General Chat

Mines named after Ventnor on the isle of man. Mind I've found 2 linked to my mother-in-laws family tree, one called beach road, named because the land on it was owned by her grandad who's name was beach, the other blakelock, which I've just found and am trying to find out more about. My m-i-l is my hubbies adoptive mum and I've just started on her tree.

All named after trees around here...Laburnum, Chestnut, Acacia. My mum lives in Hornchurch near where the airfield used to be during the war. There is now a housing estate on some of it and they are all named after pilots etc....Bader Way being the main one.

Airport hence trident dehavalland comet vicount perimiter rd called spitfire

Dee, the estate next to us was built in the 70's. It is opposite the golf course here. They have named the roads after famous golf courses. The estate just up the road was built on an equestrian centre. The roads are all named on a horsey theme. Bridle way is one of them.

I have one (a few actually) named after a rellie, my GGGuncle Richard Cobden. There are roads named after him in Manchester, Stockort, Hastings, Bristol and a few other places.

I found one Dee. My GG Grandfather named a street in Fulham after his Mother and Grandparents (Turner) only the Manor of Fulham as it was then in 1896 messed it up. It should have been Turnerville Road and they called it Turneville Road. I got the original paperwork from a cousin just the other day and I was thrilled to see that the street is still there (now under Kensington Council) but a bit peeved to see they spelt it wrong. I guess it's a bit late to point it out now! Sheila

Hi Dee where i live all the avenue's are named after great seafarers like Frobisher, Raliegh, Drake,and Hawkins. All great seamen and a part of the great British culture.

Langley Vale (previously called Langley Bottom until it offended Victorian sensibilities) originally consisted of 3 parallel roads, Rosebery, Grosvenor and Beaconsfield - named after Lords with connections to the Epsom Derby. There should be a Derby Road here too but there isn't! There are now a few Closes off Beaconsfield Road, one named after the old Metropolitan Police stables, Manamead, which were demolished to make way for housing development. A smaller Police stables was built, but these too, have now been demolished and replaced by the aptly named Stable Close! Sue xx

Mine's named after the earl who used to own the land.

So nobody has found a street named after a relative yet then??? Interesting to see where names have come from though The street I live in is named after the field it was built in!! ;-)))

My street is East 19th --- now isn't that exciting. lolol named for the fact it's the 19th street east of the centre of the city. whooooooooooooo can you beat that. Really creative bunch over here.

my road is KENNELWOOD AVE IT GOT ITS NAME FROM A KENNEL IN THE WOODS AT THE BACK OF MY HOUSE

Was talking to Paul Chunky Monkey one day about my Greenley family name. I was saying that the name seemed to be most prevalent in the counties of Yorkshire and Hertfordshire but I hadn't found a connection between the two groups. He told me there was an estate near him in Milton Keynes called the Greenley Estate, and that it wasn't a very nice place. I told him that as it was down south it obviously must have been named after the Hertfordshire lot! LOL

Most of our town was built on a rabbit warren and some of the streets have Warren in them Warren St. Warrenhusrt Rd. Warren Ave north and south I livve on Warren Ave south. We also have little areas that are named after poets/ trees /people that were to do with the building of the town / rivers alsorts now I start to think of it. Germaine x

Our cul de sac was built on an orchard. No prizes for guessing the name. One estate nearby is all well known big wigs in the RAF, another is all trees/plants, another is all associated with tudor times. Ann glos

The land that our subdivision sits on used to be owned by a couple of families. The streets are named after their horses and dogs. I'm guessing that Sultan was one of the horses. Deb

not like that here we got one estate is poets one artists i think my street and others around are northern towns stockton stafford sutton durham

Have you ever stopped to think how it got its name?? On a new housing estate near me two of the roads have been named after people who have died within my lifetime. One tragically died young and the other was a respected local man, who had served the community as a member of the local council and various organisations Perhaps some of your ancestors have had roads named after them.

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