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Thrift Street, Thrift Road, etc

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Thrift Street, Thrift Road, etc

rnthrift  (View posts) Posted: 23 May 2009 9:44PM GMT
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Surnames: Thrift
There are many different places called Thrift Street, Thrift Lane, etc. Just for fun, let's list them, and if possible dig up the details about who (or what) they were each named after.

Bonus points: Mozart's family lived on Thrift St. in London, but the name was later named to Frith St. Usually, in other examples of the names changing, it goes the other way, changing from Frith to Thrift. Why was Thrift St. renamed Frith St?

There was a Thrift Street in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England. Several cool pictures can be found if you do a web search.

Also in the UK,
Thrift St, North Tyneside
Thrift St, Irchester, Northamptonshire
Thrift St, Wollaston, Northamptonshire
Thrift St, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire
Thrift Rd, Branston, Staffordshire
Thrift Rd, Heath And Reach, Bedfordshire
Thrift Ln, Cox Green, Windsor and Maidenhead

In the USA,
Thrift Street is in Kingland, GA, due east of the Okefenokee Swamp.
But even closer to the swamp is Thrift St in Folkston, GA.
Nearby is Thrift Rd, Woodbine, GA

Thrift Rd, Blackshear, Pierce Co, GA
Thrift Rd, Garfield, Jenkins Co, GA
Thrift Rd, Cowpens, SC
Thrift St, Greenville, SC
Thrift St, Pittsboro, NC
Thrift St, Madison, VA
Thrift Ln, Hopewell,VA
Thrift Ln, Woodbridge, VA
Thrift Ln, Chestertown, MD
Thrift Rd, Clinton, MD
Thrift St, Gaithersburg, MD

Others?

Richard Thrift
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
rnthrift 23 May 2009 9:44PM GMT 
bandc177 24 May 2009 9:58PM GMT 
bandc177 24 May 2009 10:29PM GMT 
rnthrift 25 May 2009 6:31AM GMT 
vendingace 13 Sep 2009 6:05PM GMT 
   

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