Vaux

[nq:1]The brougham carriage is named for the First Baron Brougham and Vaux. Where is Vaux?[/nq]
I don't know, but he has a frequently mispronounced swift named after him. (It apparently rhymes with "talks".)

Jerry Friedman

[nq:2]The brougham carriage is named for the First Baron Brougham and Vaux. Where is Vaux?[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't know, but he has a frequently mispronounced swift named after him. (It apparently rhymes with "talks".)[/nq]
And in SparkE it's just like "Vox".

Steny '08!

[nq:1]The brougham carriage is named for the First Baron Brougham and Vaux. Where is Vaux?[/nq]
It's in northern France. A covey of Vaux family branches came over with William in 1066. Spellings have evolved into variants like Wass, Vass, Vas, and of course the original Vaux.

[nq:1]The brougham carriage is named for the First Baron Brougham and Vaux. Where is Vaux?[/nq]
The brewery is in Sunderland.

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[nq:2]The brougham carriage is named for the First Baron Brougham and Vaux. Where is Vaux?[/nq]
[nq:1]The brewery is in Sunderland.[/nq]
That closed years ago.
I wonder if this is the same Vaux as in Vauxhall, both the car maker and the tube/railway station. I've read (but cannot confirm) that the Czar of All the Russias once visited Vauxhall station to inspect the new trains. An error

[nq:1]The brougham carriage is named for the First Baron Brougham and Vaux. Where is Vaux?[/nq]
Not sure - but if we assume the good Baron lived in Vaux Hall, then it must be close to that bridge in London - maybe Millbank or The Albert Embankment somewhere. Kennington maybe...
Jitze

[nq:2]The brougham carriage is named for the First Baron Brougham and Vaux. Where is Vaux?[/nq]
[nq:1]It's in northern France. A covey of Vaux family branches came over with William in 1066. Spellings have evolved into variants like Wass, Vass, Vas, and of course the original Vaux.[/nq]
There seem to be many "Vaux" placenames in France, usually in the form "Vaux de XX". What does the word

[nq:1]There seem to be many "Vaux" placenames in France, usually in the form "Vaux de XX". What does the word mean in Norman French? Is it a version of "Val" or some other geographical feature?[/nq]
Yes, the Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames says "vaux" is "a common French place-name" and is the plural of "val" meaning valley. The ARTFL French historical dictionaries show that the singular

[nq:2]The brewery is in Sunderland.[/nq]
[nq:1]That closed years ago. I wonder if this is the same Vaux as in Vauxhall, both the car maker and ... that all railway stations were called "vauxhalls". As a result, the Russian word for a railway station is a "vauxhall".[/nq]
Apparently an urban legend. I thought I saw it debunked recently but I don't find it at the usual sites. Here's the expl

[nq:1]Pronunciation - the car marque and the 18th century pleasure ground in London are "voxhall" in BrE (the o as in our "hot"), not "vawx" or "voh" . I've never heard the family name Vaux spoken.[/nq]
I think it's assumed by people who are supposed to be in the know that Vaux of Olmstead and Vaux fame was a "vawx" (however, one hears "voh").

Steny '08!