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Most unusual Place name?
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Jean32 | Report | 3 Jul 2006 14:00 |
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Land of Nod is in Yorkshire too. |
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Heather | Report | 3 Jul 2006 14:01 |
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Great Snoring and Little Snoring in Norfolk. Pratts Bottom in Kent where we lived before. Jen, if you google for the Church - you can find a nice pic of it. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 3 Jul 2006 14:06 |
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World's End is a small village in Hampshire. |
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Victoria | Report | 3 Jul 2006 14:28 |
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......Wetwang....near york...makes me laugh everytime I say it!!! vicky |
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Doreen | Report | 3 Jul 2006 14:28 |
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I came across a strret in Hull called The Land of Green Ginger. Anyone know why? |
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Phoenix | Report | 3 Jul 2006 14:37 |
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Used to live near Woolfardisworthy - one of the longest names! Now live near Piddlehinton - part of the Piddle Valley. It's near Tollpuddle - think the area must be quite wet? Kaye x |
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Dizzy Lizzy 205090 | Report | 3 Jul 2006 14:49 |
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A lot of my ancestors, including my maternal grandmother were born in Church - a village near Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire. Apparently Grandma Walmsley used to love telling people she was born in Church! Liz |
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Phoenix | Report | 3 Jul 2006 15:00 |
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Just having a look on internet for unusual place names - you lot got me curious - and I have just found a f*****g in Austria!!!! Oooh and a Dildo in Newfoundland! lol Can you imagine telling someone where you are going on your hols? lol Kaye x |
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Sheila | Report | 3 Jul 2006 16:26 |
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Pratts Bottom - Kent? Loose - bet they have a WI! Great Snoring Norfolk - kids used to laugh at that when they were young Trunch - also Norfolk, cos it's such a 'woody'word My journalist friend found a village called Freeby in Lincs... |
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Nana Anna | Report | 3 Jul 2006 16:37 |
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Whilst transcribing came across 'Dead Womans Bottom' in Somerset nr Whatley. Anna x |
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Cumbrian Caz~**~ | Report | 3 Jul 2006 16:50 |
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bare is a place near here bet we all feel like being in this heat!xxx |
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Jen ~ | Report | 3 Jul 2006 17:44 |
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Been gone a few hours and I can see you've all been busy, some real Howlers here..................LOL. Brian love the Tye and shirt........... And the Ugly womens institute, no wonder they opted to change it. pmsl. Heard of Giggleswick Roxanne and Wetwang Victoria. Wasn't the late Richard Whitely Mayor of Wetwang once? If not, I remember he always used to talk about Wetwang. Doreen, love The Land of Green Ginger.............I wonder if it's en route to the Emerald City LOL? Jen |
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DAVE B | Report | 3 Jul 2006 18:04 |
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Cricket St Thomas always makes me laugh , and Little Peover in Cheshire as well! Dx |
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MaggyfromWestYorkshire | Report | 3 Jul 2006 18:09 |
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Some of my family came from Heck and Cowick, both in Yorkshire |
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Vicky | Report | 3 Jul 2006 18:10 |
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Joe's mention of a certain place in South Yorks reminded me of an amusing sight last year In a field near the A616/A628 junction (the Flouch, if anyone knows it) there was a very large sign advertising the Penistone Show. Trouble is, when you approached the roundabout from the Manchester side, the roadsign obliterated part of the sign advertising the show. Guess what the result was... P****...... Show. I notice they haven't used that sign again this year LOL |
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Little Lost | Report | 3 Jul 2006 18:20 |
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I have just added a photo to the msn Lincoln Meet album.. Not really an unusual name but I promise it was taken in Lincolnshire....... take a look and see. |
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Raven | Report | 3 Jul 2006 18:40 |
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On the drive from Dundee to St Andrews in Fife you go through a little village called Pickettillum. I was born in a village called Crookedholm which is in Ayrshire. Raven |
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Jen ~ | Report | 3 Jul 2006 18:43 |
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Can't get into the groups photos at the moment Gloryer, been trying for the past 15 mins...........doesn't want to know. Jen |
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Little Lost | Report | 3 Jul 2006 18:44 |
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you will be kept in suspense then Jen |
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Jen ~ | Report | 3 Jul 2006 18:47 |
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Ah but, I wont be beaten Gloryer lol! I shall return................... Jen |
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