Origins of some Local Street Names
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Road/Street
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Origin
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Old Fox Close
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Named after the Fox public house nearby
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Petersfield Crescent
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After a field name 'Old Peter's Three Score Acres', as shown on the Bainbridge Map of 1785
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Taunton Lane
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Leading to Taunton Farm, named after the sub-manor of Taunton, the de Tauntons. In 1234 the sub-manor was given to the 'hospital of St Thomas the Martyr of Acre' who owned it until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536
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Tollers Lane
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Named after Robert Toller who owned a farm here in 1332. Referred to as 'Tollersland' in 1432
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Waddington Avenue
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A corruption of 'Watendone', the name of the village mentioned with Coulsdon in the Domesday Book. Watendone has been lost, possibly as a result of the Black Death in the 14th century
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