DaleCooper
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Cockermouth, need I say more?
Cockermouth, need I say more?
Oh spoiled it there, I thought Egypt, in Thornton, near Bradford, Yorkshire was the only one. Although nearby are Moscow and World's End!
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There's a number listed here: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2014/aug/26/british-towns-with-foreign-names-in-pictures Who thought Bermuda was so close to the West Coast Mainline?
There's also an Ontario basin and Eerie basin at Salford Quays. They just missed out a Niagara stream to go between the two!
This thread has descended to my level.
Cockermouth, need I say more?
I quite agree, we are now within reach of my sense of humour.
Sh itterton, and a small island off the coast of Northumbria called Faggot.
For sheer laughs though one would struggle to beat the small Canadian town of Dildo, a gift that keeps on giving, with the Dildo Store in its everons, and an annual festival where one can win Dildo Dollars.
Also Puddletown, Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide and Tolpuddle in Dorset
Oh spoiled it there, I thought Egypt, in Thornton, near Bradford, Yorkshire was the only one. Although nearby are Moscow and World's End!
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Indeed there's a village called Fudgepack-on-Humber and in Hampshire there's ****nob.
I think it's RailUK that censors words as I entered the name in full. Obviously this is done so not to offend members.If ****nob is the name of a village why is there any need to censor it, was it censored by you or RailUK?
I think it's the swear filter.
See ****terton and Scunthorpe for further details.
...the local Women's Institute calls itself the Women's Institute of Ugley rather than the Ugley Women's Institute.
There are two villages in the UK named Loggerheads. I've always liked the idea of stopping at one of them with the wife and ringing someone to say we are at loggerheads. Unfortunately, nobody would be surprised. The village of Ugley is quite attractive, but the local Women's Institute calls itself the Women's Institute of Ugley rather than the Ugley Women's Institute.
The same goes for the village of Loose in Kent.
Jerusalem in Lincolnshire, provided me with pause for thought in my teens.
If we are to follow the Hymn of the same name, I may now cease from mental fight, and allow my sword to sleep in my hand.
Lincolnshire -- IMO a sadly overlooked county, full of much good stuff -- indeed has some wonderful place-names, often double-barrelled. I'm fond of a couple of same within a few miles of each other: Ashby Puerorum, and Mavis Enderby.
How many town starting with a Z? I count 4.
Zeal Monachorum
Zeele
Zelah
Zennor
This from The Motorist's Atlas of Britain from 1987. From 48 pages of index surely many (funny names) can be found. Strange that Northern Ireland is not listed, but Wales and Scotland are. Maybe because of the troubles there.
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Also in Somerset: Nempnett Thrubwell,My favourite ever since I cycled through there 40-plus years ago. Must have been in the last few weeks that the pub was open, a barrel of beer and one of cider on a shelf in the back room of a house!
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From Clue: What's the question to which the answer is "Ordinary, Boring and Dismal?"
Answer: they are all places in the USA!
Zelah I know and Zennor I know very well. I not describe as a town. Zennor the final Parish alphabetically in England. I believe Zetland is the same in Scotland.
No Zetland as in Zetland Parish Church near Grangemouth.Do you mean Shetland? If you do, then you should just call it Shetland - only the postcode (ZE) still uses a Z.