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08-14-2006, 11:31 AM | #1 |
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Unusual Place Names
Following the place names listed in the Where You Are thread (Cities & Travel).
I'm cheating because I'm asking people to post place names they know, whereas I was simply sent these. I have been to some of them, but am offering the list as a thread starter: · Ae near Dumfries. The shortest place name in Britain. · Badger's Mount near Farnborough. · Balls Cross, West Sussex. · Barton in the Beans, west of Leicester. · Botusfleming, near SaltashCornwall. · Bozomzeal near Dartmouth, Devon. · Briantspuddle near Dorchester. · Broadwoodwidger near Launceston. · Catbrain near Cribb's Causeway, north of Bristol. · Chaldron Herring near Lulworth Cove. · Chignall Smeally near Chelmsford, Essex. · Compton Pauncefoot near Yeovil. · Dog Village near Exeter. · Eccup north of Leeds. · Foul Mile near Hailsham, East Sussex. · Frenchbeer on Dartmoor. · Goonbell near Redruth, Cornwall. · Grimness on South Ronaldsay, Orkney. · Great Snoring near Walsingham, Norfolk. · Gussage St. Michael near Blandford Forum, Dorset. · Heanton Punchardon near Barnstaple. · Heckmondwike east of Halifax, West Yorkshire. · Heglibister on the Mainland of Shetland. · Helions Bumpstead near Saffron Walden. · Hinton-in-the-Hedges near Banbury, Oxfordshire. · Hole in the Wall near Ross-on-Wye. · Hoyland Swaine west of Barnsley. · Huish Episcopi near Langport, Somerset. · Idle near Bradford. · Kettlesing Bottom west of Harrogate, North Yorkshire. · Killiecrankie near Pitlochrie. · Leake Hurn's End near Boston, west of the Wash. · Lower Slaughter near Bourton on the Water. · Mabe Burnthouse, Falmouth, Cornwall. · Mumps, Oldham, Greater Manchester. · Nasty near Stevenage. · Nempnett Thrubwell between Bath and Weston super Mare. · Netherthong near Huddersfield. · Nether Wallop near Andover. · Old Wives Lees near Canterbury. · Oswaldtwistle near Blackburn. · Piddlehinton near Dorchester. · Pity Me north of Durham. · Pratt's Bottom near Farnborough. · Praze-an-Beeble near Cambourne. · Ruyton-XI-Towns Shropshire. · Ryme Intrinsica near Yeovil. · Sheepy Parva near Nuneaton. · Shellow Bowells near Chelmsford, Essex. · Six Mile Bottom near Cambridge. · The Dicker near Hailsham, East Sussex. · Throcking near Stevenage. · Thrupp near Stroud (also one near Oxford) · Thwing near Bridlington. · Twatt on the Mainland of Orkney. · Ugglebarnby near Whitby. · Ugley near Bishop's Stortford. · Upton Snodsbury near Worcester. (Borsetshire) · Westonzoyland near Bridgewater, Somerset. · Westward Ho! Devon. · Wetwang near Bridlington. · Wormiehills on the coast, east of Dundee. · Yarrow Feus south of Edinburgh. · Yetts O'Muckhart east of Stirling. · Yockenthwaite in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire. · Zeal Monachorum north-west of Exeter. ... and feel free to add any from your own experience!
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