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a'penny_gateº

'Halfpenny¹ Bridge' (Ha'penny bridge) was the local name for Stonehouse toll bridge connecting Plymouth with Devonport. The nickname derived from the halfpenny it cost for pedestrians to cross.

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Reference:
Mosley, Brian - Old Devonport http://www.olddevonport.uk/Stonehouse%20Bridge.htm
(accessed 25Nov20)

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Albion¹

A steamer called the Albion was built in 1820 for the Margate Steam Packet Company.
[Dix, Frank L. - Royal River Highway: A History of the passenger boats and services on the river Thames (London, David & Charles, 1985) p224]

 

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Angel¹

 A landmark in the London borough of Islington. Historically a centre of business. The name is taken from the public house and hotel that stood there at various times.

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battersea¹

Battersea is an area on the Thames in the south-west of London

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Berkeley_Squareº

Berkeley Square: A square in London. Home to some of the wealthiest people in Britain

 

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Synonyms - Buckley_Squareº
Bilstonº

Bilston:  a town in the Black Country between Birmingham and Wolverhampton

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Synonyms - bilstos
Bingley¹

Bingley is about 40 miles (65 kilometres) north-west of Leeds. It was a centre of the woollen and worsted trade.

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brighton¹

A town on the south eat coast of England. It was adopted as a leisure resort of Royalty during the late 18th century and was fashionable among the aristocracy. During the 19th century - thanks largely to frequent railway services -  it became a popular leisure resort among the middle and lower classes especially Londoners. It was sometimes called "London by the sea". 

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broomielawº

Quayside area in the centre of Glasgow

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camborneº

A town in Cornwall. A centre of tin mining until the 20th century

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Capel_Court°

Site of the Stock Exchange from December 1802 until 1854 http://www.londonstockexchange.com/about-the-exchange/company-overview/our-history/our-history.htm

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Corkº

Cobh (Corkº in English). It was known as Queenstown from 1849 until 1920. It was a major port of call for emigrant ships including the Atlantic and the Titanic

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Synonyms - Queenstownº
Coromandel¹

 

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The Coromandel Coast is the southeastern coast region of the Indian subcontinent.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coromandel_Coast

 

 

 

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Creweº

A town in the midlands of England. Location of a large, famous railway junction often mentioned in poplar song

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Deepside_Moss

Location not identified. It is presumably somewhere on the Glasgow and South-western railway line.

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dover¹

The main port for vessels engaged in the transport of goods and people between England and France

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Eclipse¹

The first of three ships called Eclipse was built in 1816 and was in service for the Margate Steam Packet company until 1823
[ref Dix, F Royal river Highway, A history of the passenger boats and services on the river Thames.p 237and 247].

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edgbastonº

An affluent suburb of Birmingham

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Elliot_Junctionº

 

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Elliot Junction station lay on the east coast of Scotland about one mile south of Arbroath, on the line from Dundee to Aberdeen.

It closed in 1929

Reference: Historical Triumphs and Disasters website. The Elliot Junction rail crash, 1906
http://historicaltriumphsanddisasters.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-elliot-junction-rail-crash-1906.html (accessed 14Nov20)

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falmouthº

On the mouth of the river Fal - The Falmouth Packet Service operated ships out of Falmouth for over 160 years between 1689 and 1851. Its purpose was to carry mail to and from Britain's growing empire. 

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Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falmouth,_Cornwall (accessed 25May21)

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