Walks and Unusual Place Names

[Tengu]

Down in Cornwall there are many interesting place names.

(And Farm names `Come to good` `Little Regarded` `Penny come quick` `Cost is lost` and down a maze of lane we find, much to our relief `Enquire the way`.)

`Playing Place` The english name for a Plen an gwarry (Also a place name) which is a medieval open air theatre. (You can find a rare survival at St Just)

`Stampas` Tin stamps, a mining name (And the mine names are a study in themselves)

`Shop` in a cornish placename refers to a blacksmith I think

Some names are cornish, some are english and some are anglisiations of cornish names.

 

[woof]

"Bitchfield" near Corby Glen Lincilnshire.

Rob

 

[John Fenna]

OK - near Plumstone Mountain in West Wales there are the ruins of a farm who's name translates as either"Start Naked" or Stark Naked" - it is near another spot glorying in the name of "Beware of Stranglers" ... anyone beat those?

 

[copper_head]

Always thought thought Roseberry Topping sounded delicious but is in fact a very small mountain.

 

[Goatboy]

There's a village not far away from here called Crook of Devon, always think it should be twined with Thief of Baghdad. Then there's the Burn of Sorrows and Glen of Tears.
Think the one that confuses most folk is Yetts of Muckart.

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.

 

[Harvestman]

World's End is a crossroads near Grosmont in Monmouthshire. Oh, and Wales is a district of Stoke on Trent.

Like John Fenna, I have been to Halfway (and it isn't halfway to or from anywhere, oddly) and been on Lord Hereford's Knob

 

[boatman]

Starveall was a jolly name for a farm near Marlborough.

 

[boatman]

Mawnan Smith, Cornwall, was named for the blacksmiths working in the village and there is still one there these days. Clever man he made me some small spearheads and straightened out a sword.

 

[Wayland]

For some reason The Bridge of Orchy is my favourite name <Snip

That's one of my favourites as well, mainly because it means I've got there.

There is a small town in Norway called Hell... I've driven to Hell and back a few times now.

There is even a tunnel that goes under it so I've actually been lower than Hell as well.

 

[Palaeocory]

Nothing ilicits more giggles from me then driving by 'Toot Hill Butts'

My husband and I have a favourite game, usually done while rambling along in the countryside... we make up potential British placenames to sound both as ridiculous and possible as we can. For example, "Upper Snippington on Thames", or "Marbly Bottom"...

 

[Seagull]

How about the "Land of Nod", a small place in East Yorkshire.

 

[boatman]

I think that there is a farm called Getorfmyland.

 

[Freedomfinder]

There are loads around here!
Broadwoodwidger
Crapstone
Hewaswater
Twowatersfoot
London Apprentice
The list is endless!

 

[Tomteifi]

On John Fenna's theme, there is a place in Cheshire called Mow Cop.

 

[Tomteifi]

If not to your taste. How about Blubberhouses in north Yorkshire, failing that you may like the sounds of three hills in the lake district called cockup, little cockup and big cockup.

 

[Macaroon]

I think that there is a farm called Getorfmyland.

I used to think they were all called that when I was a nipper :sulkoff:

 

[Tomteifi]

That's one of my favourites as well, mainly because it means I've got there.

There is a small town in Norway called Hell... I've driven to Hell and back a few times now.

There is even a tunnel that goes under it so I've actually been lower than Hell as well.

Hope you didn't go there in a handcart!

 

[Joe tahkahikew]

Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo-Jump is a well visited place in Alberta. A cliff over which many thousands of buffalo were driven in old times to kill them for food. A translation from the Blackfoot language.

We have numerous places which English might find unusual, none of them on maps in english language but known to us such as

"Place of the starved village"

"Dead Innuit crossing place"

"Sick place, or place where you feel sick"

And many more

Missippissistinsitanua!

 

[Shewie]

Ecclefechan always puts a smile on my face when I drive north

 

[forrestdweller]

my travels took me past the worlds longest place name -a small hill- on my one year cycling trip around NZ....

the road leading to the junior seamen's clubhouse in the navy base in Darwin is called "" hooker street"" ( or @ least was in 2009 when I had to do there as a civilian worker).....