Wurzelmania: The Adge Cutler & The Wurzels Encyclopaedia. Made In Somerset!

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]).

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.

Nailsea

Small town in North Somerset where Adge Cutler lived and recorded his first couple of albums with The Wurzels, in the Royal Oak pub. Adge's ashes are buried in Christ Church, Nailsea. According to Adge, Butch Kinsey is not from Nailsea.

L-R: Christ Church, Nailsea [KG]; The churchyard [KG]; Paying respects [PG]; Adge's memorial [PG]

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!