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Post by carlton43 on Aug 28, 2018 8:49:06 GMT
Ross (Herefordshire), Lonsdale (Lancs), St George (Tower Hamlets), St George (Westminster, admittedly Hanover Square was in the name at one point) and Howdenshire (East Riding) are all 1885 names that make you wonder where they are. Never heard of Ross-on-Wye? Or Lonsdale? Belt it up! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 8:56:01 GMT
Ross (Herefordshire), Lonsdale (Lancs), St George (Tower Hamlets), St George (Westminster, admittedly Hanover Square was in the name at one point) and Howdenshire (East Riding) are all 1885 names that make you wonder where they are. I know Howden since my fiancee is from Withernsea. |
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Post by carlton43 on Aug 28, 2018 9:02:04 GMT
Never heard of Ross-on-Wye? It could just have easily been Ross in Northumberland or Ross in Ross-shire. Admittedly Ross was something of a tourist hotspot at the time which may have led it to being better known than it is now. Don't be silly neilm. Ross in the south-west in famous and historical. Nobody has heard of Ross in Northumberland which is a farm, two dogs and a haystack on the leftt of the road driving north on those straight undulating roads with blind summits in the middle of nowhere. And this Ross in Ross-shire where I live? Where exactly is it then? I don't know it? |
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Post by neilm on Aug 28, 2018 9:20:02 GMT
It could just have easily been Ross in Northumberland or Ross in Ross-shire. Admittedly Ross was something of a tourist hotspot at the time which may have led it to being better known than it is now. Don't be silly neilm. Ross in the south-west in famous and historical. Nobody has heard of Ross in Northumberland which is a farm, two dogs and a haystack on the leftt of the road driving north on those straight undulating roads with blind summits in the middle of nowhere. And this Ross in Ross-shire where I live? Where exactly is it then? I don't know it? I meant to type Ross/Ross-shite so apologies. In a taxi at the time. |
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Post by carlton43 on Aug 28, 2018 9:26:57 GMT
Don't be silly neilm . Ross in the south-west in famous and historical. Nobody has heard of Ross in Northumberland which is a farm, two dogs and a haystack on the leftt of the road driving north on those straight undulating roads with blind summits in the middle of nowhere. And this Ross in Ross-shire where I live? Where exactly is it then? I don't know it? I meant to type Ross/Ross-shite so apologies. In a taxi at the time. What is that supposed to mean? Is it another typo? The point is that the Ross in Northumberland is minutely small and insignificant and unknown to 99% of the population and causes zero confusion to anything. And the Ross in Ross-shire does not exist at all. Ross is not a place at all. It means headland. This is all so reminiscent of the St. Ives discussion but with far, far less logic or evidence. Ross was an excellent name for a constituency. |
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 28, 2018 9:43:53 GMT
Ross (Herefordshire), Lonsdale (Lancs), St George (Tower Hamlets), St George (Westminster, admittedly Hanover Square was in the name at one point) and Howdenshire (East Riding) are all 1885 names that make you wonder where they are. I know Howden since my fiancee is from Withernsea. Have you read Winifred Holtby's "South Riding" ? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 10:12:07 GMT
I know Howden since my fiancee is from Withernsea. Have you read Winifred Holtby's "South Riding" ? cant say i have |
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Post by The Bishop on Aug 28, 2018 10:12:29 GMT
Don't be silly neilm. Ross in the south-west in famous and historical. Nobody has heard of Ross in Northumberland which is a farm, two dogs and a haystack on the leftt of the road driving north on those straight undulating roads with blind summits in the middle of nowhere. And this Ross in Ross-shire where I live? Where exactly is it then? I don't know it? I meant to type Ross/Ross-shite so apologies. In a taxi at the time. Did you *really* mean to type that?  |
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Post by neilm on Aug 28, 2018 10:16:19 GMT
Oh dear no. Sincere apologies to everyone!
I intended to type Ross/Ross-shire rather than claim there was a place called Ross.
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 28, 2018 10:32:39 GMT
Have you read Winifred Holtby's "South Riding" ? cant say i have You should give it a go, i think you'd enjoy it. Actually set in the East Riding of course - political novel of the 1930s. Televised twice on the BBC down the years. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 28, 2018 10:50:32 GMT
You should give it a go, i think you'd enjoy it. Actually set in the East Riding of course - political novel of the 1930s. Televised twice on the BBC down the years. The better adaptation was by Yorkshire TV in 1974 starring Dorothy Tutin. |
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