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26th June 2008, 09:01
The following is the list of the top twenty names from the book, many of which are street names and most of which incorporate body part or sexual slang:
1. Cocks, Cornwall
2. Minge Lane, Worcestershire, England
3. Bell End, Birmingham, England
4. Twatt, Shetland (note, there is another Twatt in Orkney)
5. Sandy Balls, a long-established holiday centre in New Forest, Hampshire, England with a name dating back to Henry VIII
6. Muff (now Eglinton), County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
7. Fingringhoe, Essex, England
8. Back Passage, City of London, an alleyway in the EC1 postal district
9. Shitterton, Dorset, England
10. Slag Lane, Merseyside, a residential street in Haydock, England
11. Hole of Horcum, North York Moors, England
12. Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire, England
13. Inchinnan Drive, Renfrewshire, Scotland
14. Cockshoot Close, Oxfordshire, England
15. Fanny Avenue, Derbyshire, England
16. Beaver Close, Surrey, England
17. Dick Court, Lanarkshire, Scotland
18. Lickfold, West Sussex, England
19. Rimswell, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
20. Spanker Lane, Nether Heage, Derbyshire
Other entries include North Piddle (from the Old English word pidele, meaning marsh), Pratt's Bottom, Ugley, and Spital-in-the-Street (a hamlet in Lincolnshire with a name based on the Middle English spitel, meaning hospital). Gropecunt Lane in Oxford has been renamed "Magpie Lane".
1. Cocks, Cornwall
2. Minge Lane, Worcestershire, England
3. Bell End, Birmingham, England
4. Twatt, Shetland (note, there is another Twatt in Orkney)
5. Sandy Balls, a long-established holiday centre in New Forest, Hampshire, England with a name dating back to Henry VIII
6. Muff (now Eglinton), County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
7. Fingringhoe, Essex, England
8. Back Passage, City of London, an alleyway in the EC1 postal district
9. Shitterton, Dorset, England
10. Slag Lane, Merseyside, a residential street in Haydock, England
11. Hole of Horcum, North York Moors, England
12. Fanny Hands Lane, Lincolnshire, England
13. Inchinnan Drive, Renfrewshire, Scotland
14. Cockshoot Close, Oxfordshire, England
15. Fanny Avenue, Derbyshire, England
16. Beaver Close, Surrey, England
17. Dick Court, Lanarkshire, Scotland
18. Lickfold, West Sussex, England
19. Rimswell, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
20. Spanker Lane, Nether Heage, Derbyshire
Other entries include North Piddle (from the Old English word pidele, meaning marsh), Pratt's Bottom, Ugley, and Spital-in-the-Street (a hamlet in Lincolnshire with a name based on the Middle English spitel, meaning hospital). Gropecunt Lane in Oxford has been renamed "Magpie Lane".