Odd Place names.

[Banjo]

Cycling away from the main roads you come across some odd place names.This one amused me between Usk and Chepstow.

 

[stevieboy378]

 

[Muddyfox]

We saw this one whilst cycling on a fantastic cycle path route whilst out in Holland

Simon

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

No picture, but I regularly cycle through a small town called Bowling.
Also I am led to beleive there is/was a

Shitflats Place

somewhere in Fife.

 

[Gixxerman]

There is a Fanny Hands Lane in Ludford, Lincs.

There is a Pity Me in Durham.

The 100 most rudest names are here.

 

[Eddie]

We saw this one whilst cycling on a fantastic cycle path route whilst out in Holland

Wassen means "wash"

 

[ian turner]

Botany Bay is about half a mile from Coton In the Elms which is claimed to be the place furthest from the sea in the UK.
Then there's Cold Meece near Stone Staffs.
Local to me in Whitwick Leics there are two roads called "City of". City of Dan and City of Three Waters though there's no explanation as to why.
Almost forgot Bunny which is just outside Gotham and not far from Thrumpton which is almost but not quite a classic kids tv programme.

 

[PpPete]

"Lower Upham" always amuses me....

 

[Maizie]

Nothing too odd, but a couple of interesting ones

* I go past Cold Christmas Lane, which leads to a hamlet called Cold Christmas. Which I can only assume had a chilly December at some point in history.
* I noticed recently that I go past Pest House Lane, which I thought was interesting and did some investigating. It turns out not to be that uncommon a name, it is (fairly obviously) the lane leading to the pest house, the pest house being the leper hospital or plague hospital or place for people with other hideous infectious diseases.
* I also go past Bury Green and Albury, which I assume both had stuff going on during the plague as well.

 

[BrumJim]

Just south of home is Pink Green.

Lots of "Green"s near here. And quite a few nurseries for children. Would love to send a child to the "Green Day Nursery" all dressed up like a punk rock fan.

 

[davefb]

I commute past (ish) 'Nob End' , between Kearsley and Radcliffe.


its mainly interesting as it's a nice canal ( as well as comedy name )

http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/mbb/mbbc34.htm

 

[youngoldbloke]

There is a place called Sodom not far from Wootton Bassett .........

 

[youngoldbloke]

....... and then of course there is No Place in Co Durham, and Pity Me in Durham itself.

 

[guitarpete247]

Quite a few "Dirty Lane"s but only 1 I know. Locals have been trying to get name changed for years.

 

[Hont]

Confirmation on Pink Green and also Bell End already mentioned. I also regularly go past the following:

Piddle Lake
Lickey End
Twatling Road