Rude Britain: The 100 Rudest Place Names in Britain

by Ed Hurst, Rob Bailey

Following Boxtree's hit book Crap Towns comes Rude Britain - 100 of the Rudest Place Names in Britain Britain has a history common to many it is one of repeated invasion, occupation and assimilation. Each phase of this history has left its mark on our culture, architecture, language and place names.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2006

Reviews

[Ed · Rating 3 out of 5]

The brilliance of this book is that it takes a serious look at what we consider now to be "rude" place names. Well photographed, the accompanying texts shows that actually none of the place names are "rude", exploring and explaining their derivation and etymology. By keeping a straight face, the authors demonstrate that innuendo is the hand of the beholder.

So, if you want to learn more about our obsession with titty, bottom, spiral, passage and much much more, grab a copy, and have fun.

[Sian Taylor]

Hilarious, you'd think some of these were made up, but no. All the places are real.