Whether it was Dick Place in Edinburgh or Crotch Crescent in Oxford the road names were sure to result in a giggle. Scandinavians in Lancashire.

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Funny place names in lancashire. Miscellaneous Addenda Index PAGE 21 22 23 26 65 93 126 139 167 190 224 227. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Incidentally Lancashire is named after the historic city of Lancaster which gives its.

Nob End in South Lancashire came fifth in a poll which asked respondents to rank the nations most bizarrely named. The 100 Rudest Place Names in Britain. Hell Michigan Only 294 miles 473 km from Paradise and quite recently purchased by 25-year old Internet star Elijah Daniel who renamed it Gay Hell to protest The Donald s attitudes towards display of the LGBT pride flag at US.

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Some of the larger settlements of Lancashire. Work in 1922 The Place-Names of Lancashire Manchester. Touch device users explore by touch or with swipe gestures.

Abington Pigotts near Cambridge. This is a list of places within the ceremonial county of Lancashire England. This name is funny in this area of England as Heck is a synonym for Hell.

Anglians in Lancashire. Funny map shows Britains weirdest rudest and silliest place names. But Lancaster these days is a relatively unimportant.

1316 20 DEC 2020. What with Sod Hall Lane Cabus Pimbo and the rest todays walk finished at Crank - not the most distinguished of villages but a nice pub called the Red Cat. And better yet this is only a small selection for more on weird and rude place names have a look at the following books.

It refers to the present-day boundaries of Lancashire which came into. See also Cavalier Approach Memory Lane Quality Street and Letsby Avenue. Abinger Hammer near Guildford Surrey.

From Crackpot to Brown Willy its a list guaranteed to make you giggle. Blackburn hundred West Derby hundred Leyland hundred Amounderness hundred Lonsdale hundred S. Britons in Lancashire Il.

Dingles a reference to Burnleys proximity to Yorkshire LancashireLancs and the other family from the TV soap opera Emmerdale normally used by people from Blackburn Preston and other parts of Lancashire. The University Press and after more than 80 years this is still the most authoritative survey of that county. Advanced embedding details examples and help.

Of the Sands. Place names also represented the trade in which was famous for a particular area. And experts said while many may think their funny street name is a curse.

A part of the village of Eversholt Befordshire Witts End is also a leading light among those rare British place names that also moonlight as sayings. Get the latest news from across Lancashire - dont miss our email bulletins. Embassies during Pride Month.

While Juggs Close in Lewes is thought to have got its name from baskets in which fish were carried known as juggs. A LANCASHIRE town has been named in the Top Ten funniest place names in the UK. Again fairly gentle walking mainly along minor roads but some bits of rather pleasant farm land in between including a place called Promised Land Farm which looked more like building site cum.

LANCASHIRE PLACE-NAMES Salford hundred. The place-names of Lancashire Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Yes these are all real places that somewhere in the UK.

Slag Lane in Haydock Merseyside for example got its name from the coal slag heaps which used to characterise the area. Here is a list of interesting-sounding place names that have been collected over several years. Of the Sands SUMMARY OF RESULTS I.

Jon Macpherson Chief Reporter. Hoo Howe Ware Wye and Wem weird wonderful and wacky British place names.