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Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on November 03, 2005, 19:25:10: I'd been out this afternoon photographing, over in the old East Riding for a couple of hours.
Off the A614 just to the north-east of Howden, there's a wonderful sign pointing down a little side-lane.
It's nothing much, just a few farms & an old staith on Market Weighton canal.

I think it's just the imagery of it being a time-warp Rip-van-Winkel type of place.

In Hull there's a street called 'Land Of Green Ginger' & you can even buy a house (http://www.riverside-property.co.uk/site/go/search?location=HU1%202E) on it :lol:

Oh!, the photos? Market Weighton & Bishop Burton (I'd live there!)
Title: I live there
Post by: Disco Geordie on November 03, 2005, 20:20:48: I'm already there 3/4 of the day, bed, work and traffic jams :lol:
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: the loon on November 03, 2005, 20:29:45: http://tinyurl.com/9bb46

inner ting tong & outer ting tong

not so much places as roads acording to the map but they are small hamlets just outside exmouth in devon

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Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: Garth on November 03, 2005, 22:46:58: I live near "NO PLACE" and "PITY ME"
havent got the hang of this web link thing (Blue letters) so cant link to map. Can some send me a idiot guide
Pleeese
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: the loon on November 03, 2005, 22:48:39: either just double click the link or copy and paste it in to address bar
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on November 03, 2005, 23:41:19: Quote from: "Garth"
I live near "NO PLACE" and "PITY ME"
havent got the hang of this web link thing (Blue letters) so cant link to map. Can some send me a idiot guide
Pleeese

Yes, it's on the old route of the Great North Road, which then rejoins the A167 (according to a brilliant book about the GNR in front of me)

See this page for a possible origination of the name (http://www.biffvernon.freeserve.co.uk/chester-le-street.htm)

Then, on the subjet of odd names, there's NoMansLand (http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=285000.835626831&Y=115000.528424983&width=500&height=300&gride=283343.835626831&gridn=114007.528424983&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=1&scale=25000) in Devon (near Tiverton)

Garth I've found the thread with the book details, if you're interested?
GNR Guide (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=7905) (4th posting)
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: Jim-Willy on November 03, 2005, 23:46:27: Whats with the width of this post!!!!!!!
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on November 04, 2005, 00:04:00: Quote from: "jim-willy"
Whats with the width of this post!!!!!!!

About 15inches!

Blame 'Landy Loony' &his multi-map link, someone will have to teach him all about [url]'s
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: the loon on November 04, 2005, 00:55:13: please dont hit me :oops:
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: Donald the Disco on November 04, 2005, 02:24:08: How about this one,

Went though here when I was doing basic training in the army.

http://tinyurl.com/bawkx

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Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: Miniman on November 04, 2005, 08:36:36: Quote from: "jim-willy"
Whats with the width of this post!!!!!!!

You are very funny jim dont you think your post is to long....
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: TimM on November 04, 2005, 09:19:15: Quote from: "Garth"
Can some send me a idiot guide
Pleeese

PM sent :wink:
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: strapping young lad on November 04, 2005, 09:27:36: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=484265&y=436470&z=3&sv=484500,436500&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on November 04, 2005, 10:30:31: Thanks Dyfed, I ought to have put a link with it to begin with
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: strapping young lad on November 04, 2005, 10:41:18: no worries

i go there quite often

most of the time i dont even know im going there ;)
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: thermidorthelobster on November 04, 2005, 11:18:53: Near Yelverton in Devon lie the villages of Leg o' Mutton and Crapstone. I once met a girl from Crapstone, she was quite embarrassed about it.

And a few miles north of California Cross, again in Devon, lies Sign of the Owl.
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: strapping young lad on November 04, 2005, 11:34:48: there is a place in the rhondda valleys called pentre

pentre means village

so there is a village called village! :roll:
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on November 04, 2005, 11:51:46: Bill Bryson included a long list of suspect' place-names in his 'Notes From A Small Country' book.
Unfortunately my dad's got my copy at the moment, so I can't regail you with the less salubrious :lol:
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: Thrasher on November 04, 2005, 12:00:11: I lived in Cockermouth for 11 years.

Yes...you do get sick of the jokes....
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on November 04, 2005, 12:37:53: Quote from: "Thrasher"
I lived in Cockermouth for 11 years.

It's a lovely little Cumbrian town, nothing wrong with it.
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: strapping young lad on November 04, 2005, 13:35:25: better than being from

Chorlton Cum Hardy

;)
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: datalas on November 04, 2005, 14:15:22: Quote from: "strapping young lad"
better than being from

Chorlton Cum Hardy

;)

Hey, I used to live in Chorlton Cum Hardy, not to mention that's where chorlton of chorlton and the wheelies is from.
Title: A Sleepy Little Hamlet
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on November 04, 2005, 15:43:54: Not sure about living in these either
LickeyEnd (http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=400000.657115102&Y=275000.674215013&width=500&height=300&gride=397712.657115102&gridn=272780.674215013&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=lickey+end&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=1&scale=25000) (beware of friendly Labradors :lol: )

A bit smelly here Minginish (http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?GridE=-6.40450&GridN=57.23850&client=public&lon=-6.40450&lat=57.23850&place=Minginish,Highland&db=freegaz&local=&type=&start=&limit=&overviewmap=&scale=100000&search_result=Minginish%2CHighland&lang=&db=freegaz)

As happy as a Dog with 3 (http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=315000.863270794&Y=240000.084105137&width=500&height=300&gride=317154.863270794&gridn=238033.084105137&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=1&scale=25000)

She's a big girl (http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=560000.340756401&Y=255000.731546365&width=500&height=300&gride=558069.340756401&gridn=257110.731546365&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=1&scale=25000)