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Old July 13th 03, 08:49 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Chancery Lane

Matthew Malthouse wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 18:35:30 +0100 Seanie O'Kilfoyle wrote:
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} "CJG" wrote in
message } ...
} Rather Ironically the head of London Underground
leaves on the same day } that the report on L.U's
pathetic handling of the whole Chancery Lane }
} I went there the other night
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} How dare they call that station Chancery Lane
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} Nowhere flippin near it

177 meters from it.

But it makes me curious, why did it get named Chancery Lane
rather than Grey's Inn Road at the foot of which it stands?

Matthew


Because "Grey's Inn Road" doesn't exist.