Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names beginning "St ..."

2017-07-18 Thread Andy Robinson 
On the basis that the majority of mappers make few edits I suspect that a 
change to the name would be seen as a correction by the other mapper and the 
change will remain in perpetuity till someone does the revers again! But I 
accept your point that if you are been really precise you ideally do a little 
more research and put the name in as that which it most likely should be from 
the choices and record the alternative in another tag with appropriate notes. I 
just think life is too short to worry about it J

 

Cheers

Andy 

 

From: Colin Smale [mailto:colin.sm...@xs4all.nl] 
Sent: 18 July 2017 09:45
To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names 
beginning "St ..."

 

Andy, that sounds reasonable from the perspective of your mapping activities, 
but it doesn't address the question of the contents of the map. If someone else 
was at the other end of the street and saw a sign subtly different to yours, we 
would end up with an inconsistency in the map data and no arbitration rule to 
resolve it.
//colin



On 18 July 2017 10:15:38 CEST, Andy Robinson  wrote:

I came up with a simple solution for road sign differences very early on in my 
mapping. I only map the name I see first J . Generally I ignore the sign at the 
other end of a street unless there has been a complete name change.

 

Cheers

Andy

 

From: Colin Smale [mailto:colin.sm...@xs4all.nl] 
Sent: 17 July 2017 18:32
To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names 
beginning "St ..."

 

Agreed, however I don't think we should be fussy about minor typographic 
differences like apostrophes or full stops. There are often variations at this 
level from sign to sign. If one bit is signed "St." and another bit of the same 
road is signed "St" I think we should use a single style for the whole road, 
taking it from the longest length. We can never determine where the transition 
should go, and it is the same road after all, so consistency is good.
//colin

On 17 July 2017 18:35:07 CEST, Andy Robinson  wrote:

We should be applying the on the ground rule of verification. As in, if looks 
like a duck and quacks like a duck then there is a better than average chance 
it is a duck. So if the road sign, church sign or whatever says Saint or St. 
etc then best to stick to that so as not to offend just as many people as those 
who agree it’s wrong! 

 

Cheers

Andy

 

PS Other deities are available

 

From: Stuart Reynolds [mailto:stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk] 
Sent: 17 July 2017 13:45
To: Talk GB
Subject: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names 
beginning "St ..."

 

Hi All, 

 

I have read and re-read all of the guidance and local rules relating to the use 
of abbreviations where it would be wrong to expand “St” into “Saint”. It is 
quite clear that, for the UK, “Saint Ives” is wrong, whereas “St Ives” is 
correct. There is also one page where I have found “St Mary’s Church” is 
correct, but “Saint Mary’s Church” is wrong. All of this I agree with.

 

The question I want to clarify is the use of “Saint” in street names. I think 
that is similarly clear that e.g. “St Nicholas Road” (with the full expansion 
of “road”!) is correct, and “Saint Nicholas Road” isn’t. But since the small 
handful that I initially came across in Great Yarmouth were last edited by an 
experienced OSMer (Rob Whittaker), I thought that it was better to check with 
the community than just change it.

 

A not-so-quick Overpass query (using a map which contained the whole of the UK, 
and hence Ireland and a bit of Belgium) tells me that there are 10,324 ways 
which are named “Saint *” which potentially need changing if we agree that “St 
*” is correct.

 

By contrast there are 26,559 ways that are named “St *”, and a further 7,252 
that are named “St. *”.

 

Regards,

Stuart Reynolds

for traveline south east & anglia

 

 

 

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Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names beginning "St ..."

2017-07-18 Thread Adam Snape 
Ideally nominatim etc. would recognise that St Mary's Road = St. Mary's
Road =  Saint Mary's Road but I do tag both if there is a difference in
road signs.

Church names are more problematic because they and their dedications are
signed very inconsistently. I tend to use the form St Somebody's Church as
the main name tag as this is almost always the form the name takes in
actual usage.

