Trivia: Alliterative Stations

[urbophile]

I'd disregard spelling: it's the sound that counts. Hence Caerdydd Canolog counts but Cardiff Central doesn't. While names like Bat and Ball are allowable because the initial consonants of both stressed words are the same.

 

[Doomotron]

Sole Street
Sloane Square

 

[urbophile]

Obvious one: Kings Cross.

 

[mikeg]

Shouldn't it be London Kings Cross? In which case no.

 

[Ianno87]

West Wickham
Elmers End

 

[mikeg]

We had West Wickham already I think. I just love being a spoilsport!
Salford Central?

Rectory Road!

Hemel Hempstead... actually surprised if nobody has got that one already.

Also do suffixes count?eg. Layton (Lancs)?

 

[uvarvu]

Castle Cary.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I'd disregard spelling: it's the sound that counts.

I initially thought so too but the dictionary definition of alliterative would seem to suggest otherwise.

 

[uvarvu]

Seven Sisters
Barnes Bridge
Hampstead Heath
Martin Mill
Morfa Mawddach
Watford West

 

[urbophile]

I initially thought so too but the dictionary definition of alliterative would seem to suggest otherwise.

Depends which dictionary. The Penguin English Dictionary says "The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighbouring words or syllables" [my italics].

 

[RH Liner]

Cark & Cartmel, before it became just Cark. Alnmouth for Alnwick.

 

[Tomos y Tanc]

Stretching the point, a lot of Welsh stations are alliterative if you include the Welsh and English versions of the name. Trerorci Treorchy and Caerffili Caerphilly are two examples.

I've always had a soft spot for Barri Barry which appears on road signs as it sounds like an exotic tropical disease. On railway signage though the more correct "Y Barri" form is used in Welsh.

 

[Sheridan]

Pont-y-Pant

 

[6Gman]

Heath High (Level)
Cardiff Central
Liverpool Lime Street
Leicester London Road

Caerdydd Canolog hefyd.

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

Blythe Bridge.
Burnley Barracks.

Edit: Oops, already mentioned! The search function isn't working for me!

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Blythe Bridge.
Burnley Barracks.

See posts #10 + #12.

Think you may be right about the forum search function being a bit hit and miss just now.

 

[32475]

Seven Sisters
Barnes Bridge
Hampstead Heath
Martin Mill
Morfa Mawddach
Watford West

 

[_toommm_]

Again it's not two words strictly, but:

Fairfield

 

[Parallel]

Burscough Bridge

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Burscough Bridge

Good one! See post #20.

 

[rf_ioliver]

As @backontrack has just pointed out, alliteration can also mean the repetition of the same letter as well as the same sound.

But even if Cardiff Central is disallowed, then how about... Caerdydd Canolog?

That would work...in Welsh we have "cynghanedd" which is the basic concept of sound-arrangement within one line, using stress, alliteration and rhyme, but I can't think of too many stations off hand that would fit the definition well.

Cynghanedd - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Dr_Paul]

Herne Hill -- but perhaps that's disqualified by local pronunciation: ern'ill.

 

[norbitonflyer]

Malden Manor
Clapham Common
Hampstead Heath
Haywards Heath
Ewell East
West Wickham

 

[Dr_Paul]

Ewell East

Not quite, surely: Ewell is pronounced as if it starts with a 'Y', as in 'Yool'.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Malden Manor
Clapham Common
Hampstead Heath
Haywards Heath
Ewell East
West Wickham

Hopton Heath
Holton Heath

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Hopton Heath

Holton Heath

Hopton Heath
Holton Heath

Yep. However, @Parallel beat you to it though.