I don't know, but one of the main stations in Oldham itself was/is Mumps.
My own favourite is Swine, Ermine and Drax, near Selby (Yorks.).
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--On 11 April 2005 09:38 +0100 Keith Briggs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Measurements was the name of a station on the Greenfield to Delph railway
> near Oldham in Lancashire. Why?
>
> Keith
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