Wonderful Village Names

[Richard A Thackeray]

At work today, I picked up a copy of 'Cycling Weekly' from June, in Radiology, just to read between patients
(one of my collegues drops all his old mags, in various waiting rooms)

The interesting article was the 'Ride With'
In this case 'Crest CC'

Whilst I've never been to, & can imagine no reason to ever go to, Essex, some of the village/hamlet names were wonderful

The map, as it was, in the magazine




I looked on OS 1/25,000 & there's such wonderfully evocative names as;
Aythorpe Roding, White Roding, Leaden Roding, Margaret Roding, Abbess Roding, Beauchamp Roding, High Roding

Then; Maidens, Chimballs, High Easter, Good Easter,

A; Matching, Matching Green, Matching Tye(!!)
And............... Shellow Bowels

 

[screenman]

Essex is great in places, I was very surprised when I first went there.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Very good indeed....i used to like Wetwang which was near Hull i think...always smirked to myself when driving passed the "Wetwang" villgage roadsign .... crickey i am doing it again now, sincere apologies.

 

[steverob]

A few days ago I went through the hamlets of Higher Rads End and Lower Rads End in Bedfordshire. Being someone who loved to play the Fallout series, I was wondering if I should have taken some Rad-X before I went out!

 

[derrick]

Always liked Ivy Chimneys.
Love riding through Essex.

 

[Grant Fondo]

I noticed 'Knob' this and something 'Knob' when in the USA.
Clearly has a different meaning to them + they may be less juvenile than me!

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I rode through these back in the autumn:

 

[briantrumpet]

In Cornwall there's the famous Chipshop, and in Devon there's Crapstone.

But I think my favourite is Nempnett Thrubwell, south of Bristol, as it sounds like a name made up to be very silly, and to be enunciated very clearly by a rather hammy actor.

 

[screenman]

Bell End, near Lickey End.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Very good indeed....i used to like Wetwang which was near Hull i think...always smirked to myself when driving passed the "Wetwang" villgage roadsign .... crickey i am doing it again now, sincere apologies.

Richard Whiteley use to be the mayor of Wetwang

 

[Grant Fondo]

No this isn't in the USA as my earlier post...but come on, is there anyone on CC who would not at least grin a bit whilst pedaling past this sign?

 

[Grant Fondo]

Richard Whiteley use to be the mayor of Wetwang

Cheers for that Leedso!

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Travelling between Cardigan and Haverfordwest you pass through Woodstock and a few miles later through Bethlehem.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

 

[Supersuperleeds]