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Re: Chelsea & Kelsey
I dislike place-names. Chelsea now is a very expensive suburb, even by London standards, but when it got its name it was a loading place (on the Thames) for limestone, otherwise known as chalk. Kelsey, loosely translated as Tough Guy's Island, not only doesn't appeal to me at all but would probably be frequently confused with the better-known Chelsea, which would be tedious.

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