Thursday, August 2, 2007

Meaning and origin of Bailey

In the United Kingdom: bailey...

Bailey, Lancashire
Bailey is the name of one of the British Sea Areas
The Bailey, the historic centre of Durham, England

In Canada:

Bailey, New Brunswick
Bailey Corners, Ontario
Bailey's Beach, Ontario
Bailey's Brook, Nova Scotia
In the United States of America:

Bailey, Colorado, community
Bailey, Michigan, community
Bailey, Mississippi, community
Bailey, North Carolina, community
Bailey, Texas, community
Bailey County, Texas, community
Bailey Island, Maine, island
Bailey Lakes, Ohio , community
Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, community

In fiction:
Bailey, New Hampshire, a fictional town in the DC Universe line of comic books; one-time hometown of Mister Miracle and Big Barda.

People
See Bailey (surname)
See Bailey Haynes


Other
The Old Bailey is the Central Criminal Court in London, England.
Bailey was also a USA automobile manufacturer using rotary engines in its cars.
A Bailey is a South Wales mining valleys term to describe the area immediate to the kitchen and between the nighbours kitchen wall, usually floored in flagstones, and typicaly housed the washing utensils including a bosh, mangle, tub, clothes horse
Baileys Irish Cream is a type of alcoholic liqueur.
Bailey's Discount Woodsman Supplies is a mail-order company.
a Bailey bridge is a portable pre-fabricated truss bridge.
Beetle Bailey, a comic strip created by Mort Walker.

In fiction:
A Bailey is a large and heavily armed floating bio-mechanical robot whose sole purpose is to collect and/or destroy any human it encounters in the television series Cleopatra 2525
-http://en.wikipedia.org/

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