A Grand Tour of OFFENSIVE PLACES in England - Part 2
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We're off on a grand tour, or road trip to visit some of the many offensive places found in England. Covering 260 miles we'll be passing through Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire on what can only be described as an epic road trip. Or grand tour because that might help with the SEO...
Anyway, grab a cuppa, sit back, relax and try not to giggle like a school child as we take a look at some of the offensive place names found in our fine country.
I used to work at the RAC in their back offices. Their computer system at the time compressed all place names down to the first four letters. Yes, you're ahead of me. Any breakdowns in Clitheroe raised eyebrows.
I'm guessing no male drivers found it then... 😉😂
Anyone who responded to breakdowns there would have been the Clit heroes.
There is or was a dress shop across the road from the shopping centre there, as you exit the centre the sign is partly obscured by a street sign and it's 'Lady Clit hero'
YUK YUK 😂😂😂😂😂 Chortle 😂
"He was just circling the town centre but getting nowhere until he broke down."
There's a Slutshole Lane in Norfolk, but the sign was stolen so many times the council gave up on replacing it
gee, I wonder why LMFAO!
Similar story to Shitterton village. The locals there banded together. Raised the money to have the name engraved on a 1.5 tonne block of Portland stone. To put off the theives.
Must be related to our Fanny Hands Lane here in Lincolnshire
Opie Street in Norwich was once Gropekuntelane. There used to be lots of Gropecunt Lanes (or variations thereof) around England in the Medieval period but, sadly, they've all gone now. The last record of one was from 1561.
@@vapistry LMFAO, these names!!! lolz
Not a rude name in itself, but for someone who likes crosswords, the anagram that is Newark always makes me smile.
Did you know that the weather presenter, Paul Hudson on BBC Look North is the current Mayor of Wetwang? The previous Mayor was the now deceased Richard Whiteley of Countdown fame.
Wetwang has a good chip shop too.
mmm’ a wetwang supper, delish😮…
Of course there is scope for many more episodes on this theme. Those I can think of off hand are Crapstone (Devon), Shitterton (Dorset), Pishill (Oxfordshire), Sandy Balls (Hampshire), Pratts Bottom (Kent), Fingrinhoe (Essex), Twatt (Shetland and Orkney), Titty Ho (Raunds, Northam0tonshire), Fanny Lane (Keighley, W Yorks), Grope Lane (Shrewsbury, Shropshire), Butthole Lane (Shepshed, Leicestershire) and no doubt plenty more I can't think of at the moment.
don't forget penistone in south yorkshire
Dick Trod Lane in Skinburness, Cumbria. There's Cockfield and North Bitchburn in the North East.
Brown Willy (Cornwall), Cocking (West Sussex), Scratchy Bottom (Dorset)
I have heard of a Grope Lane that used to be Grope C*** Lane, because that was where men met up with the local pros.
Over 11 million views in 2023, wow. Jon, the viewers keep coming back because of the content and your unique presenting style. Best wishes for the new year.
I know right? :)
LOL @ Wetwang
Nice one, thanks for watching!
My favourite silly/offensive name is from two villages south of Stonehenge. The village of Wilsford and the village of Lake, jointly known as “Wilsford Cum Lake”. I certainly wouldn’t want to fall into that lake. 😱😂
You nearly had the triumvirate of Scunthorpe, Wetwang and Penistone. But I suppose you need more places for the next installment!
I was wondering if/when Penistone would get a visit from John. Still theres plenty of dodgy names left for a part 3!!
Then theres Pennycomequick.
Cockfosters comes to mind
He didn’t even get to Cockermouth
The humber bridge is still the world’s longest bridge open to pedestrians.
And cyclists
Beat me to it!
Yes, I've walked across it. Never saw anyone else tho, it seems to go on forever.
pedestrians. you mean suicidists
Wonder how many takes Gene Pitney had to take on his video 24 hours from tulsa, across the Humber Bridge.
