Places / Streets etc that sound nothing like they are spelled

HelenG · Post by **HelenG** » Sun 27 May, 2012 7:34 pm

A lot of the older "Yeadoners" would pronounce it Yeydon. Guiseley confuses a lot of "offcumdens" who think it's Gwisley.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 27 May, 2012 8:04 pm

I pronounce Alwoodley as 'All..woodley' but if I had not heard it that way I would say 'Al...woodley'. Oddly therefore that Allerton is normally pronounced as Al...erton' not 'All...erton'. For interest (well to me at least) I've looked up and found "The name Alwoodley is said to be a corruption of 'Aethelwaldley', as it was originally known in the Middle Ages, meaning the woodland clearing (ley), at Aethelwald's farm".

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sun 27 May, 2012 8:09 pm

I think the best one in Leeds has to be Knowsthorpe, even the maps don't know if it's Knowsthorpe, Knostropp or Knostrop. And no one seems to really know where it is, or what's there apart from the waterworks. It's a strange place down there, the sky looms large above your head, and you feel like your the last man alive

jim · Post by **jim** » Sun 27 May, 2012 8:38 pm

Cherrell.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 27 May, 2012 8:38 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: I think the best one in Leeds has to be Knowsthorpe, even the maps don't know if it's Knowsthorpe, Knostropp or Knostrop. And no one seems to really know where it is, or what's there apart from the waterworks. It's a strange place down there, the sky looms large above your head, and you feel like your the last man alive I've always said it and known it as Knostrop, particularly so as Knostrop sewage works (a fun general area to play around as a kid in the late 1940s early 1950s). It's interesting how placenames change over time.

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Sun 27 May, 2012 9:37 pm

Leodian wrote: I pronounce Alwoodley as 'All..woodley' but if I had not heard it that way I would say 'Al...woodley'. Oddly therefore that Allerton is normally pronounced as Al...erton' not 'All...erton'. For interest (well to me at least) I've looked up and found "The name Alwoodley is said to be a corruption of 'Aethelwaldley', as it was originally known in the Middle Ages, meaning the woodland clearing (ley), at Aethelwald's farm". My mother always pronounced it Al-woodley while me my dad called it All-woodley. One of the oddest pronunciations I heard was Adel pronounced Hay-del.

book · Post by **book** » Sun 27 May, 2012 10:10 pm

Leodian wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: I think the best one in Leeds has to be Knowsthorpe, even the maps don't know if it's Knowsthorpe, Knostropp or Knostrop. And no one seems to really know where it is, or what's there apart from the waterworks. It's a strange place down there, the sky looms large above your head, and you feel like your the last man alive I've always said it and known it as Knostrop, particularly so as Knostrop sewage works (a fun general area to play around as a kid in the late 1940s early 1950s). It's interesting how placenames change over time. It was always known as notstrop docks to me as a kid

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Mon 28 May, 2012 12:10 am

Armley gyer,Armley giro,Armley jirator.....oh Armley big roundabout thingumajiggy !!!

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Mon 28 May, 2012 12:27 am

Roundhay pronounced Round-hay by those south of Sheffield. Of course it is pronounced Roundy.

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Mon 28 May, 2012 12:38 am

Swinnow was always Swinner....Stourton always nonplussed some...they would pronounce it Stowerton(river stour...as in).Belle Isle was always Belle Isle(though that's debateable).....Harehills is Airills...though newscasters say Hare Hills......etc etc