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Fucking Grove
Fucking Grove (alias Fockynggroue, Fockyngrove, Fokeing Grove, Foking Grove, Fukkyngroue) is the name of a medieval field in Bristol. The name continued to be used up to the early twentieth century, albeit from the seventeenth century it was euphemised to Pucking Grove. The field name is first recorded in 1373 when Bristol received a royal charter that turned Bristol into an independent county. The charter included a formal survey of the county boundary, which corresponded to the existing town lands. This survey was recorded as an appendix to the charter, under the Great Seal of England. It took the form of a Bristol_perambulation, perambulation of the seven-mile land boundary, describing the features that marked the way, such as ditches and stone boundary markers. This was necessary to define the limits of the new county and thus, for example, the jurisdiction of the sheriff, sheriffs of Bristol. One of pre-existing boundary stones was described in the perambulation survey as 'a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gropecunt Lane
Gropecunt Lane () was a street name found in English towns and cities during the Middle Ages, believed to be a reference to the prostitution centred on those areas; it was normal practice for a medieval street name to reflect the street's function or the economic activity taking place within it. Gropecunt, the earliest known use of which is in about 1230, appears to have been derived as a compound of the words ''Groping, grope'' and ''cunt''. Streets with that name were often in the busiest parts of medieval towns and cities, and at least one appears to have been an important thoroughfare. Although the name was once common throughout England, changes in attitude resulted in its replacement by more innocuous versions such as Grape Lane. A variation of Gropecunt was last recorded as a street name in 1561. Toponymy Variations include Gropecunte, Gropecountelane, Gropecontelane, Groppecountelane and Gropekuntelane. There were once many such street names in England, but all have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
