The Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Where do you live? Don’t ask!

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When I first moved to Peterborou­gh I was struck by the many strange street names, mostly in the New Town areas such as Bretton. Many are a single word without a road, street, lane or way, such as Deerleap and Gullymore, Stagsden and Paynels. None of these names though made it into a list I was sent of Britain’s silliest street names.Some are too rude to mention, but I think I can get away with my favourite, Crotch Crescent which is in Marston in Oxfordshir­e. I think it’s the alliterati­on that does it for me.

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