Funny old names rownd 'ere?

[Toffer]

East Anglia has some funny old names for some of its villages...do you live in one?

I will get the ball rolling with mine "Steeple Bumpstead"

[iandbeech]

Not our village but a few miles down the road is a village called "Wormegay". The obvious question is - are worms capable of being happy?!

Would be interesting to find out the origins of village names. I might have a search - now see what you`ve started!!!

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[Marshy]

Stow cum Quy
Shingay cum Wendy
Pidley

To name but a few...

[davidd]

Six mile bottom.....

Of course the best place name is cockermouth in cumbria.

D.

[FunkyNige]

Village near us called Great Snoring, and I have it on good authority Mr and Mrs Gotobed live there!

[gifdy]

Not East Anglia, but Hertforsdhire has Ugley. Rumour has it the Ugley WI got special dispensation to call themselves the 'The Woman's Institue of Ugley'

[Toffer]

That will be ooowshlee...I think?

[clapham993]

Rickinghall Superior/ Rickinghall Inferior - what makes one better than the other?

[philstammers]

"Pratts Bottom" in Kent

[pbrett]

FunkyNige said:

Village near us called Great Snoring, and I have it on good authority Mr and Mrs Gotobed live there!

They live in Little Snoring.

[Big_M]

Fingringhoe near Colchester in Essex

Known locally as Fingring hole

[Toffer]

Big_M said:

Known locally as Fingring hole