I hope there's a part 3 as you've missed Cockermouth.
And Penistone
I'm expecting a very long list of comments for that one👍👍👍👌
Not to mention Fingringhoe
@@stephenwhite345no mate just you…
Isn’t Cockermouth in Cumbria….?? 🤔😁
Three cheers for Scunthorpe!
BRM's supercharged V16 was nuts.
Then ten years later give or take, in 1966, they showed up with the H16, which was two V8 engines mashed together, with a chain system. It vibrated a lot so they put weights on it. The weights had a tenancy to fly of and blow up the entire thing.
Then in the late 60s while doing the H16 shenanigans and madness, they teamed up with Rover, yes, /that/ Rover, to enter a gas powered car at Le Mans.
An then not to be outdone, they won the last pre-chicane Monza race in one of the closest finishes ever, Peter Gethin won. Howden Ganley fiffth. The story goes that ater the race, Gethin had to help change the tyres on Lord Owen's car because it got a puncture while leaving Italy, as well.
BRM could probably be a mini series/or long vid all on its own.
EDIT: Also now I want AutoShenanigans to explain the Scunthorpe Problem, too as regards interwebs filters, too
Absolutely. Its founder, Raymond Mays, would make a great subject for a film by himself
I'd need to check but I tought he and Lord hesketh (he of Hesketh let's put a naked girl on our F1 car, fame ran in the same social circles, at least that's something I've read quite a ew places
Hope you tried Wetwang Chippy, it’s pretty bloody good. Some may say it’s Wicked Sweet Awesome…
*Hwicked
@@CableWrestler indeedy
Brilliant, you could do another hundred episodes off these and still not run out of rude place names. I bought my sister a map of rude British place names for Christmas so she could plan her own road trip 😂
Great content. Nob End in Little Lever, Bolton deserves a mention. It's now a SSSI with disused canal locks and a Meccano bridge
Nice one, thanks for watching!
The "explanation" of the origin of Wetwang had me chuckling for the first time at the end of a difficult day, so thank you!
Still love Titty Ho in Raunds, Northamptonshire. There is a car company called Titty Ho Motor Co, so cars proudly drive around with it stuck in the back windscreens! 😂
I can't believe you went to Folkingham and missed the village of "Dyke" a few miles south on the A15
Absolutely loving the new camera shots and extra work you are putting in to the production.
Gentleman Sausage, the Trumpton character we should have had!
A quick detour off the A15 at Hemswell would have taken you to Creampoke Crescent. Lincolnshire can also boast a Fanny Hands Lane.
You should have stopped by "fanny hands lane" in Lincolnshire
Used to do roadwork management in the North East including Chester-le-Street a famous town in County Durham.
One of my employees answered a call and asked "what town is that", was given the answer "Chester-le-Street" asked and answered the same again then snapped back "i asked what town, not what road".
I installed a stove in Bitchfield. When i told my partner i was there, she took it as an insult 😂.
Great stuff, I live in Northern Norway, not that far from a place called Barstad. Your videos are getting very fancy, filming your lovely Saab from another car and drone footage, thanks for all the great nerdiness, and hope 2024 sees a lot more of it.
Excellent 👌🏼 I said to Mrs wife after part 1 “I wonder if Wetwang will be mentioned” You never cease to amaze 😁
Thank you Jon and all the best for 2024
This mini-series is why the Scunthorpe problem will always elude computers and their IT admins.
So you went to Scunthorpe but not Penistone. Or are future installments taking you through Penistone and Shitterton? (EDIT: Perhaps via a Butt Hole Road.)
In any case, a fun little tour! My thanks as ever, and a Happy New Year!
Yes, Shitterton is a real place name in Dorset, that no longer has a problem with stolen town name signs:
en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Shitterton
@@k.r.baylor8825 Yup, it's a hamlet off one side of Bere Regis. The road through it is itself named "Shitterton", and its street sign kept getting stolen -- until they had it carved into a 1½-ton boulder set deep into the ground.
