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[email protected] · January 30th 16, 11:49 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article id,
lid (Dr J R Stockton) wrote:

In uk.transport.london message , Fri, 29 Jan
2016 17:03:46, tim..... posted:

There is, of course, no such place that the locals would refer to as
"East Cheam."

Well, the Sutton Council Web site includes "West Cheam belonged to the
Prior of Canterbury (the monastery attached to the Cathedral) while East
Cheam belonged to the Archbishop.", but that is rather a historical
reference. A page at http://www.british-history.ac.uk agrees.

I always assumed Hancock or his scriptwriters chose "East Cheam" because it
doesn't exist. It's Sutton.

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Colin Rosenstiel