Potty, Fartwell and Knob: From Luke Warm to Minty Badger - Extraordinary But True Names of British People

Russell Ash has trawled parish registers and censuses going back 900 years to compile the first ever complete book of breathtakingly unlikely-but-true British names. It features an incredible and diverse range of totally genuine names, evoking everything from body parts (Dick Brain), sex (Matilda Suckcock), illness (Barbaray Headache) and toilet functions (Peter Piddle) to food (Hazel Nutt), animals (Minty Badger) and places (Phila Delphia). Every single one has been checked for authenticity and its source is given, as well as extra notes where further fascinating illumination is possible. The book provides a rigorously researched yet laugh-out-loud overview of Britain's eccentricity through the ages.

Title - Potty, Fartwell and Knob: From Luke Warm to Minty Badger - Extraordinary But True Names of British People

Edition -

Author - Russell Ash

ISBN 13 - 9780755316540

Imprint - Headline Book Publishing

Publisher - Headline Publishing Group

Date Published - 04/10/2007

Prize -

No. of pages - 256

Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 126 x 26 x 183mm

Weight - 288 g

Languages - English