What’s in a name? Britain’s rudest places – This Britain, UK – The Independent — I’m sure someone traveling from Cockington to Balls Green via Thong and Bitchfield will find this less amusing.

Two Examples

Wetwang

Wetwang is a Yorkshire Wolds village that sits on a busy main road along the coast. Debate surrounds the origins of its name; it means either “field for the trial of a legal action” or just “wet field”. Whatever the meaning, the name attracts so many sniggers that the late Richard Whiteley was bizarrely made the honorary Mayor of Wetwang, a title now held by the BBC Look North weatherman Paul Hudson.

Upper Dicker

Originally the site of a medieval trade centre (“dicker” means barter), Upper Dicker sits within sight of the South Downs near Polegate. Not the prettiest village (or name) in the area, the housing stock is a mixture of Downland vernacular and modern boxes, slightly blighted by a fast through-road. There’s a smattering of shops along the main road and the posh St Bede’s senior school is in the village. Lower Dicker is just down the road.

And the classic photo everyone takes:

Found by JMR.