This list of Berkshire Place Names covers town and parishes giving their variant names and also lists hamlets townships etc indicating their relationships to parishes - a map of these parishes has been provided by the Berkshire FHS. - If you wish to link to this page you can do so by referring to the URL address below this line.

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Funny place names in berkshire. PIn addition to the information provided under the links below other descriptions of the places listed can be found from The Place-Names of Berkshire. 2 More Unusual Place Names Located in the USA. Research Fellow in Local History.

Whitley sits south of Reading and is one of the most disadvantaged areas in the city and indeed the entire county. And having lived near it most of our lives we almost forgot to add this to funny Yorkshire place names. 670 B4 5g2 I.

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6 A Special Mention of Ugley Essex UK. I University College Reading Studies in Local History The Place-Names of Berkshire An Essay By F. Not to be outdone we have created our own lexicon of the places with names that appear to be specifically designed to make any visitor from abroadand in some places abroad just means beyond that hill over therefeel foolish.

Posted on February 26 2018 by Laura. The name means white glade which could refer to local geology. Mr Taylor said after his.

Funny street names on his itinerary include The Knob in Kings Sutton Oxfordshire Butthole Lane in Shepshed Leicestershire and Titty Ho in Raunds Northamptonshire. And if that alone makes you LOL youll have. 0001 1 Top 10 Funny Place Names.

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Historians say places are often named because of the people who once lived there their livelihoods food and perhaps culture which considering the names you are about to read about may leave you scratching your head. 3 Boring in Oregon USA - Paired with Dull in Perthshire Scotland. 4 Play a Game of Twinning Towns For Example.

When it comes to funny rude and silly place names in the UK we have a lot to work with. 5 More Funny Place Names - Toponyms in the UK. Rude and Funny English Village and Place Names in England.

Just outside of Driffield in East Yorkshire Wetwang is actually a beautiful little village despite sounding a bit rude. There again some places take the time to put the correct pronunciation on their civic signs an innovation that is only to be applauded. Here are some of the most unusual place names in Berkshire and their origins.

8 Here is a. And better yet this is only a small selection for more on weird and rude place names have a look at the following books. He even appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name.

Reading has a long history Image. Funny Place Names - Food for Thought. Yes these are all real places that somewhere in the UK.