently a much reduced Chorley still exists bordering Alderley Edge. (The settlement, not the hill!)

 

[pjnathanail]

Beeston is technically in Beeston Rylands (but that is pedantic!)

 

[W-on-Sea]

Midgham station is in Woolhampton, and a couple of miles from Midgham

 

[RichmondCommu]

Clapham Junction is in the area of London called Clapham Junction* though...

*which is a subdistrict of Battersea, of course.

Yes but what you fail to realise is that the area was named after the station!
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Yeovil Junction is miles out of Yeovil meaning you have to get a bus for about 2 miles before you get into Yeovil itself. It's near the village of Stoford.

But surely the station got its name from being the junction for Yeovil so it’s perhaps not surprising that it’s a few miles from the actual town. The same could be said for Hawes Junction which is now of course Garsdale.

 

[Roverman]

Angmering in West Sussex, the station is very much in the extended village of East Preston. Only in recent times has the sign been amended to read 'Angmering for Rustington and East Preston' (or words to that effect)

 

[RPM]

Haven't we done this thread before?

Nevertheless;

Leighton Buzzard station is in Linslade, which up until 1965 wasn't even in the same county as Leighton Buzzard.

Saunderton station is some miles from Saunderton village and much nearer Bradenham. However houses have sprung up around the station since it opened and this area is now also called Saunderton according to the road signs, if not the OS map!

 

[Howardh]

Horwich (Parkway). Is much further away from Horwich than Blackrod - same line. However Blackrod has fewer trains stopping there.

 

[Skimpot flyer]

Welwyn North is such a misleading name, as it is located in the village of Digswell, and nowhere near Welwyn village.
If it's name were meant to be a reflection of it's orientation from Welwyn Garden City, then it should properly be called Welwyn North North West

 

[LE Greys]

Welwyn North is such a misleading name, as it is located in the village of Digswell, and nowhere near Welwyn village.
If it's name were meant to be a reflection of it's orientation from Welwyn Garden City, then it should properly be called Welwyn North North West

Even more puzzling when you think that it was once just called 'Welwyn'. It was opened seventy-odd years before Welwyn Garden City was founded, and named after a small village on the other side of the valley.

 

[Bedpan]

Midgham station is in Woolhampton, and a couple of miles from Midgham

I have never been able to understand that one as its virtually in the middle of Woolhampton, which is (I think) just as big as Midgham if not bigger.
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Yes but what you fail to realise is that the area was named after the station!
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But surely the station got its name from being the junction for Yeovil so it’s perhaps not surprising that it’s a few miles from the actual town. The same could be said for Hawes Junction which is now of course Garsdale.

But at least its not excessively far from the town, although admittedly an uphill walk. Compare with, for instance, Seaton Junction, Sidmouth Junction etc. (And Loughborough Junction!!)
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Even more puzzling when you think that it was once just called 'Welwyn'. It was opened seventy-odd years before Welwyn Garden City was founded, and named after a small village on the other side of the valley.

There again, if things had been different WGC might never have been build, and Welwyn itself might then have expanded into a town, swallowing up the area around the station.

 

[causton]

Welwyn North is such a misleading name, as it is located in the village of Digswell, and nowhere near Welwyn village.
If it's name were meant to be a reflection of it's orientation from Welwyn Garden City, then it should properly be called Welwyn North North West

I didn't even realise that!? I live so close to that station and didn't realise it was that far east!

 

[MCR247]

The two that scream out to me are Carlton and Netherfield in Nottingham.

Carlton is located on Netherfield High Street and is not really near most of carlton. Netherfield round the corner is really more Colwick.

 

[IanXC]

Bodmin Parkway was previously known as "Bodmin Road" in the best GWR tradition. They weren't wrong, its on Bodmin Road, just unfortunate its quite so far down the road!

(Although of course there was a branch with a station in the town called Bodmin General, which is now part of the Bodmin and Wenford Railway).

 

[billio]

Weeton Station on the Harrogate line is slap bang in the middle of Huby, the next, and larger village.

 

[Buttsy]

Newton St Cyres station is in Sweetham
Menheniot is in Lower Clicker

 

[Eagle]

How could you forget (The) Craven Arms?

And Hinton Admiral. Which is an interesting one because the pub is now known as the Hinton Admiral Station Inn (creating a recursive loop of naming).

 

[MadCommuter]

Bridgeton Yard in Glasgow is nearer Rutherglen and Dalmarnock than Bridgeton.

 

[Daimler]

And I always think Tring would be much better as Cow Roast!

Or Aldbury perhaps? Though it's roughly equidistant between Tring and Aldbury (and Cow Roast, come to that!)

A settlement has kind of sprung up around (and doubtless because of) the station though, which isn't really Tring, Aldbury, or Cow Roast. I always find the 'Royal Hotel' building next to the station particularly odd - it must've been in the middle of nowhere at the time the railway arrived, and so only existed to serve that.

 

[Buttsy]

Lakenheath station is closer to Hockwold cum Wilton than Lakenheath.
Worstead station is really in Sloely
Also, for years Wroxham station was in Hoveton until this was corrected by a renaming to Hoveton & Wroxham.

 

[D2022]

Blunsdon should have been Purton, it's about a mile from Purton, 4 from Blunsdon.

 

[mirodo]

Alnmouth. The station is in Hipsburn and is also nearer to Lesbury than it is to the village from which it takes its name.

 

[Penmorfa]

On the Bala - Blaenau Ffestiniog line, Maentwrog Road was 3 miles from Maentwrog and 500 feet higher up, Arenig is named after a mountain as there is no village of Arenig while Cwm Prysor was named after a valley (cwm) but is actually above it.

 

[RPM]

Calvert and Verney Junction were both named after the local land owner. Neither was a place before the coming of the railway and the hamlets that grew up in each location were named after the stations.

 

[Skimpot flyer]

I didn't even realise that!? I live so close to that station and didn't realise it was that far east!

Ha ha, my mistake. Welwyn North North East it is, then !

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