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Station names
In article , Tristán White
writes Seeing you're all going on ad nauseum about station names, how about my local one, Canning Town? My sources say it was named after Earl [1] Charles John Canning, last Governor-General (1856-8) and first Viceroy (1858-62) of India (he was in power during the Mutiny). This makes sense since the town sprung up around 1850 to house workers servicing the docks handling traffic to and from India. Would be interested in knowing its origin. I've heard everything, from the fact it comes from the name of former statesman Sir George Canning That was his father. Then there are some who say it comes from the canning factories that popped up there in the early 19th century. That sounds like a cod-etymology. Then others say it was named after John Charles Canning (Lord Canning), who was a governor of India in the early 19th century. See above. [1] Created 1859. He was also the 2nd Viscount Canning. Both titles died with him. -- Clive D.W. Feather, writing for himself | Home: Tel: +44 20 8495 6138 (work) | Web: http://www.davros.org Fax: +44 870 051 9937 | Work: Written on my laptop; please observe the Reply-To address |
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