PURSE CAUNDLE, Dorset
A strange name for sure!
Pronounced the same as candle
Branch of River Yeo
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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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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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Unusual U.K. places names25. – Stert
Obscure words explained 68. – atiptoe
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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Requiescat in pace – RIP
Unusual U.K. place names 23. – Woolfardsdisworthy
WOOLFARDSDISWORTHY, Devon-shire
pronounced Woolsery
Anglo-Saxon Wulfheard’s home
Nice place to visit
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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