Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
England's place names are well known for getting weird at times. From Droop to Wetwang, there's some real oddities. But can we find England's weirdest name? Today I have made a system which will categorically tell us which place name in England is truly the weirdest!
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SOURCES
Funny Place Names: countryfile.com/go-outdoors/britains-rudest-place-names
Odd Names Map: marvellousmaps.com/place-names
Hard To Pronounce names: countryfile.com/uk-travel/uk-place-names-hard-to-pronounce
Barton In The Beans: lahs.org.uk/blog/the-bean-bellies-of-leicestershire-an-eco-history-of-a-name
C***s: thesun.co.uk/news/22960959/rudest-town-name-britain-cocks-cornwall
Cold Christmas: secretldn.com/cold-christmas-hertfordshire
Droop: theblandfordexpress.com/2023/01/strange-dorset-place-names.html
Mousehole: cornwalls.co.uk/mousehole/history.htm
Once Brewed: detritusofempire.blogspot.com/2012/05/twice-brewed-inn-where-name-really.html
S****erton: bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9877050.shitterton-named-as-britains-most-unfortunate-place-name
Towcester: alison.co.uk/towcestermuseum.co.uk/towcester_history.html
Westward Ho!: theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-18476,00.html
Wetwang: wetwang.org.uk/wetwang-history
England's place names are well known for getting weird at times. From Droop to Wetwang, there's some real oddities. But can we find England's weirdest name? Today I have made a system which will categorically tell us which place name in England is truly the weirdest!
PATREON: patreon.com/nameexplain
BOOKS: https://shorturl.at/ggCYL
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/nameexplainyt
BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/nameexplain.bsky.social
REDDIT: reddit.com/r/NameExplain
FACEBOOK GROUP: facebook.com/groups/248812236869988
MERCH: name-explain.creator-spring.com
SOURCES
Funny Place Names: countryfile.com/go-outdoors/britains-rudest-place-names
Odd Names Map: marvellousmaps.com/place-names
Hard To Pronounce names: countryfile.com/uk-travel/uk-place-names-hard-to-pronounce
Barton In The Beans: lahs.org.uk/blog/the-bean-bellies-of-leicestershire-an-eco-history-of-a-name
C***s: thesun.co.uk/news/22960959/rudest-town-name-britain-cocks-cornwall
Cold Christmas: secretldn.com/cold-christmas-hertfordshire
Droop: theblandfordexpress.com/2023/01/strange-dorset-place-names.html
Mousehole: cornwalls.co.uk/mousehole/history.htm
Once Brewed: detritusofempire.blogspot.com/2012/05/twice-brewed-inn-where-name-really.html
S****erton: bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9877050.shitterton-named-as-britains-most-unfortunate-place-name
Towcester: alison.co.uk/towcestermuseum.co.uk/towcester_history.html
Westward Ho!: theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-18476,00.html
Wetwang: wetwang.org.uk/wetwang-history
