Thread: St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
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Old June 29th 06, 11:34 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit
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Default St Johns Wood or St John's Wood?
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Phil Clark wrote:
On 27 Jun 2006 11:25:43 -0700, "Solario"
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Mark B wrote:

Which is right,
St James' Park (on the signs)
St James Park (in the FGW Timetable)
Pronounced St James's Park, both locally and on the AutoAnouncer

Opinion

The first example could be wrong in context. If it is a street
name sign it should read "St James Park". If it is a park name
board then I guess St James' Park could be correct. I would
expect a station name board to follow street name sign
conventions.

Street signs in St James's seem to be consistent in the use of the
spelling St James's. Not sure about the park though, haven't been
that way recently.

This, strictly speaking is incorrect. Street signage by statutory
bodies should NOT contain punctuation.

What is your source for this idiotic rule?
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