Odd place names.

[Sbudge]

Passed through "Weston-under-Lizard" at the weekend.

 

[Sillyoldman]

Well after a night on the curry who hasn't?

 

[Brian Stacks]

Road through an area in Suffolk called middle bottom

 

[Dogtrousers]

There's a little place called Pootings just south of Westerham which I rather like. And we went through Toot Hill on Friday night.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

South-west of St Austell in Cornwall, there's two villages;

London Apprentice, & Sticker


See maps below pictures;
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/113215
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/113340

 

[Gixxerman]

There is a place called Shilbottle in Northumberland.
It seems that the road signs are subject to repeated graffiti attacks by crossing the first 'l' to make it a 't' spelling out Shitbottle.
When returning from a climbing Trip in Scotland once I noticed the modified sign.
Wikipedia has a entry discussing it:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilbottle

 

[youngoldbloke]

There is a place called Shilbottle in Northumberland.
It seems that the road signs are subject to repeated graffiti attacks by crossing the first 'l' to make it a 't' spelling out Shitbottle.
When returning from a climbing Trip in Scotland once I noticed the modified sign.
Wikipedia has a entry discussing it:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilbottle

Know it well. It really isn't that bad

 

[youngoldbloke]

Feeling sorry for yourself? why not move to Pity Me near Durham?

 

[Brains]

South-west of St Austell in Cornwall, there's two villages;

London Apprentice, & Sticker


See maps below pictures;
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/113215
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/113340

Whist we are on Cornish names
There is also a place nearby called 'Shop' which is near 'Bugle' , 'Green Splat' and 'Fox Hole' and Sweet House'
Near 'Rock' (Home of the Rock Bun shop) is 'Pityme' (where the pub is Pityme Knot) close to 'Wash Away' not far from 'Hell Land'

You could always visit the Saint of Dentists in "St Teath" or the saint of students 'St Tudy' or perhaps the saint of long waits in 'St Kew' or the naughty saint in 'St Eval'

To the south is the port of Foul Mouth (think about it) which is near 'The Lizard'

 

[Kempstonian]

Six Mile Bottom, a hamlet within the parish of Little Wilbraham, near Cambridge

Great Snoring and Little Snoring in Norfolk

 

[Dave 123]

Six Mile Bottom, a hamlet within the parish of Little Wilbraham, near Cambridge

Great Snoring and Little Snoring in Norfolk

I tweak the Bottom slightly and pronounce it Sick smile Bottom. No better, no worse!

 

[Dirk]

Whist we are on Cornish names
There is also a place nearby called 'Shop' which is near 'Bugle' , 'Green Splat' and 'Fox Hole' and Sweet House'
Near 'Rock' (Home of the Rock Bun shop) is 'Pityme' (where the pub is Pityme Knot) close to 'Wash Away' not far from 'Hell Land'

You could always visit the Saint of Dentists in "St Teath" or the saint of students 'St Tudy' or perhaps the saint of long waits in 'St Kew' or the naughty saint in 'St Eval'

To the south is the port of Foul Mouth (think about it) which is near 'The Lizard'

Not forgetting 'Indian Queens' and 'Praze an Beeble'.

 

[Drago]

 

[Dave 123]

And just what was @Drago doing entering a back passage?

 

[Brains]

Makes you realise just how big the population of saints was back in the day. St Abbs, Aethans, Arvans, Asaph, Bees ... Veep, Vigeans, Wenn, Weonards, Winnow.

Then there's the French ones, Abit, Acheul, Ail (Saint Garlic?), Ambreuil ... Vrain, Vulbas, Waast, Witz.

Even allowing for duplication due to regional spelling and translation that's a lot of saints.

The Cornish saints list runs to well over 100 names, as kids it was a 'long journey game' with the car atlas to see who could name a place with each letter of the alphabet.

Cornwall is good area for odd names as there is Mount Misery, Camel Ford (Oxford, De(e)pford, B(r)entford Wainford all make sense, but Camels??)
Box Shop (limited stock ?), Goon Gumpus, Knave go By, Wheal Busy, and many more