How many towns in the world have the same name as yours?

In how many places is it grim up north?

Bolton (25), Barnsley (7), Nelson (37), Colne (4),
Burnley (4), Bradford (29), Buxton (19), Crewe (4),
Warrington (11), Widnes (1), Wigan (3), Leeds (18),
Northwich (2*) Nantwich (2*), Knutsford (3), Hull (14),
Sale (29), Salford (5), Southport (14), Leigh (21),
Derby (26), Kearsley (1), Keighley (3), Maghull (2*),
Harrogate (3), Huddersfield (3), Oldham (8), Lancs,
Grimsby (4), Glossop (1), Hebden Bridge (1),

It’s Grim Up North,
It’s Grim Up North.

Brighouse (1), Bootle (3), Featherstone (6), Speke (3),
Runcorn (1), Rotherham (4), Rochdale (5), Barrow (16),
Morecambe (2*), Macclesfield (4), Lytham St. Annes (0***)
Clitheroe (2*), Cleethorpes (1), The M62,

It’s Grim Up North,
It’s Grim Up North.

Pendlebury (1), Prestwich (2*), Preston (51), York (37),
Skipton (5), Scunthorpe (1), Scarborough-on-Sea (13****),
Chester (38), Chorley (3), Cheadle Hulme (1*****),
Ormskirk (1), Accrington (1), Stanley (38******), and Leigh (21),
Ossett (1), Otley (7), Ilkley Moor (0*******),
Sheffield (20), Manchester (34), Castleford (2), Skem (0********),
Doncaster (5), Dewsbury (2), Halifax (14),
Bingley (3), Bramhall (1), Are all in the North.

* both are the same place
** or 0 if you are going to be pedantic and insist on including the Lancs (it has part of Greater Manchester since 1974)
*** I used to know someone from Lytham St. Annes, so I know this is wrong
**** I don’t think anyone calls Scarborough this, an exact search only brings up the song
***** Alternatively Cheadle (5), Hulme (1),
****** Not Accrington Stanley, who are they?
******* the moorland between Ilkley (3) and Keighley
******** Skelmersdale (1)

Yes, I was deliberately distracting myself, why do you ask?

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