69 Cock Lane is yours for £449,950, but is it Britain's naughtiest address?

By Gis and by Saint Charity,
Alack, and fie, for shame!
Young men will do ’t, if they come to ’t.
By Cock, they are to blame.

-Hamlet,Act 4 Scene 5

Modern rewrites usually change “Cock” to “God”, but since Ophelia is singing about being seduced the double entendre is obvious.

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