soapdragon Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I dropped YS off at a play date this morning and went on into Oxford to shop. On the way back I detoured to Marston to pick up a set of Pirate Playmobil that I found on Gumtree Oxford. As I made my way to the address I kept looking at the directions (my very elderly Skoda doesn't have sat nav as I only go to school and Tesco!) With some amusement I noticed a road sign saying Crotch Crescent! Couldn't believe my eyes but, as it was a crescent, the next road along confirmed it!!!! Not sure I'd like that as my address On the way back to Garsington to collect YS I noticed a house called 'The Sticks'.........'Where do you live then?' - 'Oh, out in the sticks' Anyone else know of any other 'odd/amusing/just plain strange addresses **note from the moderating team** This thread has been returned with some edits. Please continue to enjoy it but please remember that this is a family friendly forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I used to live on hadow road which is at the top of crotch crescent it frequently appears on rude name street tour of the uk!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 There's also a Bottoms. Giggling now. Such a child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 The Dutch always feel they need to be creative when it comes to road names... There is a neighbourhood in Almere that is named after cartoonfigures... Some people live on the Donald Duck, some on Mickey Mouse... The city my mom lives in is a fairly new one. So each neighbourhood has it's own theme. She lives in the boat themed one. But there is also a colour neighbourhood, where people live on the Browngreen or Pinkpurple. My neighbourhood is plants, so I live on the Cat tails and the adjacent streets are called Gentian, Sincviolet etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 In Kent, there is a signpost which reads 'Ham' one way, and 'Sandwich' the other We live near a Virgin's Lane which also leads to a number of raised eyebrows, especially as our address was once The Nunnery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 When I worked in Cornwall many moons ago, it amused me to see a steep road called Brae Hill. They perhaps didn't realise that Brae means hill . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Internet shopping has made my address so much easier to deal with because I don't have to cope with comments like 'ooo I wouldn't like to live there' or asking about its origins which no local historians seem to know. There must be a story. It was called Green Lane until the 19th century then it was changed to Kidnappers Lane ( no apostrophe )! We also have an unusual house name which we inherited which we have to explain what it is. Don't want to give away the whole of my address on the interweb though. I quite like it though. We have a Frog Furlong Lane locally which I quite like, there are quite a few road names suffixed with Furlong around here, but they are longer than a furlong so no idea why. Unless it represents how long a furlong would feel to a frog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 The historical aspect is fascinating. I know a small hamlet near Rye where there is a small lane called Dumb Woman's Lane, it always makes me think of smuggling and I wonder who she was to have had a whole road named after her. Perhaps Kidnappers Lane is to do with highwaymen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 When we were in The Lake District last week, we saw a hill road on top of a mountain (beautiful!) called 'The Struggle'. Naturally The Husband HAD to drive it, & it must have really lived up to its name in the winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 When we were in The Lake District last week, we saw a hill road on top of a mountain (beautiful!) called 'The Struggle'. Naturally The Husband HAD to drive it, & it must have really lived up to its name in the winter! Hmmmm, mine would have done the same.......taking it as a personal challenge Me; I'd have taken it at face value and left well alone We have a country lane near us with a big dip in it and its known as Valentine's Bottom. When I was in my early teens we lived in Butt's Hill Cottage, Gracious Pond Road. There wasn't a pond to be seen, let alone a gracious one, sadly OH used to drive past a cottage which was on the opposite side of the road to a very large petrol station; it was called Esso View! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 This thread has been returned with some edits. Please continue to enjoy it but the moderating team ask that you remember that this is a family friendly forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcountrygirl Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 My house is called Hoopers. No-one can tell us why. The people who had it built were called Bartram and no-one called Hooper has ever live here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 We live in French Laurence Way which always causes comments when I am ordering things but the Rev French Laurence discovered some amazing and very important - so the vicar tells me - medieval wall paintings in our local church some years ago and I think its nice that he is remembered for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 All the streets in my estate are named Buckstone, said to derive from the Buck Stane (a standing stone nearby), being the point at which the king released his buckhounds while hunting. There's another estate called Caiystane, after another stone thought to have been in the same position for 5,000 years. Not odd but I like that there's a reason for the names . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 ANot odd but I like that there's a reason for the names . Absolutley, esp when it refers to local history! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Leia Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 When we were in The Lake District last week, we saw a hill road on top of a mountain (beautiful!) called 'The Struggle'. Naturally The Husband HAD to drive it, & it must have really lived up to its name in the winter! We know it well, it's the road from Ambleside up to the Kirkstone Pass. And yes, it is fun to drive in winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Perhaps barrels were made on the site of Hoopers? Interesting though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Just looked up what trade Hoopers were/are and they were the ones who fitted the metal rings onto barrels the Coopers made! Coopers eventually took over that bit and ended up doing it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Thats really fascinating - I didn't know that! I wonder when the changeover happened PS. Presumably those who slopped the contents into the barrels were the gloopers !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcountrygirl Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Thanks for all your info. Chatting to old residents in the village no-one can remember anyone having anything to do with barrels. It remains a mystery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Have you tried looking at old maps of the area either online or via local library (if they have any)? It might be a corruption of the word coopers or something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 We used to live in a place called Bare - it's next to Morecambe. Used to get some strange looks when asked what our address was! My parents last house was called Termondryge and they only found out what it meant when they came across the couple who'd had it built - it was named after their children - Peter, Edmond, Mary and Geoge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 We used to live in a place called Bare - it's next to Morecambe. Used to get some strange looks when asked what our address was!My parents last house was called Termondryge and they only found out what it meant when they came across the couple who'd had it built - it was named after their children - Peter, Edmond, Mary and Geoge! Hahaha that is very clever! Houses in Holland rarely have names and if they do, it's not part of the address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
