Oxford neighborhood: Outside Central Oxford
Beyond downtown Oxford
Beyond downtown Oxford
Exposed timbered ceilings in an 18C barn 5 miles outside Oxford
A stylish townhouse B&B a 10-minute stroll south of the center
A private cottage behind a thatched house just outside Oxford
Fine French dining and boat rentals on the Cherwell River just north of downtown Oxford
The generic British word for dessert is "pudding."
In the 19th century, the "g" was sometimes pronounced as a harder "k." Sometimes, the "n" got dropped. Sometimes that was shortened by slicing off the "pud."
In other words, small, incremental changes resulted in pudding->puddink->puddik->dick.
It's not meant to be dirty; it's just a Victorian synonym for "dessert."
Pepper a cake with currants or raisins, and you get "spots" in your pudding, hence: spotted dick.