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The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 ( talk) 00:55, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Blue Bell Hill transmitting station →
Bluebell Hill transmitting station – The transmitting station is always "Bluebell Hill" not "Blue Bell Hill".
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Rapido (
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My understanding is that the location name - Blue Bell Hill - came from from an old pub/coaching inn - formerly the "Blue Bell", perhaps later the "Old Bell" and latterly the "Upper Bell" (demolished 2013). At the bottom of the hill is the Lower Bell (still extant) and the history I've heard is that in coaching days, the road was very poor and steep, and there was only room for one coach at a time, so bells were used to signal coaches as they left either inn. Alternatively, the bells were used to summon additional horses from the other to assist a difficult ascent or descent. I further believe the transmitting station was erroneously named Bluebell Hill by the BBC when first commissioned, and the name has remained since. Can anybody point to any published confirmation or either explanations , as I believe it is worthy of inclusion, either here, in Blue Bell Hill, or in Blue Bell Hill (village) Regards, Lynbarn ( talk) 14:07, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 ( talk) 00:55, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Blue Bell Hill transmitting station →
Bluebell Hill transmitting station – The transmitting station is always "Bluebell Hill" not "Blue Bell Hill".
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Rapido (
talk) 09:10, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
My understanding is that the location name - Blue Bell Hill - came from from an old pub/coaching inn - formerly the "Blue Bell", perhaps later the "Old Bell" and latterly the "Upper Bell" (demolished 2013). At the bottom of the hill is the Lower Bell (still extant) and the history I've heard is that in coaching days, the road was very poor and steep, and there was only room for one coach at a time, so bells were used to signal coaches as they left either inn. Alternatively, the bells were used to summon additional horses from the other to assist a difficult ascent or descent. I further believe the transmitting station was erroneously named Bluebell Hill by the BBC when first commissioned, and the name has remained since. Can anybody point to any published confirmation or either explanations , as I believe it is worthy of inclusion, either here, in Blue Bell Hill, or in Blue Bell Hill (village) Regards, Lynbarn ( talk) 14:07, 10 May 2014 (UTC)