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On May 11, 3:53*am, Charles Ellson wrote:
It is still in current use, e.g. in S.I.2009/776 [HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND The Watford and South of St Albans—Redbourn—Kidney Wood, Luton, Special Road Scheme 1957 (Variation) Scheme 2009] THE SCHEDULE The Route of the Special Road From a point on the London-Aylesbury-Warwick-Birmingham Trunk Road (A.41) near Watford in the County of Hertford....... How curious. That particular case appears to be because it is amending an 1957 enactment which is still in force, and so is using the terms that were current in 1957 for consistency. -- Abi |
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Free Lunch wrote:
On Tue, 10 May 2011 23:06:08 +0100, Chris Tolley (ukonline really) wrote in misc.transport.urban-transit: 1506 wrote: If I told my neighbrs in Washoe County, Nevada that I grew up in Buckinghamshire they would not relate that to a county, "Shire" is obscure in North America. It briefly comes to the fore every four years at the start of the Presidential race. It may be smaller than some US counties, but no one thinks of the (clearly misnamed) New Hampshire as a county. Not suggesting they do, just suggesting that "shire", as relating to a place is not obscure. Why is it "clearly misnamed", BTW? -- ..sig down for maintenance |
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On May 10, 11:34*pm, Free Lunch wrote:
On Tue, 10 May 2011 23:06:08 +0100, Chris *Tolley (ukonline really) wrote in misc.transport.urban-transit: 1506 wrote: If I told my neighbrs in Washoe County, Nevada that I grew up in Buckinghamshire they would not relate that to a county, "Shire" is obscure in North America. It briefly comes to the fore every four years at the start of the Presidential race. It may be smaller than some US counties, but no one thinks of the (clearly misnamed) New Hampshire as a county. 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. |
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On Wed, 11 May 2011 02:32:30 -0700 (PDT)
1506 wrote: It may be smaller than some US counties, but no one thinks of the (clearly misnamed) New Hampshire as a county. 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. B2003 |
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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 |
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On May 11, 10:52*am, wrote:
On Wed, 11 May 2011 02:32:30 -0700 (PDT) 1506 wrote: It may be smaller than some US counties, but no one thinks of the (clearly misnamed) New Hampshire as a county. 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. B2003 Maybe, but it was a colony, not a county. Nowadays it has counties. |
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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. |
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On Wed, 11 May 2011 03:26:55 -0700 (PDT)
1506 wrote: Some settler a few hundred years ago thought it reminded them of hampshire. Fairly simple. B2003 Maybe, but it was a colony, not a county. Nowadays it has counties. I think its fair to say the original settlers probably didn't give a toss about county semantics. B2003 |
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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 -- Serendipity: http://www.leverton.org/blosxom (last update 29th March 2010) "The Internet, a sort of ersatz counterfeit of real life" -- Janet Street-Porter, BBC2, 19th March 1996 |
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