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Woodville Road, EN5

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Place Name Elizabeth Woodville (about 1437 – June 8, 1492) was the widow of Sir John Grey who died at the…

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Pymmes Brook Drive, EN4

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Place Name Named after the stream which got its name from an early 14thCentury family of landholders who were mentioned…

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Somaford Grove, EN4

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Place Name Somaford Road is an anagram of Amos Ford who was a local councillor and Justice of the Peace.…

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Gillum Close, EN4

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Place Name Named in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel William Gillum, who from 1860 lived at Trevor Lodge, Churchill Road. While serving…

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Chetwynd Avenue, EN4

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Place Name Named in honour of Henry Chetwynd Stapylton, who came from a family of prominent lawyers, and who was…

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Mallory Gardens, EN4

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Place Name Named after the author of the Arthurian legends, L’Morte d’Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory. The name was chosen in 1965…

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Jackson Road, EN4

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Place Name Named after local pub licensee William Jackson who laid out Jackson Road by 1885 and later Capel Road.…

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Churchmead Close, EN4

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Place Name Laid out over the meadowland which was part of nearly two acres of garden belonging to the rectory…

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St Wilfrids Road, EN4

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Place Name The road is named after St Wilfrid’s Church, in Hayward’s Heath, Sussex, which is where the Reverend Robert…

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Mansfield Avenue, EN4

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Place Name In 1787, David Murray (October 9 1727 – September 1, 1796), 7th Viscount of Stormont, later the 2nd…

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