Show EN ENGLI ENGLISH H LEGEND How Putney and Fulham Got Their Nam Names s. s The various old legends connected with places are more easily forgotten en In London than in the provinces How miny many for instance of the crowd which swarmed on the ban banks Its of ot Putney and Fulham to watch the boat race knew or recalled the old fairy story which accounts ac ac- counts for the naming of ot these two districts districts' dis f f Th The story goes goes that two giantesses were each building a church on opposite opposite site sides of ot the river and nd there stand I the churches now to give verisimilitude to the legend Between them they could only m mUster ter one hammer h-ammer so when the Surrey urr y giantess wished to drive a nail she called to her friend Put it nigh and when the Middlesex giantess next dealt with a nail she shouted Send It full home Thus the churches and then the districts districts dis dis- came to be known as Fulham and Putney while the story goes on to tell how the head of ot the hammer was broken so that the friends were obliged to go in search of a smith who being found gave the name to yet another district district Hammersmith This is an excellent excellent ex ex- example of ot the phonetic method methodI of ot Interpretation of ot names which Is accountable ac ae- countable for many Interesting legends transmitted to nis the past |