Cockermouth

[PipRosi]

Is there still a town in England called Cockermouth? I've got ancestors that lived there in the 1500s.

 

[LeicsDom]

Is there still a town in England called Cockermouth? I've got ancestors that lived there in the 1500s.

Yep. beautiful little town in the Lake District
https://cockermouthonline.co.uk/

 

[unloadonme]

Indeed there is. It's the birthplace of William Wordsworth.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Is there still a town in England called Cockermouth? I've got ancestors that lived there in the 1500s.

Unfortunate names abound.

Photo taken less than 30 minutes drive from my home.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

Indeed there is. It's the birthplace of William Wordsworth.

`A host of golden worker ants`
´Shelley! More Shelley!´

 

[PipRosi]

Unfortunate names abound.

Photo taken less than 30 minutes drive from my home.

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And more?! You spoil me

 

[PipRosi]

Yep. beautiful little town in the Lake District
https://cockermouthonline.co.uk/

Indeed there is. It's the birthplace of William Wordsworth.

That's kind of heartwarming to knowCheers, cockermouths!

 

[cityboy-stl]

There is a town in Arkansas called Toad Suck, Cockermouth is way better!

 

[unloadonme]

For all you dirty-minded individuals, Cockermouth is so named because it sits at the confluence of the River Cocker.

 

[NotHardUp1]

And more?! You spoil me

Who'd want "more" after . . . ?

There is a town in Arkansas called Toad Suck

They even have an annual festival to raise scholarships: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad_Suck,_Arkansas

As it isn't an actual incorporated town's name, it is embraced by most Arkansans as a quaint throwback, another crazy tiny town name that always brings a grin.

 

[PipRosi]

There is a town in Arkansas called Toad Suck, Cockermouth is way better!

Oh dear, I'm sure that's the least freaky thing Arkansasans are gettin' up to.

 

[NotHardUp1]

For all you dirty-minded individuals, Cockermouth is so named because it sits at the confluence of the River Cocker.

Oh, and we're SURE that the flow is clear and sweet.

 

[PipRosi]

For all you dirty-minded individuals, Cockermouth is so named because it sits at the confluence of the River Cocker.

Cocker Riverrrr... wider than a mile, I'm crossing you in style one dayyy.

 

[gsdx]

Dildo, Newfoundland

(frankfrank's favourite)

 

[unloadonme]

Twatt, Orkney.

 

[NotHardUp1]

dildo Newfoundland

That sounds like a fake.

Twatt, Orkney.

Is it marshy?

 

[LeicsDom]

I grew up near Pratts Bottom

 

[NotHardUp1]

I grew up near Pratts Bottom

 

[unloadonme]

Is it marshy?

No, but it's bush-covered.

 

[LeicsDom]

And one especially for our American friends ...