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"0","Aban Court, Malvern Road. Pair of houses between Malvern Place and Drake's Place; built 'in the richest style of Tudor domestic architecture', and existing by 1834 (Davies, p. 163)."
"1","Abbeyholme, Overton Road. Behind Christ Church. One of Cheltenham's first and most robust Victorian Gothic stone houses, built c. 1860 by John Middleton. Demolished 1973; site now developed as flats. Originally known as Eastholme (thus 1887 map); compare Westholme, north-east corner of Wellington Square, now the Rectory (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2","Abbots Close, Warden Hill. Off Lichfield Drive. Mid or late 1950s: listed by 1959."
"3","Abbots Cottages, Hatherley Road. 4 houses (i.e. present nos. 227-33), first listed 1898."
"4","Abbots Road. Proposed name (1928) for what actually became All Saints Villas Road, which see; probably after nearby 19th-century house, now The Abbotts Nursery (no. 49 All Saints Road)."
"5","Acacia Close, Prestbury. 1960s-70s. Name continues tree theme of nearby Linden Avenue and Elm Close."
"6","Acacia Court, Fiddlers Green. Of 1970s appearance."
"7","Acomb Crescent, Charlton Kings. Off Glenfall Way; developed by Laing Homes Ltd (agreement of Nov. 1967), on the site of Acomb House, built c. 1840s."
"8","Addis Road, St Peter's. Between Hope Street and Waterloo Street; part of early 1960s renewal on the Maud's Elm estate, which see. Name approved 1961 (Market and Watch Committee unreported minute, 5 Apr.); probably after Henry Addis, once councillor for St Paul's Ward."
"9","Adelaide Buildings, Bath Road. On west side, near Exmouth Arms between Upper Bath Street and Bath Terrace. Commercial premises, first noted in 1841 Census. Now nos. 153-161 Bath Road. Very probably after Adelaide, Duchess of Clarence, who had visited the town in 1827, staying in the newly-built hotel near Royal Crescent subsequently known as The Clarence (Goding, p. 310); see also Clarence Street."
"10","Admiral('s) Buildings, Winchcombe Street. Shown on 1820 map, off eastern side of southernmost section of Winchcombe Street (approximately to rear of present electricity showrooms). Listed as 7 houses in 1844 directory."
"11","Admiral Close, Fiddlers Green. Developed by Westbury Homes (agreement of January 1988). Butterfly theme (Red Admiral)."
"12","Aeroplane Field, Monkscroft. Local pre-development name for site of Shakespeare Road; apparently recalling an emergency landing or similar incident (Staverton airfield is nearby)."
"13","Agg's Hill. Above Hewletts Reservoir; part of an ancient track which ran slightly north of Cheltenham High Street (Paget, p. 13), and on Charlton Kings parish boundary. Formally adopted as name for section of Hewlett Road between reservoir and borough boundary in 1946, at suggestion of borough surveyor, who thereby regularised local usage (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Sept. 1946, no. 2028). Named after the Agg family, who for some time owned nearby house called Hewletts (see e.g. Goding, p. 621; Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 5). See also Roadway Lane."
"14","Albany Mews, Bayshill. Modern flats at south end of Parabola Road."
"15","Albany Road, Tivoli. Laid out and partially built (but unnamed) on the 1884 map. Apparently first called Albany Street; thus in 1886 when first listed in directory. Listed 1891-2 as 'Albany Road or Park View'. Name probably chosen for royal associations, as also neighbouring Alexandra Street and Dagmar Road; Leopold, younger brother of the future Edward VII, was created Duke of Albany in 1881. See also Park View."
"16","Albany Street. See preceding entry."
"17","Albemarle Gate, off Evesham Road. Developed by Milcel (agreements of Oct. 1965 and Dec. 1967). A 'prestigious' name, choice perhaps influenced by nearby Marle Hill. Name approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, 2 Sept.)."
"18","Albert Circus. Early name for Pittville Circus; in use c. 1839, when the developer Edward Cope was active in this part of Pittville (Blake 1988, p. 42). Apparently the first of the Cheltenham Alberts, probably all commemorating the Prince Consort, who married Victoria 1840 and died 1861."
"19","Albert Cottages (1). Listed as 3 houses in Bath Parade, 1844 directory; 4 houses by 1858."
"20","Albert Cottages (2). Listed as 3 houses in Larput Place, 1926, but probably earlier."
"21","Albert Cottages (3). Listed as 2 houses in Russell Place, 1926, but also probably earlier."
"22","Albert Drive, Pittville. Off Albert Road; under construction in 1955, when Market and Watch Committee agreed name (Jan., no. 1045). Developed by Penates Investment Co.; agreement of May 1958."
"23","Albert Lane. Service road from no. 91 St Paul's Road to Larput Place. Named thus by 1926; after Albert Street (1)."
"24","Albert Place. Off Prestbury Road; formerly the north side of Portland Square, now the northerly continuation of Sherborne Street. 1841 Census; nos. 4-26 listed 1844 directory."
