Ancestors’ Locales that make you smile

[DianaCanada]

My favourite ancestral place name is Giggleswick in W. Yorkshire.

My grandparents settled in Valleyfield, Quebec which I think is a pretty name for a town.

[andrewalston]

On the outskirts of Blackburn, Lancashire, is Pleasington, now home to a large cemetery and crematorium. I thought that name was likely to be a Victorian invention dreamed up by a property developer.

It turns out to go back all the way to the Norman period.

...but the Normans were well into property development too. 

[Treetotal]

When researching family history on my Father's side, I went to St. John's Nfld to meet cousins and there were many place names that made me smile, Conception Bay, Placentia, "Come by Chance" and Dildo, I had to check a second time to see if I had read it right 
Carol

[Erato]

My ancestors lived in places with boring names.  The only name that stands out is Brave Boat Harbor, Maine - a safe, snug place to anchor your boat if you were brave enough to navigate through the narrow, rocky entrance.

[DianaCanada]

When researching family history on my Father's side, I went to St. John's Nfld to meet cousins and there were many place names that made me smile, Conception Bay, Placentia, "Come by Chance" and Dildo, I had to check a second time to see if I had read it right 
Carol

Not to mention Heart’s Desire …and from a Newfoundland song we used to sing in school - Pogo and Twillingate.

[DianaCanada]

My ancestors lived in places with boring names.  The only name that stands out is Brave Boat Harbor, Maine - a safe, snug place to anchor your boat if you were brave enough to navigate through the narrow, rocky entrance.

I like it!  Especially said in the local accent 😁

[DianaCanada]

On the outskirts of Blackburn, Lancashire, is Pleasington, now home to a large cemetery and crematorium. I thought that name was likely to be a Victorian invention dreamed up by a property developer.

It turns out to go back all the way to the Norman period.

...but the Normans were well into property development too. 

My mother lived in an actually planned town in Sussex - Peacehaven.  A very nice name I always thought.

[arthurk]

My ancestors lived in places with boring names. 

Ditto - the place that one of my families came from was Dull.

[DianaCanada]