A district in south-east Birmingham, West Midlands. It developed as a settlement in what was originally part of the parish of Yardley. The area centers around a roundabout where the Warwick Road meets Shirley and Westley Roads.
Acock’s Green
😄 Why It's Funny
The modern interpretation makes it sound like a sexually suggestive phrase ('a cock's green'). The name appears on multiple lists of funny British place names due to this double entendre, even though it's simply a possessive form of the family surname Acock.
📍 Location
A place in Worcestershire
Etymology & History
Named after the Acock family who built a large house in the area in 1370. The term 'green' refers to an area of land over which commoners had rights of grazing. Originally known as Tenchlee (meaning 'ten clearings'), but this name fell out of use by the end of the 18th century.