This is a cracker to start with. However, the origins of the streets name might not be what you think. Backside lane literally meant 'backside of the village' a few hundred years ago.This is a cracker to start with. However, the origins of the streets name might not be what you think. Backside lane literally meant 'backside of the village' a few hundred years ago.
This is a cracker to start with. However, the origins of the streets name might not be what you think. Backside lane literally meant 'backside of the village' a few hundred years ago.

9 of the rudest and strangest street names in South Yorkshire revealed

By Kyle Wilson
Published 12th Aug 2020, 10:06 GMT
It could be easily agreed that South Yorkshire has an extensive list of humorous phrases and names for a variety of objects. That said, take a look at this list made up of streets with the weirdest names in the country.

These various street names often have historical significance behind them, but really, many of them are still good for a laugh.

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This is a cracker to start with. However, the origins of the streets name might not be what you think. Backside lane literally meant 'backside of the village' a few hundred years ago.

. Backside Lane, Warmsworth, Doncaster.

This is a cracker to start with. However, the origins of the streets name might not be what you think. Backside lane literally meant 'backside of the village' a few hundred years ago. Photo: Google

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Warning Tongue Lane is an interesting name. This stretch of road runs through what was formerly the Black Carr Plantation which was once known locally as Wailing Wood. The name of the famous wood is linked with a tale still told locally of a carriage which overturned in fog on Warning Tongue Lane many years ago. A woman who died in the crash is rumoured to haunt the woodland to this day.

. Warning Tongue Lane, Doncaster.

Warning Tongue Lane is an interesting name. This stretch of road runs through what was formerly the Black Carr Plantation which was once known locally as Wailing Wood. The name of the famous wood is linked with a tale still told locally of a carriage which overturned in fog on Warning Tongue Lane many years ago. A woman who died in the crash is rumoured to haunt the woodland to this day. Photo: Google

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You could let your imagination run wild with this one! Could really you come up with a better name of a place to live when suffering with the flu? Do get in touch if you know of one.

5. Pocket Handkerchief Lane, Rotherham.

You could let your imagination run wild with this one! Could really you come up with a better name of a place to live when suffering with the flu? Do get in touch if you know of one. Photo: Google

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Frog Walk. People must have really started to run out of ideas when it comes to naming streets.

6. Frog Walk, Sharrow, Sheffield.

Frog Walk. People must have really started to run out of ideas when it comes to naming streets. Photo: Google

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This street could be notorious for all the wrong reasons. Apparently, Carsick was derived from 'Carr' meaning wet woodland and 'Sick' meaning stream or valley in times gone by.

7. Carsick Hill Road, Sheffield.

This street could be notorious for all the wrong reasons. Apparently, Carsick was derived from 'Carr' meaning wet woodland and 'Sick' meaning stream or valley in times gone by. Photo: Google

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Well let's face it, so far, we have seen worse. This is another street where very little is known about the origins of it's name.

8. Goosebutt, Rawmarsh, Rotherham.

Well let's face it, so far, we have seen worse. This is another street where very little is known about the origins of it's name. Photo: Google

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