"25","Albert Road, Pittville. Line present (unnamed) on 1806-10 map, as far north as Wyman's Brook. In Pitt's development originally known as the Eastern Carriage Drive; extended north of Wyman's Brook as Cleeve Path Drive, c. 1844. This northern section had a variety of names; Albert Road first listed thus in 1896. To end confusion, in 1908 the council adopted the suggestion of a resident, Mr H. G. Lindesay of Marston, that 'the road variously called Cleeve Path Drive, Constitution Hill, Albert Road and Malvern Hill Road' should be named Albert Road (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, June). Apart from no. 2 (1841) and no. 28 (1858-9), all development post-dates 1860 (Blake 1988, p. 75)."
"26","Albert Street (1), St Paul's. Opposite college. Parallel to and obviously paired with Victoria Street. Listed 1841 Census, and as Albert Street, Gosditch, in 1844 directory (7 houses). Again from the Prince Consort, either directly or from public house (Albert Arms) which stood on the corner with St Paul's Road. At least one Albert Street existed by 1840 (building cert.); at present unclear whether it was this or the following."
"27","Albert Street (2), Tewkesbury Road. Near gas works, north side. 1841 Census. Listed (38 houses) in 1844 directory, where it is called 'late Baker Street' (which see). Renamed again in 1953 to avoid confusion with preceding, becoming Charles Street (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Feb.; Market and Watch Committee, Dec. no. 1111)."
"28","Albert Villas, Pittville. As yet unlocated, and perhaps renamed. 'To be let or sold . . . newly erected' in 1841 (Examiner, 15 Oct.)."
"29","Albion Brewery. Formerly in Gloucester Road, near end of Market Street. Existing by 1820 (map). Also by Theodore Gwinnett (see Albion Street)."
"30","Albion Brewery Lane. Next to the above; on line of what became Market Street. Noted under this name in 1864 (Examiner, 17 Feb.), but probably older."
"31","Albion Buildings. 3 business premises in Albion Street, first noted in 1877 directory."
"32","Albion Cottages, Gloucester Road. Three houses, immediately north of Calcutta Inn; on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"33","Albion Gardens. In or off Gloucester Road, possibly near Albion Brewery site. Ref. 1898 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"34","Albion Hotel. Stood opposite Imperial Circus (Martin's the jewellers). On 1834 map."
"35","Albion Mews. Off Winchcombe Street, east side, on site lately occupied by Bristol Street Motors. Marked on 1834 map."
"36","Albion Mills. Sawmills, marked on 1884 map behind northern end of Henrietta Street, west side (i.e. present car park)."
"37","Albion Parade. Some 20 houses at the Gloucester Road end of Market Street. Listed (as near Gloucester Road) in 1866 directory. Probably named after the nearby brewery."
"38","Albion Place. Off Albion Street (west side of former cinema/snooker hall). Listed 1841 Census. 4 houses, 1844."
"39","Albion Square. 4 houses in Albion Street, near Gloucester Place. Marked on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. In 1926 accessed 'from 26 Albion Street', i.e. site latterly occupied by Haines & Strange yard. Nos. 2-6 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"40","Albion Street. Named thus by 1809 (Chronicle, 1 June), and on 1820 map. Formerly part of the Back Road, which see. Named from Albion Villa, built c. 1805 for Theodore Gwinnett, clerk to the commissioners (Verey), and apparently the first use of Albion in Cheltenham. The villa (since 1809 more usually Albion House) still stands in North Street, facing east down Albion Street; in recent years the home of the Liberal Club. Choice of name perhaps reflects patriotic sentiment during Napoleonic war period. See also Grosvenor Place (1), Hartley Place."
"41","Albion Terrace, Gloucester Road. 1830 directory. Shown as terrace of 4 houses on west side just north of the river Chelt (1855-7 Old Town Survey). After nearby Albion Brewery."
"42","Albion Walk, from High Street to Albion Street (eastern side of Boots). Name adopted by council in 1956 to replace former America Passage, which see. It was felt inappropriate that, following redevelopment in Pittville Street, the flats above the new buildings should not open onto a mere 'passage' (Market and Watch Committee, June, no. 168). See also Post Office Yard."
"43","Albuera Villa. House once at corner of Painswick Road and Andover Road, demolished c. 1970 for present Mellersh House flats. After Peninsular War battle of 1811."
"44","Alder Court, Fiddler's Green. Off Beverley Croft; 1980s. Tree theme."
"45","The Alders, Leckhampton. Off The Lanes; part of c. 1990 development south of Kidnapper's Lane."
"46","Aldershaw Close, Up Hatherley. Off Sedgwick Gardens. Part of Manor Farm Development by McAlpine and Bovis, approved 1986 and completed 1989. Named by parish council in accordance with tree theme established for earlier phases of development (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"47","Alderton Road, Benhall. Part of the Benhall Farm development by Geo. Wimpey & Co.; name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1588). Cotswold village theme."
