Trivia: Zoological Stations

[Railsigns]

To our Welsh-speakers, are there any in Wales that include animals in Welsh?

I would expect so. Some Gaelic-derived station names in Scotland refer to animals, e.g. in Ardlui, "lui" derives from the Gaelic word for "calves".

 

[D6968]

Kidsgrove is actually named after an area where baby goats used to graze.

Oxford, named after where the Ox crossed the river?

 

[Cricketer8for9]

Crianlarich, and the former Cranleigh for Cranes, though I do have this funny feeling the cranes in question were grey herons which people called cranes.

 

[Pinus contorta]

Crianlarich, and the former Cranleigh for Cranes, though I do have this funny feeling the cranes in question were grey herons which people called cranes.

Yea there's a guy I worked with who called grey herons jammy cranes in the local dialect.