Regards,

Adam

On 18 Jul 2017 9:51 a.m., "Colin Smale"  wrote:

> Andy, that sounds reasonable from the perspective of your mapping
> activities, but it doesn't address the question of the contents of the map.
> If someone else was at the other end of the street and saw a sign subtly
> different to yours, we would end up with an inconsistency in the map data
> and no arbitration rule to resolve it.
> //colin
>
>
> On 18 July 2017 10:15:38 CEST, Andy Robinson  wrote:
>>
>> I came up with a simple solution for road sign differences very early on
>> in my mapping. I only map the name I see first J . Generally I ignore
>> the sign at the other end of a street unless there has been a complete name
>> change.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Colin Smale [mailto:colin.sm...@xs4all.nl]
>> *Sent:* 17 July 2017 18:32
>> *To:* talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road
>> names beginning "St ..."
>>
>>
>>
>> Agreed, however I don't think we should be fussy about minor typographic
>> differences like apostrophes or full stops. There are often variations at
>> this level from sign to sign. If one bit is signed "St." and another bit of
>> the same road is signed "St" I think we should use a single style for the
>> whole road, taking it from the longest length. We can never determine where
>> the transition should go, and it is the same road after all, so consistency
>> is good.
>> //colin
>>
>> On 17 July 2017 18:35:07 CEST, Andy Robinson  wrote:
>>
>> We should be applying the on the ground rule of verification. As in, if
>> looks like a duck and quacks like a duck then there is a better than
>> average chance it is a duck. So if the road sign, church sign or whatever
>> says Saint or St. etc then best to stick to that so as not to offend just
>> as many people as those who agree it’s wrong!
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>>
>> PS Other deities are available
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Stuart Reynolds [mailto:stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk
>> ]
>> *Sent:* 17 July 2017 13:45
>> *To:* Talk GB
>> *Subject:* [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road
>> names beginning "St ..."
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have read and re-read all of the guidance and local rules relating to
>> the use of abbreviations where it would be wrong to expand “St” into
>> “Saint”. It is quite clear that, for the UK, “Saint Ives” is wrong, whereas
>> “St Ives” is correct. There is also one page where I have found “St Mary’s
>> Church” is correct, but “Saint Mary’s Church” is wrong. All of this I agree
>> with.
>>
>>
>>
>> The question I want to clarify is the use of “Saint” in street names. I
>> think that is similarly clear that e.g. “St Nicholas Road” (with the full
>> expansion of “road”!) is correct, and “Saint Nicholas Road” isn’t. But
>> since the small handful that I initially came across in Great Yarmouth were
>> last edited by an experienced OSMer (Rob Whittaker), I thought that it was
>> better to check with the community than just change it.
>>
>>
>>
>> A not-so-quick Overpass query (using a map which contained the whole of
>> the UK, and hence Ireland and a bit of Belgium) tells me that there are
>> 10,324 ways which are named “Saint *” which potentially need changing if we
>> agree that “St *” is correct.
>>
>>
>>
>> By contrast there are 26,559 ways that are named “St *”, and a further
>> 7,252 that are named “St. *”.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Stuart Reynolds
>>
>> for traveline south east & anglia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names beginning "St ..."

2017-07-18 Thread Colin Smale 
Andy, that sounds reasonable from the perspective of your mapping activities, 
but it doesn't address the question of the contents of the map. If someone else 
was at the other end of the street and saw a sign subtly different to yours, we 
would end up with an inconsistency in the map data and no arbitration rule to 
resolve it.
//colin


