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Quiz: Do you know your Piddle from your Pishill?

England is full of soggy sounding place names, a product of the wetter times in which they were coined. But sometimes appearances deceive. Try our quiz to see which of these names truly are wet – and which ones are just damp squibs

19 December 2017

 

Read more:ÌýEngland’s soggy place names could predict the climate future

With thanks to Richard Jones, University of Leicester

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