This month we continue our occasional history of how Calow's street names originated.
(If anyone has any other information, please email suecalow246@gmail.com with an update).
Hassocky Lane | A hassock is a coarse, thick clump of grass or sedge, quite bog like. So, one assumes the lane was hassocky i.e. a moor land covered in thick bog like grass. |
Heather Close | This street was built, alongside others, all of which were named after plants or flowers. It was built in the 1950s & 60s on the site of the former Proctor's Rose Nursery which "uprooted" and moved to Brookside in Chesterfield. This street was built, alongside others, all of which were named after plants or flowers. It was built in the 1950s & 60s on the site of the former Proctor's Rose Nursery which "uprooted" and moved to Brookside in Chesterfield. |
Laburnum Court | As above. |
Lawn Villas | These houses were built off Top Road in the 1920s. A villa was originally a Roman country estate but now means "a detached or semidetached urban residence with yard and garden space". The houses were all built with, for the time, substantial gardens and are planned around a central lawned area. |
A close is traditionally a dead-end street. The Lilywood part has no real meaning or connection to Calow and was, presumably, just picked at random by the builder. | |
As Heather Close. | |
Lower Alley | An alley is a narrow passage usually between buildings or lined by bushes and trees. Calow Alley divided into parts such as Top, Cock & Lower. |
Lupin Way | As Heather Close. |
Manvers Road | The road is part of the council housing built in the 1950s. In 1891 Earl Manvers was the Lord of the Manor and principal landowner of Calow. The family name was Pierrepoint and their principal seat was Thoresby Hall in Nottinghamshire. The title died out on the death of the 6th Earl in 1955. |