A road sign points the way on August 6, 2013 in Toronto, England. Originally called Newton Cap in the county of Durham, built for workers at the nearby colliery, owner Henry Stobart re-named the village Toronto after visiting Canada. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A roadside sign in the village of Palestine on July 10, 2013 in the county of Hampshire, England. Local people believe the area was part of the “Land fit for Heroes” scheme for helping former World War I soldiers. Others say that the area was settled by jewish refugees, who were given pre-fabricated housing in the area. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A road sign poinst the way on August 7, 2013 in New York, England. The original reason for the name of New York is not known, but it is thought that it may be connected to the once dominant coal mining industry in the area. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A road sign points the way on August 7, 2013 in Colombia, England. The name Columbia was given to the village in the county of Tyne and Wear to replace a confusing numbered district system and for it's proximity to Washington. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A road sign welcomes visitors on August 5, 2013 in Bermuda, England. Originally built for local coal mine workers in the 1890s the village of Bermuda, in the county of Warwickshire, was named for local landowner and former Governor of Bermuda Edward Newdegate. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A sign informs drivers on July 29, 2013 in Holland, England. The village of Holland lies south of Oxted on the Surrey Kent border. The main local employer, an industrial estate in the village, is being demolished to make way for a housing development. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A road sign points the way on August 5, 2013 in Hollywood, England. The small village of Hollywood south of the city of Birmingham, is located in the county of Worcestershire. It's name is thought to derive from an abundance of Holly bushes and is listed in history books from 1250 AD. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Walkers pass a road sign on July 29, 2013 in Egypt, England. Locals think the name derived from a time when there was a gypsy encampment in the area. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A road sign welcomes careful drivers on August 7, 2013 in Moscow, Scotland. Moscow in the county Ayrshire, is thought to be a missspelling of of “Moss-haw” or “Moss-hall” which was formally adopted in 1812 to mark Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A cyclist passes a raod sign on August 7, 2013 in Philadelphia, England. The town was named after Philadelphia USA by a local colliery owner after the British captured the city during the American War of Independence. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A road sign poits the way on August 5, 2013 in Florence, England. Florence, in the county of Staffordshire, takes it's name from a colliery opened here in the 1870s by the 3rd Duke of Sutherland and named after his eldest daughter. The pit closed in 1990. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A road sign points the way to the tiny hamlet of Gibraltar on July 29, 2013 in England. Residents say the tiny hamlet, originally called Little Worth, was re-named after a local sailor returned from Gibraltar in the 17th century with a bout of cholera that decimated the population. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)