A place called what..!.!.!

[flossy]

  A lot of ancient names (saxon/roman) were discriptive of the place or people living there.

  So cant imagine who lived at THE SCABBY ONES FARM in the north east.

  The place is now known as sheraton.

[jake]

in a road by where i live the residents have put up a sign each end of the road.

DRIVE CAREFULLY FREE RANGE CHILDREN
                        jake

[Andi R]

What about "Idle" in Yorkshire I came across it on a census search
and what about this for an address : - Eskdaleside cum Ugglybarnaby  seriously I found this in a search

[Sylviaann]

Talking of Idle!

There the Idle working mens club and the Idle womens institute

Sylviaann

[suey]

Is this real? seen in census (can't remember which one now )...
Crapacres Green, Cheadle, Cheshire.

[acceber]

In somerset there are villages called BEER, CURRY and my favourite UPPER VOBSTER (I like that because the name sounds strange when you say it).

acceber

[Clare Fowler]

There is a PARADISE in Aberdeenshire.  I have certificates from my husband's family tree that refer to people living at 'Paradise Siding' 

Cheers,
Clare

[ridban]

Loweswater has some safe roads even the road signs say "Red squirrels drive with care"

So I can't work out if they have to drive with care, or if they do drive with care

My son and I always have a laugh at the sign on a road corner near us, "Dead Slow Children Playing" What, are they playing in slow motion? They'd be easy to avoid then, wouldn't they.

Rod - theres a Lower Dicker too...and if we're being a bit rude..

                Littlehampton - W Sussex



There's a pond on Hampstead Heath which used to be a reservoir called Hatch's Bottom.  The name was changed to The Vale of Health pretty hurriedly when they discovered that people didn't want drinking water from Hatch's Bottom!

[lilirose03]

I used to live in a village called Quaking Houses in Co. Durham, and there was another local village called Stoney Heap.