I think I have to go use the shitter . There is a 420 exit near me, I think their plan was just to make it enormous for no reason, which it is. Where is Countryfile visiting this week and what time is it on BBC1? This was quite literally, the place by the sewer. Mr Ventham, a retired RNLI director, wrote to neighbours asking them to donate £20 towards the cost of the immovable sign. It appeared in the Doomsday book as Wetuuangha and there are two plausible theories behind its name. Try 3 issues of BBC Countryfile Magazine for just £5! Ian Ventham, 62, chairman of the parish council, who lives at Shitterton Farmhouse with his wife Diana, 61, said: "We have lived here for the last 20 years and during that time the sign has been nicked at least three times. The Nether part of the name comes from its location, the most southerly – or lower – of the three Wallops. Our best wishes for a productive day. Victorian historian Daniel Henry Haigh, an Anglo-Saxon expert, proposed that there was a battle fought near the village by Offa of Mercia.
Press J to jump to the feed. In this case, it’s probably a finger of land with this part of Essex a network of rivers and streams winding their way into the Thames estuary. It even features on a local commercial radio station’s jingle. So you might already be guessing right: "Fucking Hell" it is indeed, with a nice label on the bottle. The area around this tiny village, the parish of Perranzabuloe on the north coast of mid-Cornwall, is rather hilly, so this one is pretty self-explanatory. Villagers living in Dorset hamlet of Shitterton refuse to be beaten by thieves with lavatory humour.
Already have an account with us? "I don't think it was malicious, they just did it for fun, but it was exasperating for us. You learn something new every day; what did you learn today? The Nether exists simply to differentiate the village from the nearby Upperthong, which is on higher ground. Another theory suggest that it comes from the Anglo-Saxon word “well” meaning spring or well. So bad was the problem that, three years ago, the fed-up district council stopped replacing the sign, meaning that drivers passing through the hamlet could be unaware that they were ever in Shitterton at all. Strengthening that view is the road called Cocks Hill, one of the many examples of a name repeating itself when a new wave of invaders did not understand the language of the previous occupiers. It is possible that Lower Swell comes from this and its location in relation to local hills, situated on the lower of the hill, or at the bottom of the high ground. Have a, whatever award that is, award. There are a handful of theories regarding this Gloucestershire village’s name. The proud villagers of Shitterton in Dorset have clubbed together to erect a new stone sign at the entrance to their hamlet after the council signs were stolen by collectors. We think it was kids who would like to have it stuck on the wall in a den somewhere because it's quite an interesting sign.
The second idea is that Wetwang was simply the Wet Field opposing the nearby Dry Field that became Driffield. In short, Pidddlehinton is probably referring to the farm of the family by the river. I laughed when I saw that the other day. Thanks! Such is the fame of this legendary place that, after much repeated thievery, the original sign welcoming visitors to Shitterton was replaced with an enormous lump of local Purbeck stone, into which the legendary name was carved. RUDE NAME: The name of a famous street called Bell End has been saved despite protests (Image: BMP MEDIA). It's hilarious because you might assume that the name came before "shit" was considered vulgar but nope, it's been like that since the beginning. They each chipped in £20 to purchase a lump of Purbeck Stone weighing more than a ton and had it engraved with the hamlet's "interesting" name to act as a proud, and permanent, sign. Originally appearing in the Domesday book as Billesfelt, this small Lincolnshire village forms a parish with Lower Bitchfield. Was he drunk? Shitterton is a hamlet in Dorset, England. Any place name with an “ing” in it refers to the people of a certain person or location, from the Old English “ingas”. As with many places in Britain, over the centuries its pronunciation and meaning has changed. (I don’t think either would qualify as a “city” by any definition.) Check this out.