Trivia - Stations "Named" after People

[EbbwJunction1]

Another post deals with Ince and Elton Station.

It could be said that this is named after two people with football connections: (Paul) Ince of Manchester United and Elton (John) of Watford. Can anyone else think of stations with similar names and connections (they don't have to be football)?

 

[theageofthetra]

St Albans, St Davids etc all named after people.

 

[backontrack]

Dublin Connolly, Cork Kent, etc.

 

[ASharpe]

Bradford Forster Square is named after a square named after William Edward Forster.

 

[stut]

Biggles-wade.

 

[ASharpe]

Saltaire also, after Sir Titus Salt.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Biggles-wade.

Very good .... !

 

[DarloRich]

Victoria?

 

[Welshman]

Porthmadog.

Named after William Madocks, who, in 1810, built what is now known as The Cobb to carve agricultural land from the peninsula of the Afon Glaslyn.

P.S. But as far as I know, there's no truth in the rumour that Hull Paragon was named after the head of the ancient Humberside Ragon family

 

[DaleCooper]

Paddington - after the bear

 

[BantamMenace]

James Cook Hospital

 

[hounddog]

Gordon Hill (ex Manchester United and England winger).

When Mr Hill was player/manager of Northwich Victoria FC in the 1980s his team played at Enfield FC whose fans took great delight in pointing out the connection. The visiting fans found it quite amusing too.

 

[yorksrob]

Marylebone:

Apparently after a Ms Mary Le-Bone who I read was a squeeze of one of the grandes toupee's of the Great Central.

 

[stut]

Hook, as we all know, was named after Abu Hamza
(Teddy) Sheringham
(Kim) Appleby
(Arthur) Dent
(Felicity) Kendal
(Otis) Reading (yes, I know)
(Ben) Dover Priory

 

[Clip]

Queenborough.

 

[stut]

Richmond

 

[158747]

Lawrence Hill and his brother Dean Hill.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Moses(') Gate?
(Angus) Deighton?
Both St. Helens stations?
(Chris, former Huddersfield Town and Southampton legend) Marsden?
New Pudsey (bear)?
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Richmond

Definitely need a 'Like' button!

 

[gordonthemoron]

(Harry) Lime Street

 

[61653 HTAFC]

One for the economists...

Milton (Friedman) (John Maynard) Keynes... (Central).

 

[stut]

Alnmouth for Alan Whicker
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(Les) Gray(s) after the singer from that band that sang Tiger Feet. I forget their name.

 

[mirodo]

Boxhill and Katehumble
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Beau, Jeff and Todd (work it out...)

 

[DeeGee]

Beau, Jeff and Todd (work it out...)

Next stations, cricketing brothers, John and Michael Crawley; singer Frank Ifield?

 

[mirodo]

Next stations, cricketing brothers, John and Michael Crawley; singer Frank Ifield?

Indeed!

 

[swcovas]

Probably every "Llan" station in Wales as Llan is usually (not quite always) followed by the name of a saint.

Port Talbot named after local landowners, the Talbot family. Similarly before it was renamed Cardiff Bay the station was Bute Rd, the Butes being responsible for much of the coal and steel development in S Wales.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Harold Wood...

 

[wimbledonpete]

Close together on the Tube - Stan More and local vicar Canon Spark.

 

[Bald Rick]

St Albans, St Davids etc all named after people.

St. Reatham...

 

[herschell]

This may be slightly cheating but Montrose after the Marquis of Montrose as it would be technically correct as that's where the town got it's name I believe

 

[johnnychips]

Since at least half of people's surnames are named after places, this could be a long thread...