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Sorry if this has been answered before, but does anyone know why the "Botany" was so called? |
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A very brief explanation is as follows, some people may enlarge on this:-
When the first explorers went to the south of Australia they found it was a beautiful habitat for plants (ie botany).They named it Botany Bay. The cotton from there was brought to the UK for processing and the name must have come with it.
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For many years, before moving to Macclesfield Road, and actually seeing the factory sign, I thought it was called "Botney" for that is how I always heard it pronounced.
I suspect I may not have been alone in this! |
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