Great British place names ~ 9 by seanoneill

Great British place names ~ 9

Streets in local villages were my shot today, a day when it was raining when I awoke, and 10 hours later, it still is!

Flesh Hovel Lane is in the village of Barrow upon Soar.

Flesh Hovel - a strange name. It is believed that the name relates to the fact that when the Quorn Hunt was stabled at Quorn Hall there was a building here where animals were slaughtered and hung until required for feeding the hounds!

Butthole Lane is in Shepshed.

According to the history books, Butthole Lane is where men went to practice their archery skills in Tudor times. Butt means target.

You may find this link amusing. No I will not be providing the type of shot mentioned in the link!

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Don-t-mess-butthole-say-residents/story-12067905-detail/story.html
Hysterical! Great finds!
April 25th, 2012  
@lesphoto I thank you Leslie. I kno wthese places well, so to speak, so they have been in the notebook for a while!!
April 25th, 2012  
Kim
This is awesome....I especially like "Butthole Lane"
April 25th, 2012  
@kdei Cheers Kim, I like this one too. It is well known locally.
April 25th, 2012  
Whoever named them was slightly nutty then with a sense of humour? Great shots
April 25th, 2012  
@megsy Sure was ;)
April 25th, 2012  
Wow, what an address to have to tell people. "Yes, you can deliver my pizza to 501 Butthole Lane." Great find and history. I would so lobby for a name change, though. Not that I could bring myself to buy a house on such a street.
April 25th, 2012  
ooo er mister. That made me laugh outloud!
April 25th, 2012  
@amandalomonaco There are about 5 houses and a football ground on Butthole Lane, and the residents appear to want to keep it :)
April 25th, 2012  
@fueast Happy to oblige :)
April 25th, 2012  
haha thanks for brightening up my afternoon! hmm "archery practice" lol
April 25th, 2012  
Hahaha. These are great names!
April 25th, 2012  
@ladyjane Thanks Jane. I'm having fun with this little series!!
April 25th, 2012  
Those were just sooo funny!
April 25th, 2012  
@primitiveprobe Cheers Andreas.
April 25th, 2012  
No!!! Too funny...
April 25th, 2012  
Glad these aren't my address
April 25th, 2012  
ha, awesome sean.
April 25th, 2012  
@cmc1200 Glad you liked it Caryn. I knew the bottom one would appeal to people!!
April 25th, 2012  
@peterdegraaff You are right peter, but people do live at both streets!!
April 25th, 2012  
@wardie Cheers Paul. I am enjoying this series!!
April 25th, 2012  
Wow, I wonder what the history of Flesh Hovel lane is! I'm not even going to comment on the second one :)
April 25th, 2012  
Hysterical! Thanks for a good LOL on a horrible rainy day! :)
April 25th, 2012  
Funny !!
April 25th, 2012  
Made me smile
April 26th, 2012  
Well, if they sat on donkeys while they practiced their archery, they could change the name to a$$hole lane. :-)
April 26th, 2012  
Oh this is funny! Thanks for the stories that explained the name :-)
April 26th, 2012  
Deb
LOVE it!
April 26th, 2012  
So funny, its amazing whats out there. How did you put these 2 photos on together, is it a collage? I need a new one as Picnik as one.
April 26th, 2012  
Sometimes fact is stranger (and funnier) than fiction, isn't it? Cool finds! 8D
April 26th, 2012  
Haha some more delightful names for us to consider! I'm a fan of whip-ma-whop-ma-gate
April 26th, 2012  
Hahahaha excellent find!
April 27th, 2012  
LOL!!..Great Shot and Discription..I could place the 2nd sign in front of a couple of peoples house's this week!! he he he..
April 27th, 2012  
Haha, quite comical, love your info and pics, definitely something different!
April 27th, 2012  
What a great find : ) Hahahaha
April 27th, 2012  
Oh this has cheered me up no end! Just the type of thing I'd photograph too! And that link - so funny! In my mind I can just hear my kids saying "grow up mum!"
April 27th, 2012  
@jennywren Thanks Jen. To do thi sI have a template set up in Photoshop that is for two shots. So I drop the 2 shots in as separate layers and then save as a JPeg.
April 27th, 2012  
@seanoneill Thanks for the info. I do have a Photoshop package on my computer but dont know quite what it does, will investigate.
April 27th, 2012  
Keep them coming!
May 2nd, 2012  
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