Place Name Named in commemoration of the 217-day Siege – and Relief – of Mafeking which ran from October 13, 1899…
Place Name Sir Charles Raymond (about 1713 – 1788) bought Valentine House in the mid-18thCentury. He was a captain in…
Place Name Named after the Battle of Colenso which was fought between British and Boer forces in Natal, South Africa on…
Place Name Richard Horn was a local man who in the 16thCentury was responsible for shoring up much of the flood defences…
Place Name William Stansfield Torbitt (May 15, 1873 – January 29, 1945) was the highly regarded director of education for…
Place Name The name is thought to have originated from Richard le Gant, a 13thCentury Norman landowner who was steward of…
Place Name This is probably named after the medieval lords of the manor the de Gaysham family. Roger de Gaysham, was…
Place Name Named after the South African port town, which was founded in 1824 by Francis Farewell and other British…
Place name Agricultural heritage. This was laid out over land that had previously been Perrymans Farm. It was bought by…
Place name Thought to be a corruption of the name of the family who held the land from the first…