Amusing UK place names

[SoCalDem]

http://www.jump-around.com/tools/place-names/?a=B
Amusing UK place names
131 of the most stupidly named places in the UK

Thanks to Andy, Rachel & Rupert for their research
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Balls Cross
Beaver Dyke
Bell End
Big End
Bishops Itchington
Bitch Craig
Bitchagreen
Boghead
Booby Dingle
Bottom Burn
Bottom Flash
Box Bush Farm
Box Tunnel
Breasty Haw
Brown Willy
Bummers Hill
Bush Down
Bushy Bottom
Butt Hatch
Buttock
Butty Moss

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Panty Hill
Penishapentre
Penistone
Pett Bottom
Piddle Brook
Piddlehinton
Pishill
Pisser Clough
Poke Holes
Pratt's Bottom


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[izzie]

1. This could take over this site. Start here with Chicken, Alaska

and can you quess why Maine had Poland, Norway, China, Sweden,and as I said funny names could take over this site. I once had a college teacher from England ask me this question. Why are their so many English place names around Boston? Well as a student I could not stop laughing.

[SmileyBoy]

2. Chorlton Cum Hardy. It's a suburb of Manchester.

That's the funniest one, IMO.

[noonwitch]

3. Kentucky's got a couple of good ones-Big Bone Lick SP and Beaverlick.

Not to mention French Lick, Indiana

[demgurl]

4. Back in Newfoundland, Canada, we had neat names.

They included Heart's Content, Joe Batt's Arm, Heart's Desire, Come By Chance and Dildo!!!

Christina

[HEyHEY]

5. Don't forget North Dildo!

And Conception Bay...I imagine there's many cars a rockin on the shore!

[Braden]

6. Dorking

In Kent somewhere there is a town called Dorking.

[LynneSin]

7. But you can't drive through Intercourse in England

http://www.800padutch.com/intercs.shtml

[T_i_B]

8. I've been down Gaping Gill!!

And I can remember when I first went to live outside of South Yorkshire wondering why people found Penistone funny. We don't pronounce it penis-stone but instead we pronounce it pen-is-tun in a good thick Yorkshire accent.

[T_i_B]

9. I've been down Gaping Gill!!

And I can remember when I first went ot live outside of South Yorkshire wondering why people found Penistone funny. We don't pronounce it penis-stone but instead we pronounce it pen-is-tun in a good thick Yorkshire accent.

[SOteric]

10. Still liking 'Wetwang' personally.

I know what y'all are thinking. Don't make me *thwap* you.

[qwertyMike]

11. Douglas Adams

of Hitchiker's Guide fame wrote "The Meaning of Liff" about 20 years ago covering the same topic.
http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/liff.html

I've had many stoned evening of rib-splitting fun reading it.
http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~nhughes/dna/stories/liff.html

My Favourtie is : STURRY