On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:
In message , at
23:48:17 on Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Alasdair
remarked:
I have come across several cases where roads have been named by
developers. There is a street in Grimsby called Thorgam Court named
after the builders Thornber and Gammon.
There's a Docwra's Close next to Shepreth Station. Pronounce that!
No harder than "Gwydir".
Well, exactly.
There are two streets in Ballachulish called Elizabeth Terrace and
Angus Terrace called after the developer's parents.
If you are allowing that kind of "naming after", then many of the
Victorian roads in West Bridgford are apparently named after the
developer's relatives... Albert, Florence, Mabel, Violet, Edward,
George, Henry, Millicent etc.
Ah! The Street family! Like Albert, George and Herbert in Chesterton,
for example.
All cousins of Miss Elizabeth Way, i believe.
Speaking of Chesterton, why is there a cluster of caledonian streets
there? There's Scotland Road, Edinburgh Road, Kinross Road, Inverness
Close, Stirling Close. The road layout makes me think that Scotland Road
is quite old, but that the other ones, which are branches off it, are
newer; the houses on them are certainly all brand spanking new. My guess
would be that Scotland Road was built many years ago, and named that for
some reason, and then the new estate was built recently, and the names
chosen as a riff on the parent road.
tom
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