The name dates back at least 1000 years, and comes from a nearby brook -- called the Shitter since it historically was where the privies drained to.
The name didn't contain a swear word back then either; until the 14-1500s "shit" itself was the normal everyday word for "dung" or "poop".
We really appreciate the hard work and production that goes into your videos Jon, have a cracking 2024. Look forward to seeing where you go next!
I can't believe you missed out the village of Licky End.
You also missed Fanny Street, in Cardiff and Cumwell Lane in Rotherham.
There is also, The Glory Hole, Court Cocking, Bellend Drive, Coldblow Lane,Busty View, Hardon Road, Backside Alley, Dick Close and Crotch Crescent.
A few episodes required !
Crotch Crescent, in Oxford, is named after a musician, William Crotch. Specifically, he was... an organist. No, really.
Ooh! M25! I saw that at the end!!
I think someone has bought some new toys. The photography is getting top notch.
“Oh matron”. What a “Carry On”. 😮
Thank you Jon for all your super sweet wicked awesome videos in 2023. Here’s to loads more in 2024 🎉
And here's me sitting in a service station car park. Remembering when you had 1000 subscribers and talking to me, mate, about the service station videos you WERE doing. And ticking off mentally all the ones we had been to by ourselves
More great two-car camerawork and drone shots - well done, Jon and team! Happy New Year!
Nice one, thanks for watching!
I think you need to read Douglas Adams / John Lloyd’s - “Meaning of Liff” and the “Deeper Meaning of Liff” if you haven’t already. That has shed loads of place names you wouldn’t believe.
This clearly needs to be a new series, there's so many good opportunities around the country, such as Upper Dicker in East Sussex!
There's so much production in this silly video! I love it!
If you're ever in Dorset, come and visit our wonderful place names, like Tincleton, the Piddle Valley, and of course, Shitterton
And after that go north to Wiltshire to visit Wilsford Cum Lake.
Must have taken a long time to fill that one up!@@AK.2425
You could have had Spital in the street , you pass right by it on the A15 in Lincolnshire heading towards the M180
Thought you might have included Flash in the Peak District, I'm sure you can imagine how people have posed for photos next to the village signs. It's also the highest village in the UK apparently.
We used to have a hamlet just outside Faversham, in Kent, called Slutsole. Got changed about 20 years ago into something more diplomatic.... Sadly... Many thanks for all your work, been a good and interesting set of videos. Happy New Year.
Side fact: the design and specification for Nuclear Flask rail cars, the same as used in the Dalby test track video, were based on a SAAB 900.
Thanks for all the vidoes this year. If you ever venture to the Orkneys and Shetlands you can collect a couple of Twatts.
You forgot the two hamlets of Twatt in Shetland and Orkney, and the hill in Cornwall called Brown Willy. Although it’s not rude, my favourite sign in England is near to Stansted Airport in Essex. It says “Bacon End Banana Depot.” I just think it’s daft and it always makes me smile.
Great production, thanks. Definitely enough material in the UK for a longer series!
Nice one, thanks for watching!
Was waiting for the visit to Pratt's Bottom in Kent :)
Have a Great New Year, Jon.
Some years ago (in 89/90) I was working in the US and a newspaper (might have been one of the national dailies) published a quiz and my boss at the time submitted a list of answers. Among the questions "What is the Worlds Longest suspension Bridge" to which the answer was "The Humber Bridge". However, the newspaper picked some other bridge in the USA which was only about 2./3rds as long. My boss complained and was told "Who has heard of the Humber Bridge?".
...but also.... Given that the Forth Road Bridge is of similar design, does that mean the cables of the Humber Bridge are decaying at a similar rate? Will it have weight restrictions imposed in the near future and maybe require a new Bridge to be built (a la Forth)? I dare say somebody somewhere (in the DfT?) has thought of these questions (or not).
