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Bill D (wwh)
7th December 2008, 03:17 PM
What unusual, interesting or amusing place names have you come across?

My favourite is probably Rhyme Intrinsica in Dorset. One near me that amuses many people is Nether Wallop - there are also Middle and Upper Wallops.

Matrix
7th December 2008, 04:41 PM
When I was a delivery driver my round included a village near Llandysul called


Ffostrasol :eek:


Always made me chuckle anyway :ph34r:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&resnum=0&q=ffostrasol&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title

Just Roger
7th December 2008, 06:51 PM
Dorset area seems to do quite well with good old Whitchurch Canonicorum and also Curry Rivel (Typo for Curried Rivel???) and also, of course the piddles and puddles:- Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide,Puddletown, Tolpuddle (as in Martyrs) and Affspuddle.

My favourite though is Woolfardisworthy in Devon - pronounced Woolsery.

gazooks
7th December 2008, 09:59 PM
In East Anglia you have Six Mile Bottom :D

esim
7th December 2008, 11:11 PM
How about the small town of Knockin (Shropshire). There is a small shop there called - yes, you guessed it.

Ten point nine
7th December 2008, 11:46 PM
When I worked in shropshire I remember an airfield with a grass strip at Sleep and an airfield at Little Snoring in Norfolk

nobbynobbs
8th December 2008, 06:48 AM
There's always BEER in devon :)

gazooks
8th December 2008, 09:42 AM
There is Cold Christmas in Herts :socool:

Mrs Blorenge
8th December 2008, 11:11 AM
Up in Scotland, at 56°14.082'N, 3°38.156'W, there's a hill called Ben Thrush. Just about a mile and a half east of it there's a stream which indicates an unfortunate symptom.

I'll let you search it out on MM.

:ph34r:

ivanidea
8th December 2008, 12:50 PM
There is a Youth Hostel (licenced) at Once Brewed, Nortumberland, close to Hadrian's Wall .

Another at Beer (mentioned above - also licenced). Do you notice any connection? :beer::cheers:

Ivan

DrDick&Vick
8th December 2008, 05:34 PM
Upper Dicker
Lower Dicker
Ripe

All in Sussex

Maple Leaf
8th December 2008, 07:05 PM
Nempnett Thrubwell in Somerset

Dave Gerrie
9th December 2008, 01:32 PM
I'm almost certain I remeber seeing Phillips Bottom in the Forest of Dean... :D

keehotee
9th December 2008, 01:45 PM
I like Catbrain in Bristol so much I'm working on a cache to put there...

Mrs Blorenge
9th December 2008, 02:38 PM
Bay of Biscay is to be found inland from Penzance and there's also the lovely Merry Meeting down that way.

I also think that Pennycomequick in Devon interesting: Must look up the origins of that one sometime.

gazooks
9th December 2008, 04:01 PM
There is a stream near Perth called F*n*y burn :D

Mrs Blorenge
9th December 2008, 04:19 PM
There is a stream near Perth called F*n*y burn :D
See my post #9 - That's the one ;)

gazooks
9th December 2008, 04:28 PM
See my post #9 - That's the one ;)

Missed that one.... but great minds (or mucky ones) think alike :applause::cool:

Dark_Faerie
22nd December 2008, 04:25 PM
Nearly crashed when I drove past a sign for Cocks in Cornwall not sure where, we were taking a 'detour'. There's a small Hamlet near Chesterfield, Derbys called Cock Alley and a Street in Killamarsh near Sheffield called Fanny Avenue!
Could go on all day, Got a book of the 100 rudest place names.

*mouse*
22nd December 2008, 04:44 PM
Me caching in Orkney a few years ago....... says it all really......

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq282/alievans79/001.jpg

L8HNB
22nd December 2008, 07:03 PM
Theres a very old rhyme from around here:

Upton Snodsbury, Peopleton and Crowle,
Wyre Piddle, North Piddle And Piddle in the Hole......

All villages near to the Piddle Brook.

(Apart from Piddle in the Hole, that just makes the rhyme up!)

Just up the road from me is Lazy Lane too.

H

Craig W
19th January 2009, 09:46 PM
Nempnett Thrubwell in Somerset

That's a winner for me!

Hello - first post - couldn't resist the thread topic. My favourite was Cwm Felin Boeth in Carmarthen - was disappointed to discover it is not pronounced as I imagined!


As far as people's names go, my favourite has always been Tokyo Sexwale...