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Village names !

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Sandra B

Sandra B Report 16 May 2006 12:52

Any funny village names....I used to live in The Wallops in Hampshire, which was where Miss Marple was filmed...The Joan Hickson one...

HeatherinLeicestershire

HeatherinLeicestershire Report 16 May 2006 12:59

'Little C*ckup' & Great C*ckup both in the LakeDistrict :)) Heather x

Barbara

Barbara Report 16 May 2006 13:00

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..............

Sandra B

Sandra B Report 16 May 2006 13:01

Never heard of any of them!!!Thank goodness for **

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 16 May 2006 13:07

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

Unknown

Unknown Report 16 May 2006 13:09

Loggerheads, think its in Shropshire

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 16 May 2006 13:11

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

Sandra B

Sandra B Report 16 May 2006 13:14

Suzanne, what a show off !!! Have heard of the Pratts bottom...Brother in law lives in Orpington.... Have a cat called Felix.....

Unknown

Unknown Report 16 May 2006 13:16

Pity Me ----- Think its in Durham

Sandra B

Sandra B Report 16 May 2006 13:16

Joan, imagine that on your address.....!

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){

}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ Report 16 May 2006 13:22

Barbara......It's Burton Constable ;-)

Ladylol Pusser Cat

Ladylol Pusser Cat Report 16 May 2006 13:42

balloch, north lanacshire hello x

Ladylol Pusser Cat

Ladylol Pusser Cat Report 16 May 2006 13:43

cockett, swansea

Ladylol Pusser Cat

Ladylol Pusser Cat Report 16 May 2006 13:44

cocklake, somersette, anyone fancy a swim

Unknown

Unknown Report 16 May 2006 13:55

Llanfairpwillgwyngychgogerchwyrndrobwillantysiliogogogoch Sorry couldn't resist!!! LOL

Woody's

Woody's Report 16 May 2006 13:56

There's a place called LOST in Aberdeen-shire - made the news last year because people kept pinching the sign!!

Carol

Carol Report 16 May 2006 13:58

In Sussex there is a place called Upper Dicker and Lower Dicker!!

Sandra B

Sandra B Report 16 May 2006 14:41

I wonder who names these villages.....been away , just checking thread.....

Sandra B

Sandra B Report 16 May 2006 14:51

I have heard of Cold Christmas........thinking about the other one......!

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 16 May 2006 15:27

World's End is in Hampshire