From chawtrey@hotpop.com Tue Aug 30 15:38:08 2005 From: Charles Hawtrey Newsgroups: rec.travel.europe Subject: 100 rudest place-names in Britain Message-ID: Organization: none whatsoever MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.60.2060 Lines: 203 NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.216.7.166 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s21 1125372064 12.216.7.166 (Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:21:04 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:21:04 GMT Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:21:04 GMT Path: egsner!news.cirr.com!news-pen-1.sprintlink.net!news-east1.sprintlink.net!news-central.sprintlink.net!news-in-central.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!sooner.brightok.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s21.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Xref: egsner!news.cirr.com rec.travel.europe:734816 If you want more details a book "Rude Britain" will go on sale next week. In the meantime here's the basic list. (I've only been to three of these...) 100 Jeffries Passage, Surrey 99 Prince Albert Court, Surrey 98 Nork Rise, Surrey 97 Brown Willy, Cornwall 96 Great Tosson, Northumberland 95 Trump Street, London 94 St. Mellons, Cardiff 93 Percy Passage, London 92 Booty Lane, North Yorkshire 91 Nether Wallop, Hampshire 90 Honeypot Lane, Leicestershire 89 Mudchute, London 88 Juggs Close, East Sussex 87 Cockermouth Green, Newcastle 86 Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire 85 Cock and Bell Lane, Suffolk 84 Little Bushey Lane, Hertfordshire 83 Titlington Mount, Northumberland 82 Slippery Lane, Staffordshire 81 Hooker Road, Norwich 80 Cumloden Court, Dumfries and Galloway 79 Tinkerbush Lane, Oxfordshire 78 Ugley, Essex 77 Pratts Bottom, Kent 76 Ramsbottom Lane, Greater Manchester 75 Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire 74 Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire 73 Upper Dicker, East Sussex 72 Swell, Somerset 71 Bladda, Paisley 70 Snatchup, Hertfordshire 69 Spital in the Street, Lincolnshire 68 Shingay cum Wendy, Buckinghamshire 67 Pump Alley, Middlesex 66 Old Sodom Lane, Wiltshire 65 Long Lover Lane, Halifax 64 East Breast, Inverclyde 63 Dicks Mount, Suffolk 62 Staines , Surrey 61 Crapstone, Devon 60 Three Cocks, Powys 59 Feltwell, Norfolk 58 Pant, Shropshire 57 Balls Cross, West Sussex 56 Ogle Close, Merseyside 55 Friars Entry, Oxfordshire 54 North Piddle, Worcestershire 53 Mincing Lane, London 52 Bottoms Fold, Lancashire 51 Backside Lane, Oxfordshire 50 Winkle Street, Southampton 49 Wham Bottom Lane, Lancashire 48 Upperthong, West Yorkshire 47 Tosside, Lancashire 46 The Furry, Cornwall 45 Lower Swell, Gloucestershire 44 Lickers Lane, Merseyside 43 Honey Knob Hill, Wiltshire 42 Boghead, Ayrshire 41 The Bush, Buckinghamshire 40 Hill o'Many Stanes, Scotland 39 Grope Lane, Shropshire 38 Willey, Warwickshire 37 Happy Bottom, Dorset 36 Feltham Close, Hampshire 35 The Knob, Oxfordshire 34 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool 33 Titty Ho, Northamptonshire 32 Crotch Cresent, Oxfordshire 31 Blairmuckhole & Forestdyke road, Lanarkshire 30 Pant-y-Felin Road, Swansea 29 Beef Lane, Oxfordshire 28 Merkins Avenue, West Dumbartonshire 27 Pork Lane, Essex 26 Moisty Lane, Staffordshire 25 Wetwang, East Yorkshire 24 Scratchy Bottom, Dorset 23 Swallow Passage, London 22 Lickey End, Worcestershire 21 Bitchfield, Lincolnshire 20 Spanker Lane, Derbyshire 19 Rimswell, East Riding of Yorkshire 18 Lickfold, West Sussex 17 Dick Court, Lanarkshire 16 Beaver Close, Surrey 15 Fanny Avenue, Derbyshire 14 Cockshoot Close, Oxfordshire 13 Inchinnan Drive, Renfrewshire 12 Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire 11 Hole of Horcum, North Yorkshire, 10 Slag Lane, Merseyside 9 Shitterton, Dorset 8 Back Passage, London 7 Fingringhoe, Essex 6 Muff, Northern Ireland 5 Sandy Balls, Hampshire 4 Twatt, Orkney 3 Bell End, Birmingham 2 Minge Lane, Worcestershire 1 Cocks, Cornwall