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Road Name Origins

Page updated - 04 September 2008

 

 

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]

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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]

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Eldred Drive – The Eldreds were Lords of the Manor of Abbas during the 17th & 18th Century. [BC]

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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]

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Kings Meadow – Kings (not regal ones) lived first at Hillside. [BC]

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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.

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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]