Walking to Camelot by John A. Cherrington

Author:John A. Cherrington
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Figure 1 Publishing
Published: 2016-02-22T05:00:00+00:00

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2 On the subject of odd place-names: One year I stayed at a delightful thatched-cottage B&B in the village of Knockdown, Wiltshire. At breakfast I gingerly broached the subject of village name origin with the proprietor — an intelligent, red-haired company executive. “You know,” he replied, “I’ve lived here some twelve years now and really haven’t given a thought as to why the village is known as Knockdown. Please pass the salt.”

3 Atkyns’s dream of the House of Lords losing its judicial role was not to be fully realized until 2009, when the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom became the highest appellate court in the land.

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