Forward a letter to the Fair Maid’s place (5)

I believe the answer is:

perth

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'the fair maid's place' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'forward a letter' is the wordplay.
'forward' becomes 'pert' (I've seen this before).
'a letter' becomes 'h' (**).
'pert'+'h'='PERTH'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for perth that I've seen before include "Capital of Western Australia" , "Australian state capital" , "Western Australia's capital" , "Scottish/Australian city" , "Town at the head of the Tay estuary" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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