Surely it must be this one in York.

Here’s the story. Back in 1505, it was known as Whitnourwhatnourgate. It’s also been called Whitney Whatneygate.
What does it mean? Well, take your pick. In Middle English, it might have meant Nothing at All, or Neither One Thing Nor the Other. Or maybe What a Street!
In the 17th and 18th centuries, this street, the shortest in York, was also sometimes known as Salvey Rents or Salvegate.
That’s quite enough oddness for one day, so the featured image is of York Minster in spring time.
For Becky’s Square Odds. …

… and the Which Way photo challenge

Gorgeous spring shot in the first, and love how the names have survived. It is all very odd!
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I could do even more odd York street names. Mad Alice Lane? Nether Hornpot Lane? And so on …
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Sounds like a series awaiting – street names of the world!
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It’s definitely a thought.
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Thanks for the explanation, Margaret. And the pretty picture of the Minster. Spring, hey? Coming soon….
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Yes, we’re not quite there yet. That shot wasn’t taken this year.
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I didn’t think so for a moment, Margaret, but….
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One day soon, eh?
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🤣💕 I don’t have much to smile about today. I collided with a low lying bollard yesterday and it quite ruined my day 😨💟
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Oh, Jo. So sorry. In your car, I suppose you mean. Expensive?
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No, on foot! Too busy talking. Blood everywhere! Walking today cancelled.
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Oh no! But you’ll mend more cheaply than a car. Look after yourself – sending hugs xx
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I will go headlong at life!
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Not what I was thinking though 😂
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About Jo’s ‘accident’?
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No street name. I do worry about our Jo at times
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🙂
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Fantastic name! Most odd!
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Unforgettable.
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😄😄
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that’s a great street name, glad that it has been kept.
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It’s a Must-See in York!
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What a cute name! I’ll have no pics therefore just a tale: There is a mountain in the Odenwald called Rimdidim. Not an old name at all: before 1898 it was known as Arnstein, then a helluva storm shaved off all the trees and apparently a forest official said in the local dialect that one could now look “rimdidim” = all round about. Of course, that view is now again completely covered by tall trees.
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Oh, I like tales like this. Thanks!
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😊
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Ah, lovely reminder of Brian my father in law. Born and spent much of his growing up years in beautiful York. I can still hear him laugh and say that odd name.
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Glad to bring happy memories.
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Can you imagine the “fun” of spelling that out to someone who needs your address???
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Luckily, this short street has no dwellings on it.
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I nominate ‘The Land of Green Ginger’ in Hull,a narrow street at the bottom of Whitefriargate in the old town area.
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Now that’s a serious contender.
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Ooh that shot of the Minster is a beauty. There are some odd street names in St Ives too!
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Do tell!
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https://cornwallincolours.wordpress.com/2016/08/04/streets-of-st-ives/
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Brilliant! I think at my age, I should choose Salubrious Terrace.
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😂
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That’s a great photo of York Minster! And a very odd name for a street!
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Only in England …
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Oh yes that’s an amazingly odd name. It’s almost musical which rather goes with York Minster hosting a wonderful Early Music Festival. I see the programme each year and one fine day I am going to make it! In the oddest street names competition think Norwich’s ‘Rampant Horse Street’ might come in the top five?
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Definitely! And the Early Music Festival is wonderful. We don’t get to as much as we should. York’s oddly complicated to get to.
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A much sought after address in Belper, Derbyshire, is Spanker Lane!
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Trust you to lower the tone;)
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I can lower it further with Grope Lane (Shrewsbury) 😅
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Whatever went on there? (on second thoughts, don’t ask)
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https://smallbluegreenwords.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/scrobbesbyrigshrewsbury-town-trail-part-2/
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It must have something going for it, the house prices are quite high there!
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🙂
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Brilliant!
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Yup!
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Most definitely an odd name. 😀 😀
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Seriously odd. I like it though!
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Me too.
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A lovely view of the Minster, Margaret
And a great street name. I think we are particularly good at this in England. There’s a great one in Whitstable – a narrow passage called Squeeze Gut Alley
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Oh, I like this! Is it near an unreliable fishmonger, I wonder?
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I’d heard about that odd name from a friend but not the earlier versions. They don’t seem any less odd!
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Exactly!
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Pretty cool! Interesting that the street names are so close to the ground.
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That’s unusual. But in this short street, there was nowhere else to put it.
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Is that a garden or a flower market in the foreground of your shot of York Minster?
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It’s a small raised bed in the street, But there are flowers a-plenty in the market too.
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what a great photo of york minster with those polyanthus in the foreground!!
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Thanks! I thought those flowers deserved their 5 minutes of fame.
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Good heavens, whatever it means at least it’s a lot more interesting than High Street.
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Indeed!
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