In article , Ian Jelf
writes
(Incidentally, the "Howdah" was a quite common guild symbol,
[...]
I *think* it might even appear on the coat of arms of the Mercers'
Company in London, too but I'm not in a position to check that out from
where I'm posting at the moment.

Checked. No.

On their web site, the shield is shown as gules, a woman's head and
shoulders cut off by a wreath argent and wearing a coronet with 8 points
surmounted by balls [1], all within a very fancy [2] bordure argent. No
supporters. Crest is the same woman. Motto "HONOR DEO".

[1] Not one of the crest coronets I recognise.
[2] I can't be bothered to look up what it is.

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In article , Tristán White
writes
Seeing you're all going on ad nauseum about station names, how about
my local one, Canning Town?

My sources say it was named after Earl [1] Charles John Canning, last
Governor-General (1856-8) and first Viceroy (1858-62) of India (he was
in power during the Mutiny). This makes sense since the town sprung up
around 1850 to house workers servicing the docks handling traffic to and
from India.

Would be interested in knowing its origin. I've heard everything, from
the fact it comes from the name of former statesman Sir George Canning

That was his father.

Then there are some who say it comes from the canning factories that
popped up there in the early 19th century.

That sounds like a cod-etymology.

Then others say it was named after John Charles Canning (Lord
Canning), who was a governor of India in the early 19th century.

See above.

[1] Created 1859. He was also the 2nd Viscount Canning. Both titles died
with him.

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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, John Rowland wrote:

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, John Rowland wrote:

Er... where's the roundabout at Seven Sisters?

Oops. Obviously, when i said 'roundabout', i meant 'junction'.

Is that junction called Seven Sisters? I've always known it as Wards'
Corner.

Well, that's what it says in my A-Z, although that doesn't mean that's
what locals actually call it.

tom

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"Yanart Amin Ari" a écrit dans le message de news:
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"Dave Newt" firebird.remove.net.this.remove.me.20.den@spamgou rmet.com
wrote in message
t.net...


Seanie O'Kilfoyle wrote:

"Dave Newt"
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Been a while since I went to Southall. I can tell the difference; I
had
just forgotten.

(Of course, Panjabi script is not officially recognised even in
Pakistan.)


Spoken very Pashtunately

Gesundheit.

Hesus !

Dominic Hisbiscum.

Clive D. W. Feather wrote:
In article , Tristán White
writes

Seeing you're all going on ad nauseum about station names, how about
my local one, Canning Town?


My sources say it was named after Earl [1] Charles John Canning, last
Governor-General (1856-8) and first Viceroy (1858-62) of India (he was
in power during the Mutiny). This makes sense since the town sprung up
around 1850 to house workers servicing the docks handling traffic to and
from India.

If it's the same Canning as Canning Dock in Liverpool, then it seems to
go back a little further:

http://www.diduknow.info/docks/acces..._history8.html

1832
Canning Dock is officially named after the politician, George Canning.

Though it was built much earlier, if this source is right:

http://www.merseyside.org.uk/researc...fLiverpool.pdf

The first commercial wet dock in the world was Canning Dock, built in
Liverpool in 1715.

"Tom Anderson" a écrit dans le message de news:
...
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, John Rowland wrote:

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, John Rowland wrote:

Er... where's the roundabout at Seven Sisters?

Oops. Obviously, when i said 'roundabout', i meant 'junction'.

Is that junction called Seven Sisters? I've always known it as Wards'
Corner.

Well, that's what it says in my A-Z, although that doesn't mean that's
what locals actually call it.

There are two, Wards Corner is the nearest to Seven Sisters Station and
Stamford Hill. Seven Sisters is a little further on, 5-600 yards towards the
Spurs ground.

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 at 20:43:22, Brian Watson
wrote:


"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
...

How many London placenames (and, moreover, station names) are based on
trees? Seven Sisters, Sevenoaks, Royal Oak, Burnt Oak, Poplar ...

I thought Poplar was called Poplar 'cos lots of people like it.

IGMC.

Well, most of the announcers on the DLR solemnly tell you that "The next
station is Popular"....

Better than the next station being Oval, it always looks long and thin
like the others, to me.
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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 at 11:43:40, Tristán White
wrote:

Seeing you're all going on ad nauseum about station names, how about
my local one, Canning Town?

I thought it was because of canning factories, myself, BICBW. After
all, the plaque in the station commemorates a ship-builders..... (it's
now my local work station, as opposed to home, so I use it most days).
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"John of Aix" wrote in message
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Dominic Hisbiscum.

Is that any linguistic relation of "paxo vobiscum" (go and get stuffed)?

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laughing."

"Clive D. W. Feather" wrote:

In article , Ian Jelf
writes
(Incidentally, the "Howdah" was a quite common guild symbol,
[...]
I *think* it might even appear on the coat of arms of the Mercers'
Company in London, too but I'm not in a position to check that out from
where I'm posting at the moment.

Checked. No.

On their web site, the shield is shown as gules, a woman's head and
shoulders cut off by a wreath argent and wearing a coronet with 8 points
surmounted by balls [1], all within a very fancy [2] bordure argent. No
supporters. Crest is the same woman. Motto "HONOR DEO".

The Mercer's shield is on the wall down the corridor from my office, and
seems to be just as you descibe here too. All I can add is that the
wreath and border seem to be cloud-like in appearance, as are the balls,
which are also a mixture of gules/argent. The whole thing looks a lot
more stylised/artistic than the other Company shields.