On 18 July 2017 10:15:38 CEST, Andy Robinson  wrote:
>I came up with a simple solution for road sign differences very early
>on in my mapping. I only map the name I see first J . Generally I
>ignore the sign at the other end of a street unless there has been a
>complete name change.
>
> 
>
>Cheers
>
>Andy
>
> 
>
>From: Colin Smale [mailto:colin.sm...@xs4all.nl] 
>Sent: 17 July 2017 18:32
>To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road
>names beginning "St ..."
>
> 
>
>Agreed, however I don't think we should be fussy about minor
>typographic differences like apostrophes or full stops. There are often
>variations at this level from sign to sign. If one bit is signed "St."
>and another bit of the same road is signed "St" I think we should use a
>single style for the whole road, taking it from the longest length. We
>can never determine where the transition should go, and it is the same
>road after all, so consistency is good.
>//colin
>
>On 17 July 2017 18:35:07 CEST, Andy Robinson 
>wrote:
>
>We should be applying the on the ground rule of verification. As in, if
>looks like a duck and quacks like a duck then there is a better than
>average chance it is a duck. So if the road sign, church sign or
>whatever says Saint or St. etc then best to stick to that so as not to
>offend just as many people as those who agree it’s wrong! 
>
> 
>
>Cheers
>
>Andy
>
> 
>
>PS Other deities are available
>
> 
>
>From: Stuart Reynolds [mailto:stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk] 
>Sent: 17 July 2017 13:45
>To: Talk GB
>Subject: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names
>beginning "St ..."
>
> 
>
>Hi All, 
>
> 
>
>I have read and re-read all of the guidance and local rules relating to
>the use of abbreviations where it would be wrong to expand “St” into
>“Saint”. It is quite clear that, for the UK, “Saint Ives” is wrong,
>whereas “St Ives” is correct. There is also one page where I have found
>“St Mary’s Church” is correct, but “Saint Mary’s Church” is wrong. All
>of this I agree with.
>
> 
>
>The question I want to clarify is the use of “Saint” in street names. I
>think that is similarly clear that e.g. “St Nicholas Road” (with the
>full expansion of “road”!) is correct, and “Saint Nicholas Road” isn’t.
>But since the small handful that I initially came across in Great
>Yarmouth were last edited by an experienced OSMer (Rob Whittaker), I
>thought that it was better to check with the community than just change
>it.
>
> 
>
>A not-so-quick Overpass query (using a map which contained the whole of
>the UK, and hence Ireland and a bit of Belgium) tells me that there are
>10,324 ways which are named “Saint *” which potentially need changing
>if we agree that “St *” is correct.
>
> 
>
>By contrast there are 26,559 ways that are named “St *”, and a further
>7,252 that are named “St. *”.
>
> 
>
>Regards,
>
>Stuart Reynolds
>
>for traveline south east & anglia
>
> 
>
> 
>
> 
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Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names beginning "St ..."

2017-07-18 Thread Andy Robinson 
I came up with a simple solution for road sign differences very early on in my 
mapping. I only map the name I see first J . Generally I ignore the sign at the 
other end of a street unless there has been a complete name change.

 

Cheers

Andy

 

From: Colin Smale [mailto:colin.sm...@xs4all.nl] 
Sent: 17 July 2017 18:32
To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names 
beginning "St ..."

 

Agreed, however I don't think we should be fussy about minor typographic 
differences like apostrophes or full stops. There are often variations at this 
level from sign to sign. If one bit is signed "St." and another bit of the same 
road is signed "St" I think we should use a single style for the whole road, 
taking it from the longest length. We can never determine where the transition 
should go, and it is the same road after all, so consistency is good.
//colin

On 17 July 2017 18:35:07 CEST, Andy Robinson  wrote:

We should be applying the on the ground rule of verification. As in, if looks 
like a duck and quacks like a duck then there is a better than average chance 
it is a duck. So if the road sign, church sign or whatever says Saint or St. 
etc then best to stick to that so as not to offend just as many people as those 
who agree it’s wrong! 

 

Cheers

Andy

 

PS Other deities are available

 

From: Stuart Reynolds [mailto:stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk] 
Sent: 17 July 2017 13:45
To: Talk GB
Subject: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names 
beginning "St ..."

