Potty, Fartwell & Knob contains over 3,000 unusual British names. In the book, source details are included as corroboration that these people really existed and are not made up (or May Dupp). Here, to give you a flavour of the sort of names you will encounter, is my (un)patented Name Randomizer: each time you click on the ‘Randomize’ button, you will be presented with a fresh selection of remarkable – and authentic – names.