I was trying to find a phone number for a place in Leominster MA but in Google most of the responses for Leominster pointed to Leominster England sites. Yes, we are named after them, as are many many New England towns. Anyway, I stumbled upon a page that said:
“Leominster (pronounced ‘Lemster’) dates back to the 7th Century and is named after Earl Leofric, the husband of Lady Godiva who famously rode naked through the streets of Coventry on horseback.”
My God, I have never ever heard this before, and I would have remembered. Read it for yourself at http://www.leominster.co.uk/about.htm
p.s. We don’t pronounce it “lemster” in Massachusetts. It’s “lemon-stah”.
