To ask if anybody lives in one of the UK's oddest place names like beer, nasty, etc.?

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I just googled beer and found the beer Church of England primary school. I'm guessing the place is named because of a brewery or something? But why is nasty called nasty? Or do I really want to know? Maybe it's particularly nasty weather?

There’s a Manor near relatives that was called Twatley Manor but they disappointedly changed it to Whatley Manor en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatley_Manor

I live quite near places called Cockfield (have heard lots of jokes about problems with squatters), Fatfield, The Butts, No Place and Slaggyford. I would hate giving my address if it contained any of those!

I grew up near Cockpole Green, which always made me snigger a little.

I wonder how they come up with these names? Why is it called pity me?

And carsick Hill? No thank you.

I have a friend who literally lives in hell, Cayman Islands. I went to hell a lot as a teenager and would take pictures in the grotto. I bet there is the story behind that as well. I don't know if anyone heard of the place in Austria called fucking that has not changed its name because the people there I got so sick of it being called that. There is a brewery there though and there is fucking hell beer. I don't think that has change the name. How in German means bright by the way hell

I rather like the sound of Wide Open and Great Fryup Dale though.

I used to live near Fingringhoe...

@PickAChew
We live very very close to each other I think

Near me are Didling and Cocking....the things I could tell you about what goes on around there ...

We once drove through Wank in my teens when we were driving across the continent. DM told DF and I off for sniggering.

DP's family live near a place called 'Cockhedge', or in my head, 'Pubes'.

there's a village in Somerset called Sexey. The junior school's crest is a spread eagle.

I've worked near Barton-le-Beans and Nether Wallop (and Farleigh Wallop) before.

I like our old, medieval place names, I think they're pretty charming. Although if you live in places like that (e.g. Fucking, in Austria) you must get fed up of tourists nicking the village signs.

Not too far from me is a place called Catbrain. It's very small.

I love this comment.

I always assumed wide open was called that because its a village surrounded by wide open land/fields

Not rude but there is a place called Potts of Rayne which always makes me smile.

Shitterton.

When l lived in my last house in West Yorkshire (l'm still here, just in another place) l was near to Nether Thong and Upper Thong.

When l lived in the North East l was quite close to Wide Open. When l took a Yorkshire friend back up there, he couldn't believe it was a real place when he saw it on the road signs.

there's a village in Somerset called Sexey. The junior school's crest is a spread eagle.

Sexey’s is in Bruton. It was named after the founder.

@Charmatt is that the Bunny that has a road leading from it to Gotham by any chance?

I used to drive past Pity Me quite regularly. I heard that the name originated from the Norman times and was originally petit mer. I could have that completely wrong though.

Velvet Bottom not far from me, love that one.

I was in a place called Pant yesterday

Not rude in any way but we don't live too far from Nempnett Thrubwell

No one really thinks twice about the meaning of Maidenhead...