"48","Aldridge Close, St Paul's. Off Folly Lane; 1970s. After Councillor Dudley Aldridge."
"49","Alexandra Street, Tivoli. Development had begun by 1880; nos. 1-5 listed by 1883, though only nos. 2-4 occupied. 1884 map shows about 8 houses built on each side. Probably reference to Princess Alexandra, wife of future Edward VII; compare neighbouring Albany Street and Dagmar Road."
"50","Alexandra Villas (1). Now nos. 8-16 Alexandra Street."
"51","Alexandra Villas (2). 2 houses in Hewlett Road, shown on 1884 map."
"52","Alexandria Walk. Off Bouncers Lane, between Burma Avenue and Ladysmith Road. 1970s; Gloucestershire Regiment battle honour theme, after engagement in Egyptian campaign of 1801."
"53","Alfred Cottages, St James's Square. 2 houses; first noted 1841 Census, therefore unlikely to commemorate Alfred Lord Tennyson, who lived in the square from 1845 to 1850."
"54","Alfred Place. Unlocated, but perhaps connected with the above. Building cert. for no. 2 issued Nov. 1831, in name of Packwood."
"55","All Saints' Alley. Between Pittville Circus Road and Whaddon Road; continues the line of All Saints' Road. Named thus by 1896 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, Oct.)."
"56","All Saints' Buildings. Unlocated; ref. to overcrowding at no. 1, 1898 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"57","All Saints' Church. Built 1865-68; architect John Middleton (Hart, p. 237; Sampson & Blake). Ecclesiastical parish formed in 1869."
"58","All Saints' Court, All Saints' Road. Flats erected on site of former All Saints' Vicarage; name approved 1965 (Market and Watch Committee, 17 Mar.)."
"59","All Saints' Road. Southern end marked as unnamed lane on 1834 map, houses on the east side then being Fair View Place. Northern end named Circus Street (after Pittville Circus) on 1864 map, and connecting with the new church by 1868 (Streets and Highways Committee, 24 Feb.). Although by 1871 there had been plans to open a joining section of road from the church through to Fair View Place (Streets and Highways Committee, 28 Nov.; application from James Clarke), the present through road had still not been built by time of 1884 map; the central section (opposite the church) was then still just Fairview Gardens. Current name in use by 1911. Named after the church. See also Glenfall Terrace, Selkirk Place (1)."
"60","All Saints' Terrace, off Hewlett Road. Plans by Mr Alfred Bevan for a new street on land owned by him were approved 1867 (Streets and Highways Committee, 27 Nov.), and by 31 Aug. 1868 there was 'a new road lately formed by him, called All Saints' Terrace' (Streets and Highways Committee). 1872 directory notes 'numbers irregular - new buildings being erected'. lnfill development by D. E. Deacon (agreement of Oct. 1980; adopted June 1982). Occasionally known in its early days as All Saints' Terrace Road (Streets and Highways Committee). Named after the church. See also Forest Ferns."
"61","All Saints' Villas Road, off All Saints' Road. Originally two pairs of houses, All Saints Villas, first listed 1876 directory; shown on 1884 map. Named thus until 1928, when after consultation with residents (during which Abbots Road was at one point proposed) the council adopted the present name (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June 1928)."
"62","Allenfield estate, Leckhampton. Developer's name for site either side of Allenfield Road. Built early 1960s, distinguished by bird of prey street-names. The original naming proposals from the developer were to use Falcon, Hawk, Nightingale, Raven, Robin, Swallow, Thrush and Wren (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 31 Aug. 1960), but these fell victim to a more hawkish set (Merlin, Peregrine, Osprey, Kestrel, Hobby)."
"63","Allenfield Road, Leckhampton. Off Moorend Park Road. In existence by 1936 (2 houses); later development by Tily Estates (agreement of June 1960). Lies on line of ancient footpath; the section nearest Moorend Park Road is still a path only. Footpath route survives through to Kidnapper's Lane (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"64","Alma Bank. 4 houses in Great Western Terrace, first listed 1883 directory."
"65","Alma Close, off Alma Road. Developed by Permanent Houses Ltd (agreement Nov. 1966)."
"66","Alma Road, off Hatherley Road. The present road is shown on the 1884 map, though unnamed; however, a road (laid out, but no buildings) on the line of the present Loweswater Road is labelled Alma Road, possibly erroneously. Little development until after 1945 (only 6 houses in 1926). Named after celebrated early engagement of the Crimean war, on the river Alma, fought on 20 Sept. 1854; the first local reflection of the battle was barely six weeks later (Cheltenham Looker-On, 4 Nov.), with the change of Rodney Villa (built 1835) in Rodney Terrace to Alma Villa. The Cheltenham Looker-On's accompanying prediction, that 'in the course of a few months there will, no doubt, be as many Almas in Cheltenham as there are Montpelliers or Lansdowns', was not to be borne out, though not far from Alma Road the 1884 map shows (another) Alma Villa, and Alma Cottages. Other Alma Cottages were in Hewlett Place (from at least 1857; directory). Alma is the most frequently occurring Crimean name in London streets (Field 1980, p. 137)."
