Tiddleywink

:"See tiddlywinks for the indoor game."

Tiddleywink is a hamlet consisting of eight cottages, near the village of Yatton Keynell, about three miles (five kilometres) to the west of Chippenham, in the county of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The name is said to derive from rhyming slang for "a quick drink" - the village getting its name from one of its cottages historically being known to serve beer to passing cattle drovers.

Due to its small size, the hamlet has been for many years omitted from the official book of place names, the "Collins British Atlas and Gazetteer", and from most maps. Furthermore, the road signs were lost years ago in an accident, resulting in the hamlet becoming virtually invisible to the outside world.

Early in 2003, after much campaigning, residents finally won their settlement two new road signs, and widespread recognition, as their story made the national news.

External links

* " [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2782039.stm Tiddleywink on the map] " - BBC News article dated Wednesday, February 19, 2003
* " [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/feb/19/britishidentity.johnezard The world wakes up to Tiddleywink] " - "The Guardian" news article dated Wednesday, February 19, 2003