Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian

May 16, 2020
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Unusual U.S. Place names 7 – Pipestone

PIPESTONE – (Pipestone County) Minnesota

Named for stone quarried

for hand-carved calumet pipes

Ritual peace pipes

March 20, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names.81. Baddesley Ensor

BADDESLY ENSOR, Warrickshire

known for its Common

Beautiful views to be seen

Close to Watling Street

March 17, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names 79. – Par

PAR, Cornwall

Par is clay country

Kaolin or China Clay

Used to make paper

March 11, 2020
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Ubusual U.K. place names 73. – London Apprentice

LONDON APPRENTICE, Cornwall

St. Austell hamlet

a tin-mining settlement

A true Cornish place

March 4, 2020
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Unusual U.K. place names 67. – Perranzabuloe

PERRANZABULOE, Cornwall

Medieval Latin

Perranus in sabulo

Piran in the sand

February 28, 2020
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Obscure words explained 76. – vug

VUG

A small cavity

as in a rock formation

coated with crystals