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The shortest road name (name, not number) in the UK that I've found so far is A.B. Row in Birmingham. Is there a shorter one (Avenue and Street etcetera not Ave and St etc)?

Question #96844. Asked by Baloo55th.

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Baloo, I managed to find N Row in London. At least that is what it shows on google maps.

link http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=N+row,+Westminster&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr

BTW AB Row in Birmingham was originally the boundary between Aston and Birmingham. Hence the name.


Jul 02 2008, 6:05 PM
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Nice one. Ta. [heads off to look for London A-Z]
[comes back with A-Z] Sorry, it's North Row according to Philips. Google also list an N Row in Magor, but that's also North
link http://www.4hotels.co.uk/uk/newport-gwent17231.html
Thanks for the A.B. info, anyway.

I've now found one that possibly counts as shorter than A.B. Row. That has five letters, but two stops as well. I passed a road in a district of Huddersfield the other day and couldn't believe what I thought the name plate said. Eventually found my West Yorkshire Street Guide and I was right. It did say Solid. OK, anyone know why a little side road should be called Solid? Not Solid Place or Road. Just Solid.

Jul 03 2008, 1:53 PM
pmailkeey
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"A B Row" contains no full stops - but does have 2 spaces! Maybe the shortest streetname with the most name parts!

BUT - the street's under threat!
There's more...

"Hide", London and "Ross" W. Midlands from

link http://realcycling.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/long-and-short-of-london-street-names.html

Jul 14 2012, 6:53 AM
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Nice work there! 'Hide' could come from 'hithe' or the land measurement, but no-one's yet explained 'Solid'....

Jul 14 2012, 5:30 PM
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