{"id":1844342,"date":"2025-07-04T09:21:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T13:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1844342"},"modified":"2025-07-04T09:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T13:21:03","slug":"the-mystery-of-elkhams-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/07\/the-mystery-of-elkhams-grave\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of Elkhams Grave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This is On EVERY Map. But It Doesn\u2019t Exist.\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n7WW192WKKs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n7WW192WKKs\">this video<\/a>, Paul Whitewick explores the strange case of Elkhams Grave, a name on the map that would normally refer to an old <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crossroad_grave\">crossroad grave<\/a> site\u2014only it appears to be nowhere near a crossroad, parish boundary or other <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_barrow\">burial ground<\/a>. It\u2019s a place name with no apparent surviving evidence of the place named.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, Paul Whitewick explores the strange case of Elkhams Grave, a name on the map that would normally refer to an old crossroad grave site\u2014only it appears to be nowhere near a crossroad,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/07\/the-mystery-of-elkhams-grave\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692],"tags":[1330,71],"class_list":["post-1844342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-toponyms","tag-ghost-towns","tag-uk","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1836388,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/02\/alaska-legislature-opposes-denali-name-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844342,"position":0},"title":"Alaska Legislature Opposes Denali Name Change","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 February 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"Sure, the Gulf of Mexico thing got most of the attention (because it\u2019s an international body of water), but Trump\u2019s decision to change the name of Denali back to Mount McKinley is getting some pushback too\u2014namely from Alaska\u2019s legislature. 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Or,\u00a0to be more precise, within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carte-dun-partie-damerique-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carte-dun-partie-damerique-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carte-dun-partie-damerique-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carte-dun-partie-damerique-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carte-dun-partie-damerique-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/carte-dun-partie-damerique-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1436,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/04\/washington-state-senator-seeks-removal-of-offensive-place-names\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844342,"position":3},"title":"Washington State Senator Seeks Removal of Offensive Place Names","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"4 April 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"A Washington state senator, Pramila Jayapal, is pushing for\u00a0some three dozen racially charged place names to be changed\u00a0(her press release). 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