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How is Meole pronounced. I ask as there's a place called Meols Cop, Southport, pronounce 'meals' and Meols, on The Wirral, pronounced 'mells'. I know they don't have an 'e' at the end but I imagine the 'e' is significant in Meole Brace?
Emo - Ireland
It's Meal.
Which is probably a lot less controversial than the debate about how Shrewsbury is pronounced
Middle Wallop and Nether Wallop (Hampshire)
No Place (Co. Durham)
Pity Me (Co. Durham)
Apparently Twice Brewed (mentioned earlier) is also sometimes called Once Brewed...
Sincere apologies if any members or guests live there.
One of the houses there is called Oare house too
2. Minge Lane, Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England
3. Bell End, Worcestershire, England
4. Twatt, Shetland (note, there is another Twatt in Orkney)
5. Sandy Balls, a long-established holiday centre in New Forest, Hampshire, England with a name dating back to Henry VIII
6. Fingringhoe, Essex, England
7. Back Passage, City of London, an alleyway in the EC1 postal district
8. Shitterton, Dorset, England
9. Slag Lane, Merseyside, a residential street in Haydock, England
10. Hole of Horcum, North York Moors, England
11. Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire, England
12. Inchinnan Drive, Renfrewshire, Scotland
13. Cockshoot Close, Oxfordshire, England
14. Funbag Drive, Watford, England
15. Fanny Avenue, Derbyshire, England
16. Beaver Close, Surrey, England
17. Dick Court, Lanarkshire, Scotland
18. Felch Square, Powys, Wales
19. Lickfold, West Sussex, England
20. Rimswell, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
21. Spanker Lane, Nether Heage, Derbyshire
22. Cocknmouth Close, West End, Surrey
23. Friars' Entry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
24. Butt Hole Road, Conisbrough, South Yorkshire
25. Cockermouth, Allerdale, Cumbria
26. Fine Bush Lane, Ruislip
27. Ladygate Lane, Ruislip
28. Hornyold Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, England
29. Crotch Crescent, Marston, Oxford, England
30. Cumming Court, Pitville, Gloucestershire, England
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7263112/Britains-rudest-place-names.html
I want to move to Fanny Hands Lane so I can order taxis and pizzas for fun.
Splatt, in Cornwall (I think)
Twice Brewed is a pub isn't it? Once Brewed is the village and also the name of a Youth Hostel.
Not a town but there's a place called Ulgham near me (pronounced Uffham)
When I lived in Dartford and used to be a keen cyclist, I often headed out that way. It was a bit of stretch though and if I'd gone too hard I'd end up getting off in Pratts Bottom.