Unusual Place Names

[Sundae]

Following the place names listed in the Where You Are thread (Cities & Travel).

I'm cheating because I'm asking people to post place names they know, whereas I was simply sent these. I have been to some of them, but am offering the list as a thread starter:

· Ae near Dumfries. The shortest place name in Britain.
· Badger's Mount near Farnborough.
· Balls Cross, West Sussex.
· Barton in the Beans, west of Leicester.
· Botusfleming, near SaltashCornwall.
· Bozomzeal near Dartmouth, Devon.
· Briantspuddle near Dorchester.
· Broadwoodwidger near Launceston.
· Catbrain near Cribb's Causeway, north of Bristol.
· Chaldron Herring near Lulworth Cove.
· Chignall Smeally near Chelmsford, Essex.
· Compton Pauncefoot near Yeovil.
· Dog Village near Exeter.
· Eccup north of Leeds.
· Foul Mile near Hailsham, East Sussex.
· Frenchbeer on Dartmoor.
· Goonbell near Redruth, Cornwall.
· Grimness on South Ronaldsay, Orkney.
· Great Snoring near Walsingham, Norfolk.
· Gussage St. Michael near Blandford Forum, Dorset.
· Heanton Punchardon near Barnstaple.
· Heckmondwike east of Halifax, West Yorkshire.
· Heglibister on the Mainland of Shetland.
· Helions Bumpstead near Saffron Walden.
· Hinton-in-the-Hedges near Banbury, Oxfordshire.
· Hole in the Wall near Ross-on-Wye.
· Hoyland Swaine west of Barnsley.
· Huish Episcopi near Langport, Somerset.
· Idle near Bradford.
· Kettlesing Bottom west of Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
· Killiecrankie near Pitlochrie.
· Leake Hurn's End near Boston, west of the Wash.
· Lower Slaughter near Bourton on the Water.
· Mabe Burnthouse, Falmouth, Cornwall.
· Mumps, Oldham, Greater Manchester.
· Nasty near Stevenage.
· Nempnett Thrubwell between Bath and Weston super Mare.
· Netherthong near Huddersfield.
· Nether Wallop near Andover.
· Old Wives Lees near Canterbury.
· Oswaldtwistle near Blackburn.
· Piddlehinton near Dorchester.
· Pity Me north of Durham.
· Pratt's Bottom near Farnborough.
· Praze-an-Beeble near Cambourne.
· Ruyton-XI-Towns Shropshire.
· Ryme Intrinsica near Yeovil.
· Sheepy Parva near Nuneaton.
· Shellow Bowells near Chelmsford, Essex.
· Six Mile Bottom near Cambridge.
· The Dicker near Hailsham, East Sussex.
· Throcking near Stevenage.
· Thrupp near Stroud (also one near Oxford)
· Thwing near Bridlington.
· Twatt on the Mainland of Orkney.
· Ugglebarnby near Whitby.
· Ugley near Bishop's Stortford.
· Upton Snodsbury near Worcester. (Borsetshire)
· Westonzoyland near Bridgewater, Somerset.
· Westward Ho! Devon.
· Wetwang near Bridlington.
· Wormiehills on the coast, east of Dundee.
· Yarrow Feus south of Edinburgh.
· Yetts O'Muckhart east of Stirling.
· Yockenthwaite in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire.
· Zeal Monachorum north-west of Exeter.

... and feel free to add any from your own experience!

[glatt]

Intercourse, Pennsylvania

[Undertoad]

Penistone in Barnsley, South Yorks. I've been there.

I've also been to Intercourse, Pennsylvania and the other Lancaster-area towns Blue Ball (I actually have family there, no kiddin') and Bird-in-hand.

[barefoot serpent]

Hell, Michigan

[Shawnee123]

In Ohio we have Russia (pronounced roo-she), Versailles (pronounced ver-sails), and Houston (pronounced house-ton.) We love to steal the names and butcher the pronunciation!

[Pangloss62]

I can't remember the last time I entered Dennis, but I'm sure I was probably drunk. But I'll never forget entering Shirley and Sharon (on the same night!). I miss Massachusetts.

[glatt]

On South Island in New Zealand, there are two small towns next to each other called Clinton and Gore.

That little tidbit was more interesting inthe '90s, when I was there.

[glatt]

Here's a sign in Western Maine

I had a good friend from Poland. He flushed his toilet with Poland Springs water.

[Elspode]

Peculiar, Missouri
Tightwad, Missouri

[limey]

I've seen the road signs to both Penistone and Ae.
And there are various "-puddles" in Dorset. Apparently they were originally named "-piddle" but renamed before Queen Victoria drove through in case in offended her. I was just thinking that this is probably apocryphal when I remembered that there is definitely a Piddletrenthide down there somewhere!

[DanaC]

Oswaldtwistle ! One of my cousins lives in Oswaldtwistle !
Can we add Slack End? Another Yorkshire one.

My favourite is still Nob End in Bolton:P

[capnhowdy]

Small community just west of Statesboro, Ga. is called Hopulikit. I have a pic somewhere......

[Dagney]

Virginville, PA (Outside of Kutztown)

I'm not allowed to visit.

[JayMcGee]

the first wife used to live in Hope.... that's a small village in Shropshire...


And who can ever forget Gurny Slade, after which a whole TV show was named.

[JayMcGee]

...and I'm always somewhat bemused by Indian Chiefs in Cornwall...