Snape Farm

[vilakins]

One of the people at work uses cut-up old maps of the UK as note paper, writing on the back of them. They're very detailed and I always have a good look at them, savouring the wonderful names. The farms on this one include Loves, Boxalland, Gownfold, Battlehurst, Crawfold, Cold Harbour, lots of other folds including Bennyfold, Blackbrook, Northwood, Stablebarn, Mulsey... and Snape. :-D Snape Farm! Sorry, HP fans, I'm not sure where this is, but there's a Kirdford and Wisborough Green, and the B2133 runs through the top right corner, and the A283 through the bottom left.

I wish our place names had some poetry to them.

Comments

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Sounds like West Sussex (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=504600&y=125400&z=5&sv=504600,125400&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=523&ax=504600&ay=125400). Close up of Snape Farm here (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=505500&y=122500&z=3&sv=505500,122500&st=4&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&ax=505500&ay=122500) (clicking on the minus sign at the bottom will move you up to the first map, covering more ground at a smaller scale).

But don't you have lots of lovely Maori names?

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Hmm, it is very tempting to go and find some Czech names and try to translate them literally, hahaha, I will have to do it but not now, sorry, my duty calls and calls hectically...

[gair.livejournal.com]

OMG I would go to their farmers' markets!!!

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

close to me, very close to my mother :0)

I've got some writing paper and envelopes made from recycled maps

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

You have the same problem with the wonderful sounding Maurie names that I have with Welsh. I know the basics tre- homestead, pont=bridge etc but I don't know enough to translate the music of the name just the bare bones of it.
At least with local names I do know the legends about them, roe instance MynyddIslwyn means Go below the bush and the legend takes at least a page to tell properly.

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

Snape Farm! Hee...

[glittermouse.livejournal.com]

JKR is meant to have got the name Snape from a map, so perhaps it was that exact place!

I love Maori names and will happily read Ngaio Marsh and Keri Hulme's books over and over to see the beautiful words like whare and pohutacawas! ( I hope I spelled those right.)