place names – How It Was Because

A Visit to the Suburbs

This all started because I was spreading the word about a local food market I go to in Tang Hall, a suburb of York. The name prompted comments about how ‘Tang’ has an Asian sound to it. I figured an Asian connection to an English suburb wasn’t terribly likely, but this made me think thatContinue reading “A Visit to the Suburbs”

Island-Exploring

If you’ve read the previous posts on this blog, you’ll know how much I love a good city map. A map can tell you quite a lot, which is part of the reason I like them so much. When I was reading about place names in Victoria (see ‘I Shall Find It On The Map’Continue reading “Island-Exploring”

‘I Shall Find It On The Map’ – Part 2

In the previous post, we talked about the street names in York, particularly some of the more obscure names. These were, in many cases, streets which have been around, in generally the same place, for centuries, preserving a flavour of the layers of York’s history. Street names show the occupation of a place over time,Continue reading “‘I Shall Find It On The Map’ – Part 2”

‘I Shall Find It On The Map’ – Part I

One of the first things I bought when I moved to York was a street map. Never mind that we have google maps, or that I would eventually live here long enough to not really need a map – my soul needed the map, I suppose. The same goes for Victoria: one of my favouriteContinue reading “‘I Shall Find It On The Map’ – Part I”