Where is Wales?

[Erato]

Sadly, and I know it is painful, Somalia precedes Somerset, alphabetically speaking, so it comes up first when 'Som' is typed.

[wilcoxon]

And Denbigh has a place named
Copenhagen

[Rosinish]

There is a London, Ontario, Canada. So anyone born there will be a Londoner. Canada style.

I spent years looking for the death of a g/uncle as I was told he'd died in 'London', except it was the one in Ontario 


There's a similar thread on same here...

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=715157.0


There's a Holland & Canada West in the Orkney Isles (Scotland)


Annie

[Treetotal]

Blame those unimaginative 15th century English settlers who named everything after some place in England. It was only later that the colonists began to appreciate and use the beautiful names the Native Americans had given to the landscape.  Right next door to Hull, MA is Cohasset and Scituate and Wompatuck.

To be precise, Hull's full title is Kingston-upon-Hull, as it is situated on the river Hull, an aptly named title at the time. It now has City status.
Carol

[Erato]

No problem, there's a Kingston, Massachusetts, too.  It's a pleasant little town just north of Plymouth.  I used to go there occasionally with my mother when she lived in Duxbury just north of Kingston and south of Hull.

[coombs]

There is a London, Ontario, Canada. So anyone born there will be a Londoner. Canada style.

I spent years looking for the death of a g/uncle as I was told he'd died in 'London', except it was the one in Ontario 


There's a similar thread on same here...

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=715157.0


There's a Holland & Canada West in the Orkney Isles (Scotland)


Annie

The same for 2 parishes in a county of the same name, which can lead to a lot of confusion. Also London, Canada has a Thames I think. One member of another forum was asking for info on a couple when wed in 1845 in Newcastle, Northumberland. I asked what were the names of the fathers of the couple, their occupations and witnesses. The user replied with "It is Newcastle, Northumberland, Australia". He said there are no father's names listed. Just names, dates, church, and ages.

[andrewalston]

I used to go there occasionally with my mother when she lived in Duxbury just north of Kingston and south of Hull.

Duxbury is of course named after the one in Chorley. Myles Standish, of Mayflower fame, knew the original one well, as his cousins lived there.

[Erato]

Yup, Myles Standish is buried there in "America's Oldest Maintained Cemetery."

https://newengland.com/today/travel/massachusetts/duxbury/

[coombs]

There is a Southend in South London as well as the (just become a) city in Essex.