To: americanophile
How does a city in England get named “Maidenhead?”
7 posted on
03/27/2011 1:20:31 PM PDT by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: ops33
How does a city in England get named “Maidenhead?” Maybe it was founded by Iron Maiden fans.
8 posted on
03/27/2011 1:21:05 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: ops33
Since you asked:
"Maidenhead's name, strictly speaking, refers to the busy riverside area where the 'New wharf' or 'Maiden Hythe' was built, perhaps as early as Saxon times.";)
9 posted on
03/27/2011 3:34:11 PM PDT by
americanophile
("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
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