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Valerie

Valerie Report 13 May 2013 17:50

have been travelling recently and have been struck by some signposts i have seen with unusual/funny village names.
my current favourites are ryme intrinsica dorset, up sydling dorset, duntisbourne leer gloucestershire and tadpole bridge on the oxfordshire/berkshire borders that is also on the thames.

would love to hear of any others
val
:-)

Cooper

Cooper Report 13 May 2013 17:54

We saw a sign for Six Mile Bottom, on the way to Cambridge :-D

Researching:
Helm Tappenden, Kitchen/Kitchin,(London) Cantwell (southern Ireland)

~`*`Jude`*`~

~`*`Jude`*`~ Report 13 May 2013 18:01

Upper Dicker and Lower Dicker in West Sussex....l went to one of them at a bingo evening when l was a littlie:))....a good few yrs ago too...lol

Also Solomons Tump Glouc, passed the signloads of times:))

jude
:-)

Researching:
Ukraine...

George

George Report 13 May 2013 18:08

There's a village in south east London called Pratts Bottom :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
it used to be in Kent but boundaries have since been moved, it's not far from Biggin Hill.

George :-) :-)

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 13 May 2013 18:09

http://www.anglotopia.net/ultimate-list-of-funny-british-place-names/

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

GeordiePride

GeordiePride Report 13 May 2013 18:13

Two areas in Newcastle called LONGBENTON and TWO BALL LONNEN

GP

BarbinSGlos

BarbinSGlos Report 13 May 2013 18:22

It cant even be called a Hamlet just a few rows of cottages in Yatton Kynell, Chippenham

Called Tiddlywinks. How cute is that :-D

Researching:

GinN

GinN Report 13 May 2013 18:46

A village near Durham is called Pity Me. As I went through on a bus, I often wondered why!

Researching:
Anything and everything that takes my fancy.

Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend

Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend Report 13 May 2013 19:13

Great Bradley in Suffolk is not a funny village name but when someone put Wiggins after the name it amused me :-D

Researching:
The Family

Mayfield

Mayfield Report 13 May 2013 19:32

Yes George and it's right next door to Badgers Mount :-D

Mayfield

Researching:
Moribus facit homo,

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 13 May 2013 20:01

One of my grans was brought up in Pennycomequick in Devon

Researching:
Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side

Robert

Robert Report 13 May 2013 20:07

The village of No Place in County Durham.

BarbinSGlos

BarbinSGlos Report 13 May 2013 20:17

Hi Barry, yep West Country and I went to a dance at the Colerne camp in the 60,s I think I had one too many tipples too LOL. The lads were lovely and I do remember that quite clearly :-D :-D

Researching:

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 13 May 2013 20:22

Worlds End is in Hampshire

Gwyn

McB

McB Report 13 May 2013 20:24

Splott

Near Cardiff

Kim Annette

Kim Annette Report 13 May 2013 21:46

GeordieinNorfolk.....
one of my relatives stated they came from Pity Me.... i thought it was a typo..... :-D

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 13 May 2013 21:52

One of my favourites is Auchenshuggle (East End of Glasgow)

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 13 May 2013 22:04

Ham is near Sandwich in Kent.

Gwyn

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 13 May 2013 22:05

Lower Peover used to be about halfway between Wolverhampton and Preston on old road before M6 was built. And Pidley near St Ives in Cambs.

Between Elstree and Potters Bar there is a Trotters Bottom. I was driving that way one morning to work, and radio announcer on LBC said "Car Reg No B432DUV has phoned it to say he is stuck in a traffic jam in Trotters Bottom near Cuffley" Fortunately queue was in other direction to me, so I and quite a few drivers gave the poor so and so a hoot and a wave as we sailed past his jam :-D

Researching:
Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

GinN

GinN Report 13 May 2013 22:05

I rather like Six Mile Bottom in Cambs.

Researching:
Anything and everything that takes my fancy.

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