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William Thompson Davis

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Description:As the population of Staten Island increases the names of its natural features give place more and more to artificial ones; the hills are dug away and avenues laid out across the swamps. Thus Tushy’s Pond and Prospect Hill are now only names. Itbecomes expedient, therefore, to preserve the old, so that even the ever changing maps, bat. also fall within the laws of evolution, cannot make us forget Duxbury’s Point or ic Watering Place.The object of the present paper is to record these local Staten Island names—the * den names that were once well known, and the nicknames that have from time .v. been bestowed on certain streets, hills and hollows. The record is not supposed to be complete, for from the days of the Dutch colonists through the times of the British governors and the present rule of the States,- about two hundred and fifty years in all, people have been giving names to various parts of the Island. A few ofthese, from their peculiar fitness, have survived, but many more have been forgotten; or, worst of all, abandoned for less appropriate ones. Certainly poor taste has been shown in changing Watcliogue into Bloomfield; the Old Place Road into Washington Avenue; and in the still later attempt to make a part of the Clove Road support the less distinctive name of Brooks’ Avenue. The old roads are interesting in many ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Staten Island names ; ye olde names and nicknames by Charles William Leng (2011-09-04). To get started finding Staten Island names ; ye olde names and nicknames by Charles William Leng (2011-09-04), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: As the population of Staten Island increases the names of its natural features give place more and more to artificial ones; the hills are dug away and avenues laid out across the swamps. Thus Tushy’s Pond and Prospect Hill are now only names. Itbecomes expedient, therefore, to preserve the old, so that even the ever changing maps, bat. also fall within the laws of evolution, cannot make us forget Duxbury’s Point or ic Watering Place.The object of the present paper is to record these local Staten Island names—the * den names that were once well known, and the nicknames that have from time .v. been bestowed on certain streets, hills and hollows. The record is not supposed to be complete, for from the days of the Dutch colonists through the times of the British governors and the present rule of the States,- about two hundred and fifty years in all, people have been giving names to various parts of the Island. A few ofthese, from their peculiar fitness, have survived, but many more have been forgotten; or, worst of all, abandoned for less appropriate ones. Certainly poor taste has been shown in changing Watcliogue into Bloomfield; the Old Place Road into Washington Avenue; and in the still later attempt to make a part of the Clove Road support the less distinctive name of Brooks’ Avenue. The old roads are interesting in many ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Staten Island names ; ye olde names and nicknames by Charles William Leng (2011-09-04). To get started finding Staten Island names ; ye olde names and nicknames by Charles William Leng (2011-09-04), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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