"67","Alma Road estate. The 'Lake District' roads between Alma and Hatherley Roads, developed by Cheltenham Borough Council from the late 1940s. Planning of a layout for some 200 'aluminium permanent bungalows' was complete by late 1947; sites were being prepared in March the next year, and construction of the first batch of 100 homes had been completed by Feb. 1949, with occupation beginning the next month (Housing Committee, Nov. 1947, no. 47; Mar. 1948, no. 964; Feb. 1949, no. 2783). The General Purposes and Watch Committee proposed that the roads, be named 'in accordance with a group system as for other housing estates, with particular consideration to names representing lakes in the Lake District'; both committees were chaired by Councillor H. T. Bush, the mayor; it may have been a personal association of his that prompted the choice of theme, or simply a natural progression from rivers (as in Whaddon) and hills (as in Lynworth) (General Purposes and Watch Committee, no. 2346; Housing Committee, no. 2371 Nov. 1948)."
"68","Alma Villas. 5 houses on west side of Roman Road, 1891-2 directory."
"69","Almond Court, Fiddler's Green. 1980s. One of a group of tree names."
"70","Almshouses, Albion Street. Part of the Pate's Foundation, and now formally known as Pate House. Originally on north side of High Street, opposite where Rodney Road now is, and removed to present site in 1812 (Bell, p. 47)."
"71","Alstone. Area name; originally a tithing of Cheltenham, and in 1712 a hamlet of 30 houses (Atkins). Its centre was the stretch of Alstone Lane between the present Gloucester Road and the railway level crossing, marked as Alstone Village on the 1855-7 Old Town Survey; a number of older buildings, some timber-framed, survive. First references are to Aluuston (1389) and Alveston (1448), suggesting an original Old English 'Aelf's tun' or farmstead (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"72","Alstone Avenue. Between Alstone Lane and Arle Road; declared highway Aug. 1908 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"73","Alstone Brook. Apparently an alternative name for the Chelt at the western end of town. An Alstone Brook Cottage is listed 1844 in Lower Alstone."
"74","Alstone Court, Alstone Lane. Mid-1950s council development of flats for the elderly, on site of Higgs's Cottages, which see."
"75","Alstone Croft, between Alstone Lane and Arle Road. A lane marked simply The Croft on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, though unnamed on 1884 map, which shows Alstone Croft as a field name. 1765 ref. to 'land in Alstone known as the Croft' (Manor Court Books, 18 Oct.). The street was still The Croft on 1897 map, though by this time development was in progress, and it was being referred to as Alstone Croft Road in Apr. 1900 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes: rejected plan for building of 9 cottages). See also Croft Place, Pretoria Terrace."
"76","Alstone Green. Named on 1776 map, and appears on 1834 map as a clearing (unnamed) surrounded by a few small houses, just to east of Gloucester Road. Still detectable as the long front gardens of the terrace of cottages (nos. 128-38 Gloucester Road) between Calcutta Inn and King's Arms (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"77","Alstone Lane. Present on 1776 map as unnamed but more or less continuous lane or track from town centre through Alstone hamlet to Tanners Lane, Arle; on 1830 map. Named on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Sometimes known as Alstone Road e.g. 1891-2 directory. Local representations in 1946, asking for it to be renamed Alstone Road (presumably felt to sound better) were not accepted by the council (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct., no. 2208). See also Cyprus Cottages, Marion Cottages, St John's Cottages."
"78","Alstone Lawn (1). A very substantial house, facing onto eastern end of Alstone Lane, with grounds running south to the Vineyards. Probably built c. 1809 (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 15, p. 45). Marked on 1828 OS map 1""; site developed for council housing in 1933, as Pates Avenue. The 1820 map shows a large house marked as belonging to W. H. Prescod, but places it inaccurately."
"79","Alstone Lawn (2). Also the name of 2 small houses between Millbrook Street and the river Chelt; thus on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"80","Alstone Lodge. A house 'newly erected' when advertised for sale in 18 10 (Chronicle, 21 June). Marked on 1820 map as residence of [Major] M. I. Semper."
"81","Alstone Lower Mill. Situated on river Chelt at a point now forming junction of Arle Avenue and Lower Mill Street. Building survives though disused (1996)."
"82","Alstone Place, Gloucester Road. 1841 Census. Just 2 houses in 1844 directory and on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, later increasing to 11, between New Inn/Millbrook Street and Albion Inn, now nos. 60-80 Gloucester Road."
"83","Alstone Spa. At junction of Millbrook Street and Great Western Road (a house there carried this name until development of the St James's site in 2002-3). Source discovered on his grounds at Alstone Villa by a Mr Smith; spa active only from 1809 to 1834, though drinking of the waters was revived briefly in early 20th century (Sampson & Blake). Somewhere near here was the site of a projected square: an 'eligible piece of ground a short distance beyond the Turnpike Gate from Cheltenham to Gloucester' was to have been accommodated a square of 52 houses, under an 1809 tontine plan of one Wilmot, architect, of no. 3 Colonnade (Chronicle, May 1809)."
