WIDNES – PUZZLE
The name Widnes is usually
thought to have evolved from the Danish words vid,
meaning wide, and noese,
meaning nose. The ‘wide nose’ is considered to refer to the headland protruding
into the River Mersey. However, as the projection is relatively narrow, another
possible explanation for the name is that the first half derives from the
Danish ved, meaning a wood,
which could refer to the trees covering the promontory (“Widnes”, [s.d.]).
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BARON OF HALTON
BELLAND SEBASTIAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CUERDLEY MARSH DANE LAW ELVIS COSTELLO
FARNWORTH
HOMEWARD BOUND IRISH IMMIGRANTS LEBLANC PROCESS LITHUANIANS MERCIA MOORLAND PAUL SIMON PEX HILL / WALKS |
POLISH WORKERS
QUEENS HALL RIVER MERSEY ROMAN COINS RUNCOM GAP SANKEY CANAL SPIKE ISLAND ST LUKE'S THE BRINDLEY TRUST VICTORIA PROMENADE WATCH YOUR STEP WELSH WILLIAM FITZNIGEL YORFRID |
When you’ve crossed through all the listed words in the above
grid, you should find the following part of a quotation remaining.
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For a more
flexible form of this puzzle, please see: http://www.wordsearchfun.com/160746_Widnes_wordsearch.html.
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