London place names are like, well weird aren’t they. And we just sort of SAY them without knowing what they mean. “Yeah, I’m meeting Flavio, he’s at an after party in Lambeth.” Or “Oh bloody hell, I’ve got to go and see Francesca’s band tonight, they’re playing at a shit pub in Islington – they’re like Haim but shit.”
Well now, thanks to this brand new state-of-the-art map, you can finally know what you’re talking about! It’s from a study on the etymology of London, conducted by Scott Taylor. Our favourite is Havering, which translates as “a mystical ring”:
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