"84","Alstone Terrace. Listed 1844 directory; 1855-7 Old Town Survey shows this as a short street opening off Gloucester Road nearly opposite present Market Street. Listed as 5 houses including Bricklayers' Arms in 1872 directory."
"85","Alstone Upper Mill. At bottom (north end) of present Great Western Road. Shown on 1809, 1820 maps. Site later mostly occupied by Alstone municipal baths; an adjacent weir survived until recently (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"86","Alstone Villa. House immediately to north of Alstone Spa. Existing under this name by 1815 (Williams), and marked on 1820 map."
"87","Alstone Village. See Alstone."
"88","Alstone Villas. 4 houses in Gloucester Road, near junction with Arle Road. Listed 1926"
"89","Amaranth Way, Up Hatherley. Part of 1990s Brizen Farm development, by Bryant Homes. Road adopted Jan. 1996. Shrub theme (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"90","Amberley Court. Block of flats developed by Kingsgate Investment Co. Ltd; name beginning with A chosen because it was Block A on their plan (Market and Watch Committee, Mar. 1960, no. 1397). See also Andover Court."
"91","Amberley Road, Hester's Way. Off Goldsmith Road, near Coronation Square; name approved 1960 (Market and Watch Committee unreported minute, 30 Nov.)."
"92","Ambrose Lane. Earlier name, before significant building occurred, of Ambrose Street."
"93","Ambrose Place. Off southern end of Ambrose Street, east side. 1841 Census. 7 houses listed in 1926, but now no longer residential."
"94","Ambrose Street. From High Street at St George's Square to St Gregory's church. Named thus on 1806-10 map (built up on eastern side), and more fully developed by time of 1834 map. Earliest references are in the form Hambro's or Hombro's Lane (1787 map; Paving Commissioners' Minutes); a strip of land immediately west of present street-line was formerly Hombro Close or Walnut Tree Close (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 12/12, 1787). Origin from the surname Hambro would fit well with naming usage in other spurs off the High Street at this date. Refs to Ambrose Lane continue until at least 1820 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 5 July), overlapping with use of Street. Ambrose Street probably referred to the more built-up northern end, close to the High Street, and Lane to the remainder."
"95","America Passage, High Street. Thus from at least 1844. Former name (until 1956) of Albion Walk, i.e. passage up eastern side of Boots. Named after America House, first referenced in 1813 (accessed from New Inn Passage: Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 2 Feb.); adoption of the name America apparently at time of war of 1812 seems paradoxical. By 1845, America House seems to have comprised the whole property from no. 128 High Street (i.e. next to present Boots site) back to Albion Street, including a shop, a malthouse, brewhouse and cottage; it had 'unrestricted right of road through America Passage' (Examiner, 21 May 1845)."
"96","Andover. This element reflects an association with the Suffolk estate, which see, Viscount Andover being the courtesy title of the eldest son of the Earl of Suffolk. Andover Lodge, on south-east corner of Park Place junction with Suffolk Road, listed 1830 directory, and Andover Place, of 1831, appear to be the earliest instances."
"97","Andover Cottages. 6 houses, between Park Place and Painswick Road; thus in 1891-2 directory. Possibly on eastern side of northern half of Andover Street (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"98","Andover Court. Name originally proposed for Amberley Court, but changed when potential for confusion with the following was pointed out (Market and Watch Committee, Apr. 1960, no. 1562)."
"99","Andover Mews. 1841 Census, but not in 1844 or later directories; not precisely located."
"100","Andover Place. 4 houses on south side of Suffolk Road, between Park Place and Andover Walk; since 1958 nos. 72-8 Suffolk Road. Building certs. issued for nos. 3 & 4, Nov. 1831, to Messrs Pitt, Gardiner & Co. On 1834 map; listed as 3 houses in 1839 directory (4 on 1855-7 Old Town Survey), and sometimes listed under Suffolk Square."
"101","Andover Retreat. First noted in 1839 directory. 1844: 6 houses on east side of Park Place. 1864 map, 5-house section of Andover Street."
"102","Andover Road. Western section now part of A40 trunk route. Section between Westal Green and Suffolk Road is present (unnamed, undeveloped) on 1806-10 map; some building evident on 1834 map, when it was called Lippiate Street. The 'Lippiate Street' section is perhaps that referred to in 1834 as 'an entirely new town along the line of the rail road fronting Westhall . . . already 15 neat houses built' (Cheltenham Looker-On). Runs on line of former Leckhampton quarries tram road, as shown on 1834 map. Some mid-century maps (e.g. 1840) call the A40 section Tivoli Place. Name probably taken from nearby Andover Place, and thence from Andover Lodge (see Andover above). See also Tivoli Buildings,"
"103","Andover Street. Appears on 1834 map partly as unnamed cul-de-sac back lane off what is now Andover Road, and partly (north end) as Suffolk Mews. Forms western edge of the South Town cluster of artisan streets. 1884 map. Southern section from Andover Road to Ashford Road may at one time have been known as George Street (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"104","Andover Terrace (1). 1841 Census; nos. 2, 3 & 4 listed 1844 directory. Listed as part of Park Place 1860. On 1884 map, equates to whole of north side of Ashford Road, between Painswick Road and Andover Street. In 1911 is listed as 10 houses in Ashford Road."
