Like tea, marmite and mushy peas, quirky place names are a British institution. Slack Bottom, Drinkers End, Crackpot and Twatt are just a few quaint village names that delight visitors and make cities like Leeds and London sound positively humdrum.
Inspired by these rural oddities, Dominic Greyer, a freelance lighting cameraman in the film and television industry, set out to track down the most eccentric of them all, in a project known as Lesser Spotted Britain.
(via NeatoHub)
2 comment(s):
Sadly Butt Hole Road is no more. Even though it's rejoiced in that name for ages uptight modern residents campaigned successfully to have it changed to something less "offensive" last year.
Not forgetting the wonderfully named Letsby Avenue where the South Yorkshire Police helicopter is based in Sheffield. Probably a joke that only works for Brits, but at least that one was intentional.
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