Ebenezer Place, in Wick, northern Scotland,
has the distinction of being the shortest named street in the world, at 206
centimetres (81 inches).
This situation came about when Mackays
Hotel was built in 1883. The building was wedge-shaped, which meant that it had
one very short side. The town council decreed that, because this side also
contained the main entrance which was on neither street that ran along the two
long sides, the street on that short side would need to be given its own name.
Not surprisingly, there is only one address
on Ebenezer Place – Mackays Hotel at Number One!
Picture credit: ‘Noudbijvoet’. Licensed
under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence.
© John Welford
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