Interesting! However the company which runs the official gazetteer has advice, and the reasoning is nonsense: >GeoPlace does not advise that councils include o

Interesting! However the company which runs the official gazetteer has advice, and the reasoning is nonsense: >GeoPlace does not advise that councils include or remove punctuation in official naming or on the street name plate. Street naming and numbering is a council policy decision. >However, the Data Entry Conventions documentation does state that GeoPlace would prefer not receive data (including street names) with punctuation. >This is for two main reasons: > machine readability – punctuation can be misinterpreted by computers > usability – for example, if loaded into say an emergency service command and control system and a caller provides a street name, the search will be faster if the search is entered and returned without punctuation. https://www.geoplace.co.uk/street-naming-and-numbering/guidance-for-officers/street-naming-numbering-best-practice/apostrophes https://www.geoplace.co.uk/street-naming-and-numbering/guida...