Trivia - Stations named after people

[6Gman]

How many stations are named after people?

There's all those Victorias of course, and - in a way - all those St prefixes (and Welsh Llans) are named after ... well ... Saints, who may - or may not - have been actual people.

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

Prompted by the fact that Freshfield was named after a Mr Fresh, Chief Sanitary Inspector of Liverpool, who persuaded the railway to provide a siding for delivery of night soil (i.e. human waste) from Liverpool to local farmers and then to provide a station.

Others?

 

[mirodo]

James Cook University Hospital, if you’re allowing stations named after things which are named after people.

 

[kevconnor]

im guessing we may be talking UK but a lot of mainline stations in ireland were renamed after 1916 republicans. most dont use their full names like Tralee Casement but some like Cork Kent do.

 

[LDECRexile]

Bryn.

 

[eastdyke]

James Cook University Hospital, if you’re allowing stations named after things which are named after people.

In the same vein, Berney Arms, named after the pub of the same name which was named after Thomas Berney.

 

[Railsigns]

Maryhill is named after a lady called Mary Hill.

 

[thenorthern]

Telford which is named after Thomas Telford.

 

[Harbouring]

In the same vein, Berney Arms, named after the pub of the same name which was named after Thomas Berney.

Same situation as Portsmouth Arms for the earl of Portsmouth. Maybe stretching it a bit.

 

[mirodo]

Same situation as Portsmouth Arms for the earl of Portsmouth. Maybe stretching it a bit.

I was going to mention Liverpool Street. The thoroughfare is not named directly after the city, rather Lord Liverpool who obviously took his title from the place.

 

[Fawkes Cat]

How many stations are named after people?

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Prompted by the fact that Freshfield was named after a Mr Fresh, Chief Sanitary Inspector of Liverpool

- you don't have to go very far towards Liverpool before you hit Blundellsands & Crosby. The BS area is named after the Blundells who were (and are) the local big family.

 

[stut]

I once worked with a guy called Harold Wood.

 

[snowball]

Singer named after the Singer sewing machines company named after Isaac Merritt Singer.

 

[CaptainHaddock]

Ben Rhydding, 1860s folk singer who also invented the spinning johnny textile weaving machine.

 

[JamesP]

The area of Seaton Carew was named after the Carou family, a Norman family who owned much of the land.

 

[AlterEgo]

Saltaire is named after Titus Salt.

 

[Hornet]

im guessing we may be talking UK but a lot of mainline stations in ireland were renamed after 1916 republicans. most dont use their full names like Tralee Casement but some like Cork Kent do.

Here's a list.

Kent Station Cork (Thomas Kent)
MacDonagh Station, Kilkenny (Thomas MacDonagh)
Colbert Station, Limerick (Con Colbert)
MacBride Station, Drogheda (John MacBride)
Clarke Station Dundalk (Thomas Clarke)
Pearse Station, Dublin (Padraig & William Pearse)
Connolly Station, Dublin (James Connolly)
Heuston Station, Dublin (Seán Heuston)
Casement Station, Tralee (Roger Casement)
Ceannt Station, Galway (Éamonn Ceannt)
Plunkett Station, Waterford (Joseph Mary Plunkett)
O’Hanrahan Station, Wexford (Michael O’Hanrahan)
Mallin Station, Dun Laoghaire (Michael Mallin)
Daly Station, Bray (Edward Daly)
MacDiarmada Station, Sligo (Seán MacDiarmada)

http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-rail-1916-2-2744978-Apr2016/

 

[AndyNLondon]

Alexandra Palace station is, of course, named after Alexandra Palace, which in turn was named after Princess (as she then was) Alexandra, who had married Prince Edward (later to be Edward VII) shortly before Ally Pally opened.

 

[Scouseinmanc]

Here's an old one:

Mary Tavy - named after the river Tavy & the worlds largest copper mine

 

[Spankthemonkey]

London Victoria

 

[37 418]

In Scotland you have anything beginning with Kil- (from Cill(e), Gaelic equivalent of Welsh Llan), which the saint's name follows e.g.

Kilmarnock (Cill Mhearnaig) - St Mernock
Kilpatrick (Cill Phàdraig) - St Patrick

Not to mention of course Fort William, named after a local butcher ...

 

[xotGD]

Bede, on the T&W Metro. Venerable, rather than a full-fat Saint.

 

[xotGD]

Bede, on the T&W Metro. Venerable, rather than a full-fat Saint.

Also on the Metro, Hadrian Road.

 

[Altnabreac]

Livingston North and Livingston South.

Both named for a 12th century chap called Leving - it was his toun.

Turstani filii Levingi (Thurstan Levingsson) is likely to have been his son.

 

[Altnabreac]

Also Grahamston:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Graham

 

[gg1]

Knutsford is named after King Canute

 

[urbophile]

Bede, on the T&W Metro. Venerable, rather than a full-fat Saint.

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.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

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

Jimmy Street. The first man in Liverpool to use the word "boss" to mean "Really Good!".

 

[trash80]

Duddeston is possibly named after someone called Dudd as the location was listed in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles as Dudd's farm.

Erdington similarly is named after some old Saxon bloke, the name means Eardred's farm.

 

[bramling]

Here's a list.



http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-rail-1916-2-2744978-Apr2016/

Can't help but feel the need to make the point - these plus those on the mainland named Victoria are the only ones where the station is actually named after a person. All or most of the others ones the station is named after the *place*, which may happen to be named after a person. There's a subtle difference.

 

[Liam]

can't help but feel the need to make the point - these plus those on the mainland named victoria are the only ones where the station is actually named after a person. All or most of the others ones the station is named after the *place*, which may happen to be named after a person. There's a subtle difference.

KGV DLR Station?