PUCKLECHURCH, Gloucestershire
Bronze-age round barrow
Saxon royal villa site
Kingdom of Wessex
Category Archives: U.K.
Unusual U.K. place names 24. – Tortworth
TORTWORTH, – Gloucestershire
Tortworth chestnut tree
Of fifty great British trees
chosen for the Queen
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Unusual U.K. place names 23. – Woolfardsdisworthy
WOOLFARDSDISWORTHY, Devon-shire
pronounced Woolsery
Anglo-Saxon Wulfheard’s home
Nice place to visit
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Unusual U.K. place names 22. – Cam
CAM, Gloucestershire
Is a large village
Bigger than neighbor Dursley
which has town status
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Unusual U.K. place names 20. – Lychett Matravers
LYCHETT MATRAVERS
Lichett means grey Wood
Feudal Lord Hugh Maltravers
Name from Brittonic
Note: To explore these unusual place names, I urge readers to visit Google Earth to see where on earth they are situated and then to visit Wikipedia for expanded historical information. All of this is difficult to convey in just 17 syllables.
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Unusual U.K. place names 18. – France Lynch
FRANCE LYNCH
Old stone cottages
near Severn and Thames canal
Folk from Chalford Vale
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Unusual U.K. place names17 – Ingst
Unusual U.K. place names 15. – Coombe Dingle
Unusual Place Names14. – Haselbury Plucknett
HASELBURY PLUCKNETT
named for hazel grove
Later by owner Plucknett
Saint Wulfric died here
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Obscure words explained 64. – Spoonerism
SPOONERISM
Letters are transposed
Blushing crow for crushing blow
name from Miss Spooner
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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