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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Andrew Robinson & Laura Sharman

Confusion as X-rated Google search sends people to historic listed building

Google search has been sending people to a rude building when they search for a place in Huddersfield.

Those who search "Cock Ring" are being sent to a historic building in Slaithwaite made up of a barn and a few old cottages.

Huddersfield Exposed has seen a boost in traffic to their site from people looking for the X-rated search, reports Yorkshire Live.

The online heritage database is usually used by history buffs but its report on Cock Ring has attracted a wider audience.

A spokesperson tweeted: "A big shout out to everyone who has searched for 'Cock Ring' on Google and clicked through to Huddersfield Exposed. Hope you found what you were looking for."

They added: "As a side note, this is the only Cock Ring in the entire country that has been granted Grade II listed status by Historic England."

The site in Slaithwaite is also recognised by Historic England (HuddExposed/Twitter)

Many found the entry hilarious while one person speculated whether the site might have once been a gathering place to fight birds.

The entry for Cock Ring describes the site as a Grade II listed property located at Cop Hill Side, Slaithwaite, which dates back to the 18th Century.

It is made up of two former cottages and a barn and was first listed in 1985, however it is not clear how or why it came by its name.

The property, overlooking the Colne Valley, has since been modernised and landscaped.

Slaithwaite's Cock Ring gets its own entry on the Historic England database and is one of many weird and wonderful place names in Huddersfield and the wider Yorkshire area.

Others include Long Tongue Scrog Lane at Houses Hill in Huddersfield and Bog Green Lane in Upper Heaton, Huddersfield.

'Scrog' is a dialect word meaning scrubby, and it runs along a narrow field that is said to look like a long tongue.

Further entries include Dog Kennel Bank and Berry Brow's Deadmanstone, both to be found in Huddersfield.

In nearby Elland, there is also a street named Mucky Lane and another named Granny Lane in Mirfield.

In Lockwood, Huddersfield, there is a spot named Solid which may have got its name from willow trees that once grew nearby.

Some historians believe it comes from 'saliht', an Old English word meaning 'growing with willows' although it is not certain.

The town centre of Huddersfield is also home to a few interesting street names including Friendly Street and Primitive Street.

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