Why "Little Egypt"?

I know it's not precisely the sort of question for Family Historians, but it just might be.

I've recently been thinking about the perennial question:
Why is Glemsford called "Little Egypt"?

My recent musings were prompted by a fascinating email from Rory Coxhill, and I've taken his ideas and added some more of my own doodles.

We'd be delighted if others wanted to join in the discussion, to argue, or just to feed in more informed opinion - or even examples, quotations, pictures..

As always, feel free. You can "link " to Rory and my ideas from the heading to this entry.

SC

PS I almost forgot: a very Happy 2008 to all our readers and contributors.