Tanllan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 On 09/03/2020 at 12:33, PhilJ W said: On another thread a discussion ensued about exotic sounding places in the UK. An example is there are one or two places called California. My maternal grandparents lived in Normanby near Middlesborough. About a mile away in Eston there was a suburb called California and I seem to remember there was an 'Eston & California Social Club'. <https://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=455770&Y=518925&A=Y&Z=115> 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 17 minutes ago, Gwiwer said: And at risk of repeating once again Pityme is in Cornwall. Pityme (one word) may be in Cornwall, but Pity Me (two words) is in Durham. It is important to know the difference, as otherwise you might end up 320 miles from where you want to be! Probably related to the Starveall farms to be found round these parts. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted March 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2020 Not quite as exotic as California or Bermuda, but just to the east of Dumfries is a place named Isle of Man https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/isle-of-man-dumfries-and-galloway 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mow Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 On our first wedding anniversary, my wife and I walked to Desolation Point, North Devon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted March 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) On 11/03/2020 at 14:39, Gwiwer said: Farther west in Hampshire we encounter Sandy Balls and Nomansland. Only Forest Road (the tarmac thereof) in Nomansland is in Hampshire; its buildings and all the other streets are in Wiltshire. The boundary was moved in 1895 before which Wiltshire extended eastwards from here. Edited March 13, 2020 by DIW Added link to Wiki 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted March 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2020 Would the women's Institute of Ugley agree? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted March 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: Wideopen is in Northumberland. And yes, it does have a Women's Institute. Form an orderly queue, chaps. And Idle (in Bradford). Adrian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 13, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2020 I would like to meet the Loose Womens Institute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nickey Line Posted March 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Andy Kirkham said: Not quite as exotic as California or Bermuda, but just to the east of Dumfries is a place named Isle of Man Bizarrely there's a farm called 'Isle of Wight Farm' near the top of Dunstable Downs... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
waggy Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Upper Ducks Bottom and Lower Ducks Bottom from a Two Ronnies Phantom Raspberry Sketch. Brigadoon, wonder if it will be seen before Peco roll out the Bullhead Double Slips and 13 ton Hopper wagon kit. Royston Vasey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 14, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2020 This thread is for actual places. Perhaps fictional places should have their own thread? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I thought Toton was a fictional place until I first went there...! Back in 1999 I ventured across the Fens to visit a Mini specialist in a place called Twenty Foot Drain. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2020 53 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: Twenty Foot Drain. My wife and I spent our wedding night at Six Mile Bottom (between Cambridge and Newmarket). 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Has anyone mentioned the 'Piddles' yet? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, jcm@gwr said: Has anyone mentioned the 'Piddles' yet? We were being polite Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide both along the road from Briantspuddle, Tolpuddle, Affpuddle, Turnerspuddle and Puddletown. Also close to Bere Regis meaning one could enjoy Bere before all the Puddles and Piddles occurred Wyre Piddle is somewhat farther away near Worcester. I often felt its twin should be Wyre Knot. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2020 5 hours ago, Gwiwer said: We were being polite Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide both along the road from Briantspuddle, Tolpuddle, Affpuddle, Turnerspuddle and Puddletown. Also close to Bere Regis meaning one could enjoy Bere before all the Puddles and Piddles occurred Wyre Piddle is somewhat farther away near Worcester. I often felt its twin should be Wyre Knot. Of course you do know that "piddle" is an early version of "puddle", as shown by the rhyme about Dr Foster and Gloucester. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Budgie said: Of course you do know that "piddle" is an early version of "puddle", as shown by the rhyme about Dr Foster and Gloucester. And that all the Dorset ones are named from the River Piddle 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2020 Time to bump Peover Superior and Peover Inferior? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, jcm@gwr said: Has anyone mentioned the 'Piddles' yet? Yes Right near the start. Edited March 14, 2020 by melmerby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted March 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15, 2020 My mate just pointed out a road called "C.u.m C.u.m Hill" in Hertfordshire - it's where Essendon Park Golf Club is. https://www.google.com/search?channel=trow2&client=firefox-b-d&q=++hill I imagine the road surface is rather sticky.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 15, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15, 2020 Google also cites Little C0cklick and Pulham Down. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2020 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: Pulham Down. Not to be confused with Fetcham Downs. Indeed, i have eulogised before about the three communities in the same locale - Bookham, Fetcham and get on with Effingham (the latter best known in railway terms for its Junction). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Al51 Posted March 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15, 2020 Here in Portsmouth we have a Fawcett Road, and of course a pub on that road that is called 'The Fawcett Inn'. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7910228,-1.0762432,3a,75y,181.97h,84.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stKyNgdV7tsGLZ0JCIWaCkA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 Al 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, Al51 said: Here in Portsmouth we have a Fawcett Road, and of course a pub on that road that is called 'The Fawcett Inn'. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7910228,-1.0762432,3a,75y,181.97h,84.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stKyNgdV7tsGLZ0JCIWaCkA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 Al That will be the naval influence! Rum, s****y and the lash. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted March 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2020 24 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Not to be confused with Fetcham Downs. Indeed, i have eulogised before about the three communities in the same locale - Bookham, Fetcham and get on with Effingham (the latter best known in railway terms for its Junction). Lived in Bookham from 1960 to 1969. We rarely used the station as Leatherhead was just as close and had a much better service. Effingham Jct was also miles away from Effingham and broke with the usual Southern convention that Junction was used for stations with a branch to that place e.g. Seaton Junction, Clapham Junction, Sidmouth Junction. The only place that could have used a station, with shops and houses close by, was Fetcham. It still does not have a station to this day, greatly increasing the local road traffic to Leatherhead and to Stoke d'Abernon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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