Re:Tintern 'secret' medieval tunnel system found by accident
by sonofhans on Thursday March 04, 2021 @03:17PM
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In England years ago we would visit Weston-under-Lizard (the town of Weston in the shadow of the hill Lizard — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston-under-Lizard). That’s my favorite name of this type.
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Re:Tintern 'secret' medieval tunnel system found by accident
by mprev on Thursday March 04, 2021 @04:40PM
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Never thought I’d see my part of the world on here; used to drive through Weston under Lizard every day.
Some good place names in Shropshire, too, but Durham has my favourite with No Place and Pity Me.
Re:Tintern 'secret' medieval tunnel system found by accident
by pacaro on Friday March 05, 2021 @02:55AM
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I've always considered Nempnett Thrubwell to be setting a pretty high standard on the bizarre English place names index.
The Wallops (Nether Wallop, Middle Wallop, and Over Wallop) are good too
Re:Tintern 'secret' medieval tunnel system found by accident
by nickt on Thursday March 04, 2021 @05:28PM
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Don’t forget Quaking Houses and Unthank!
Re:Tintern 'secret' medieval tunnel system found by accident
by mprev on Friday March 05, 2021 @09:38AM
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I always thought Quebec was an odd name for a village located in County Durham. Pretty sure there's a California near Crook, too. Muggleswick near Consett is a good one.
And then over in Northumberland there's Once Brewed, Twice Brewed, Snodgrass.