[Talk-GB] Bomb dropped on St Helens Town Centre

[Richard Fairhurst]

Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> As an aside I'm quite surprised at that, as almost all places ending 
> in "hurst" in the UK are south of the M4 and east of two degrees west.

That sort of factoid is surely what OpenStreetMap was invented for. :)

The origin of Fairhursts is quite starkly regional, though:
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=fairhurst

cheers
Richard





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