![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/our-village-is-being-ruined-by-tourists-who-steal-signs-were-taking-action/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cxy9p1-shitterton-village-sign-dorset-284115573-1.jpg&description=HARD TIMES Published : 14:35, 31 Jul 2023 Updated : 14:36, 31 Jul 2023 FED-up residents in a rudely named Dorset village were plagued by thieves nabbing naughty signs - until they fought back. Shitterton, a quaint chocolate box hamlet filled with thatched cottages , dates back 1,000 years to Medieval England . 5 Fed up residents of Shitterton, Dorset, took action into their own hands Credit: Alamy 5 Three lads dressed as Dumb and Dumber made their own pilgrimage to Shitterton for charity Credit: Collect But the village's unfortunate name - meaning "farmstead on the stream used as an open sewer" - drew unwelcome attention for years. Villager Ian Ventham told the BBC in 2010: "Every two or three years somebody comes along and nicks our sign because, clearly, Shitterton is amusing . "We think it was kids who would like to have it stuck on the wall in a den somewhere." In the prudish Victorian era there were moves to change its name to Sitterton but it didn't work as villagers pooh-poohed the idea. But as sign theft in the village - just off the A35 between Poole and Dorchester - became a problem, villagers noticed they weren't getting replaced. Tired of going unnoticed, every villager chipped in £20 and they brought themselves an impossible-to-shift 1.5 tonne sign. Made of local Purbeck stone, the vast monument is set in concrete and cost nearly £700. Shitterton is believed to be the only place in Britain named after what it describes. But it has some stiff competition if it wants to be the rudest place name in Britain . Other out-there spots include Twatt, in Orkney; Nob End, in Bolton; Cocks, in Cornwall and Fingringhoe, in Essex. The network of naughty names left three pals with an idea: drive 1,600 miles to visit 27 of the UK's rudest places . Dressed as Dumb and Dumber, Lawson Smith, 57, Jack Harmer, 60, and James Conroy, 48, took in the delights of Titty Hill, Cumwell Lane, Slag Lane and Penistone over two days. Reflecting on their challenge - which raised £4,200){kind=link}
FED-up residents in a rudely named Dorset village were plagued by thieves nabbing naughty signs – until they fought back.
Shitterton, a quaint chocolate box hamlet filled with thatched cottages, dates back 1,000 years to Medieval England.
But the village’s unfortunate name – meaning “farmstead on the stream used as an open sewer” – drew unwelcome attention for years.
Villager Ian Ventham told the BBC in 2010: “Every two or three years somebody comes along and nicks our sign because, clearly, Shitterton is amusing.
“We think it was kids who would like to have it stuck on the wall in a den somewhere.”