"105","Andover Terrace (2). Andover Road, opposite shops. 6 neo-Georgian houses of c. 1968."
"106","Andover Walk, Tivoli. Rear of 29 Park Place; roadway shown, but unnamed, on 1901 OS map 1:2,500. Named 1957, following residential development (Market and Watch Committee, Feb., no. 1288)."
"107","Andrew Passage, High Street. Unlocated: mentioned in 1820 directory, residence of Nathaniel Barrett, maltster."
"108","Angel('s) Court. Off north side of what is now Fairview Road, 1872 directory; 1884 map. Accessed via passage some five buildings west of junction with Sherborne Street (site now razed, and latterly car parking area). Contained, or identical with, Angel Row, 5 houses accessed from no. 30 Fairview Road (1926); nos. 1-4 Angel Row listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.)."
"109","Angle Villas. 3 houses in Gratton Road, 1911. Probably so named because they lie at the one significant angle in the line of the former Leckhampton Quarries tram road, where it crossed a bridge over the Westal Brook. Note also Angle Stores (e.g. 1937 directory) at north end of Andover Road; Angle House, no. 65 Great Norwood Street, is marked thus on 1950 OS map 1:2,500 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"110","Anlaby Court, Evesham Road. 20 houses developed in 1935 by Maryland Properties Ltd (Town Planning Committee, Sept.), on the large site formerly occupied by Anlaby House, a Pittville house of 1840-1 erected after the failure of plans to develop Cleeveland Parade on this site (Blake 1988, p. 42). After Anlaby, Yorks. ER."
"111","Anne Goodrich Close, Prestbury. Off High Street; flats for the elderly, built after 1958 to replace almshouse given by Anne Goodrich in 1720 for the religious poor (Victoria County History, p. 81)."
"112","Ansell Close, Up Hatherley. Off Caernarvon Road; after Walter Ansell, admitted honorary freeman of the borough, 24 Oct. 1960."
"113","Apple Close, Prestbury. Off Linden Avenue; development of c. 1990."
"114","Apple Orchard, Prestbury. Off Linden Avenue; contemporary with preceding."
"115","Applegarth Close, Up Hatherley. Off Justicia Way. 1980s."
"116","Appleton Avenue, The Reddings. 1996 development by Creg Homes."
"117","Arcade (1). Once leading, on line of present Bennington Street, from the High Street to the then Market; opened 1822 (Cheltenham Annuaire, 1837). Entrance distinguished by Moghul style arches."
"118","Arcade (2). Shops on north side of High Street from no. 105 [now 147] to junction with Winchcombe Street. 1926 to at least 1940."
"119","Arch(ed) Buildings. South side of High Street, approximately on site now occupied by W. H. Smith. Listed in 1800 directory. 1834 map. Extant 1860s (Goding p. 258); site part of the Pate's Charity estate (1787 map)."
"120","Arden Road, Leckhampton. Name approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, 27 May)."
"121","Argyle Place, The Park. Near St Philip's Church; the westemmost 3 of a projected terrace of 9 are shown on the 1834 map, in a then unnamed section of present Grafton Road. Listed as 3 houses in 1839 directory. 4 houses in 1872."
"122","Argyle Villas, The Park. Nos. 1-2 first listed 1863 directory."
"123","Argyll Lane. Until recently no more than a service road off Argyll Road (see following); now includes infill development of 5 houses, of late 1980s appearance."
"124","Argyll Road. Between Keynsham Road and Old Bath Road. Laid out and named on 1884 map, but undeveloped. Originated in 1870 proposal by D. J. Humphris to construct a 'new road and branch therefrom from Keynsham Road to Old Bath Road' (Streets and Highways Committee). This plan went ahead: ref. in May 1871 to setting up a lamp in Old Bath Road, and the new road Humphris had recently formed (Streets and Highways Committee). The 'branch therefrom' (now Argyll Lane) was also laid out, and is shown on 1897 map, starting from midway along the south side of Argyll Road and curving east to meet Old Bath Road. It is there labelled Argyll Road, the present road being marked Argyll Road North. Evidently this spur did not develop as intended. Humphris (for a time the borough surveyor) had earlier developed the nearby Keynsham Terrace. The house Argyle Lawn (now no. 75 London Road), between Keynsham Road and Old Bath Road may have been the source of these names, though its date is not established. Cheltenham Argyles and Argylls may possibly have been influenced by, or share an origin with, Argyle names in Bath (dating from c. 1789: RCHM)."
