I had always assumed it was named for two Princes, rather than being the posession of a single Prince.
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Princes St vs George St vs Queen St
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Posted 11 years ago #
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@Arellcat On that basis, I'd have thought Princes Street should have no more reason to include an apostrophe than St Giles Street. It's named to honour the princes rather than to indicate that it is "the street of the princes".
Thinking of other examples: The King's Road in Chelsea has an apostrophe because it started out as the private road of the king.
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I work at the King's Buildings (not sure of the connection with the King).
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George V
ed.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.79078!/fileManager/King%27s%20Buildings%20Self%20Guided%20Tour%202010.pdf
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@PS, I was quoting CBW's own text. Since the other two thoroughfares aren't known as "George's Street" and "Queen's Street", I would also question the need for an apostrophe after "Princes".
Where would it end? Does one live in Queen's Ferry?
Posted 11 years ago # -
Brunt's Field?
Posted 11 years ago # -
Just whose house is Broom('s)
Posted 11 years ago # -
Dudding's Ton was clearly remarkable enough to have an area named after it, but a ton of what???
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@Arellcat I kind of assumed that wasn't your natural voice ;)
I've not seen "aught" written down for a while - I'd probably spell it "owt" now :)
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While we're rewriting road signs, can we petition for directional road names to re-acquire the definite article?
The London Road
The Glasgow Road
The Dalkeith Road
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Steveo, no-one's.
Interesting, Thats quite a long way from the estate though.Ok who was Sten :D, if he's not a Viking I'm going to be disappointed.
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How many kings? How many stables? The stable or stables owned by the king or the stable of stables in which king or kings were stabled? The road on which the stables were on or the road of the stables, however many thereof there were?
Posted 11 years ago # -
The quaint historical streetname whose story most intrigues me is South Gyle Access.
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Similarly, Uberuce, I often ask myself: after what long ago romantic tale of derring-do was Costkea Way named?
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Wingpig, one king: James III, as far as I can determine. There was a Royal Charter in 1477 prohibiting sale of certain livestock. There was also an earlier Queen's Stables, at West Port (itself short for West Portsburgh, but that's another story).
Uberuce, it's a more prosaic answer than you were perhaps hoping for. :)
South Gyle Farm's buildings once occupied all of this set of houses, but the farm access was from South Gyle Road's junction with (now) South Gyle Mains.
In the early 1980s when the former Gyle Muir was becoming developed, 'South Gyle' initially referred to the area enclosed by South Gyle Broadway and South Gyle Crescent, and access to there was provided by the eponymous link road.
There was of course a North Gyle Farm as well, and it survives albeit in a heavily rebuilt form. See, it's all actually really interesting.
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PLANS to revamp traffic flow in the city centre by creating a one-way system along George Street have been approved.The famous shopping thoroughfare will become one-way for motorists with a lane dedicated to vehicles travelling west to east and a two-way cycle lane on the other side of the street from late July.
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Posted 10 years ago # -
One hopes that the pavement will be wider on the north side too, allowing pavement-diners to sit in the sun, not just on the southern side near the cyclists.
Although I'd rather sit on the side near the cyclists than the side near the vehicles to eat my lunch-in-the-sun. Perhaps they should knock down some buildings on the south side that are blocking the sun?
Posted 10 years ago # -
@LivD, story says they're widening north pavement, yes.
EN-reading driver response in the comments bit is enjoyably muted.
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