random geographic wondering

[castiron]

How many English cities/towns/other municipalities founded before 1775 do *not* have a U.S. city/town/other municipality named after them?

(I was originally going to ask about British cities, but I suspect there are a bunch of towns in Wales that do not have American namesakes.)

Comments

[antisoppist]

*googles* Good heavens, you've got a Taunton in Massachusetts.

My major problem when searching online for things like hairdressers in Wellington, the other small local market town, is that they all turn out to be in New Zealand.

[castiron]

That'd be another exercise -- finding towns in New England that *aren't* named for UK cities (and don't have names derived from Native American languages).

Then there's Taunton Press, which is not anywhere near Taunton, MA (well, it's in Connecticut, so by US standards it's very close, but I don't think the publisher is named for either the US or UK city).

And yes, I can see that being a search challenge!