Favourite Town Names

[Fidgits]

We've all done it, I'm sure...

Been driving down an A-road, seen a road sign, and had a chuckle at some of the names of towns...

My fave's have to be:

1. Box

2. Beer

3. Giggleswick

4. Wigglesworth

[NigeSt]

Oswaldtwistle, pronounced 'ozzletwistle' by the locals, is a great one.

Nige

[tony_hetherington]

There's a picture of me and 5 mates on the way down to Newquay from Kent standing beside a big road sign, showing directions on how to get to......

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(not iwshing to swear, the name of the place is C O C K

oi-silly swear filter. that's a place !!!! he he.

[rhaines]

Use to pass a signpost to the 'Land of Nod' quire regularly when travelling between Wakefield and Flamborough which I always used to laugh at...

[l3arx]

Someone sent me a picture of a place in the States called D i c k Lick Springs,

In the UK i drove through a village called Tiddlywink, it consisted of about 5 houses,

[Fidgits]

In the UK i drove through a village called Tiddlywink, it consisted of about 5 houses,

Yeah, it's on the way to Castle Combe.. about 5 mins from where I live....

[adeyb]

****T - [in the orkneys]

[rhaines]

Couldn't remember a lot I used to pass through so did a quick search on the web and found the following...

Chicksands, Bedfordshire - Sounds fun :)

Dirty Gutter, Staffordshire - best avoided....

Little Snoring, Norfolk

Loose, Kent - named after the inhabitants ???

Pity Me, Durham

Sockburn, Darlington - American Pie anyone :P

Stop-and-call, Pembrokeshire

Just a few to start with !

[Bazza-old]

upper and lower dicker

kent/sussex somewhere

ian : have you got mrs mop to do your job as well

got to much time on your hands

[djanderso]

Wetwang in Yorkshire

[tony_hetherington]

check this list (blatantly found on the net somewhere ;))

Apes Hall, Norfolk

Askham Richard, Yorkshire

Bedburn, Durham

Blackadder, Scottish Borders

Black Dog, Devon

Boot, Cumbria

Booze, North Yorkshire

Breach, Kent

Broadrashes, Moray

Brokenborough, Wiltshire

Burnt Houses, Durham

Busta, Shetland

Caynham, Shropshire

Chicksands, Bedfordshire

Clappers, Northumberland

Climpy, South Lanarkshire

Cowbit, Lincolnshire

Cowbeech, East Sussex

Crackpot, North Yorkshire

Cults, Dumfries and Galloway

Dirty Gutter, Staffordshire

Dungy Head, Dorset

Diss, Norfolk

Dog Village, Devon

Dollarbeg, Clackmannanshire

Drunkendub, Angus

Drymen, Stirling

Dubheads, Perth and Kinross

Duck End, Essex

Duffus, Moray

Egypt, Hampshire

Eye, Suffolk

Fakenham, Norfolk

Fans, Scottish Borders

Far Gearstones, North Yorkshire

Fartown, Kirklees

Fatfield, Tyne & Wear

Fattahead, Aberdeenshire

Felldownhead, Devon

Filgrave, Milton Keynes

Flash, Staffordshire

Floors, North Ayrshire

Folly Gate, Devon

Foulden (Lothian, Scotland)