"125","Ariel Lodge Road, off Hewlett Road. Developed by W. Bullingham Ltd (agreement of May 1958). Name approved by Market and Watch Committee, Sept. 1958 (No 513). After Ariel Lodge, house listed in Hewlett Road, 1911, and later no. 134 Hewlett Road)."
"126","Ark Gardens, Tewkesbury Road. Area adjacent to The Moors, listed 1930s and earlier; probably connected with house (pub?) called The Ark, nearby. Acquired by council; building demolished about 1955 (Streets and Highways Committee, July, no. 467)."
"127","Ark Cottages, Pilley. Marked on 1883 OS map 1:500 as second pair from eastern end of Pilley Lane. By 1895 listed as Ark Villas."
"128","Arkell's Farm. Alternative name for Byrche's Farm, which see. Shown thus on 1823 plan (personal communication Dr Steven Blake)."
"129","Arkle Close, Wyman's Brook. 1970s development; Cheltenham Gold Cup theme. Arkle was three times winner, 1964-6."
"130","Arle. Settlement name. Earliest reference is of about 680 (Rawes 6, p. 11), making this the oldest recorded placename in the Cheltenham area. A hamlet of 30 houses in 1712 (Atkins). Meaning 'alder-tree' (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"131","Arle Avenue, off Arle Road. Formerly the approach to Lower Alstone Mill and Six Chimnies Farm, hence earlier name Six Chimney/Chimnies Lane; represented but unnamed on 1834 map. After residential development there in the late 1930s, a more becoming name was requested by 22 of the owners, who chose the present name in 1938 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, May; Cheltenham Circular, July, p. 12)."
"132","Arle Close, off Arle Road. Land to rear of nos. 53-5 Arte Road developed by W. Bullingham Ltd (agreement of Nov. 1957). Name approved by Market and Watch Committee, Oct. 1957 no. 722."
"133","Arle Cottages. 8 houses in Arle village, 1926."
"134","Arle Court. The present Arle Court, in Hatherley Lane, was built by J. J. Rowland in 1858 in Tudor Gothic style, and was until recently the Dowty Group headquarters. It is on a quite different site to the original, which was off the east end of Arle Road (see Verey, p. 155; Hart, p. 364). The original Arle Court had been known thus by 1605 (Place Names of Gloucestershire); 1884 map shows its site, as also Arle Court Farm."
"135","Arle Drive, between Arle Road and Alstone Lane. Developed c. 1935 (Streets and Highways Committee, Nov. 1934)."
"136","Arle Farm. Marked on 1884 map. Site developed 1996 for some 85 houses, built by Lovell Homes for the Orbit, Sanctuary, English Churches and Guinness Trust housing associations."
"137","Arle Gardens. Between Arle Road and Alstone Lane. Developed by H. Dare & Son (agreement of June 1962)."
"138","Arle Mill. Marked on 1884 map."
"139","Arle Road. The original and still the most direct route between Arle and the town centre. Present but unnamed on 1834 map. Up to 1908 called Sandfield Road; changed following a petition by Mrs Malvern and others (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Jan. 1908)."
"140","Arle Road. Thus from at least 1869 (Streets and Highways Committee); 1884 map. Now Village Road, Arle."
"141","Arle Street. Another earlier name for Village Road; thus on 1776 map."
"142","Arlingham, Up Hatherley. Off Rothleigh, part of Greatfield Park Phase II development by Westbury Homes, approved 1986 and completed 1990. Named by parish council in accordance with tree theme adopted for earlier phases, Arlingham (Glos.) having given its name to a variety of pear-tree."
"143","Arlington Villas, Leckhampton Road. 3 houses, first listed 1862 directory."
"144","Arper Passage. See Harper Passage."
"145","Arterial Road No. 1. Preliminary name of Brooklyn Road (Housing Committee, 1921)."
"146","Arterial Road No. 2. Preliminary name of southward extension of Cleeve View Road towards Hewlett Road (Housing Committee, 1921)."
"147","Arthursfield. See Harthurstfield."
"148","Artus Field. Corruption, seen e.g. in 1816 (Gray) of Harthurstfield, which see. Influenced by a surname Artus, still known in Cheltenham."
"149","Arundel House. Lodging house, perhaps in or near Bath Road. 1820 directory."
"150","Arundel House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Flats, c. 1960."
"151","Ash Close, Charlton Kings. Off Beeches Road; one of several tree names, prompted by Beeches."
"152","Ashcot Mews, Up Hatherley. Off Runnymede; part of Greatfield Park Phase I development by Westbury Homes and JJH Builders. Named 1984 by parish council; tree theme, Ashcot (modelled on e.g. Ashcott, Somerset) meaning 'cottages near ash trees' (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"153","Ashford Road, Tivoli. Lies on Leckhampton-Cheltenham parish boundary; line present on 1834 map, though almost entirely undeveloped. Middle section at that time known as Lower Grqfton Street. Name assigned formally by Leckhampton Local Board 1891 (Examiner, 14 Oct.). See also Andover Terrace and Grafton Terrace."
