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Towns, Villages in uk with funny names

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angelic Tue 11-Jun-19 08:26:25

Time for a giggle

Scratchy Bottom

grandMattie Tue 11-Jun-19 12:53:31

In Kent again, Heart’s Delight and Paramour Street (a village)

Diggingdoris Tue 11-Jun-19 12:54:46

My next village is Layer de la Haye. Not many French names in UK.

angelic Tue 11-Jun-19 12:55:42

Brilliant names?
So much sadness and hard times for so many, wanted something to make people smile and perhaps a little chuckle?

Purplepoppies Tue 11-Jun-19 12:57:03

Upper Dicker and Lower Dicker, The Dicker... Hailsham.

jura2 Tue 11-Jun-19 12:59:57

Diggind- funny when English towns have names which say the same twice, representing different invading groups- like Houghton-on-the-Hill (High town (french) on the hill)

Molly10 Tue 11-Jun-19 13:01:39

smile

We are all big kids at heart.

BonnieBlooming Tue 11-Jun-19 13:05:19

We live in Northern Ireland and travel south to West Cork every summer. On the way we pass signs for Borris in Ossary and Horse and Jockey! Before the motorway, on the way to Dublin we would pass Termafeckin.

Kaggi60 Tue 11-Jun-19 13:07:36

King swin Ford

Mauriherb Tue 11-Jun-19 13:17:06

A couple of friends live in Loggerheads, Staffs

Davidhs Tue 11-Jun-19 13:18:45

Dead Mans Green (grave) Staffs

silvercollie Tue 11-Jun-19 13:22:34

How about Nempnett Thrubwell, near Bristol?

fiorentina51 Tue 11-Jun-19 13:28:33

Lord Hereford's Knob.
It's a mountain in Wales. ?
Knockin in Shropshire.....guess what the village shop is called.

fiorentina51 Tue 11-Jun-19 13:29:18

New Invention....Shropshire.

GinJeannie Tue 11-Jun-19 14:01:25

Upper and Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds

TerriBull Tue 11-Jun-19 14:02:56

Following on from your post Diggindoris, another couple French names, in Sussex "Herstmonceux" so near Battle, I really like to think of them bowling over from Normandy and naming it there and then, well after they'd got the battle out of the way. Also in Sussex "Hurstpierpoint"

In Essex just down the road from where my husband comes from "Theydon Bois" the Bois has evolved into "Boys" over the centuries, but I still say Bois to which my husband tells me "that's wrong" and I just retaliate "no you're wrong" and on and on we go, till one of us gets fed up grin "Hainault" nearby which happily remains Hainault or possibly 'aynort, if like my late father in law "Hs" are there to be dropped grin

Nvella Tue 11-Jun-19 15:06:48

Legs55 - as a teenager I used to spend all my summer holidays in Haselbury Plucknett with a friend who lived there. Have always wanted to go back and see it. Happy days!

Suej7 Tue 11-Jun-19 15:21:04

We live in Rotten End

Magrithea Tue 11-Jun-19 16:38:06

DanniRae we've just spent 5 days at Sandy Balls!! Lovely holiday park.

I always giggle at Stratford Tony (south of Salisbury) which makes me think of an East End gangster!!

Barleysugar Tue 11-Jun-19 16:41:33

Chip Shop in Cornwall

Wheniwasyourage Tue 11-Jun-19 16:44:05

When I saw the title, I thought of Maggieknockater, but it doesn't beat some of these ones!

Love the East End gangster, Magrithea grin

Mumben Tue 11-Jun-19 17:57:10

I live about 8 miles away from Ham and 10 miles away from Sandwich in kent

Bathsheba Tue 11-Jun-19 18:08:29

Charles Bottom, Devon grin

nipsmum Tue 11-Jun-19 18:11:11

We used to live near .Muthill.

Bathsheba Tue 11-Jun-19 18:58:28

Please can we have Great Cockup and Little Cockup? (sorry, not towns or villages, but hills in the Lake District!

NanKate Tue 11-Jun-19 19:06:16

I have just booked a Farm Stay holiday in North Piddle in Worcestershire. ?