Towns changing names

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Re: Towns changing names

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The local name for Fraserburgh is, 'The Broch' (Old Scottish word meaning 'The Fort').
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Chris Bertram wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2020 13:14
trickstat wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 23:22
Bertiebus wrote: I know someone who says they live in St. Evenage. Ironically, I also happen to know someone who claims to be from St. Reatham in south London.
Quite a lot of people say St. Evenage but in my experience only as a kind of in joke.
Don't forget St Ockwell on the Victoria Line.
St Ockwell is also on the Northern Line, as is Clay Pham North, Clay Pham Common, Clay Pham South. Clay Pham is also the location of a large railway junction on the national rail network.
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