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Village names !
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Sandra B | Report | 16 May 2006 12:52 |
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Any funny village names....I used to live in The Wallops in Hampshire, which was where Miss Marple was filmed...The Joan Hickson one... |
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HeatherinLeicestershire | Report | 16 May 2006 12:59 |
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'Little C*ckup' & Great C*ckup both in the LakeDistrict :)) Heather x |
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Barbara | Report | 16 May 2006 13:00 |
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Constable Burton in north yorkshire, or Cumber Lower in northern Ireland where lots of my ancestors came from, it always sounds to me like an unfortunate condition.............. |
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Sandra B | Report | 16 May 2006 13:01 |
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Never heard of any of them!!!Thank goodness for ** |
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Suzanne | Report | 16 May 2006 13:07 |
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Just a few: Badgers Mount (Kent, UK) Brown Willy (Cornwall,UK) Horneyman (Kent, UK) Lord Berkeley's Knob (Scotland) Lower Piddle on the Marsh (Gloucestershire, UK) Muff (Northern Ireland) Nob End (Bolton, UK) Pratts Bottom in Orpington, Kent, UK Pussy Creak (Ireland) Six Mile Bottom (Cambridge, UK) Three Cocks (Wales, UK) Twatt (Orkney, UK) Suzanne XX |
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Unknown | Report | 16 May 2006 13:09 |
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Loggerheads, think its in Shropshire |
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Suzanne | Report | 16 May 2006 13:11 |
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Not a funny village name but on the same lines;;;; I once had a customer whose name was Felix Felix and he came from Felixstowe! LOL... poor man. Suzanne X |
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Sandra B | Report | 16 May 2006 13:14 |
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Suzanne, what a show off !!! Have heard of the Pratts bottom...Brother in law lives in Orpington.... Have a cat called Felix..... |
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Unknown | Report | 16 May 2006 13:16 |
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Pity Me ----- Think its in Durham |
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Sandra B | Report | 16 May 2006 13:16 |
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Joan, imagine that on your address.....! |
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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ | Report | 16 May 2006 13:22 |
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Barbara......It's Burton Constable ;-) |
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Ladylol Pusser Cat | Report | 16 May 2006 13:42 |
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balloch, north lanacshire hello x |
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Ladylol Pusser Cat | Report | 16 May 2006 13:43 |
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cockett, swansea |
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Ladylol Pusser Cat | Report | 16 May 2006 13:44 |
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cocklake, somersette, anyone fancy a swim |
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Unknown | Report | 16 May 2006 13:55 |
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Llanfairpwillgwyngychgogerchwyrndrobwillantysiliogogogoch Sorry couldn't resist!!! LOL |
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Woody's | Report | 16 May 2006 13:56 |
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There's a place called LOST in Aberdeen-shire - made the news last year because people kept pinching the sign!! |
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Carol | Report | 16 May 2006 13:58 |
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In Sussex there is a place called Upper Dicker and Lower Dicker!! |
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Sandra B | Report | 16 May 2006 14:41 |
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I wonder who names these villages.....been away , just checking thread..... |
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Sandra B | Report | 16 May 2006 14:51 |
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I have heard of Cold Christmas........thinking about the other one......! |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 16 May 2006 15:27 |
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World's End is in Hampshire |
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