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1506 wrote:
On May 11, 11:11*am, wrote:
On Wed, 11 May 2011 10:58:14 +0100

Graeme Wall wrote:
Indeed, California has counties into which one could fit several New
England states. *The state name 'New Hampshire' has always irritated
me. *I have no idea how said nomenclenture happened.

Some settler a few hundred years ago thought it reminded them of
hampshire. Fairly simple.

Wasn't it the Mayflower mob who left from (old) Hampshire?

No idea. Add an 's' on the end of settler then

B2003

More poor geagraphy. Hampshire has now anexed Plymouth. The
Mayflower (on the voyage in question) departed from Plymouth, and
landed at Plymouth Rock, MA.

They left from Plymouth on about the third attempt, having had to turn
back. Their first attempt did leave the UK from Southampton, as Graeme
recalled, the settlers having originally come from Nottinghamshire via
the Netherlands (source: Dodgypedia).

Nick
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