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IggyB | 09:28 Tue 22nd Jun 2004 | People & Places
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Alma seems to appear in many road and pub names - but what is an Alma?
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Not an 'an', but an 'it' - its a river in the Crimea where a major battle took place in 1854, resulting in a victory for the British and a Victoria Cross being won.

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Roads & pubs named Alma and Sebastopol are good indications for dating when they were built. See http://www.rickard.karoo.net/articles/battles_alma
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10:08 Tue 22nd Jun 2004
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It's also Latin for bountiful or nourishing (as in the expression "alma mater" - bountiful mother).
23:32 Tue 22nd Jun 2004

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