Odd Place names.

[NormanD]

Six Mile Bottom near Newmarket in Suffolk, it also contains a great friendly pub called The Green man

 

[Ravenbait]

The first highlight of the Dumb Run:






Sam

 

[Davidc]

I'd love to know the origins of the names "Outer Ting Tong" and "Inner Ting Tong" which are roads between Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton in South Devon.

 

[Mark_Robson]

I once knew a Wideopen girl.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Then there is 'Tiddleywink' on the B4039 near Chippenham.

This thread could go on for ever ...........

 

[youngoldbloke]

Cycled to New Zealand and back the other Sunday morning.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

There is a street named "The Wong" in Horncastle, Lincolnshire.

 

[davefb]

theres a fort gay in america...

which caused an issue...

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1732246/microsoft-bans-gamer-fort-gay

what i found amazing ,is why its called fort gay...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Gay,_West_Virginia

supposedly, it was called 'cassville' but people used to cover up the 'c' ( though that wiki page has been edited since i read that yesturday )

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

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.

I went to a Castle Green Nursery, but that isn't the same somehow.

Anyway, there is Muckle Flugga, Unst, Yell, Foula, Twatt, Cockermouth, Cocksburnpath (and I'm sure there is another one from round there too), Scunthorpe, Penistone, Myfanwy, Pant, and many others besides, such as Arsenal.

 

[RhysB]

somewhere near Stape (from memory) something like that in North Yorks, there was a sign for a lake or something called "Randy Mere" I thought was pretty funny

 

[Maizie]

Oooh, I'm reminded of my aunt and uncle. Sweetly innocent people, also fans of brass band music. They named their house "The Dyke" (as in "The Black Dyke Band", etc). Their house sign was stolen, they got a new one, that was stolen. Eventually one of their children explained to them why it kept getting stolen...

 

[Leah]

There is the 'Land Of Nod' near Hull. It is signposted 'Land of Nod 2 miles' from a main road, but when you get there it's just a farm and a few outbuildings.

 

[PpPete]

This thread could go on for ever ...........

Certainly could.
Many visitors to the SW France will have across the town of Condom.

 

[jdrussell]

I originally come from Deal in Kent, and there is a place there called Sandwich and right near it is Ham.

Apparently it is the most stolen road sign in the country.

 

[Globalti]

Well Ramsbottom s a pretty good one. Around there we also have Michael Wife lane. Further north we have Neddy lane and Startifants lane. Lovely names!