[Tagging] Colby's "Instructions for the Interior Survey of Ireland" (Was: Strange tags)

Mark Wagner mark+osm at carnildo.com
Mon Sep 30 18:29:13 UTC 2019


On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:42:38 +0000
Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:

> On Monday, 30 September 2019, Paul Allen wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 at 12:41, Andrew Davidson <theswavu at gmail.com>
> > wrote: 
> > > On 30/9/19 9:24 pm, Paul Allen wrote:  
> > > >
> > > > I can't remember where I saw it, or even what I was looking for
> > > > that led me there.  
> > >
> > > It in many places but this one will do:
> > >
> > > https://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch/os_info3.html  
> > 
> > 
> > That wasn't the one I saw, but it did remind me that the one I saw
> > was somewhere on the
> > NLS site.  Close enough to make the same point, though.
> > Ultimately, the official names
> > derive from going around and asking locals.
> >   
> Which is how we end up with River Avon, avon (afon in welsh) meaning
> river hence River River.

Could be worse: the mythical Torpenhow Hill could have made it onto the
map.

-- 
Mark



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