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(Trivia) Railway stations which should be people

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Perry Barr,
Roy Bridge,
Brent Cross,
Moses Gate,
Bruce and Hazel Grove, and their daughter Rose
Daisy and Gordon Hill, and their children Lawrence and Rose
Dean Lane,
Barry Links,
Percy Main,
Maxwell Park,
Miles Platting,
Russell Square,
Hadley Wood and his brother Harold (and their cousin Michael on the M5)
 
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Ivybridge = Ivy Bridge
Keighley = Keith Lee
Laurencekirk = Lawrence Kirk
Pen-Y-Bont = Penny Bont
Wainfleet = Wayne Fleet
 
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Here are some (hopefully!) decent examples:
Virginia Water
Blake Street
Lea Hall
Lea Green
Berney Arms
Abbey Wood
Humphrey Park
Ben Rhydding
James Cook
Haydon Bridge
Maxwell Park
Duke Street
Eden Park
Kirk Sandall
Cameron Bridge

There are also numerous "close but no cigar" examples, e.g.:

"S" at the end of the first name:
Allens West
Normans Bay
Martins Heron

No surname:
Ashley
Shirley
Nelson

Wrong way round:
Mount Vernon
Bridge of Allan

Extremely uncommon first names:
North Sheen
Syon Lane

Require 'splitting':
Peter S. Field
Robert S. Bridge
Mary Land
Leo Minster
Norman Ton
Sal House
Ling Wood
Mary Port
 
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Various stations which sound like 1930s novel characters:

Chester Road
Apsley Guise
Bow Brickhill
Kempston Hardwick
 
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Surprised Benfleet (or rather Ben Fleet) hasn't been mentioned yet.

Another "no-surname" example is Ash.

Ince & Elton sounds like it could be the name of a new musical duo featuring Elton John! :lol:
 
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Don't forget Harold Wood!

Funnily enough, my parents did know someone of that name many years ago...
 
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in the South East..

Martin Mill
Andover (Ann Dover)
Micheldever
Dean
Lenham (Len Ham)
Kenley (Ken Lee)
Petersfield (Peter's Field)
Haslemere (Hazel Mere)
Ash Vale
Lee
 
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Stations that are a full name
  • Lawrence Hill
  • Martin Mill
  • Harold Wood
  • James Street
  • James Cook
  • Maxwell Park
  • Roy Bridge
  • Perry Barr
  • Abbey Wood (not the most common spelling of the first name but I think it is used)
  • Barry Links
  • Blair Atholl
  • Blake Street
  • Bruce Grove
  • Duke Street (sounds like a jazz trumpeter)
Stations that are a first name
  • Keith
  • Chester
  • Ashley
  • Shirley
  • Barry

Stations that are a surname
  • Nairn
  • Dean
  • Salisbury
  • York
  • Ashley
  • Shirley
  • Nelson
  • Aberdour (more of an aristocratic surname)
  • Appleby
  • Buckley
  • Busby
  • Cambridge (at least for Royals)
  • Cardross (mainly aristocratic I think)
  • Carlisle
  • Cogan
  • Crawley
  • Danby
  • Denham
  • Dent
  • Arundel (again aristocratic)
  • Bentley (but without the S. Yorks or Hants!)
  • Aston
  • Barnes

Not exhaustive, just examples - and we have had some of them already
 
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