Tickle Cock Bridge in Castleford
is not too far from
but quite a way from
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Taint nothing between.
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Penistone had nothing to do with penises or tones, but Shitterton is named after an actual shitter.
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Gay isn’t a naughty word.
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There are quite a few bits of green space in towns around England called “the Butts” after an old word for an archery practice ground. My primary school was near one. It was (and is) called the Butts Primary School. I never thought this was odd or funny as a kid,
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Most Cock Lanes were probably named for fowl but this one in London makes me think the other sense may have existed pretty early
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Maybe not, but there’s this:
I had an image saved somewhere for a flyer for a Gay Head Cruise, but i can’t find it from where i am and I’m not gonna Google that.
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What’s wrong with “Lane”?
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Wasn’t there once a nautical-themed, couples sex resort named ‘Boot & Knee On The Mountee’?
In the US, fanny is a silly word for butt. In the UK , not so much.
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“Front bottom”
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but there are sadly no more Gropecunt Lanes in the age of that word’s offensiveness.
“In 2026, Trump Drive in Kalispell, Montana was finally renamed after the word, once a term for a high ranking card in a deck used for card games, evolved during the Troubles into a vulgar word synonymous with the unsolicited act of grabbing an unsuspecting female’s genitalia.”
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We’ve also got Sandy Balls, and Bishop’s Knob.
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The Kentucky towns of Sugar Tit and Beaver Lick are near the Big Bone Lick archaeological site.
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Fanny always struck me as a very nice name.
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