Strange Place Names in UK

[drochit]

There are some strange names for places around Aberdeen such as Fattahead, South Flobbets, Lost, Morphie, OldWhat, and Yonder Bognie. There must be other areas of the UK with similar strange names. Where's the most unusual ?

[JFK]

I used to live near a place called Pratt's Bottom. And I once heard of a place called Lord Hereford's Knob.

[sddsddean]

In Lincolnshire there is a sign that says 'To Mavis Enderby and Old Bolingbroke'. Underneath, some wag has written 'The gift of a son'.

[banana]

I reently made a detour to WETWANG in Yorkshire just to say I had been there. They have a fetsival of scarecrows every year where individuals and groups can make a scarwcrow of notable figures and put them up in public places. Richard Whitely (of countdown fame) is the Mayor. We also went to TERMONFECKIN in Ireland for the same reason .-Well it gets us out of the house.

[priveet]

How about Booze (Yorks),Clappers (Northumberland), Dirty Gutter (Staffs), Loose (Kent) and Yelling (Cambs).

[Hippy]

Here in the North East we have Washington, Philadelphia, Wide Open, and Pity Me to name a few. However, two street names always cause smutty amusement. Two Ball Lonnen in Fenham, Newcastle, was a lane (lonnen) with two posts at one end. These posts were topped by large decorative balls.

On the outskirts of Winlaton Knobbyends Lane is still a reguar with lovers, but I don't think that's how its name originated.

I pity the person that lives at 69 Mincing Lane in London. I hope they keep their Back Passage clean! - - - - Enough allredy!

[answerbok]

Catbrain near Bristol,,
Blubberhouses, Yorks,,,,
Loggerheads, Shrops,, ,,
Ugley, Essex,, ,,
Giggleswick North Yorkshire,,,,
Nasty near Stevenage,,,,
Nempnett Thrubwell near Bath,,,,
Thwing, Yorks.

[andjac]

there's a district of Bradford called Idle and wait for it........................................an Idle working mens club

[omblod]

There's a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, called Tandragee. Most Irish placename dictionaries will translate the original Irish Gaelic name as meaning "Leeside". They fail to tell you that the Irish "T�n Dra Gaoithe", from which Tandragee derives, literally translates as "Arse to Wind".

[coemgen]

Piddle valley (near buckinghamshire) and shitterton (Devon) are two that spring to mind.

[tom_newbury]

some villages near Halifax, West Yorkshire, are built on the side of valleys - and as a result are divided into their respective "top" "middle" and "bottom"s when named. Slack Bottom is my personal favourite.