 

Hi All, 

 

I have read and re-read all of the guidance and local rules relating to the use 
of abbreviations where it would be wrong to expand “St” into “Saint”. It is 
quite clear that, for the UK, “Saint Ives” is wrong, whereas “St Ives” is 
correct. There is also one page where I have found “St Mary’s Church” is 
correct, but “Saint Mary’s Church” is wrong. All of this I agree with.

 

The question I want to clarify is the use of “Saint” in street names. I think 
that is similarly clear that e.g. “St Nicholas Road” (with the full expansion 
of “road”!) is correct, and “Saint Nicholas Road” isn’t. But since the small 
handful that I initially came across in Great Yarmouth were last edited by an 
experienced OSMer (Rob Whittaker), I thought that it was better to check with 
the community than just change it.

 

A not-so-quick Overpass query (using a map which contained the whole of the UK, 
and hence Ireland and a bit of Belgium) tells me that there are 10,324 ways 
which are named “Saint *” which potentially need changing if we agree that “St 
*” is correct.

 

By contrast there are 26,559 ways that are named “St *”, and a further 7,252 
that are named “St. *”.

 

Regards,

Stuart Reynolds

for traveline south east & anglia

 

 

 

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Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names beginning "St ..."

2017-07-18 Thread Pierre Riteau 
If you want to be exhaustive, you can add another spelling variant as alt_name: 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:alt_name
For something as minor as St vs St., if there is no clear winner for a specific 
street, maybe match style of other streets around?
On Mon, 17 Jul 2017, at 18:32, Colin Smale wrote:
> Agreed, however I don't think we should be fussy about minor typographic 
> differences like apostrophes or full stops. There are often variations at 
> this level from sign to sign. If one bit is signed "St." and another bit of 
> the same road is signed "St" I think we should use a single style for the 
> whole road, taking it from the longest length. We can never determine where 
> the transition should go, and it is the same road after all, so consistency 
> is good.>  //colin
> 
> On 17 July 2017 18:35:07 CEST, Andy Robinson  wrote:>> We 
> should be applying the on the ground rule of verification. As in, if looks 
> like a duck and quacks like a duck then there is a better than average chance 
> it is a duck. So if the road sign, church sign or whatever says Saint or St. 
> etc then best to stick to that so as not to offend just as many people as 
> those who agree it’s wrong!>> 


>> 
>> 


>> 


>>  


>> 
>> 


>> Cheers


>> 


>> 
>> 


>> Andy


>> 


>> 
>> 


>> 


>>  


>> 
>> 


>> PS Other deities are available


>> 


>> 
>> 


>> 


>>  


>> 
>> 


>> *From:* Stuart Reynolds [mailto:stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk] 
>> *Sent:* 17 July 2017 13:45
>> *To:* Talk GB
>> *Subject:* [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names 
>> beginning "St ...">> 


>> 
>> 


>> 


>>  


>> Hi All,


>> 


>> 


>>  


>> I have read and re-read all of the guidance and local rules relating to the 
>> use of abbreviations where it would be wrong to expand “St” into “Saint”. It 
>> is quite clear that, for the UK, “Saint Ives” is wrong, whereas “St Ives” is 
>> correct. There is also one page where I have found “St Mary’s Church” is 
>> correct, but “Saint Mary’s Church” is wrong. All of this I agree with.>> 


>> 


>>  


>> The question I want to clarify is the use of “Saint” in street names. I 
>> think that is similarly clear that e.g. “St Nicholas Road” (with the full 
>> expansion of “road”!) is correct, and “Saint Nicholas Road” isn’t. But since 
>> the small handful that I initially came across in Great Yarmouth were last 
>> edited by an experienced OSMer (Rob Whittaker), I thought that it was better 
>> to check with the community than just change it.>> 