Foul Mile, East Sussex

Frenchbeer, Devon

Frisby On The Wreake, Leicestershire

Frog Pool, Worcestershire

Gass, South Ayrshire

Giggleswick, North Yorkshire

Godolphin Cross, Cornwall

Goosey, Oxfordshire

Gospel End, Staffordshire

Great Snoring, Norfolk

Gurney Slade, Avon

Hammer, West Sussex

Hell Gate, Telford and Wrekin

Herodsfoot, Cornwall

Herringfleet, Norfolk

Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne and Wear

High Ham, Somerset

High Wych, Hertfordshire

Hinderwell, Yorkshire

Hoe, Norfolk

Hole in the Wall, Derbyshire

Hook-a-gate, Shropshire

Hope, Shropshire

Hopton Wafers, Shropshire

Idle, Nottinghamshire

Inkpen, West Berkshire

Intake, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire

Jump, South Yorkshire

Kennyhill, Norfolk

Killiecrankie, Perth and Kinross

Kilmahog, Stirling

Kilmany, Fife

Knockdown, Avon

Knockin, Shropshire

Little Snoring, Norfolk

Little Town, Cumbria

Little Wratting, Suffolk

Long Waste, Shropshire

London Apprentice, Cornwall

Loose, Kent

Lost, Aberdeenshire

Lower Down, Shropshire

Mindrum, Northumberland

Mockbeggar, Kent

More, Shropshire

Morphie, Aberdeenshire

Mousehole, Cornwall

Mucking, Thurrock

Muddles Green, East Sussex

Nasty, Hertfordshire

New Invention, Somerset

Nitshill, Glasgow

North Piddle, Worcestershire

Nun Monkton, North Yorkshire

Old Scone, Perth and Kinross

Oldwhat, Aberdeenshire

Old Wives Lees, Kent

Oliver's Battery, Hampshire

Paradise, Cornwall

Pidley, Cambridgeshire

Pity Me, Durham

Pixey Green, Suffolk

Pokesdown, Dorset

Portknockie, Moray

Pott Row, Norfolk

Pucklechurch, South Gloucestershire

Puddledock, Norfolk

Puddletown, Dorset

Rest and be Thankful, Argyll and Bute

Rougham, Norfolk

Ryton, Warwickshire

Sandwich, Kent

Scaldwell, Northamptonshire

Shelve, Shropshire

Shop, Devon

Shover's Green, East Sussex

Sillyearn, Moray

Simonsbath, Somerset

Slapton, Buckinghampshire

Snig's End, Gloucestershire

Soar, Carmarthenshire

Sockburn, Darlington

South Flobbets, Aberdeenshire

Sparrowpit, Derbyshire

Spital In The Street, Lincolnshire

Splott, Cardiff

Spott, East Lothian

Staylittle, Powys

Stix, Perth and Kinross

Stop-and-call, Pembrokeshire

Stratton Strawless, Norfolk

Sway, Hampshire

Sweet Appletree, Shropshire

Tarring Neville, East Sussex

Teasses, Fife

The Bog, Shropshire

The Cronk, Isle of Man

Ticklerton, Shropshire

Tongue, East Ayrshire

Top End, Bedfordshire

Toy's Hill, Kent

Tradespark, Orkney

Twelveheads, Cornwall

Underriver, Kent

Unthank, Cumbria

Upend, Cambridgeshire

Upper Tooting, Wandsworth

Warboys, Cambridgeshire

Warcop, Cumbria

Washaway, Cornwall

Watchet, Somerset

Waterhouses, Staffordshire

Wendy, Cambridgeshire

Windy Yet, East Ayrshire

Wressle, North Lincolnshire

Middle Wallop, Hampshire

Wormelow Tump, Herefordshire

Wham, North Yorkshire

Yelling, Cambridgeshire

Yonder Bognie, Aberdeenshire

USA

Candle, Alaska

Kake, Alaska

Mary's Igloo, Alaska

Monkey's Eyebrow, Arizona

Why, Arizona

Bonanza, Colorado

Hasty, Colorado

Hygiene, Colorado

Joes, Colorado

Last Chance, Colorado

Paradox, Colorado

Yellow Jacket, Colorado

Briny Breezes, Florida

Day, Florida

Picnic, Florida

Spuds, Florida

Two Egg, Florida

Birds, Illinois

Energy, Illinois

Normal, Illinois

Oblong, Illinois

Birds Eye, Indiana

Santa Claus, Indiana

Solitude, Indiana

Tingley, Iowa

What Cheer, Iowa

Protection, Kansas

Speed, Kansas

Pumpkin Center, Louisiana

Slaughter, Louisiana

Trout, Louisiana

Waterproof, Louisiana

Hell, Michigan

Paradise, Michigan

Saline, Michigan

Welcome, Minnesota

Hot Coffee, Mississippi

Money, Mississippi

Improve, Mississippi

Shivers, Mississippi

Weed, New Mexico

Zap, North Dakota

Happyland, Oklahoma

Boring, Oregon

Drain, Oregon

Tea, South Dakota

Difficult, Tennessee

Flippin, Tennessee

Spot, Tennessee

Index, Washington

Alloy, West Virginia

Odd, West Virginia

[rhaines]

not "http://www.geoexplorer.co.uk/sections/place_names.htm" by any chance

[Fidgits]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm....

