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Evocative place names

Leroy AmbroseLeroy Ambrose
in Fun, Jokes & Captions
Cycling at the weekend, I went through a village with the, frankly, preposterous name of 'Nately Scures'. For some reason, I immediately pictured a minor character in the Harry Potter books. As I was lying awake in bed last night (insomnia is a motherfucker) I thought of two other stupid-sounding place names that conjure up images in my mind: 'Barton Stacey' sounds like a gumshoe in a 50s noir thriller and 'Sutton Scotney' sounds like a 70s West Indian fast bowler terrorising De Oliveira, Cowdrey et. al (you can even imagine Michael Holding saying the name)

Anyone else got any contributions to what, I realise, is a pretty bizarre thread...?
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  • LenGloverLenGlover
    Old Wives Lees near Canterbury?
  • seth plumseth plum
    Pity Me

    County Durham.
  • Paddy7Paddy7
    Selhurst Park immediately conjures up unwelcome images of sad twats imagining they somehow look intimidating by dressing in black and waving annoying flags whilst trying desperately to create the kind of European football scenes they've seen on tv.
  • LenGloverLenGlover
    Huish Episcopi

    Somerset. Used to have (may still have) a lovely pub.
  • sam3110sam3110
    Westward Ho! In North Devon, actually has an exclamation point in the name, sounds like the rallying cry in a civil war book
  • sam3110sam3110
    Also badgers mount always makes me think of Wind in the Willows
  • GlassHalfFullGlassHalfFull

    Hemingford Grey - surely an Edwardian actor
  • IdleHansIdleHans
    Lickey End somewhere in Shropshire, I think. Needs no explanation.
  • DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    Hole of Horcum in North Yorks.
  • DippenhallDippenhall
    Leroy Ambrose said:

    Cycling at the weekend, I went through a village with the, frankly, preposterous name of 'Nately Scures'. For some reason, I immediately pictured a minor character in the Harry Potter books. As I was lying awake in bed last night (insomnia is a motherfucker) I thought of two other stupid-sounding place names that conjure up images in my mind: 'Barton Stacey' sounds like a gumshoe in a 50s noir thriller and 'Sutton Scotney' sounds like a 70s West Indian fast bowler terrorising De Oliveira, Cowdrey et. al (you can even imagine Michael Holding saying the name)

    Anyone else got any contributions to what, I realise, is a pretty bizarre thread...?

    Bet you rode through Dippenhall just down the road, should have popped in for a cup of tea.
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  • GlassHalfFullGlassHalfFull

    Tolleshunt D'Arcy - a Mississippi riverboat gambler
  • BaldybonceBaldybonce
    DaveMehmet said:

    Hole of Horcum in North Yorks.

    only you....

    Boot, Cumbria.
  • RalphMilnesgutRalphMilnesgut
    I always think that Tower Hamlets sounds like an Olde England village set in the shadow of a Castle somewhere rural (and Hamletey).
  • GlassHalfFullGlassHalfFull

    So good they named it twice ....

    New York (Lincs)

    Green Street Green
  • GlassHalfFullGlassHalfFull

    Fashion capital of Essex - Matching Tye
  • man_at_millettsman_at_milletts
    LenGlover said:

    Huish Episcopi

    Somerset. Used to have (may still have) a lovely pub.

    Sounds like a surgical instrument, Len.
  • YorkshireaddickYorkshireaddick
    Kettlesing Bottom is a favourite of mine
  • Powell Is PleasantPowell Is Pleasant
    Snodland.

    I always imagine it's inhabited by tiny people called 'Snoddles'.
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  • man_at_millettsman_at_milletts
    Irlam O'The Heights near Manchester. I knew a guy who lived there.
  • GammysnrGammysnr
    IdleHans said:

    Lickey End somewhere in Shropshire, I think. Needs no explanation.

    I'm sure Bell End is near Lickey End, Shropshire area. Also there's a place near Hull called Fudgepaker or something like that. Where's my map.
  • AddicktedAddickted
    Charlton Kings always gets a cheer from me.
  • cafcdave123cafcdave123
    Cockintake in Staffordshire
  • AddicktedAddickted
    Shingaycum Wendy in Bucks
  • JorgeCostaJorgeCosta
    Bevis Marks in Aldgate always sounds like something unpleasant left behind on your underwear
  • StigStig
    cafcdave123 said:

    Cockintake in Staffordshire

    Cockermouth does it for me everytime.
  • StigStig
    I regularly drive through a town in Carmarthenshire called Pentre Morgan. I can't imagine how a place name could sound more Welsh. Always say it aloud in an affected Welsh accent.
  • Lower_WestsiderLower_Westsider
    You cant beat that nice 'Pratts Bottom'
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    two villages just north of Lincoln: Toft Next Newton and Newton By Toft .. a bit like Patrick fits Michael and Michael fits etc. etc. .. there is another place on a small canal in the same area named Brandy Wharf .. a local comedian has expertly changed all the local road signs to Randy Dwarf
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