>> 


>>  


>> A not-so-quick Overpass query (using a map which contained the whole of the 
>> UK, and hence Ireland and a bit of Belgium) tells me that there are 10,324 
>> ways which are named “Saint *” which potentially need changing if we agree 
>> that “St *” is correct.>> 


>> 


>>  


>> By contrast there are 26,559 ways that are named “St *”, and a further 7,252 
>> that are named “St. *”.>> 


>> 


>>  


>> Regards,


>> 


>> 
>> 


>> Stuart Reynolds


>> 


>> 
>> 


>> for traveline south east & anglia


>> 


>> 
>> 


>> 


>>  


>> 
>> 


>> 


>>  


>> 


>>  


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Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names beginning "St ..."

2017-07-17 Thread Colin Smale 
Agreed, however I don't think we should be fussy about minor typographic 
differences like apostrophes or full stops. There are often variations at this 
level from sign to sign. If one bit is signed "St." and another bit of the same 
road is signed "St" I think we should use a single style for the whole road, 
taking it from the longest length. We can never determine where the transition 
should go, and it is the same road after all, so consistency is good.
//colin

On 17 July 2017 18:35:07 CEST, Andy Robinson  wrote:
>We should be applying the on the ground rule of verification. As in, if
>looks like a duck and quacks like a duck then there is a better than
>average chance it is a duck. So if the road sign, church sign or
>whatever says Saint or St. etc then best to stick to that so as not to
>offend just as many people as those who agree it’s wrong! 
>
> 
>
>Cheers
>
>Andy
>
> 
>
>PS Other deities are available
>
> 
>
>From: Stuart Reynolds [mailto:stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk] 
>Sent: 17 July 2017 13:45
>To: Talk GB
>Subject: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names
>beginning "St ..."
>
> 
>
>Hi All, 
>
> 
>
>I have read and re-read all of the guidance and local rules relating to
>the use of abbreviations where it would be wrong to expand “St” into
>“Saint”. It is quite clear that, for the UK, “Saint Ives” is wrong,
>whereas “St Ives” is correct. There is also one page where I have found
>“St Mary’s Church” is correct, but “Saint Mary’s Church” is wrong. All
>of this I agree with.
>
> 
>
>The question I want to clarify is the use of “Saint” in street names. I
>think that is similarly clear that e.g. “St Nicholas Road” (with the
>full expansion of “road”!) is correct, and “Saint Nicholas Road” isn’t.
>But since the small handful that I initially came across in Great
>Yarmouth were last edited by an experienced OSMer (Rob Whittaker), I
>thought that it was better to check with the community than just change
>it.
>
> 
>
>A not-so-quick Overpass query (using a map which contained the whole of
>the UK, and hence Ireland and a bit of Belgium) tells me that there are
>10,324 ways which are named “Saint *” which potentially need changing
>if we agree that “St *” is correct.
>
> 
>
>By contrast there are 26,559 ways that are named “St *”, and a further
>7,252 that are named “St. *”.
>
> 
>
>Regards,
>
>Stuart Reynolds
>
>for traveline south east & anglia
>
> 
>
> 
>
> 
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Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names beginning "St ..."

2017-07-17 Thread Andy Robinson 
We should be applying the on the ground rule of verification. As in, if looks 
like a duck and quacks like a duck then there is a better than average chance 
it is a duck. So if the road sign, church sign or whatever says Saint or St. 
etc then best to stick to that so as not to offend just as many people as those 
who agree it’s wrong! 

 

Cheers

Andy

 

PS Other deities are available

 

From: Stuart Reynolds [mailto:stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk] 
Sent: 17 July 2017 13:45
To: Talk GB
Subject: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names 
beginning "St ..."

 

Hi All, 

 

I have read and re-read all of the guidance and local rules relating to the use 
of abbreviations where it would be wrong to expand “St” into “Saint”. It is 
quite clear that, for the UK, “Saint Ives” is wrong, whereas “St Ives” is 
correct. There is also one page where I have found “St Mary’s Church” is 
correct, but “Saint Mary’s Church” is wrong. All of this I agree with.

