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  • Strange/unusual street or place names.
  • GRAEMEJONES
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    Saw this one whilst stumbling between Pubs in Shrewsbury on Tuesday,anyone got anything else? 😛

    younggeoff
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    Noplace near Beamish up north 🙂

    trickydisco
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    upton on severn

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    z1ppy
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    Bumble hole lane.. where you’ll find Bumble hole foods!
    Which sounds funnier than it should really

    CaptainFlashheart
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    trickydisco
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    theotherjonv
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    Interesting history behind Grope Lane, bet that wasn’t its original. Wiki it…..

    ton
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    Salt Pie Alley in wakefield is one of my faves.

    Tracey
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    mastiles_fanylion
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    GRAEMEJONES
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    😳 😳 Now thats an interesting result off Wikki….

    samuri
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    At the top of our road is a junction called ‘Dangerous Corner’.

    But of course, you’d need to go a long way to beat those crazy scots.

    There’s a Ranters Bank in the Wyre Forest.

    morgs
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    got a pic on my phone for a ‘Giggety Lane’

    Dobbo
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    spacehopper
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    this used to be next to my local biking spot..

    until the residents got it changed… 🙁 killjoys!!

    theres also a backside lane not far from there too!

    FunkyDunc
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    I used to live on Fanny Street

    For some reason call centre staff always asked you to spell fanny for them…

    crazy-legs
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    Some hills

    😉

    colande
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    ransos
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    To the OP: google the original name for Threadneedle Street. I would tell you but I suspect I’d fall foul of the swear filter.

    chriswilk
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    there’s a small place in the dales, near winterburn called tossit, it has a well

    Elfinsafety
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    brassneck
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    I’ve always liked Upper Upham in ‘Carry On..’ sensibility

    j_me
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    GRAEMEJONES
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    ransos, pretty much the same as Grope Lane 😳 Must have been a pretty common thing in days of old! 😯

    z1ppy
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    F*cking in Austria
    http://www.harisingh.com/newsDidYouKnowWTF.htm

    Apparently it amuses English tourists, so they steal the sign.

    (and amuses web monkeys to remove the ability to post pic with swear word in the url)

    qwerty
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    There is an OLD BREASTY HAW in Grizedale forest.

    stevomcd
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    There’s a town called Pussy just along the road from here. Always good for a giggle.

    BigButSlimmerBloke
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    Khyber Pass

    Stromness, Orkney

    Philby
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    Land of Green Ginger in Hull is one of my favourites.

    yesiamtom
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    phiiiiil
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    Looking for somewhere to go at the weekend we found a “Buttock” just to the east of Pendle Hill, Clitheroe…

    jackthedog
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    ourkidsam
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    Unusual post code on this one

    Caplan Industries

    deadlydarcy
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    In Brizzle:

    allthegear
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    Guess what this street is called?

    Yes, that’s right – it’s in my home town of Yeadon… http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/825976

    Rachel

    derek_starship
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    There’s a Wellyhole St. In Oldham.

    rossi46
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    I live not too far from Pratts Bottom…..

    Map Here

    mogrim
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