Scratchy Bottom
Scratchy Bottom (or Scratchy's Bottom) is a clifftop valley between
chalk
, it is surrounded by farmland at its sides and landward end, with cliffs at the seaward end.
The name is thought to refer to a rough hollow.Find My Past.[3]
Scratchy Bottom was the location for the opening of the 1967 film Far from the Madding Crowd, in a scene in which Gabriel Oak's sheep are driven over a cliff by his sheepdog.[4]
50°37′25″N 02°16′52″W / 50.62361°N 2.28111°W
References
- ISBN 0-7522-2581-2
- ^ "'Rude' English streets defended". BBC News. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
- ^ "Scratchy Bottom beats Brokenwind, but Shitterton takes the prize... for unfortunate place names". London Evening Standard. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ "Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) - Filming locations". Retrieved 13 November 2008.
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