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Metroland /ˈmɛtrə(ʊ)land /nounThe area around London served by the underground railway: [as modifier]: the M25 threatens any lingering end-of-line Metroland romance attached to Bushy Bushey or Sunny Sutton...- Just over 70 years ago my newlywed grandparents moved into a Metroland semi on the banks of the canal here (hidden behind the trees to the left at the rear of the photo).
- The housing estates, the shopping parades, the mock-Tudor pubs duly sprang up alongside the line. It was a Metroland fit for heroes.
- The public first heard of Metroland in 1915, when the railway used it in a penny booklet listing country walks.
Origin 1915: from metropolitan + land. |