C.A.T.Ford Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 In Kent the intrepid explorer is bound to visit North Pole. while the more food centred should visit Brown Bread Street. However the devotee of conundra would go to Trottiscliffe and wonder at it being pronounced Trosley! CAT 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, C.A.T.Ford said: In Kent the intrepid explorer is bound to visit North Pole. while the more food centred should visit Brown Bread Street. However the devotee of conundra would go to Trottiscliffe and wonder at it being pronounced Trosley! CAT And the nearby country-park is called Trosley. But a positive shout-out for Woolfardisworthy, on the A39, where a thoughtful LA have appended the local pronunciation "Woolsery" to the village sign to inform us grockles. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.A.T.Ford Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: And the nearby country-park is called Trosley. But a positive shout-out for Woolfardisworthy, on the A39, where a thoughtful LA have appended the local pronunciation "Woolsery" to the village sign to inform us grockles. I was informed at the Leamington show that Godmanchester is pronounced "Gumster" I found it hard to believe but you never know! CAT 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 If we are onto funny rather than exotic names, Ugley Essex says it all. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffAlan Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 County Durham. Already mentioned Quebec Also, Toronto, Once Brewed, Twice Brewed and No Place. Yorkshire. California, part of Great Ayton In York a short street named Whip Ma Whop Ma Gate. In Hull a street named Land of Green Ginger. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted March 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said: If we are onto funny rather than exotic names, Ugley Essex says it all. Years ago I lived in Crapstone... A location of extremes when it came to names, the next village was at the opposite end of that scale with Buckland Monachorum. Edited March 10, 2020 by Reorte 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Just now, Reorte said: Years ago I lived in Crapstone... Presumably not far removed from Penistone? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted March 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said: Presumably not far removed from Penistone? You'd think so! It's actually miles away, in Devon. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) The one that always fascinated me was "Chipshop" in the mining area of Devon near Tavistock . I came upon it in the mid 1960s while exploring the industrial archaeology around Morwellham (long before it became a museum) I had always assumed that the hamlet got its name from there being a fish and chip shop there but the origin of the name is far more interesting. The London owners of copper and arsenic mines in the area were often very late in paying their workers' meagre wages so a form of private money with coins known as chips (think of casino chips) was issued that could eventually be exchanged for legal tender. This was accepted (no doubt at a discount) by local inns and stores including an Inn on an isolated crossroads in the civil Paris of Lamerton on what is now the B3362. This became known as the Chipshop Inn and the small hamlet of about a dozen houses that grew up around it took that name. Though the Inn is now The Copper Penny, the adjoining bus stop (with a bus to and from Tavistock every Friday) is still called The Chipshop Inn. Edited March 10, 2020 by Pacific231G 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said: If we are onto funny rather than exotic names, Ugley Essex says it all. Or just over the border in Hertfordshire you will find Nasty. Bernard 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 10, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said: If we are onto funny rather than exotic names, Ugley Essex says it all. I'm not sure if it still has a WI. The village of Loose near Maidstone still has though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejstubbs Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) In Perthshire there is a village called Dull (twinned with Boring in Oregon and Bland in NSW) and on Orkney there is a village called Twatt; we noticed that Twatt Kirk was up for sale when we visited the area last summer (in fact it looks like it might still be available). ISTR that someone on this forum used to have a road sign to Twatt in their avatar photo. But, as 34C mentioned, most of the names being mentioned are funny or odd rather than actually exotic (which, per its "exo-" prefix, carries the core meaning of "originating in or characteristic of a foreign country"). I would suggest that a lot of the examples cited in this thread are very British (albeit that the Brits are, historically, a mish-mash of races from outside these islands and are therefore arguably "exotic" anyway). Edited March 10, 2020 by ejstubbs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave47549 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) . Edited October 4, 2021 by Dave47549 Removed pointless guff 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2020 3 hours ago, billy_anorak59 said: While I'm here, I'd like to nominate my own village, Offord D'arcy, as a principal character in a Jane Austen novel... Might I suggest Miles Platting as a similar character in romantic novels; he sounds to me like the evil mill owner's son who has designs on the feisty but poverty stricken heroine ('Miles, you utter brute, remove your hand immediately! Remember, you are betrothed to Lady Sylvia Chinless'), who really only has eyes for the handsome union leader, who of course always turns out to be the long lost son of local gentry and heir to a fortune as soon as he pops the question and she accepts. i think I'm into Catherine Cookson territory rather than Jane Austen with this, mind... Bury St Edmunds. Why, is he dead? