Unusual village names

Here in Alabama we also have a  "Wetumpka" which as a child i called it (wet ump ka) lol but really is pronounced ( we tump ka)and also

 "Slapout" lol

For all you golfers, there's Par in Cornwall (haven't found Under Par yet!)

Cummersdale in Cumbria (no comment here)

Beer--everyone's favorite place in Devon!

Three Legged Cross (Dorset)

Fangfoss (East Riding Yorkshire)--I'm sure this has some Danish meaning

Remembered some good ones near where I live

Both Lickey End and Bell End are nearby in the Bromsgrove area

One of my friends lives at Willey in Shropshire

There is a place called New Invention in Walsall, West Midllands

When I used to travel to art school in Birmingham there was a bus that used to go past my bus stop which said Worlds End on the destination! (which is a town in the Birmingham suburbs)

Talking about Christmas Rob when we went to Wales this year we drove through Bethlehem - the children were amused!

Stephanie--I drove through Bromsgrove a few years ago and I seem to remember a place called Barnt Green and another town nearby called Rubery.

Isn't Willey near Much Wenlock? Wenlock Priory is one of my favorite ruined churches! Haven't been to Bethlehem, though--I wonder if there'd be any room at the inn?!

Cool thread, Rob.

There is a Bethelehem and an Intercourse in Pennsylvania, too.  As well as a Hop Bottom.

We have a town in Arizona called Why.  And of course, the famous Tombstone.

We stayed just outside Three Legged Cross on our trip last month, Rob.  Ireland has a few interesting ones too - Knock in County Mayo, and last month we visited the Cavan County Museum in the town of Ballyjamesduff.

Picture by Stephanie Jackson

Rob - a picture I took of Wenlock Priory last December - it is a fantastic place. Yes Willey is very nearby. Come to think it Much Wenlock is a strange name too! Cross Houses is another strange name in that vicinity.

Yes Barnt Green and Rubery are near Bromsgrove - we tend to have to drive through the Bromsgrove area alot when we are on our way to the countryside or motorway.

I always think Cornwall has some great place names when we go on holiday - Botusfleming, Twelveheads, Retire, Gweek, Sticker, Goonbell, London Apprectice to name a few!

My parents lived in a town (village?) called Knob Lick, Missouri when I was born.  I've heard it has something to do with the minerals in the Ozarks, and all the deer...

Also, I believe there is a town in Arkansas called Toad Suck.  No idea why.