
There's some fantastically-named villages in Britain.
Someone's just given me a copy of a new book called Far From Dull and other Places by Dominic Greyer.
It's full of photos of place name signs - including this one, Pity Me, in Durham. Apparently it's a humourous term for a barren piece of land.
I also like Drinker's End (relating to the family name Drynkar), Ripe (from the old English word 'ripp' meaning a narrow bit of land) and Lower Slaughter (lower muddy place, in old English).
There are also some names with rude connotations in the book and you can see two of them below. I don't suggest you look if you're of a sensitive disposition, though...

Cuckoo's Knob is a hillock frequented by cuckoos, and Twatt is from the Old Norse thveit, meaning 'cleared place'.
If you know of an oddly-named place, why not tell us by leaving a comment on Field Day or by going to the forums.


There's a road near me called Turkey Cock Lane.