Talk:Burnham Overy

GONG LANE
I have no wish to edit this entry, as what follows is doubtless original research - But the "Gong Lane" story is complete nonsense, apparently made up by local estate agents and spread through twee tourist websites. As you can find from the Wiki entry, gongs are an Asian instrument introduced to Europe in the late 18th century. They were unknown in medieval England, where bells would have been used to alert people. Gong is well-documented in both Wikipedia (see "Gong Farmer") and East Anglian dialect dictionaries as human excrement. In the past - as today in certain circumstances - such "muck" was spread on fields, but has to be rotted down exceptionally well as it is far more noisome than animal excrement. It was therefore composted on airy sites away from habitation. Gong Lane is simply the road up Gong Hill, the latter being the place where gong was left to rot. There are several similar place names in the region with this undoubted origin.Jellyandjocko (talk) 22:35, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

I notice the story has now vanished from the article :) Jellyandjocko (talk) 21:57, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

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