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What’s in a name?
PALMERIN STREET
-ORIGIN OF NAME-
-A PUZZLER FOR RESIDENTS-
-VARIED EXPLANATIONS-
How did Warwick’s main business thoroughfare derive the name of Palmerin-street? Seemingly a question not so very difficult to answer, and yet a representative of the Daily News yesterday tried more than 20 residents and practically each had a different solution to what had suddenly developed into a conundrum. Even recognised local historians, when weighed into the balance, were found wanting.
The first resident to whom the question was put proved negative. “No; I came here in 1885 as a boy,” he said. “When I first heard the name of the street pronounced I subconciously thought that it had its genesis in Pall Mall, London. Later, however, when I saw the spelling of the word I realised that that assumption was incorrect. Since then I have put the question to many old residents, but have been