Historical Street Names.

Discussion in 'The Lounge Bar' started by David Layne, Apr 18, 2007.

  1. Peter Clare

    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

    In Stoke on Trent there are...

    Baskeyfield Place (John Baskeyfield VC)
    Kimberley Road
    Ladysmith Road
    Pretoria Road.

    There are probably more.
     
  2. adrian roberts

    adrian roberts Senior Member

    I know there's a Barton Road in Kingston-upon-Thames, named after Halifax pilot Cyril Barton VC.
     
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  3. smc

    smc Member

    I had friends who lived on Mafeking Road in Brighton, named after the Siege of Mafeking, Boer War.

    The whole estate in that area was built in Edwardian times so you also have Ladysmith Road, Kimberley Road, Baden Road, Buller Road, Redvers Road, Milner Road and Natal Road.
     
  4. Arlo

    Arlo 'Nulli Secundus'

    We have streets that are named after soldiers and saboteurs.

    Sgt.Pascua street
    C. Valiente
    Sgt. Santos
    A. Flores
     
  5. 52nd Airborne

    52nd Airborne Green Jacket Brat

    I've just remembered, there's a Spitfire End in Winchester. The road/close got it name after Spitfire Bridge was demolished for the M3 extension (Twyford Cutting).
     
  6. spotter

    spotter Senior Member

    Lacey Grove in Wetherby is named after James "Ginger" Lacey who was born in the town .A member of the 501 Squadron he served in France until Dunkirk in June 1940. During the Battle of Britain Lacey, flying his Hawker Hurricane, became the RAF's leading flying ace with 18 victories. This included shooting down a Heinkel He111 that bombed Buckingham Palace on 13th September, 1940.
     
  7. adrian roberts

    adrian roberts Senior Member

    There's a new housing estate near Kenley aerodrome near Croydon, Surrey, which was a Fighter Command Station in the Battle of Britain and is now used for gliding. I did a gliding course there last week and found that they had not only named the roads after pilots lost in the BofB but had given biographical details on the road name signs.

    Perhaps at last there is a trend in this country to valuing its past rather than being ashamed of it

    Example attached:
     

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  8. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Adrian,
    Thanks for posting that sign, whoever decided on that needs a pay-rise!
    Good on 'em.
     
  9. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Great idea.

    I am sometimes pessimistic so I will ask how long before it is graffitied or kicked down or thieved.

    Or, turns up in the paper as glorifying war, offending some person or group or race.
     
  10. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Adrian

    What a lovely idea !

    Thanks for the posting.

    Ron
     
  11. stevew

    stevew Senior Member

    The only one I can think of off the top of my head is a road in Sittingbourne called Avenue of Rememberance which, I believe was named after WW1, with a row of trees planted down each side of the road and a plaque for each soldier who died from Sittingbourne
     
  12. marcus69x

    marcus69x I love WW2 meah!!!

    I've just processed a credit card application at work for a lady who used to live at General Patton street in Belgium.

    I think it's really good that the street was named after the famous general. In addition to war memorials and museums, I'm glad to see there's other ways in which people can recognise and remember those who fought for the liberation of Europe.

    Does anyone know of any other street names dedicated to the men and/or women of WW2?

    cheers
    marcus
     
  13. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Merged the threads after checking with Marcus, any more street names? I always liked these.

    Thinking about it I used to live on 'Tedder' road in York, I wonder... 60's development so naming after Arthur Tedder seems quite likely, I'll have to see what other streets were called.

    Cheers,
    Adam.
     
  14. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Aha, there is a Slessor road joining it, another air marshal, I was only a child when I lived there but seem to remember some of the council houses used to be quarters, and there was still a chunk of RAF personnel lived nearby, which could explain it.
    tedder raf loc: tedder road york - Google Maps
     
  15. 51highland

    51highland Very Senior Member

    We have a Montgomery road and a Bader close, must be others if I think about it.
     
  16. Steve Newman

    Steve Newman Member

    We have a Terrence Webster Way named after a 41 squadron Spitfire Pilot KIA during the Battle of Britain and who's aircraft crashed nearby, here in Wickford, Essex.

    A couple of the streets off of this road are named after two other pilots, McKenzie and Hood if memory serves me correctly as well as St.Omar where the squadron fought a notable engagement.

    They were only named in recent times and this was thanks to a local enthusiast.

    Steve
     
  17. Philippa

    Philippa Junior Member

    Thought I would add one more - Anderson Place, Bagshot, Surrey - named after my illustrious relative. Bagshot was Jack's home town just before joining the Army.

    Also in the same Parish - Duval Avenue, named after the Highwayman Claud Duval. Hmmmmm!!
     
  18. PsyWar.Org

    PsyWar.Org Archive monkey

    Peacehaven in East Sussex was created after WW1 with the intentions of selling plots of land to soldiers returning from the war. Its original name was New Anzac on Sea but was changed in 1921 through perceived bad taste. Two roadnames have associations with that war; Malines and Cavell Avenue.

    There's still an Anzac Way (or is it Avenue?) in Peacehaven.

    I believe those plots of land were eventually sold off in thin strips in the Daily Mail newspaper. It's a real pain now as a lot of properties in Peacehaven have small parts of their plot which they technically don't own.

    Lee

    Edit: Just checked it is Anzac Close in Peacehaven.
     
  19. PsyWar.Org

    PsyWar.Org Archive monkey

    There's an Avenue Winston Churchill in Paris and I think a Rue Franklin D Roosevelt.
     
  20. smc

    smc Member

    There's still an Anzac Way (or is it Avenue?) in Peacehaven.

    I believe those plots of land were eventually sold off in thin strips in the Daily Mail newspaper. It's a real pain now as a lot of properties in Peacehaven have small parts of their plot which they technically don't own.

    Lee

    Edit: Just checked it is Anzac Close in Peacehaven.

    The method of selling was the original intention of Charles Neville who bought the land with this purpose in mind. Neville had originally made his money building new towns in Canada and Australia.

    There is an Alamien Close in Crowborough.

    Many of the roads around Tangmere, a former airfield, are named after aviators or their machines; Gibson Road, Cheshire Crescent, Nicolson Close or Lysander Way, Fulmar Way, Canberra Place and Sunderland Close to name a few.

    Nicholson Drive in Shoreham is named after a local man, Flying Officer JBE Nicholson, who won a VC during the Battle of Britain in 1940 staying in his burning Hurricane to fend off an enemy plane. He managed to bale out only to be shot at by Local Defence Volunteers, they further wounded him and killed his Pilot Officer as they descended. He died in 1945 when the Liberator he was flying in went missing over the Bay of Bengal.
     

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