The Best Named Village in England

By Alex in Pictures, Travel on Aug 6, 2008 at 2:35 pm

Neatorama reader Ariane said that she was thinking of us when she wrote this blog post about an unusually named Yorkshire village in England:

The first time I saw it was in 2003 and I shouted as loud and as brash as my western American accent could allow. “PENIS TONE? What pervert names a village PENIS TONE?”

The car full of natives started to giggle…then they chuckled and then they laughed hysterically at my expense.

Debbie, the eldest of the bunch, tried not to be condescending but unfortunately failed when she spoke “It’s pronounced penny stone”

Link – thanks Ariane!

I couldn’t decide what she was trying to say when she said she was thinking of Neatorama … :)


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  1. mary
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    There is a Fartown Cafe in Yorkshire, too.

  2. chandrielle
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    “It’s pronounced penny stone”

    You say tomato….

  4. sd
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    the bbc story about a town called lunt was pretty funny!

  5. JessieGiraffe
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    When I was in England I visited a little town called Lacock. That’s not quite as silly, though.

  6. Alice
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

    there is also a small town called Upper Dicker in England :)

  7. gilbert necessary
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    we’ve got Groper’s Bush in Southland, New Zealand

  8. gilbert necessary
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 10:52 pm

    far out, I forgot, right down the road from Groper’s Bush is Gummies Bush as well!

  9. Shea
    Aug 7th, 2008 at 12:20 am

    Penis Tone = the reedy timbre of the Skin Flute?

  10. acidaleh
    Aug 7th, 2008 at 12:44 am

    Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada
    Fucking, Tarsdorf, Austria

  11. JC
    Aug 7th, 2008 at 12:46 am

    The reason on why the town atracts feminine tourism remains a mystery.

  12. Ariane
    Aug 7th, 2008 at 1:04 am

    Ariane here – Thanks ever so much for posting this! I feel like a mini-celeb! and of course I love neatorama! Read it every day.

  13. ted
    Aug 7th, 2008 at 5:35 am

    Only 2 1/2? I wouldn’t be putting that information on a sign.

  14. lauredhel
    Aug 7th, 2008 at 9:01 am

    The only way Penistone can be funnier is to make it a street, and intersect it with Cockman Road. I live not far from here.

  15. lisa
    Aug 7th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    hey! i live just off a penistone road in sheffield, england!!

    me and my house mate ALWAYS have to ask the taxi driver to go to ‘penis stone road’ when weve had a night out, its too funny not to!

  16. Giannii
    Aug 7th, 2008 at 5:54 pm

    I believe it is pronounce “Penny Tone”. I can see why someone may mispronounce it however. =p

  17. Skipweasel
    Aug 11th, 2008 at 6:57 am

    Don’t forget Badgers Mount, near Orpington. And of course Matching Green and Matching Tye.

    My mum lives near Pratts Bottom.


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