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barrywom | 10:20 Wed 12th Sep 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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I was driving through Dorset the other day and nearly crashed the car laughing after I saw a sign for a town called Piddletrenthide. How on earth did a name like that come about?
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In Old English, pidele was a name for marshland or similar. Piddle trent hide means 'estate on the River Piddle assessed at thirty hides (trente hides)'. (Source: Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. I don't think there's an online version).
17:36 Fri 14th Sep 2001
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Find more wacky place names at article 1867
08:14 Mon 24th Sep 2001
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How about Phuket in Thailand? Corny, I know.
13:58 Wed 24th Oct 2001

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