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Road Name Origins |
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Road Names are selected by a number of various processes. Here are the probable origins to some of the Road Names in Great Cornard:
All the road names origins below and mark '[BC]' are from a letter dated 7 February 1996 and written by Betty Cocker. Betty Cocker was a Parish Councillor for many years and was Chairman of the Parish Council for a time.
Abbas Walk – One of the old Cornard Manors. Abbas Walk also leads to Abbas Hall. [BC] Ash Grove – Named after a type of tree. [BC] Beech Road – Named after a type of tree. [BC] Brands Close – The Brands family farmed in Cornard up to the 1800’s. First mentioned in Parish Register 1624. [BC] Broom Street – After all the Broom bushes in the vicinity. The only STREET in Cornard. [BC] Butt Road – After the ‘butts’ of the rifle range at the back of the Cemetery and Pot Kiln School. Butt is a deep trench in which a man would sit or kneel and shoot at a target. [BC] Canhams Road – Canhams lived at the top of the road. The house burnt down early in the 20th century. [BC] Carsons Drive – After the old field name on which it is built. [BC] Caustons Close - One of the old Cornard Manors. [BC] Click Caustons Close. for further information. Chaplin Walk – After Reg Chaplin. [BC] Chelsworth Avenue - One of the Babergh Estate roads named by individual Councillors using village names. [BC] Cherry Tree Road – Named after types of tree. [BC] Church Road – Adjacent to St. Andrews Church. [BC] Corneth Crescent – After the Old English name for Cornard. [BC] Danes Court – Battle on the village outskirts. [BC] Davidson Close – After Ian Davidson, Vicar of St. Andrews. [BC] DeGreys Close – One of the old Cornard Manors. [BC] Click DeGreys Close for further information. Eldred Drive – The Eldreds were Lords of the Manor of Abbas during the 17th & 18th Century. [BC] Click Eldred Drive for further information. Guy Cook Close – Guy was well known in Cornard (Chairman Bowls Club). [BC] Hartest Way - One of the Babergh Estate roads named by individual Councillors using village names. [BC] Hawthorn Road – Named after a type of tree. [BC] Highbury Way – After the Highbury Barn Public House. [BC] Kempson Drive – After the old field name on which it is built. [BC] Kersey Ave - One of the Babergh Estate roads named by individual Councillors using village names. [BC] Kiln Drive – An off shoot of Pot Kiln Road. [BC] Kings Hill – Kings (not regal ones) lived first at Hillside. [BC] Click Kings Hill for further information. Kings Meadow – Kings (not regal ones) lived first at Hillside. [BC] Click Kings Meadow for further information. Kingsbury Walk – Kingsbury were builders of the estate. [BC] Languidic Close – After town twinning (France). [BC] Layzell Croft – The Layzells have farmed in Cornard since 1665. [BC] Lindsey Avenue - One of the Babergh Estate roads named by individual Councillors using village names. [BC] Lionel Hurst Close – Headmaster of old village school for about 30years. [BC] Mallard Way – Bird name. [BC] Maple Road – Named after a type of tree. [BC] Mauldon Court – After the Mauldon Grey Public House. [BC] Mill Tye – Near the former Mill off the Bures Road. [BC] Minsmere Way – Named after the Nature Reserve in NE Suffolk. [BC] North Rise – Rising to the North. [BC] Oak Road – Named after a type of tree. [BC] Oriel Close – After the former Oriel Nurseries on this land. [BC] Parmenter Drive – Parmenter is well know Cornard name in the village as bakers, inn keepers, brewers & farmers. [BC] Percy Ruse Close – Long standing member of the local community. Click Percy Ruse Close for further information. Pot Kiln Road – To the old pot kilns at the top of the road. [BC] Queensway – After the Queens Coronation or possibly Queens Arms Pub on Broom Street. [BC] Radiator Road – After Serks Radiator factory. [BC] Raydon Way - One of the Babergh Estate roads named by individual Councillors using village names. [BC] Recreation Walk – After the recreation ground. [BC] Red House Lane – After the Red House. [BC] Rede Way - One of the Babergh Estate roads named by individual Councillors using village names. [BC] St. Andrews Road – After the Church. [BC] Shawlands Avenue – The old name of Northern Road was named after Jack Shaw, Clerk for many years at Melford Rural District Council (MRDC). [BC] Singleton Court – After the Vicar of St. Andrews during the1930’s. [BC] Sparrow Road – After Cornard Charities Benefactor. [BC] Stannard Way – After a former Parish Council Chairman. [BC] Sycamore Road – Named after a type of tree. [BC] The Pot Kilns – After the location of the pot kilns. [BC] Turkentine Close – After the Village Blacksmiths. [BC] Walsingham Close – Religious connection with Walsingham in Norfolk. [BC] Wells Hall Road – After Wells Hall burnt down early 1880’s. [BC]
Possible future road names, discussed at a Parish Council committee meeting: Taylor Croft or Close – Taylors were farmers – William Taylor lived at Wells Hall – demolished 1848. [BC] Wakelin Close – Wheelwrights from The Kings Head until the middle of the (20th) century. [BC] Heckford Way – the Heckfords held the living at St. Andrews from 1691 to 1803. [BC]
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