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Wurzetteer
- Part 2 (E-N)
Compiled by Zider Ed
The
Wurzetteer lists in alphabetical order place names mentioned
by Adge Cutler & the Wurzels in their songs, in the chat
between songs on the records, or places which boast Wurzel
connections. As well as West Country places, the list includes
some foreign places mentioned in the songs, such as Paris
and Spain. This is Part 2, covering places from E
to N.
Photos
reproduced by kind permission of the photographers and copyright
owners Kevin Goodall (indicated by [KG]) and Paul
Gunningham ([PG]).
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Easton-in-Gordano |
Immortalised
in Adge Cutler's song of the same name - a place in North
Somerset, not far from Pill. |
|
Eastville |
Area
of Bristol, spiritual home of the Rovers. |
|
Eiffel Tower |
Big
tower in Paris, made famous in Thee's Got'n Where
Thee Casn't Back'n, Hassn't?. |
|
England |
Country
in the UK put on the map by the Wurzels' song
Give Me England!. |
|
Failand |
Somerset
village not far from Long Ashton. |
|
Farrington Gurney |
Somerset
village not far from Midsomer Norton. |
|
Fawley |
Place
on Southampton Water, famed for its oil refinery.
|
|
Feeder |
Sort
of canal in Bristol. |
|
Fishponds |
District
of Bristol mentioned in The Bristol Song and Moonlight
On The Malago. |
|
Folies Bergeres |
Favourite
haunt of Scrumpy & Western fans when visiting Paris.
Correctly pronounced "Follies Burgeries". |
|
France |
Apart
from Wales, the nearest country to Somerset. |
|
Frenchay |
Part
of Bristol mentioned in The Bristol Song. |
|
Frome |
Somerset
town mentioned in All Over Mendip. |
|
Germany |
Foreign
country somewhere near France. |
|
Glastonbury |
Somerset
town famous for its Tor and the annual music festival
(which is acutally up the road in Pilton) at which The
Wurzels appeared in 2000 and boycotted in 2007. Immortalised
in Adge Cutler's song Ferry To Glastonbury
(also sung by The Wurzels on a later album).
Glastonbury Tor [PG]; Glastonbury from the Tor [PG]
|
|
Globe |
Pub
mentioned in The Somerset Space Race. Anyone
know where it is? |
|
Harptree Hill |
Somerset
hill mentioned in Thee Cassn't Kill Cooch and at the
end of All Over Mendip: "See thee up on 'Arptree
'Ill!" |
|
Hartcliffe |
Part
of south Bristol mentioned in The Bristol Song.
|
|
Haslebury Plucknett |
Village
just off the A30 near Crewkerne. |
|
Hatch Beauchamp |
Village
not far from Taunton in Somerset. |
|
Henbury |
Part
of northern Bristol. |
|
Hinton Blewett |
Village
in the northern Mendips near Harptree. |
|
Horfield |
The
part of Bristol where all the girls are quite respectable,
according to Adge, anyway. |
|
Jodrell Bank |
Place
up north where they watch the sky, so I'm told. |
|
John O'Groats |
North-easterly
tip of mainland Britain, and according to the words of
Adge's song, not as good as Easton-In-Gordano.
|
|
Kenn |
Somerset
village mentioned in Hark At 'Ee, Jacko. |
|
Keynsham |
Spelt
K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M - immortalised by Horace Bachelor
in his 1960s commercials on Radio Luxembourg. Mentioned
in The Wurzels' version of Speedy Gonzales. Also
the title song of a 1960s album by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah
Band. |
|
King's Arms |
Pub
in Easton-in-Gordano. |
|
Knowle West |
In
south Bristol, not far from Bedminster. |
|
Liverpool |
Famous
Merseyside seaport and home of a 1960s pop group whose
name I forget... mentioned in Moonlight On The Malago.
|
|
Lockleaze |
Home
of Lockleaze Lil. Not far from Horfield. |
|
London |
Place
somewhere east of Bristol. |
|
Lulsgate |
Bristol
Airport, south of Bristol on the A38. |
|
Malago |
Small
river near Bedminster Down and Novers Hill. |
|
Manchester |
Northern
place, miles from Bristol. |
|
Mars |
Foreign
planet, not far from Earth. |
|
Mendip |
The
Mendip Hills are in Somerset, between West Harptree
in the north and Wells to the south. |
|
Mevagissey |
Cornish
fishing village immortalised in the song of the same name, written
by that well-known angler Pete Budd. |
|
Midsomer Norton |
Somerset
town near Radstock. |
|
Milky Way |
Place
higher up than Harptree Hill. |
|
Mumbles |
Seaside
place in Wales, west of Swansea. |
|
Mutton Tump |
An
old name for Brandon Hill in Bristol, from the
days when sheep were kept there. |
|
Napoli |
Town
on the west coast of Italy. |
|
Nashville |
Place
in Tennessee famed world-wide for its Country
music. |
|
Nelson Street |
Street
in Bristol. |
|
Nempnett Thrubwell |
Sleepy
village between Blagdon and Chew Magna, immortalised
in song by Adge Cutler. |
|
Norton Malreward |
Village
not far from Pensford in Somerset. |
|
Novers Hill |
In
south Bristol, near Bedminster. |
If
thee's thinks o' any more I missed, or couss tell I any more about'n,
don't keep'n to thyself - Don't Tell 'Ee,
Tell I!
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