Doubling of related street, house and farm names since 1900 gives glimpse of flower ‘ghosts’, says National TrustOver the last century orchards and blossom trees have been slipping out of the British landscape at an alarming rate but the “ghosts” of lost flowers are glimpsed in an increasing number of placenames recalling the vanished pinks and whites, researchers have found.A National Trust study has discovered that the number of street, house and farm names relating to orchards and blossom has... Read this story