Missed the point I think

The idea was town names YOU HAVE SEEN... oh well, there's always one :winky:

[l3arx]

QUOTE (l3arx @ May 27 2003, 02:43 PM)

In the UK i drove through a village called Tiddlywink, it consisted of about 5 houses, 

Yeah, it's on the way to Castle Combe.. about 5 mins from where I live....

Thats where I was going

[Steve]

Sandy Balls in between Salisbury and Rimgwood

[rhaines]

or two I think you'll find if you read the posts :mat:

[Fidgits]

or two I think you'll find if you read the posts :mat:

But it comes as no surprise that you are the other one Ryan....

[tony_hetherington]

not "http://www.geoexplorer.co.uk/sections/place_names.htm" by any chance

that'll be it :)

sorry tho guys - was just trying to show some of the others that are around.

my one genuine one though is still C O C K, that is on the way down to Newquay.

Also......did you know that NEWARK is the only place in England that has an anagram of (well,work it out!). I got that from a Jasper Carrot sketch of YEARS ago !

[rhaines]

not "http://www.geoexplorer.co.uk/sections/place_names.htm" by any chance

that'll be it :)

sorry tho guys - was just trying to show some of the others that are around.

my one genuine one though is still C O C K, that is on the way down to Newquay.

Also......did you know that NEWARK is the only place in England that has an anagram of (well,work it out!). I got that from a Jasper Carrot sketch of YEARS ago !

LOL, took me a while but pretty apt considering the place name you've spotted :D

[altezzaz]

I always thought Five Mile Bottom was unusual (near Newmarket)

Or Bacon End (A120) if you're feeling peckish, but my favorite is still Ugley - home of the Ugley Womens Institute.... until they sussed that one - It's now the WI of Ugley.

[14yrold]

Goonhilly, Flushing and Looe

All in Cornwall

[Mike IS200]

****t

Here goes..........Person unknown

[GRiM]

Well, there'a Muff in N.Ireand.

And searching on that I found these wonders of the world...

Arsoli (Lazio, Italy)

B@stard* (Norway)

Beaver (Oklahoma, USA)

Beaver Head (Idaho, USA)

Chinaman's Knob (Australia)

Climax (Colorado, USA)

Dildo (Newfoundland, Canada)

Dong Rack (Thailand-Cambodia border)

Dongo (Congo -Democratic Republic)

Donk (Belgium)

Fuku (Shensi, China)

Fukue (Honshu, Japan)

Fukum (Yemen)

Intercourse (Pennsylvania, USA)

Lickey End (West Midlands, UK)

Lord Berkeley's Knob (Sutherland, Scotland)

Middle Intercourse Island (Australia)

Muff (Northern Ireland)

Nobber (Donegal, Ireland)

Pis Pis River (Nicaragua)

Sexmoan (Luzon, Philippines)

Seymen (Turkey)

Shafter (California, USA)

Shag Island (Indian Ocean)

Sh1tlingthorpe (Yorkshire, UK)

Stains (Near Paris, France)

Tittybong (Australia)

Turdo (Romania)

****t (Orkney, UK)

****t (Shetland, UK)

W@nkendorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

W@nkener (India)

W@nkie (Zimbabwe)

W@nkie Colliery (Zimbabwe)

W@nks River (Nicaragua)

Wet Beaver Creek (Australia)

:D :D

[Monster-Mat]

theres a W@NKUM on the german - dutch border

and a W@NK in southern germany near Garmisch

[Claire G]

Someone sent me a picture of a place in the States called D i c k Lick Springs,

In the UK i drove through a village called Tiddlywink, it consisted of about 5 houses,

I went through Tiddlywink the other week - brilliant