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Re: A place called what..!.!.!
« Reply #54 on: Thursday 09 February 06 16:56 GMT (UK) »
There's a place near Hernhill in Kent called 'Slutshole'  ::)

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« Reply #55 on: Thursday 09 February 06 18:27 GMT (UK) »
Rod - theres a Lower Dicker too...and if we're being a bit rude..

                Littlehampton - W Sussex

??? ??? ???

And Upper Dicker and The Dicker!!

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« Reply #56 on: Thursday 09 February 06 19:45 GMT (UK) »
Apparently theres a place crackpot in Yorkshire (Only one ............ ??)

It means a crevice where the crows nest

And I've found a: Danydrymire - Andy's Marsh (Old Norse). Dander is an old pet form of Andrew

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« Reply #57 on: Friday 10 February 06 00:00 GMT (UK) »
Durham's pretty good for weird names. Someone's already mentioned Stoney Heap and Pity Me - i used to work in Pity Me and people thought we were joking when we gave out the address. We also have No Place and High Handenhold.

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« Reply #58 on: Friday 10 February 06 08:02 GMT (UK) »
When I was a child we used to go walking in Friston Forest near Eastbourne in Sussex.

The car park we always parked at was called
Butchershole Bottom!!!

In the 90s however it was renamed Butchers Bottom.

Not nearly so nice as we always used to say 'Can we go to Butchershole Bottom - oohh' and giggle.

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« Reply #59 on: Friday 10 February 06 13:33 GMT (UK) »
Wittering near Peterborough. (No - there couldn't be a Wittering Women's Institute, could there?) ::)

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« Reply #60 on: Friday 10 February 06 17:47 GMT (UK) »
Ok...I know this is in America, but there's a Toad Suck, Arkansas and a Pickles Gap, Arkansas. There's a sign on the interstate that says "Toad Suck Park".  Where do they come up with these names?????
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« Reply #61 on: Friday 10 February 06 18:09 GMT (UK) »
Wyre Piddle, Cheshire (wonderful pub there...)

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