Its name dates back at least 1000 years and means “farmstead on the stream used as an open sewer”
Shitterton isn’t a town - it’s barely a village.
The villages along the piddle had their names censored in preparation for a visit from Queen Victoria (apparently). Puddletown was changed from Piddletown, as Briantspuddle was changed from Briantspuddle and afpuddle from afpiddle (higher up the valley there are the villages of piddlehinton and piddletrenthide still with their original names - queen Vic didn’t head up there - the river is still the piddle)
Incomers try all sorts of things to change the name of Shitterton “shire-ton” and “schister-ton” are two I have heard.
Also with a humorous name, not far south (well 10 miles ish), is the hamlet of Shaggs and on the coast a couple of valleys - scratchy bottom and stinking bottom.
Sauce - lived in Dorset for 20 years.
From the Wikipedia article for Shitterton:
“The stream which passes near the village flows into the River Piddle (also called River Trent). Piddle is another name for urine. Shitterton is located very close to a village known as Piddletown until recently, when it was renamed Puddletown.”
I can’t imagine telling people you live in Shitterton, UK and having them take you seriously
If you want them to take you seriously, you’ll need to use the full name of the town: Shitterton upon The River Piddle
Really classes it up 😉
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The failure of Myspace is evidence that people can not be trusted with too much customization
Learning HTML in junior high was rad tho
anyways here’s some evanescence
Was myspace not sold and then went downhill?
What Killed MySpace? (It Wasn’t Facebook) [15:12 | May 08 2019 | ColdFusion]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs5bOyNTPLw
Thanks for the evanescence!
