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I see that Bristol has a Broad Plain and a Narrow Plain. Keith ________________________________________ From: The English Place-Name List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of BRIGGS JOHN <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 09 October 2019 14:49 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Plains of Norwich | Plains of Norwich The Dutch and Flemish … | Flickr Stephen Dougherty wrote: > > Ramsgate has a street called 'The Plains of Waterloo', but obviously it is named after famous battle. Cowplain, a village/town on the outskirts of Portsmouth on the other hand suggests a more usual English usage. I would be reluctant to adduce Cowplain as evidence of anything - it is popularly supposed to be named after the inn "The Spotted Cow" (still extant). Either way, it is very late. John Briggs ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EPNL list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EPNL&A=1