House Names Plaques & Village Signs

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Top 10 weirdest street names in south-east London and north Kent
Ha-Ha Road is in Woolwich, London. Photo by Suede Bicycle, via Flickr (Messenger Newspapers)
Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland Daily Photo
Newcastle street sign (I love the graffiti)
20 Place Names You Can't Read With A Straight Face
Welcome to Happy Bottom (Dorset, UK) <<<---- WAIT!? THERE IS ACTUALLY A PLACE CALLED HAPPY BOTTOM IN ENGLAND!!! Ha ha ha ha xD
Strange British place names
(Britian) No-one knows how the northern village of "Pity Me" gained its name, though The Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names reckons it is a "a whimsical name bestowed in the 19th century on a place considered desolate, exposed or difficult to cultivate". Others say it could refer to a local legend about St Cuthbert, who cried "Pity me!" when monks accidentally dropped his coffin at the settlement on the way to Durham.
Your unusual town names
Sign for the town Lost in Scotland
Ich Bin Eine Tiddleywinker.
One of the daftest place names in England near Yatton Keynell, West Wiltshire.
11 of the West Midlands' weirdest street names
Birmingham and the West Midlands are known for having a rich industrial heritage, a vast canal network, and perhaps their crowning glory: an abundance of&n
In Pictures: London's Oddest Street Names
In Pictures: London's Oddest Street Names | Londonist
57 Reasons Living In Yorkshire Ruins You For Life
Little Folk Sign - Yorkshire - Fairies of West Yorkshire, England