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Had to share this: Strange Place Names 🇬🇧

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FannyCornforth Mon 07-Nov-22 07:24:31
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Hello 😃
I found this, and knew that you’d like it.
It’s brilliantly random

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rubysong Thu 20-Jun-24 23:20:23

I'm enjoying this thread. I've been up Brown Willy and I've been to Crapstone (I don't think that's been mentioned yet, apologies if it has.) In fact I live about midway between the two.
I was also lucky enough to be in Wetwang one day when their scarecrow festival was on. My husband tried to teach me to drive at Land of Nod and I have been to Land of Green Ginger (a streeet in Hull).

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Scribbles Thu 20-Jun-24 23:28:27

Shellow Bowells (the correct spelling) is a tiny hamlet approximately 6 miles from Chelmsford, Essex. It's very real!

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NotSpaghetti Thu 20-Jun-24 23:57:09

The "piddles" in Dorset are in the Piddle valley. The river Piddle flows out to sea at Poole.

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NotSpaghetti Thu 20-Jun-24 23:58:38

I'm pretty sure Penistone is where Kate Rusby comes from by the way.

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ChrisG59 Fri 21-Jun-24 14:41:44

Hope these help:

www.strangeplacenames.com/full-monty/upper-slaughter

www.strangeplacenames.com/full-monty/lower-slaughter

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Hellogirl1 Fri 21-Jun-24 16:55:41

There used to be a Goosemuck Lane at Stickney, near Boston, but I think it`s been renamed now.

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