For being such a small place (in comparison to many much larger countries) I was surprised to hear such a large array of weird names. Then again … it doesn’t really surprise me. These are my favourites. Enjoy!
This one is number one!
LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIO – GOGOGOCH, Anglesy, Wales
I can’t even make it fit on one line! Apparently translated from welsh it roughly means ‘St Mary’s church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave’.
Other favourites of mine:
England
- Bishops Itchington
- Bitchfield
- Blackboys
- Black Dog
- Braintree
- Burnt Houses
- Butterburn
- California
- Catbrain
- Clapworthy
- Cow Beech
- Crackpot
- Cross O’ Th’ Hands
- Dog Village
- Egypt, England
- Elephant And Castle
- Eye
- Felldownhead
- Frenchbeer
- Frisby On The Wreake
- Giggleswick
- Godolphin Cross
- Great Snoring
- Ham and Sandwich
- Hook-a-gate
- Land of Nod
- Leatherhead
- Nasty
- Pity Me
- Sockburn
- Twelveheads
Scotland
- Backlass
- Badcall
- Badlipster
- Bakebare
- Blackadder
- Dollarbeg
- Drymen
- South Flobbets
- Twatt
Wales
- New Invention
- A whole lot of other ones that look like they put some magnetic letters on the fridge closed there eyes and lined them up! (No offensive intended ofcourse!)
Thank you to everyone who contributed! If you come across any funny names on your travels, let me know!
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Thank you to Graham Currey for the photo!
UK has a reputation with weird city names, indeed! But that one is too long! I don’t even know how to pronounce it! Can you,Louise?
Very interesting post!
I wouldn’t even know where to start! It’s probably really hard to say even for someone who speaks welsh! That why they shorten it.
Thanks, glad you found it interesting.
Llan-vire-pooll-guin-gill-go-ger-u-queern-drob-ooll-llandus-ilio-gogo-goch
That’s how to pronounce it.
There a place in Northumbria called Shilbottle, although the sign on the A1 is sometimes changed to “Shitbottle”
There’s a hamlet called Besses o’ th’ barn, it’s now part of Whitefield, Manchester
There’s a Brown Willy in Cornwall
Shitterton in Dorset
Crapstone in Devon
Argleton-a town in Lancashire that doesn’t actually exist!
Fingringhoe, Essex
Cockermouth, Cumbria
Pratt’s Bottom, Bromley, London
North Piddle
Ugley
Great additions! Thanks!
you’re welcome