Smutty local names like, twatt, shag, arse, top our rude titter list. Read more..
Prepare to giggle at the smutty rural village names that raise a laugh all over Britain. There are nearly 2,000 odd place names but happily not all rude or smutty – though having travelled extensively over Europe yet again we are the best.
Starting at the top in the Orkneys locals proudly announce they are from Twatt. Country-wide there are scores of cheeky Bottoms – from Happy Bottom, Dorset, to SlapBottom in Hampshire to the disgusting Rotten Bottoms who live in this Dumfries hamlet.
Whilst we should give it the bum-steer Bottoms are top of the giggle-list with such names – Great Bottom Flash in Wilshire, Rough Bottom, Rotten Bottom, Bottom Burn, Lickham Bottom, Devon, and another tongue-twister Butts Bottom, but worse we suspect is in the Peak District where the Devil’s Arse is a road less-travelled. A short drive away over the Pennines, past Penistone you’ll have a titter at Tickle Cock Bridge.
Even the capital, London does not escape the mucky mirth – with areas such as Cockfosters Royal Arsenal, Shepherd’s Bush, Milkmaids Passage, Back Passage, Cock Street, Cold Blow Lane, Ming Street and Spankers Hill Wood. All these wonderful names are catalogued in Marvellous Map of Great British Place names – some with apt descriptions and a wonderfully identified map locations. Publishers are Strumpshaw, Tincleton & Giggleswick, whose classy vintage-style wall maps celebrate the world’s funny place names. 