PURSE CAUNDLE, Dorset
A strange name for sure!
Pronounced the same as candle
Branch of River Yeo
Category Archives: Places to visit
Unusual U.K. place names 44. – Huish Episcopi
HUISH EPISCOPI, Somersetshire
Outskirts of langport
Belonged to bishop of Wells
Somerset Levels
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Unusual U. K. Place names – Middle Wallop
MIDDLE WALLOP, Hampshire
Of three villages
old name Waella and Hop
Spring water valley
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Unusual U.K. place names32. – Botus Fleming
BOTUS FLEMING, Cornwall
Near the Tamar River
Former Stoke-Flemings’ Manor
It’s close to Saltash
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Unusual U.K. place names 31 – Bungay
BUNGAY, Suffolkshire
Called Bucincga Haye
after Bonna, Saxon chief
Now a market town
Note: Met a fellow from Bungay yesterday so I decided to write this piece.
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Minnesota Northwoods – Wintertime
12th Night
Unusual U.K. place names 30. – Wychbold Salwarpe
WYCHBOLD SALWARPE, Worcestershire
Salwarpe called Salop
Battlefield and Spadesbourne
where the rivers join
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Unusual U.K. place names29. _ Droitwich Spa
DROITWICH (SPA), Worcestershire
Famous for its salt
Romans named it Salinae
On River Salwarpe
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Hogmanay
Lang may your lum reek
First-footing New Year greeting.
Wi’ other folks coal.
Note: Tradition in Scotland says that good fortune will come to you by the first visitor after midnight at New Year. The visitor should be a tall, dark and handsome stranger bearing a gift for the family. A small lump of coal.
Translation: Long may your chimney smoke/smell (i.e.) have a fire for warmth; all the better with other people’s coal.
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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