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They are all places in England. My friend said they were going to Ramsbottom. I thought they were joking so I checked it on askwiki.com. Seems place really exists as does a load of other funny named places. Does anyone know of any others. 
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Little Sodbury (Avon)!! 
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How about Middle Wallop (Hampshire) or Kettlesing Bottom (North Yorkshire)
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Wyre Piddle in Worcestershire must be painful, likewise Cockshutt (a set of roads formerly a field in Sheldon, Birmingham). Dirt Pot in Northumberland is probably nicer than it sounds. Thankfully it is not next door to Shitterton in Dorset.
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Hi Varangarian welcome to the forum. Love the name Dirt Pot - though can't say I would like it in my address - it must be awkward having to give out your address over the telephone when you live in such a place!
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Hello Katie - the worst address to give out must be Ware. Where?
A shame they ***ed out the name of that Dorset village - I believe it is part of Poole now. Begins with SH.
Westhoughton near Bolton may not be a funny name, but it was a cause of some embarrassment. The sign on the motorway leading there calls it "Westh'ton" although towns with longer names have them spelled out in full. There were protest songs and everything about this.
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Hello again Varangarian - I've removed the 'replace word' command on that particular word. Now the name of the village 'Shitterton' appears in your post. You are quite right, it is a shame to star things out when we don't need to. We don't have problems with users posting abusive language so I'm sure it will be quite safe to leave it for now. 
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Upper and Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds sound scary despite being two of the mosts picture-postcard-perfect Villages you could ever see. Apparently the names aren't sinster at all -- "slaughter" is derived from the old English word Slohtre meaning a muddy place (it's not muddy anymore). The word Slough probably has the same origins. The mile or so between "The Slaughters" makes a perfect walk. 
Lower Slaughter in the Cotwolds
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You are right the names are very scary and sound like a place of mass slaughter.
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Two come to mind and I live near both of them - Mavis Enderby and Claxby Pluckacre. Edit - Tried to add images at the editing stage, but it won't let me. Mods please note. Double Edit - Still unable to embed an image with the 'Image' button, but I've remembered the code. So here is Mavis Enderby Church The church of St Michael is of greenstone in the Gothic style, with traces of Norman work. The chancel was rebuilt to its original length in 1870, and the nave, aisle and porch restored by Fowler in 1875. In the porch is a Norman Pillar Piscina. (A stone basin in a church for draining water used in rinsing the chalice etc.) The churchyard cross has been restored, and there is a sundial erected by a former rector.  ...and the site of Claxby Pluckacre Church. Years ago, here in Claxby Pluckacre where the cattle now graze; there once stood the Church of St Andrew. It fell down on 1 August 1748 and was not rebuilt. 
http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/4330/all
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There is also Pity Me in County Durham, among others in that area. Torpenhow Hill in Devon is a funny name etymologically, because it means Hill hill hill hill - each set of invaders gave it their own name for hill and kept the previous one.
The village of Idle in Yorkshire is the home of the Idle Working Men's Club, which has members all over the world, some of them celebrities such as Michael Jackson and Uri Geller.
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