Little London

Little London may refer to any of the following places:

United Kingdom

Many locations bearing the name Little London or its Welsh variants Llundain fach and Llundain fechan are associated with nearby cattle drovers' routes, in particular in Wales and Southern England,[1] and may have been named as early as in the Middle Ages. The Institute of Place Names at Nottingham confirmed the association of the place name with Welsh drovers in November 2009.

Other countries

  • Little London, Jamaica
  • Londrina ("Londoner" or "Little London"), Paraná, Brazil, named for British entrepreneurs who initiated the settlement
  • Mali London ("Little London"), a settlement in Pančevo, Serbia

As a nickname

Further information

References

  1. Richard Colyer (1974). "Welsh Cattle Drovers in the Nineteenth Century - 2". National Library of Wales Journal. XVIII/3.
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