Bladder Lane, Bent Street and Butt Hole Road – the street names that reached the end of the road
For the residents of Bladder Lane, Bent Street or Butt Hole Road, just providing their address could be fraught with potential embarrassment.
But the solution for them – and many others left similarly red-faced by their odd-sounding street names – was simply to change the name of the road.
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Source: Bladder Lane, Bent Street and Butt Hole Road – the street names that reached the end of the road
But the solution for them – and many others left similarly red-faced by their odd-sounding street names – was simply to change the name of the road.
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Dozens of councils across Britain have reported cases of residents changing the names of their street because they dislike the one on the map. In some cases, the name change has followed years of ridicule. The inhabitants of Butt Hole Road even had to put up with coach loads of US tourists visiting to have their pictures taken near the road sign, after the street appeared in an American book and on the internet. The name, which is thought to refer to a communal water butt once located in the area, has now been changed to Archers Way. Last week residents in the street expressed relief at the change. One, who declined to be named, said: "We had had enough. We are much happier now. We just want to move on." Bladder Lane, in Plymouth, believed to have been named for the bladderwort plant which grew in an adjacent meadow, was changed to Boniface Lane at the request of a St Boniface's Catholic College, on the road, which was unhappy with it. |
Source: Bladder Lane, Bent Street and Butt Hole Road – the street names that reached the end of the road
