Why is West Cornforth known locally as.....

[Deleted member 6830]

..... West Doggy ?
Just found that out today it is aka as West Doggy but no explanation given !
Just curious.

 

[Boris Bear]

Frank Skinner’s dad was from there

 

[Frijj]

Meet me in the car park just off Bridge Road at half ten tonight marra. Flash your lights three times when you get there and I'll show you why.

 

[Boris Bear]

Monkeylove has a shower there

 

[Abu Dhabi Red and White]

WC

 

[The]

Is it cos it’s dog rough?

 

[socrates]

..... West Doggy ?
Just found that out today it is aka as West Doggy but no explanation given !
Just curious.

its just known as Doggy not West Doggy.

 

[Tomma]

Cos it’s woof as fuck

 

[socrates]

West Cornforth is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the south of Cornforth, near the A1(M) motorway, Ferryhill and Spennymoor. It is known locally as “Doggie” though the etymology of this name is uncertain. It may however, relate to the fact that dog irons were made there at one time.

 

[Pot Noodle]

..... West Doggy ?
Just found that out today it is aka as West Doggy but no explanation given !
Just curious.

It's not. It's just Doggy. Called that either due to railway related stuff (parts for the tracks were made there from dog iron) or possibly due to fire places that were made there from dog iron too.

 

[Rainhill]

Used to be fierce did Doggy.

Sometimes the tribe would wage campaigns to the likes of Bowburn and Coxhoe and ransack their enemies and lay waste to everything in their path.

 

[42]

Dogging hotspot?

 

[hefty em]

Banjo country. Duelling.

 

[Kevj]

Meet me in the car park just off Bridge Road at half ten tonight marra. Flash your lights three times when you get there and I'll show you why.

Suspicions confirmed.

 

[Grammar Police]

I grew up there.

It gets the name from all the dog shit on the pavements.

 

[ilovehorswill]

Suspicions confirmed.

I'm just happy humans are involved

 

[muggboots]

..... West Doggy ?
Just found that out today it is aka as West Doggy but no explanation given !
Just curious.

I've been asking people for years and got no answer. I asked an 80 odd year old fella in Coxhoe the other week and he didn't known for certain but said the pit was known as doggy pit.

 

[Grammar Police]

Used to be fierce did Doggy.

Sometimes the tribe would wage campaigns to the likes of Bowburn and Coxhoe and ransack their enemies and lay waste to everything in their path.

Regular scraps with the Coxhoe lot.

 

[muggboots]

its just known as Doggy not West Doggy.

And this. ^^

 

[Grammar Police]

I've been asking people for years and got no answer. I asked an 80 odd year old fella in Coxhoe the other week and he didn't known for certain but said the pit was known as doggy pit.

Because of all the dog shit mate.