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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

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[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 61 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I'm a personal fan of Ham, which is located right next to Sandwich! Just don't confuse it with Finglesham, deal?

A street sign showing Ham and Sandwich!

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[–] Aggravationstation@lemmy.ml 52 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I'm from the UK and thought these had to be fake til I saw Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

Nope, all real.

[–] Sizzler@slrpnk.net 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just so you know, that name is new and made up for purely tourist reasons.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 34 points 8 months ago

New as in 1800s, pretty sure some of these other places didn't exist then too.

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

This map is just the tip of the iceberg, some are much more detailed

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[–] Buffman@lemmy.world 38 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Won’t you take me to… Donkey Town

[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago

I thought Donkey Town was in Tijuana

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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago

This is the 16th century equivalent of choosing xXxSHitl3rxXx as character name for a game. Respect to the dedication though.

[–] Cornucopiaofplenty@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

I can't belive they didn't include Westward Ho!, the only place name in the UK which officially includes an exclamation mark.

[–] bucket_full_of_odos@startrek.website 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Missing Cockermouth

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

And Penistone.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Cockermouth

? I hardly know her!

[–] cosmicrose@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It’s me, Loose Bottom

[–] db2@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Is that where people from Nether Wallop retire?

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hey it's me, brown willy ;)

[–] cosmicrose@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Meet me in Wide Open

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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How did Penistone not make it on this map?

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Or Cockermouth? Or Twatt? So many missing

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hey, at least we invented place names instead of just recycling English town names like the colonies. I lived in a village called Idle for years.

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[–] ItsAFake@lemmus.org 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I bet Horrid Hill is actually a nicer place that tried to keep people away. Like a real life Scooby doo town.

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago

I lost it at Ae

[–] Bearbi3@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hi, I’m Lianfairpwilgwyngyligogerychwyrndrobwilllantysiliogogogoch

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[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

There's always Westward Ho! which has to be spelled with an exclamation mark like that, as if they'd let boomer facebook name a town.

[–] Aggravationstation@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

There's a town called Barrow-in-Furness which officially has the dashes in it.

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[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I travel through Boring Oregon (just outside of Portland) who's sister city is Dull, so I guess that's me

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 7 points 8 months ago

Great Snoring

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Ah. Yes

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxO0UdpoxM&pp=ygU6bGxhbmZhaXJwd2xsZ3d5bmd5bGxnb2dlcnljaHd5cm5kcm9id2xsbGxhbnR5c2lsaW9nb2dvZ29jaA%3D%3D

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[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 7 points 8 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

What about Fringringhoe?

[–] sagrotan@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Brokenwind is partner town to Barton in the Beans

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Yeah Giggleswick is pretty slapbottoms for fish'n chipe ae

[–] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

plwmp

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[–] Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Reason: historic invaders

https://britainexplained.com/why-british-places-have-such-strange-names/

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[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

austrailia has some wild ones

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I live near Cockburn and have been to Innaloo

[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Missing Wyre Piddle

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 5 points 8 months ago

I'm going to Stranagalwilly tonight.

[–] Caesium@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

oh Im Catbrain for sure

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 8 months ago

I found the Lost city!

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 months ago

Oh thats Nasty

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 months ago

No Braintree?

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago

OP is merely envious that they don’t have the freedom to enjoy such names.

[–] alyth@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I got my username by looking at a map of Scotland and picking something that sounds cool

[–] FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

Twatt.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I used to live in Wideopen

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

You could your life story based on where you lived if you just kept moving about Britain.

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