There are said to be 14 of these in England and Wales compared to 53 which are simply "Thankful".

I would never have heard of the phrase had we not bought a caravan at Routh near Beverley. One day as we were driving to Hornsea we passed through Catwick with its village sign saying "Doubly Thankful".

The story goes that the village blacksmith nailed a goodluck horseshoe with 30 pennies and ha'pennies to his workshop door, each coin representing a man who'd gone. All 30 returned so the coins remained, although he clipped one to denote the man who left an arm behind.