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Edgeworthstown
Edgeworthstown or Mostrim (〔A. D. Mills, 2003, ''A Dictionary of British Place-Names'', Oxford University Press〕) is a town in County Longford, Ireland. The town is in the east of the county, near the border with County Westmeath. Nearby towns are Longford 12 km to the west, Mullingar 26 km to the east, Athlone 40 km to the south and Cavan 42 km to the north.
==Name==
The area was named Edgeworthstown in the 19th century after the Anglo-Irish Edgeworth family. An estate was built there by Richard Lovell Edgeworth. His family—which includes Honora Sneyd, his second wife, novelist Maria Edgeworth, botanist Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, economist Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, and priest Henry Essex Edgeworth—lived at the estate.
The area's original name was the Irish ''Meathas Troim'' or ''Meathas Truim''. This was anglicized as ''Mastrim'', ''Mostrim'', and so forth. These names continued to be used by the locals. In 1935, at the behest of the local Town Tenants'
Association, Longford County Council officially changed the town's name to Mostrim.〔("Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford renamed Mostrim" ), ''The Belfast Weekly News'', 29 August 1935〕 However, in 1974, a local government order reverted the name to Edgeworthstown.〔(S.I. No. 166/1974 — Local Government (Change of Name of Non-Municipal Town) Order, 1974 ). Irish Statute Book.〕 Today, both names are in use.
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