PHS Album109c Streets General 3 Origin of Potton Street Names
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PHS Album109c Streets General 3 Origin of Potton Street Names • What do we know about the origin of Potton street names? • Which streets have had more than one name? • Who were the people now commemorated in a street name? • What was their contribution to Potton life? • What could be the names on future Potton housing developments? • How many names are included on the 2020 Town Council street map? ** THIS IS AN ACTIVE FILE ** **Please help us fill in the gaps ** IT WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW INFORMATION IS PROVIDED ** www.pottonhistorysociety.org.uk Compiled by Peter Ibbett from History Created 14/01/2021 Society Archives and members contributions PHS Album 109c 01a Street Map 1988 Spot the mistake! Hill Lane is Mill Lane Never assume 100% accuracy! Potton History Society Archives Potton Society History - Source: Potton’s population had increased from 2070 in 1961 (it had been 2072 in 1871) to 3620 in 1981 and 4162 in 1991. Small developments had produced new streets and new names, often on former market garden land. www.pottonhistorysociety.org.uk Compiled by Peter Ibbett Created 14/01/2021 PHS Album 109c 01b Street Map 1988 Spot Moon’s Corner! Potton History Society Archives Potton Society History - Source: www.pottonhistorysociety.org.uk Compiled by Peter Ibbett Created 14/01/2021 PHS Album 109c 02 Street Names Can Change! There is a story behind many of our street names. This 1882 map has some street names that the current generation of Pottonians would be unfamiliar with. If an ancestor had been asked the directions from the Rose & Crown to the Royal Oak via the Methodist Chapel they might have said “ just up Bull Street and turn left into Back Street past the Chapel and it’s on the opposite side of Moon’s Corner”. Todays local would go up Bull Street and pass along Chapel Street past the Salvation Army Barracks before crossing over the road (with luck due to the traffic) to Biggleswade Road. Potton. The Census returns are a good source of information about the street names of past times. Horslow Street appeared as Ostler Street in a Victorian Census and was spotted in recent times (as shown by the photograph above) with another spelling of its name! The Society has been asked over the years since its formation in 1977 to suggest suitable names for streets in new developments and a number of its original members now have street names in memory of their contribution to local life. Peter Ibbett The above map and article appeared in the “Villager” magazine in January 2021. It shows how street names can change with time. It also provokes a question such as ‘Why Moon’s Corner’? Was there a Mr Moon who lived there or had a small shop? We have a Sun Inn so perhaps there was a Moon pub. www.pottonhistorysociety.org.uk Compiled by Peter Ibbett Created 14/01/2021 PHS Album 109c 03 Street Map 2009 Keith Lawrence Potton History Society Archives Potton Society History - Source: By 2011 the 4162 of 1991 had risen to 4870 (17% increase in 20 years) . A steady growth in housing. www.pottonhistorysociety.org.uk Compiled by Peter Ibbett Created 14/01/2021 PHS Album 109c 04 Potton In 2009 Chris Miles Picture Notice how Potton has changed in the last decade. The Deepdale side of Potton has seen new housing appear in an arc from Mill Lane round to Biggleswade Road over the last few years. www.pottonhistorysociety.org.uk Compiled by Peter Ibbett Created 14/01/2021 PHS Album 109c 05 Street Map 2020 Town Council The 2020 map shows a speeding up of building onto former fields and meadow land. www.pottonhistorysociety.org.uk Compiled by Peter Ibbett Created 14/01/2021 PHS Album 109c 06a Street Names 2020 Acorn Mews 2000's ? Aldgate Close 1979 PA 118 (picture not building date) Aldgate was plots in 1975 Land of Potton Rectoria to Friars at Aldgate Astwood Close ? Luke Astwood 18th c land owner Baker Avenue 1980's? Land owned by Baker Family? Barnwell Rise 1986 PA 114 Beech Court 2006 PA 117 Bellevue Close 1985 PA 126 Demolition 5 Newtown Sharman Mkt Gdnr land Berridge Fields 2018 Clover Gate Sandy Rd Rev Berridge Everton. Wrote account Gt Fire of Potton 1783 Biggleswade Road Ancient Blackbird Street Ancient 1661 Will John Searle nr Alloms Pond Was it named after Blackbirds Pub ? Blane Place 2019 B Road D2 Market Reach WW1 Soldier on War memorial KIA Boxall Close 2000's ? Bert(Albert) owned Nursery on site Braybrooks Drive 1978-1980 PA 114 1978 PA 127 1980 Ald Braybrooks Owner Tannery. Long serving Councillor Brook End Ancient 1709 Will R Atkinson land abutting Brook Brookfields 1998-99 PA 112 Bull Street Ancient Named after