 

The question I want to clarify is the use of “Saint” in street names. I think 
that is similarly clear that e.g. “St Nicholas Road” (with the full expansion 
of “road”!) is correct, and “Saint Nicholas Road” isn’t. But since the small 
handful that I initially came across in Great Yarmouth were last edited by an 
experienced OSMer (Rob Whittaker), I thought that it was better to check with 
the community than just change it.

 

A not-so-quick Overpass query (using a map which contained the whole of the UK, 
and hence Ireland and a bit of Belgium) tells me that there are 10,324 ways 
which are named “Saint *” which potentially need changing if we agree that “St 
*” is correct.

 

By contrast there are 26,559 ways that are named “St *”, and a further 7,252 
that are named “St. *”.

 

Regards,

Stuart Reynolds

for traveline south east & anglia

 

 

 

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Re: [Talk-GB] An old chestnut - looking for clarity for road names beginning "St ..."

2017-07-17 Thread Colin Smale 
It is pretty obvious in my mind. St is correct, Saint is wrong. Unless there is 
evidence that Saint is the prevalent spelling on the ground. And I am unanimous 
in that.

A great uncle+aunt of mine used to live in  St Nicholas Road, in one of the old 
Row houses with an outside dunny! Could never understand a word they said...

//colin


On 17 July 2017 14:45:22 CEST, Stuart Reynolds 
 wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I have read and re-read all of the guidance and local rules relating to
>the use of abbreviations where it would be wrong to expand “St” into
>“Saint”. It is quite clear that, for the UK, “Saint Ives” is wrong,
>whereas “St Ives” is correct. There is also one page where I have found
>“St Mary’s Church” is correct, but “Saint Mary’s Church” is wrong. All
>of this I agree with.
>
>The question I want to clarify is the use of “Saint” in street names. I
>think that is similarly clear that e.g. “St Nicholas Road” (with the
>full expansion of “road”!) is correct, and “Saint Nicholas Road” isn’t.
>But since the small handful that I initially came across in Great
>Yarmouth were last edited by an experienced OSMer (Rob Whittaker), I
>thought that it was better to check with the community than just change
>it.
>
>A not-so-quick Overpass query (using a map which contained the whole of
>the UK, and hence Ireland and a bit of Belgium) tells me that there are
>10,324 ways which are named “Saint *” which potentially need changing
>if we agree that “St *” is correct.
>
>By contrast there are 26,559 ways that are named “St *”, and a further
>7,252 that are named “St. *”.
>
>Regards,
>Stuart Reynolds
>for traveline south east & anglia
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2017-07-17 Thread Stuart Reynolds 
Hi All,

I have read and re-read all of the guidance and local rules relating to the use 
of abbreviations where it would be wrong to expand “St” into “Saint”. It is 
quite clear that, for the UK, “Saint Ives” is wrong, whereas “St Ives” is 
correct. There is also one page where I have found “St Mary’s Church” is 
correct, but “Saint Mary’s Church” is wrong. All of this I agree with.

The question I want to clarify is the use of “Saint” in street names. I think 
that is similarly clear that e.g. “St Nicholas Road” (with the full expansion 
of “road”!) is correct, and “Saint Nicholas Road” isn’t. But since the small 
handful that I initially came across in Great Yarmouth were last edited by an 
experienced OSMer (Rob Whittaker), I thought that it was better to check with 
the community than just change it.

A not-so-quick Overpass query (using a map which contained the whole of the UK, 
and hence Ireland and a bit of Belgium) tells me that there are 10,324 ways 
which are named “Saint *” which potentially need changing if we agree that “St 
*” is correct.

By contrast there are 26,559 ways that are named “St *”, and a further 7,252 
that are named “St. *”.

Regards,
Stuart Reynolds
for traveline south east & anglia



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