Strange names

Flying with no wings in Cornwall

An old photo on that site I took nearly 30 years ago!http://www.cornwalls.co.uk/photos/img2063.htm
Some of the other Cornish place name sites give you more info on the language

Hi longshot. Thanks for the info, I found it very interesting to read. Incidently we went through Herodsfoot today. and on the way to Mevagissy, went through London Apprentice also,.Living in the flatlands of Lincolnshire, it has been a sight for sore eyes to see such fantastic scenery here, made even more interesting by these names.

Lincoln .7

Nob End near Bolton. Slightly amend the 1st word and then invite the Porn industry to make hay!

Only at the back door.:diablo:

That’s probably the crudest thing I’ve ever written here…my apologizes to all.

I think you’ll find it a Front door service anyway!

Tornado, it’s Peover, pronounced Peever. Btw 🙂

And, I’m sure I saw in a Museum (Manchester or Liverpool) that the origin of the word sh1t was due to an area in Manchester called the Sh1tters, a very poor area on the River, where the people would openly poo from their window into the River.
Most origin websites suggest it was from the German word for diarrhoea……which is Greek for “Flowing through”.

I wish I had put a bet on, that it would be YOU who would come up with that one, having lost 4 on the Grand National yesterday. 😀

Lincoln .7

it is one of the most photographed road signs bikers love to stand at the side of it with the arrow pointing at thier head !!

No Place, near Stanley, Co. Durham.

Hi EGTC, I am at my sons house which is in Lanivet, 3 miles outside Bodmin. Been her 10 days, and it’s been blue skies and sunshine every day. 😀

Lincoln .7

Oh nice! I hope you are having a great time. Are you dropping into any of the local airfields – Bodmin and Perranporth can’t be too far from you? I got my PPL at Perranporth. 🙂

Come again?.

Lincoln .7

What you’ve been to c0cks already? 😉

go on then i’ll be the one !! Twatt , in the orkney isles

I wish I had put a bet on, that it would be YOU who would come up with that one, having lost 4 on the Grand National yesterday. 😀

Lincoln .7

Well while you’re down here, please do not forget to visit C0cks.

Come again?.

Lincoln .7

go on then i’ll be the one !! Twatt , in the orkney isles

Well while you’re down here, please do not forget to visit C0cks.

I always felt that Lickey End near Birmingham could have been the sign outside a Thai massage parlour.

Moggy

Only at the back door.:diablo:

That’s probably the crudest thing I’ve ever written here…my apologizes to all.

There is infact both a lower and Upper Dicker in Sussex no idea why called that and C@ckermouth in Cumbria often brings a smile or two when mentioned no pun intended.

I don’t think you need to apply PC spelling to Cockermouth which suffered appallingly in the 2009 floods and must have been on the front page of the national press for weeks.

How about Great Snoring and Great Slaughter?

The place names in Cornwall are often exotic because they derive from the Cornish language…list attached of some (nice photos on site, too)
Praze-an-Beeble used to have a railway station
Come-to-Good in Cornwall isn’t mentioned
http://www.cornwalls.co.uk/culture/cornish_place_names.htm

Hi longshot. Thanks for the info, I found it very interesting to read. Incidently we went through Herodsfoot today. and on the way to Mevagissy, went through London Apprentice also,.Living in the flatlands of Lincolnshire, it has been a sight for sore eyes to see such fantastic scenery here, made even more interesting by these names.

Lincoln .7

I always felt that Lickey End near Birmingham could have been the sign outside a Thai massage parlour.

Moggy

There is infact both a lower and Upper Dicker in Sussex no idea why called that and C@ckermouth in Cumbria often brings a smile or two when mentioned no pun intended.

Cornish place names

The place names in Cornwall are often exotic because they derive from the Cornish language…list attached of some (nice photos on site, too)
Praze-an-Beeble used to have a railway station
Come-to-Good in Cornwall isn’t mentioned
http://www.cornwalls.co.uk/culture/cornish_place_names.htm

Still in Cornwall, a place named “SCREECH” and there is an OWL sanctuary there also!!

Lincoln 7

Hot fuzz favourite: Lundon

Probus (Cornwall) this is where they got the idea for duelling banjos in a Burt Reynolds movie. (Wikipedia)