Unusual village names

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Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 05:22 on 19th September 2009 Picture by Peggy Cannell LOL! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA	quotePosted at 13:46 on 19th September 2009 Just north of Little Snoring is Great Snoring! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA	quotePosted at 13:56 on 19th September 2009 Also, Stratton Strawless (Norfolk)--give these people more straw! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Toby Craig Posts: 147 Joined: 11th Sep 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 14:08 on 19th September 2009 I like the name - 'Ashby de la Zouch'. An historic town in North West Leicestershire. Some history here - http://www.localauthoritypublishing.co.uk/councils/ashby/index.html Edited by: Toby Craig at:19th September 2009 14:12 My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA	quotePosted at 14:50 on 19th September 2009 Whenever I encounter the town name Ashby de la Zouch, for some reason in my mind I automatically tack on to it "Ze greatest swordsman in all of France!" I don't know if that is a manifestation of my strange sense of humor or merely my slide into insanity!!! That being said, Ashby really is a very nice town and well worth a visit. The castle ruin is spectacular as is the 15th c. church of St. Helen. Great place! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Barbara Shoemaker Posts: 1764 Joined: 4th Jan 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 14:54 on 21st September 2009 Rob, I had a similar thought when I saw that! You're a man after my own twisted sense of humour! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Peggy Cannell Posts: 5300 Joined: 14th Aug 2009 Location: UK	quotePosted at 15:36 on 22nd September 2009 Rob, I have uploaded three pics of Stratton Strawless. it was in the doomsday book as Stratuna, meaning 'house or farm in Saxon', and the Srtrawless meant 'poor soil' so maybe you were correct in thinking it was short of straw. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Jason T Posts: 7421 Joined: 14th Apr 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 15:41 on 22nd September 2009 On 19th September 2009 14:08, Toby Craig wrote: I like the name - 'Ashby de la Zouch'. An historic town in North West Leicestershire. Some history here - http://www.localauthoritypublishing.co.uk/councils/ashby/index.html Ashby is nice, not to far from me, well, the castle is nice anyway, good place to take photos! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Rob Faleer Posts: 703 Joined: 10th Jun 2005 Location: USA	quotePosted at 00:55 on 24th September 2009 On 21st September 2009 14:54, Barbara Shoemaker wrote: Rob, I had a similar thought when I saw that! You're a man after my own twisted sense of humour! Sounds like "Looney Bin" time for both of us, Barbara . . . oh, wait, isn't that the name of a town in Rutland? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 22:01 on 31st March 2011 Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions