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[Facts] Re: Usage of the name Liza in Britain
by
Joy
(guest)
6/3/2003, 5:28 PM
in reply to
a message by Array
I agree with
Devon
about the name
Liza
- short for
Eliza
. It was common around the 'courts' in Spitalfields, East
London
in the late 1800s (1875ish). Spitalfields was a very poor area of
London
and the 'courts' were notorious.
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