The humber bridge has a cable dehumidification system installed on it to try and combat corrosion. The system basically injects dry air into the cables at various points along the cable to keep water out of the cables.
No doubt it'll need replacing at some point but that system should help reduce the rate of decay.
Hi John, great videos and keep it up in 2024.
You forgot Fanny hands lane in ludford, Lincolnshire
Nice one, thanks for watching!
I'm only surprised you did not visit Jasper Carrotts birthplace... Shaftmore Lane, Acocks Green..😂
Both of you are legends.
Once took a detour to Wetwang just to get fish and chips, as marked on the map shown. We were assured by a friend it was the best fish and chips in the country. I remember the detour more than the chips themselves, but they kept us going for the rest of our journey.
Ps. 1:44 thanks for the interesting info (wetwang possible burial of Boudica) scattered through your video's, it adds local flavour.
Another great vid as usual, I used to work next to the Old Dalby test track pronounced (Dollby)at the REME depot 35 Central Workshops.
Seeing "SCOTLAND" on that map earlier made me think of a great video idea! How about "Places that are the same but really hecking far from each other". My favourite example being the tiny village of Portsmouth in West Yorkshire.. which gets some lost lorry drivers sometimes...
There's also Pool-in-Wharfedale (also West Yorks), vs Poole, Dorset.
Blackpool and Preston both in Devon both quite close by, a long way from their Lancashire namesake...
Or Blackburn in Lothian...a long way from Lancashire.
Thanks for another amazing year of wicked sweet awesome content John !!!
👍Great end to the year
Twatt is worth a visit and a photo by the roadsign with the horizontal arrow - have to travel to Orkney though! Thanks for a great channel, Happy New Year everyone.
There is also a Twatt in Shetland, weird eh...
The late Richard Whiteley, of Countdown fame, was Mayor of Wetwang at one point.
Loved this mini series 👍
Have a very happy new year and looking forward to more content in 2024.
My brother owns Richard Whiteley's granddad's old car. A 1963 Rover but I don't think he has got his wang wet in it.
Hi John, thanks for the Xmas giggles. How about Knob Hill, Horsham or Fanny st Cardiff or Crapstone, Devon. For future me vids? If the budget will stretch you have the Two Twatts on Shetland and Orkney ?
Apparently the village name sign for Twatt, in Orkney, has been stollen and not replaced.
My favourites: Fan y Big, a mountain in the Brecon Beacons. Brown Willy, a hill in Cornwall and Twatt, a settlement in Orkney. I guess you could do a few more parts in this series.
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I LOVE THIS CHANNEL !!! Boring to some maybe but not for me, i love the information 😊
Thanks for an entertaining 2023, have a cheeky pint for all your efforts. Looking forward to seeing what 2024 brings 😊
Thanks a lot, appreciate that!
Good one Jon, thanks for all your 2023 stuff
Thanks for all your videos and happy new year to you greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Slightly disappointed that we didn’t get the other Bell End and Mincing Lane. But touring around is fun. This year I went to Bavaria and enjoyed Titisee but never did get to Wank.
I’m still waiting for Pusey! 😂
Happy new year with or without Pusey! 😂😂😂
The River Uck which flows through the village of Uckfield always makes me snigger in a schoolboy kind of way.
All the best for 2024 Jon.
Great videos, and I look forward to more in 2024
Another great video! Here's to the coming years content, All the very best and a Happy New Year, Thank you, 👍👊🥳.
Thanks for an entertaining 2023 and all the best for 2024, I'm glad that this channel is helped you out during hard times.
Between 1986 and 1995, I drove around most of England and your Secrets of the Motorways bring back found memories of those trips, although it's a bit disconcerting to hear of all the changes since then, makes me feel old.
