You all know how difficult is pronunciation in English, there aren't many rules. But pronunciarion even becomes more difficult with proper names, like names of towns, villages and cities. Here's a list of British places and how they are pronounced. Check them.
- Alciston, East Sussex – Aston
- Alfriston, East Sussex – All-Friston
- Allerton, Bradford, West Yorkshire – Ollerton
- Alnmouth – Allenmouth
- Alnwick (Northumberland) – Anic
- Althorp (where Princess Diana is buried) The village is pronounced Olthorpe but the House is pronounced Orltrop (notice the reversal of the O and the R!)
- Ansty, West Sussex An-Sty
- Ardingly (Sussex) – Ardingl-eye
- Bamburgh (Northumberland) – Bambruff or Bambro?
- Beaconsfield – Bekonsfield
- Beaulieu – Bewley
- Bedworth – Bedduth
- Belvoir – Beever
- Berwick on Tweed – Berik on Tweed
- Bicester – Bister
- Boughton, Lincolnshire – Bootun
- Brough, East Yorkshire – Bruff
- Burpham, Surrey or West Sussex Ber-Fam
- Chippenham (see comments at top of page) – Chipnam, Chipenum
- Chiswick, London – Chizzik
- Cholmondeston, Cheshire – Chumston
- Cholmondley – Chumly
- Edinburgh – Edinboro or Edinburah (just NOT Edinburg)
- Eltham, SE London – El-tum
- Etchilhampton (near Devizes Wilts) – Eyeshalton
- Fowey (Cornwall) Foy
- Frome – Froom
- Gillingham, Kent – Jillingham
- Gillingham, Norfolk & Dorset – Gillingham (hard sounding “g” as in girl)
- Gotham, Nottinghamshire – Goat’am
- Glasgow – Glazga
- Gloucester – Gloster
- Greenwich – Grenich
- Grosmont, North Yorkshire – Grow-mont
- Grosvenor – Grovenor
- Harrogate – Harrowget
- Hastings, Sussex – Haystings
- Holborn, Central London – Hoe-burn
- Hunstanton (Norfolk) – Hunston
- Keswick, Cumbria, England – Kezik
- Kettering (Northamptonshire) Ke’-rin – Apostrophe indicated glottal stop
- Launceston (UK) – Lawnston
- Leadenham, Lincolnshire – Led’nam
- Leicester – Lester
- Leominster – Lemster
- Lewes, East Sussex – Loowis
- Mildenhall (Wilthsire) – Minal (to rhyme with spinal)
- Milton Keynes – Milton Keens
- Mousehole, Cornwall – Mowzel
- Norwich – NORRich
- Penistone – Penny -stun
- Plymouth – Plimuth
- Ruislip – Ryeslip
- Salisbury, England – Sawlsbry
- Scone, Perth, Scotland – Skoon
- Shrewsbury – Shrowsberry
- Slough – Slow (to rhyme with how/now)
- Southwark – Suthuk
- Truro, Cornwall – Tru-row
- Warwick – Warrick
- Welwyn – Wellin
- Weymouth, Dorset – Waymuth
- Worcester – Wooster
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