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted March 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2020 The late Clement Freud once had a racehorse named Dig up St Edmunds, however the Jockey Club rejected the proposed racing name for one of his Geldings, Noble Locks. Meanwhile, there is Gibraltar Point near Skegness, which is Pointless https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gibraltar,+Skegness+PE24+4SU/@53.1034257,0.2751485,12z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47d7c11215994fdb:0xa1628957e84cf758!8m2!3d53.1002583!4d0.322098 As it doesn't seem to have a point. Regards Ian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2020 26 minutes ago, Ian Smeeton said: The late Clement Freud once had a racehorse named Dig up St Edmunds, however the Jockey Club rejected the proposed racing name for one of his Geldings, Noble Locks. While another owner slipped by the JC with the Spooneresque pair Joe Blob and Mary Hinge. Who owned Give Back Calais? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted March 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: While another owner slipped by the JC with the Spooneresque pair Joe Blob and Mary Hinge. Who owned Give Back Calais? We must consider it fortunate that those names were not around when they were choosing names for the Deltics or A3s. Edited March 10, 2020 by Andy Kirkham 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) Out do ya all, 2 miles from here is Shitterton. Mind you, there's also 'Ryme Intrinseca' not too far away to keep yer thinkin'. Edited March 10, 2020 by bike2steam 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Torper Posted March 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2020 Not exactly exotic, but Dundee has recently honoured its most famous kids by naming a street after them: I think that's Wilfred and Plug who are featured. Not far away is City Square where there are bronze statues of Desperate Dan and his dog (Dawg) and Minnie the Minx, the latter complete with catapult. DT 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JDW Posted March 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2020 Not sure it counts as exotic, though certainly other-worldly, last week on my travels for work I found myself looking out at Muckle Flugga lighthouse, which I thought was quite a satisfying name to pronounce. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ramrig Posted March 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2020 go onto Google maps and look for Upton upon Severn Fire Station on Old Street,, then look at the name of the lane running down the side of the building. say no more! another in St Ives. Is Court Cocking off Fore Street. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 32 minutes ago, Torper said: Not exactly exotic, but Dundee has recently honoured its most famous kids by naming a street after them: I think that's Wilfred and Plug who are featured. Not far away is City Square where there are bronze statues of Desperate Dan and his dog (Dawg) and Minnie the Minx, the latter complete with catapult. DT Wonder if they could get Rees Mogg to visit, he is the spitting image of Lord Snooty 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Ramrig said: go onto Google maps and look for Upton upon Severn Fire Station on Old Street,, then look at the name of the lane running down the side of the building. say no more! According to Google that lane is its address. Apparently an "embarassing" or unfortunate street name can knock about 20% off the value of a property which is probably why the developers who built the estate where I once lived didn't keep the area's original name "The Deadlands" Edited March 10, 2020 by Pacific231G 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Torper Posted March 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2020 We've got Gallowshade Road in Forfar. Maybe that's why the average house price there is only £75000. DT 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 14 minutes ago, Pacific231G said: According to Google that lane is its address. Apparently an "embarassing" or unfortunate street name can knock about 20% off the value of a property which is probably why the developers who built the estate where I once lived didn't keep the area's original name "The Deadlands" Doesn't work that way in my village, some of the most expensive houses are in "Crummieholm Gardens" 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now