PAR, Cornwall
Par is clay country
Kaolin or China Clay
Used to make paper
Category Archives: nature
Unusual U.K. place names 78. – Babcary
BABCARY, Somersetshire
Site of Wimble Toot
Glastonbury Zodiac
Bronze-age round barrow
Note: Toot derived from Old English tot meaning, a lookout point.
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Unusual U.K. place names 77. – Curry Rivel
CURRY RIVEL, Somersetshire
Site of Roman house
Name comes from Celtic crwy
meaning boundary
Note: Rivel from its landlord Sir Richard Revel
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Obscure words explained 83. – hobgoblin
Unusual U.K. place names 72. – Mevagissey
MEVAGISSEY, Cornwall
Once called Porthilly
Old parish name Limorrick
well known for Pilchards
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Unusual U.K. place names 76. – Cleobury Mortimer
CLEOBURY MORTIMER, Shropshire
Name from Old English
Clifu meaning a steep place
Church has crooked spire
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Unusual U.K. place names 67. – Perranzabuloe
Unusual U.K. place names 64. – Claxby Pluckacre
CLAXBY PLUCKACRE, Lincolnshire
Medieval village
Was deserted long ago.
Had church which fell down
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Unusual U.K. place names 62. – Petty France
PETTY FRANCE, Gloucestershire
Not remrkable
not much history to tell
not written, that is.
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Icing on the lake
ICING ON THE LAKE
The red flag has popped
A Northern is on the line
Ice hole refreezes
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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