I'm a personal fan of Ham, which is located right next to Sandwich! Just don't confuse it with Finglesham, deal?
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I'm from the UK and thought these had to be fake til I saw Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Nope, all real.
Just so you know, that name is new and made up for purely tourist reasons.
New as in 1800s, pretty sure some of these other places didn't exist then too.
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Won’t you take me to… Donkey Town
I thought Donkey Town was in Tijuana
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This is the 16th century equivalent of choosing xXxSHitl3rxXx as character name for a game. Respect to the dedication though.
I can't belive they didn't include Westward Ho!, the only place name in the UK which officially includes an exclamation mark.
Missing Cockermouth
And Penistone.
Cockermouth
? I hardly know her!
It’s me, Loose Bottom
Is that where people from Nether Wallop retire?
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I lost it at Ae
I bet Horrid Hill is actually a nicer place that tried to keep people away. Like a real life Scooby doo town.
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There's always Westward Ho! which has to be spelled with an exclamation mark like that, as if they'd let boomer facebook name a town.
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austrailia has some wild ones
I live near Cockburn and have been to Innaloo
I travel through Boring Oregon (just outside of Portland) who's sister city is Dull, so I guess that's me
Yeah Giggleswick is pretty slapbottoms for fish'n chipe ae
I used to live in Wideopen
Brokenwind is partner town to Barton in the Beans
I'm sure every country has a list of these
It's not exclusive to the uk
Yes, I've seen plenty. I've heard here in Finland that one explanation for some of the bizarre and let us say rude names is cartographers going around asking people what this or that place is called and people having fun with it or just fucking with them. And I think a lot of people just find it amusing in general. "Hey, that hill looks like a tit. Titty hill. Hehe."
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What about Fringringhoe?
Twatt.
I'm going to Stranagalwilly tonight.
And for funsies what's your bank account number too!?
0303-457291!
Reason: historic invaders
https://britainexplained.com/why-british-places-have-such-strange-names/
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oh Im Catbrain for sure
I found the Lost city!
Oh thats Nasty
No Braintree?
OP is merely envious that they don’t have the freedom to enjoy such names.
I got my username by looking at a map of Scotland and picking something that sounds cool
You could your life story based on where you lived if you just kept moving about Britain.
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