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Thread #47476   Message #709390
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
12-May-02 - 06:08 AM
Thread Name: Favorite Town names
Subject: RE: Favorite Town names
It's Nebneth Thrubwell in Somerset, but Dorset has a fair few too!

Throop - a cross between thrush and whooping cough?

Swyre - another condition sheep get?

Puncknowle - pronounced Punnel, but very popular in the punk era of the 1970s.

Ryme Intrinsica, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Toller Porcorum and Kingsbury Episcopi have a classic ring to them.... spot which one used to be called Swine...

Then there's the entire Piddle Valley, with Piddlehinton (bit rattly), Piddletrenthide, Affpuddle, Tolpuddle and Puddletown, some of which used to be Honeypiddle, Piddletown and Affpiddle. The Piddle is also called the Trent, an old English word for very small river or stream.

LTS