Talk:King's Lynn

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Contents 1 Apostrophe 2 Apostrophe required 3 Walpole 4 CCTV 5 Entertainment 6 Hanseatic warehouses in Lynn

[edit] Apostrophe

I've seen spellings of King(')s Lynn, both with and without the apostrophe. Which is actually correct? (It's been a long time since I was in the area so I can't just check a street sign. ;-) It was originally named Bishop(')s Lynn, which is more likely to indicate the possessive form... but I'm not sure. Kinitawowi 15:01 02 Aug 2004 (BST)

I'm a local and I've always been taught that the town's name is spelt with the apostrophe, however due to the modern world we live in, people just get lazy about it. Istabo 00:39, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Apostrophe required

As the name comes from royal possession, it should have the apostrophe, but not even the road signs are consistent. Many computer systems seem unable to cope with the apostrophe and people are terrible with possessives, so that's probably why it's so common without.

Even today, I get mailmerged letters with the S capitalised... how do these people cope with the really strange place names like Westward Ho! and similar?

Interesting question: what will happen to the name after the revolution?

I'm a local, and I can assure you it's with the apostrophe. However, I do understand that some people are just bone idle (Frequent of people from King's Lynn) and choose to leave it out. Paul Norfolk Dumpling 12:16, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Walpole

Walpole is listed as a famous resident, on the strength that he was MP for King's Lynn...this seems potentially problematic - very often MPs in the unreformed parliament had no connection whatsoever to their constituency. William Pitt the Elder certainly didn't live in Old Sarum. john k 00:14, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CCTV

When did King's Lynn get its first municipal CCTV system? I know it was an "early adopter", but can someone provide the actual date? --80.3.179.56 14:36, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

1987, according to this :) Collard 16:38, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Entertainment

I put this section in because I think that it is something worthy that people want to read about. Not many people know King's Lynn if they're not local... Istabo 16:54, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hanseatic warehouses in Lynn

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It would be nice to have pictures taken to illustrate the article and Steelyard, Hanseatic League.--Kresspahl 09:29, 18 August 2007 (UTC)