 The title comes from Gladys Hillier, who was a postwoman for Cranham, a village near Stroud in Gloucestershire, England.As a short-cut, to save a two-mile walk, she used to jump the three feet (~ 1 metre) across a stream on her round.In 1977 the Ordnance Survey agreed to name the spot in her honour, and in 2005 a footbridge was built across the stream.