When I was a student at the university of York, Wetwang was the perfect distance away for a quick drive to make sure my car kept its battery alive through the winter. I'd take my mates there, we'd buy fish & chips and then drive home. It was a vibe
absolutely sublime new year's viewing with the family thank you Jon
Happy new year Auto Shenanigans team!!! Big up!!
Great video, there are quite a few Grope Lanes which used to have a name 4 letters longer. If you visit Uckfield in Sussex you will see the very narrow gap between the U and the edge of the sign, no room at all for the capital F it cries out for.
Thanks for the posts its been a blast. Happy New Year to you and Best Wishes for 2024.
A great series, keep it UP. 😅
The underpass at Castleford (West Yorkshire) railway station is called Tickle Cock Bridge.
Also, there was Butt Hole Road in Conisbrough near Doncaster. But due to resident pressure the council changed its name about five years ago. There are photos of it on the internet.
I believe there is still a Butthole Lane in Shepshed, Leicestershire
There's a Tittybottle Park in Otley (also West Yorks).
Having lived close to Folkingham in my youth I initially thought you had included it due to the way us, as teenagers, pronounced the name back in the 70s I speak from the experience of me and my mates. Shocked to say I never knew about the nuclear launch site there. Great video - have a Happy New Year.
The videos are getting great, especially the drone shots and commentary 😁
Nice one, thanks for watching!
Thanks. V good film and excellent camera work. Every best wish for 2024
Nice one, thanks for watching! Happy New Year!
It was worth watching for the Humber bridge , I have been past both ends on the A63 hull side and the M180 but never crossed it . Thanks for that 😊
Have a great 2024 and thank you for another couple of humour filled and factual videos.
Prety sure the first English settlers to Tasmania kept that weird name tradition well and truely alive. Literally can’t go more than 50km without finding a weird place name.
Not forgetting of course when you get down to Dorset you have Piddle Hinton and Piddle Trenthide plus Affpuddle which was originally Aff Piddle.
This is the best video I've ever seen about anything
I was waiting for Scunthorpe to make its presence felt, so famous that the internet has a thing called 'Scunthorpe Problem'.
Excellent, interesting, and funny, as always! Thank you John
Happy new year Jon
Looking forward to 2024 content
Hi Jon another great vid you could have also gone to Cocking near Chichester or you could say ' gone Cocking 'nice one!
I went to Cocking primary school but lived 3 miles away from Cocking at ... Didling
Plenty more to cover:
- Twatt in Scotland.
- Lord Herefords Knob on the Welsh border close to Fan-Y-Big and Three Cocks.
- You also missed lickey End just down the road from Bell End where you started.
- In the Mendips there's a place called Velvet Bottom.
- What about Penistone and Clitheroe?
- There are also loads of Butts around the country as 'The Butts' was where archers practiced with their longbows in medieval times.
Awesome content Jon 👌
All the best for 2024 🎉 👍
Thanks for another year of great content. Looking forward to more videos in 2024 and keeping Sunday as my AutoShenanigans day. Happy new year Jon and team.
Nice one, thanks for watching, Happy New Year!
Cheers Jon - thanks for everything you gave us in 2023 - here's to a whicked, sweet, awesome 2024!
Richard Whiteley of Countdown fame was the mayor of Wetwang until his death in 2005. Great vid, have a great 2024
Great work this year Jon. All the best for a successful 2024
Again, most good video Jon. One village that always makes me smile is upperthong near Holmfirth in Yorkshire. Happy New year
If you head to Cornwall there is a small village called cocks, when I was younger i would always see the signs and say it’s my brother’s favourite place
Excellent 👍. Happy New Year 🥳
Happy new year and thanks for all the enjoyable content in 2023.
Well done Jon, thanks for all the videos. All the best to you in 2024.
Hi Jon, more offensive places in England shocking🤣🤣🤣Keep it up Jon and all the best for 2024, Take care👍👍
Wishing you a very happy and prosperous New Year, Jon 😁