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Cornwall has amongst others ...

Doublebois - Double boys
Mousehole - Mouzel
and
Gweek - Gwigg
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Also in Cornwall is a 'Cocks'
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Alexia
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The river Piddle in Dorset gave rise to various town/village names with the word "Piddle" in them... which were rapidly changed to Puddle (i.e. Tolpuddle) sometime in history when a royal visit was due to take place.

Just outside Truro there is a village called "Playing Place" - not a place for tomfoolery, but a place where plays were performed.

On the road to Cornwall, there is a "Upper Taphouse", "Middle Taphouse" and "Lower Taphouse" all in a row.
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Right near here is a Mavis Enderby, a place I am not surprised to learn is in the Meaning of Liff!

MAVIS ENDERBY (n.)
The almost-completely-forgotten girlfriend from your distant past for
whom your wife has a completely irrational jealousy and hatred.
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Alexia wrote:On the road to Cornwall, there is a "Upper Taphouse", "Middle Taphouse" and "Lower Taphouse" all in a row.
Pedant of Wiltshire here!

They're actually East Taphouse, Middle Taphouse and West Taphouse and are in Cornwall, being between Dobwalls (an interesting name in iteslf) and Lostwithiel.

I know them well; they're on the road down to Fowey (pronounced Foy).
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Nick Harvey wrote:
Alexia wrote:On the road to Cornwall, there is a "Upper Taphouse", "Middle Taphouse" and "Lower Taphouse" all in a row.
Pedant of Wiltshire here!

They're actually East Taphouse, Middle Taphouse and West Taphouse and are in Cornwall, being between Dobwalls (an interesting name in iteslf) and Lostwithiel.

I know them well; they're on the road down to Fowey (pronounced Foy).
*salutes* Quite correct sir; I apologise to all residents of the Taphouses for my faulty memory.
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I think the area around Chilbolton in Hampshire have some of the most baffling names ever, namely because they're all so similar.
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We have neighbouring villages called Ham and Sandwich.
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Spot the c**t. Or the wang.
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isn't Wetwang always on the map because swoonorama is the honorary mayor?

Out of interest, is Levy the mayor of anywhere? Answers on a postcard.
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