Bull Pub? Burdetts Court 1980's One of 4 Potton Manors Burgoyne Ct 1980's Lord of Manor Tudor Era - Victorian Burmo Way 2018 Clover Gate Sandy Rd Mrs Ruth Burmo Head at Lower School. Town Councillor Bury Hill Ancient 1735 Will E Bumberry land foot Berryhill Berry Hill in old documents Byards Green 1991 PA 117 Site of ‘Place for impounding stray animals’ in medieval times Carters Lane Catherine's Close 1980's May be named after the developers wife or daughter Caves Court 1980's Miss Cave lonfg serving teacher c1920 - 1960's Chapel Ct Formerly Congregational Chael, schoolroom & Central Hall. Rex Chapel St 1841 Census Methodist Chapel now Salvation Army Barracks Chapman's Close 1984-5 PA 130 Church Causeway 1637 Will John Mayle meadow adj Church Causeway Common Road 1500 Will R Coates tenement next to Common Lane Led to Poor's Common allocated after Enclosure for poor to cultivate Norman Parry’s work on Potton Wills provides evidence of early mention of some street names. Can you fill in or correct the information in the table? www.pottonhistorysociety.org.uk Compiled by Peter Ibbett Created 14/01/2021 PHS Album 109c 06b Street Names 2020 Darlow Farm 2019 B Road D2 Market Reach Albert Darlow KIA 1st WW Bob Darlow? Postman for many years. Deepdale 1829 Will S Woodcock Land at Deepdale Diamond Court 1992 PA 127 Downside Gardens PA 125 1979 Photos (not build date) Sloping topography of site downhill to Myers Rd site. Drew Croft Drew Family Marker Gardeners. Lived at Bell Top.. Everton Rd Ancient Will H Wallis land at Deane End (Everton rd/ West End area NP) Festival Rd 1950's Festival of Britain 1951 Frith Fields 2020 Everton Rd Frith:- Enclosed space for animals resting while on Drove Rd Gamlingay Rd 1612 Will W Horley land by G'gay Way & Pound Gardeners Piece 2000 PA 125 (Garden Fields on 2017 map) Site of allotments Goodship Lane 2020 Everton Rd Cecil Goodship local plumber, Potton family for many years Hatley Rd Ancient Hawthorn Close PA 125 2007 Horne Lane Ancient PA 120 1979-80 7 Houses. 2010 Chestnut Place Horslow St 1503 Horselow to 1835; (1505 Haslo St; 1530 Herslay St) Name spelling changes even in Census ie Ostler St Hutchinson Rise 2017 Tall Trees B'Wade Rd Peter Hutchinson POTTON TIMBER HOMES Ibbett Lane 2003-04 PA 128, 128b 128c Westbury Homes Michael & Muriel Ibbett ran Tysoes Ironmongers 1947-1992 Ingle Crescent 2020 Mill Lane development James Ingle buys Potton Mill for £400 in 1808 Jacobs Close Jakes Court 1980''s Eric Jakes Long serving on Town Council Jakes View 2020 Willow Road Eric Jakes Long serving on Town Council Jennings Close Janes (Jimmy)Town Council 50's to 70’s Judith Gardens 1960's Countess Judith Neice William 1st Owned Manor of Potton Kitchener Grove 2017 Tall Trees B'Wade Rd Engineers & Farmers Long Connection with Potton Langley Gardens 2005 PA 128c Westbury Homes Langley Family ran Nursery Larkins Close Mr Larkins Hurdle Maker into the 1950's Lawson Grove 2018 Clover Gate Sandy Rd Ken Lawson Fine Fare Stores writer of 'Life of a Pottonian‘’ Lewis Corner 2018 Clover Gate Sandy Rd Anita Lewis Town & District Councils. Note the Variation in the spelling of Horslow Street through the centuries! Horslow Street Possibly Old English – ‘Horse plus hlaw, meaning horse hill or enclosure’ www.pottonhistorysociety.org.uk Compiled by Peter Ibbett Created 14/01/2021 PHS Album 109c 06c Street Names 2020 Manor Gardens 2009/10 Gary How Builder Streets Digital Files Manor Lodge 2009 Streets Digital File Manor Way 1970's Market Square 1506 Will Walter Worlych Mayston Close 2003-04 PA 128, 128b, 128c Westbury Homes Eric Mayston Shoe shop, Town Council Potton Charity Meeting Lane Mill Lane 1521 Will J Benet House with the mill Munkman's Close Munkman Family Myers Rd 1826 Will G Kitchen. Land near the Mires Damp land reference Pest house pound Outlying part of town when built IN 1861 CENSUS. Pre dating Festival Newtown 1860's Road. Rex Norman Orchard 2019 B Road D2 Market Reach Stanley Norman KIA 1st WW. Norman’s local family Nursery Close 2005 PA 128c Westbury Homes Site Langley's Nursery Oak Crescent 1929 Built late 1920's on Oak Field behind Royal Oak GH Old Bedford Rd Ancient Orchard Close 1990's Paddocks 1980's Ridgeway 1980's Topographical Name on ridge of land (former market garden) Royston Court Royston Street 1841 Census Known as Mill Lane in several documents Royston Street was called Mill Street in the Census returns of 1851; 1861 & 1881 and Mill Lane in 1891 & 1911. It was given as Royston Street in 1871 & 1901. A few Pottonians gave their address on their Census form as Royston Street in 1911 but were listed under Mill Lane in the official returns! Potton had four medieval Manors:- Burdetts, Much Manured, Rectoria and Regis.