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Britain's worst place name: Shitterton in Dorset has been voted the UK's most embarrassing place name
Fighting for the top spot: Shitterton even beat off competition from Crapstone in Devon
Picturesque: Sandy Balls, situated in the New Forest, was named after the dome-shaped gravel
and known as Sandyballas during the reign of Henry VII
Shitterton came above the nearby valley of Scratchy Bottom, named after the rugged
and rough hollow, which was used as a location for the 1967 film
Rude place names: Slag Lane in Haydock , Merseyside, was also on the list. The name simply refers
to the slag heaps that were formerly a characteristic of the area
A small village in Kent called Pratts Bottom - Pratt coming from the Latin word Pratum meaning
Meadow- was also in list
Ancient names: The name of the Gloucestershire village of Old Sodbury comes from corrupted Old
English that would have meant ' The fortified village of Soppa' referring to a Roman fort
Back Passage in the city of London, close to Smithfield market and the Barbican, derives its name from
the fact that it is a passageway running around the back row of a number of buildings allowing access
to their rear entrances
All in the saying: Ugley, in Essex, is commonly pronounced as 'Usley '
The town of North Piddle, in rural Worcestershire, got its name from the old English word piddle
referring to a marsh or fen, which, overtime lent its name to the nearby stream Piddle Brook
Hooker Road in Norwich was named after William Jackson Hooker - a Botanist whose career
eventually led him becoming Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew - who was born in Norwich in 1785
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Slag-Lane--live-insist-lovely-place-live.html)
