General Chat

It's very boring as, being the main road leading from my village into the city it's named after the city and there's one of the same name in every village surrounding the city. Daisy

Dee, The first street where I lived was named after a local landowner (Althope). Most of the newer 'estates' in MIlton Keynes have themed street names. So for instance, in Oldbrook, they're all named after cricketers, in Crownhill they're all named afer dead actors/singers (not sure if it's a coincidence but thats where the crematorium is !). The second house I lived in was named after an abbey, that was the theme of that area. I'm not quite sure what the theme is for the streets on the estate I live in now. Paul

Fascinating to find out about how all the streets got their names, isn't it? We don't seem to have found many streets named after our own ancestors though, which is a shame Someone mentioned streets named after trees if I remember rightly. Well when I was growing up I lived near Hawthorn, Laburnum and Lilac Roads. While we were house hunting in Kent we came across the same roads, in close proximity to each other, and the houses were of a similar age Dee ;-))

The area where I live used to be a WW1 Airfield, and then became Navy married Quarters so most of the roads and streets in the area reflect those histories, Although there are a number of 'Courts' named after Cathedral Cities.