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2007
Wellswood village (Herald Express 07/05/2007 pp. 2 & 8)
Controversy over Council refusal to apply name to Ilsham shops
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2004
(Herald Express 06/08/2004 p34)
Streets ahead in name game. (Best of weird and wacky roads)
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2003
Lowe's Bridge (Herald Express 03/12/2003 p. 14)
Article on origin of name
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2000
Young's Park (Herald Express 21/11/2000 p. 19)
Speculation (inconclusive) on origin of name
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1983
Torquay (Australia) (Herald Express 02/03/1983)
Torquay (Victoria) not destroyed by bushfires as reported
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1983
Torquay (Australia) (Herald Express 19/02/1983)
Australian town of Torquay (Victoria) wiped out by bushfires
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1982
Thatcher Rock (Teignmouth and Dawlish Advertiser 21/05/1982 p. 21)
Origin of name; believed to resemble thatcher climbing roof
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1981
Frog Sog (Herald Express 26/01/1981)
Old name for area of Union Street-Market Street junction
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1980
Torquay (Australia) (Herald Express 15/05/1980)
Article on Australian resort of Torquay
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1980
Torquay (Australia) (Herald Express 15/05/1980)
Article on two Australian resorts called Torquay
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