Aylesbury, England

[Griff]

I was in Bucks County last weekend... er Pennsylvania.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by Griff

I was in Bucks County last weekend... er Pennsylvania.

I've always wanted to visit there.

I'm ashamed to say that, although I only live about twelve miles from Penn, I have never set foot in the village. I'm fascinated by all the British, but mostly English, place names in the US. Having been to the US on a number of occasions, Pennsylvania would have been my next port of call but, for a number of reasons, unfortunately I didn't manage to get there.

In 1999 I decided to visit Wendover, Wyoming. As it is on the Oregon Trail, I assume that it was named after 'my' Wendover.
There wasn't much there apart from a railway junction and an old dilapidated school building but it satisfied my curiosity. I went on to visit Mt. Rushmore and, on other trips, Yellowstone Nat Park.

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[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by Griff

I was in Bucks County last weekend... er Pennsylvania.

A couple of days ago, the postman defeated the weather and delivered a copy of "Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania". I managed to track it down via Abebooks and bought it from a bookseller in North Carolina. I headed straight for entries concerning Wycombe, Chalfont, Solebury (Soulbury) and Buckingham. I know that English place names on the Eastern Seaboard are not exactly uncommon, but I find the stories behind the original settlements absolutely fascinating.

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[xoxoxoBruce]

I know people in Buckingham, Bucks County, nice(but expensive) place. Also, I grew up in Hampden (see Sundae's post #5).

[Carruthers]

Whereabouts is Hampden, Bruce? I can't find any reference to it in the above book.

FWIW, Hampden House is about 3.5 miles to the south west of your humble correspondent.

Carruthers

[xoxoxoBruce]

At the John Hampden link, in Sundae's post:

The towns of Hampden, Maryland, Hamden, Connecticut and Hampden, Maine, as well as the county of Hampden, Massachusetts are named in his honour. Also, Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia is named in his honour and that of Algernon Sydney, another English patriot.

It fails to note the town of Hampden, in the County of Hampden, Massachusetts. Not in Bucks County, PA, but you mentioned, "English place names on the Eastern Seaboard", and Hampden has a connection to Aylesbury. Sorry for the confusion.

[Carruthers]

Ah! OK Bruce, thanks for that, I'm obliged to you.
One is investigating further

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