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The street name Bell End will remain as a result of local assistance

A historic road in the West Midlands will not get a name change, despite causing embarrassment to some locals.

The Bell End in Rowley Regis will retain its controversial name after a the amendment petition attracted nearly 5,000 signatures.

The petition was set up to counter a separate one which was set up to call for the street to be renamed because locals felt they had become “a laughing stock”.

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He claimed that the children were bullied and teased at school when the students learned the name of the street they lived on.

However, the petition only attracted around 100 signatures when it was set up in January and Sandwell Council has now confirmed that the Bell End will remain as is.

A council spokesman told Birmingham Live: “We have not received any petitions, either for or against a name change, at this stage.”

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Linda George, who founded the “Leave Bell End’s Historic Name Alone!” petition, added: β€œThe petition to change the name did not have enough support.

“No further action was taken after my petition received so much support.”

Mrs George said the street’s name dates back to the bell of a hunting lodge belonging to King John.

A list from 2014 a the rudest street names in Britain placed Bell End in fourth place.

Topping the list was Minge Lane, followed by Slag Lane and Fanny Hands in Ludford, Lincolnshire.

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