Bizzare Place names

steddenm · Sun 27 Sep, 2009 14.27

I have found a few more...

Six Mile Bottom, Newmarket
Bitchfield, Grantham
Wormegay, Kings Lynn
Nasty, Ware
Three Cocks, Brecon
Cockermouth, Cumbria
Bell End, Hereford & Worcester
Nob End, Bolton
Boysack, Angus
Twathats, Dumfries & Galloway

Col · Sun 27 Sep, 2009 15.15

Hymagumba wrote:isn't Wetwang always on the map because swoonorama is the honorary mayor?

Yes. Even on Dudson-less forecasts, it's still on the map.

Malpass93 · Tue 06 Oct, 2009 22.28

Other than the Scunthorpe one, nothing like that comes to mind.

In Nottinghamshire there is the "Sowthwell" vs "Suvvwell" vs "Sarfwell" argument, with regard to pronunciation.

Chie · Tue 06 Oct, 2009 22.31

Malpass93 wrote:Other than the Scunthorpe one, nothing like that comes to mind.

In Nottinghamshire there is the "Sowthwell" vs "Suvvwell" vs "Sarfwell" argument, with regard to pronunciation.

It's pronounced 'Suthull'.

Malpass93 · Tue 06 Oct, 2009 22.36

Chie wrote:
Malpass93 wrote:Other than the Scunthorpe one, nothing like that comes to mind.

In Nottinghamshire there is the "Sowthwell" vs "Suvvwell" vs "Sarfwell" argument, with regard to pronunciation.
It's pronounced 'Suthull'.

Thank you. I'll try again.

In Nottinghamshire there is the "Sowthwell" vs "Suthull" vs "Sarfwell" argument, with regard to pronunciation.

I agree with you Chie, for the record.

Chie · Sat 26 Jun, 2010 22.39

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=53.216 ... Derbyshire

GavBelfast · Sat 26 Jun, 2010 23.31

Twatt has already been mentioned, but just a bit further along is Upper Twatt.

In County Donegal, Muff always deserves an honourable mention.

Nick Harvey · Sat 26 Jun, 2010 23.45

Glad this thread has popped up again.

I think I may have mentioned this place (or, technically, these places) before. Just north of Salisbury (Wiltshire).

Parbold 103.53 · Sun 27 Jun, 2010 01.05

Nick Harvey wrote:Round the corner from Westward Ho! is Woolfardisworthy, which, as I'm sure you know, is pronounced 'Woosery'.

Then there's Mildenhall in Suffolk, pronounced 'Mildenhall'; and Mildenhall in Wiltshire, pronounced 'Minull'.

And who remembers whether it's the Dorset Gillingham or the Kent one with the soft sounded 'G'?

On the subject of indeterminate pronuncation, there are two places on Merseyside called Meols, which change their pronunciation depending on which side of the Mersey they are.

The one near Southport (actually North Meols) is pronounced, as you would expect, "Meels".
The one on the Wirral, however, is pronounced "Mells"

Can't think of any rude ones off the top of my head, but the Lancashire villages of Pimbo (near Skelmersdale) and Hag Fold (near Atherton) are just plain odd.

StevieB · Thu 01 Jul, 2010 23.30

Just back from a Duke of Ed expedition in Donegal on Monday and found this sign rather amusing:

Invent Meridian · Fri 02 Jul, 2010 13.19

There is a Hoe Gate in Hampshire, which features Hoe Street!

We also have some despressing place names such as No Man's Land (two of them in fact albeit the other consists of one long word) and World's End!