"154","Ashford Villas. Two houses in Park Place, first noted in 1862 directory."
"155","Ashgrove, Charlton Kings. Farm, named on 1882-3 OS map, south of former railway (Paget, p. 45)."
"156","Ashiands Road, Arle. Under construction (as 'Road No. 10' on the Hester's Way estate), in late 1952, when council approved this name (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov.). Preserves name of an old Arle enclosure (Rawes 6, p. 14), but, like Barbridge Road and Oldbury Road, is displaced; the original Ashlands was near where Grevil Road joins Princess Elizabeth Way."
"157","Ashley, Charlton Kings. The only manor of Charlton Kings, all other land being held of Cheltenham manor. Created c. 1143 for one Walter, later known as Walter of Ashley (TBGAS 54, p. 165); name first noted in 1160, as Esselega, i. e. 'ash-tree clearing' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). All the other Ashley names in Charlton Kings refer to this."
"158","Ashley Close, Charlton Kings. Off Greenway Lane; developed by New Ideal Homesteads (agreement of Dec. 1963)."
"159","Ashley Gardens. Mentioned in Place Names of Gloucestershire, but unlocated, unless it refers to market gardens of this name in Arle Road (1928). No obvious connection with Ashley in Charlton Kings."
"160","Ashley Place, Charlton Kings. 4 houses in Horsefair Street, existing by 1911."
"161","Ashley Road Battledown. Laid out in 1861 (as Upper Road); first so named in 1895 (O'Connor, pp. 37, 54)."
"162","Ashling Villas. 3 pairs of houses on south side of London Road, now nos. 19-29. Original nos. 1-4 listed from at least 1855. Quite probably built on land 'suitable for villas' sold off when Brookbank Cottage (which see) was sold, 1838."
"163","Ashmead Road, Leckhampton Hill. Now signed as 'Private road to Ashmead, Trees', from Tower Lodge to site of former Middle Incline on quarry railroad (Bick, p. 46)."
"164","Ashover Lane. Service lane between Ashford Road and Andover Road (hence the portmanteau name). Named c. 1995, after infill housing created need for formal name."
"165","Asquith Road, Naunton. Developed by T. W. Smith of Leckhampton (plans for 10 semi-detached houses approved in July 1908), and name proposed by him (General Purposes and Watch Committee, July). See also the adjacent Churchill Road. Declared highway 1918 (Streets and Highways Committee)."
"166","Assembly Rooms. The original (Lower) Assembly Rooms were built In 1783-4 by Thomas Hughes, possibly to a design of H. Holland (personal communication Mr Oliver Bradbury); the New Assembly, Rooms, built by J. D. Kelly, to a design of H. Kitchen (1816 Cheltenham Guide) opened 1816 (Davies 1834, p. 86), on High Street site now occupied bv Lloyds Bank; demolished 1900. The model for the first was no doubt the Assembly Rooms in Bath, built at Beau Nash's behest in 1708 (Smith, p. 69)."
"167","Aston Grove, Fiddler's Green. Off Springbank Road; c. 1980s."
"168","Athelney Way, off Hales Road. Part of Battledown Industrial estate; developed by Webb Bros. Completed by 1963: name agreed 20 Mar. (Market and Watch Committee). Follows Saxon theme set by King Alfred Way, which see. Athelney, Somerset, was where Alfred took refuge from the Danes in 878-9."
"169","Atherstone Close, Springbank. Off Henley Road; developed by R. Hitchins (agreement of Feb. 1968)."
"170","Attewell('s) Court, Fairview. Reached by passage off eastern end of former Berkeley Avenue, Winchcombe Street, lying south-west of Holy Trinity Mission Hall, Sherborne Street. Listed as 5 houses, 1844. Shown as Atwell's Court on 1884 map. Subject of an adverse report by MOH to Public Health Committee, July 1901. Site now razed."
"171","Auckland House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Named by Housing Committee in December 1953, following the Commonwealth theme (Housing Committee, no. 1156)."
"172","Australia House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Named at same time as preceding. Commonwealth theme."
"173","Avenall's Parade. Off London Road end of Old Bath Road. Often Avenell's in earlier records. Named in 1841 Census, shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Further houses being built there in Jan. 1900, by Mr Warder (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Its line appears to preserve in part that of the pre-1819 turnpike (see e.g. 1806 map), curving to the south to skirt the end of Coltham Field, and coming back to the present A40 roadline somewhere near Beaufort Arms (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 20, p. 34). The immediate source for the name of the parade may have been Avenall's Cottage, also listed 1841 Census. Preserves name of a field Avenhill or Avenell (1605, Place Names of Gloucestershire), which stretched down to Sandford Mill. Earlier (sometime before 1290), Havenhill is noted as a furlong name in or near Naunton (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 23, p. 26). The form Knavenhill occurs sometimes (eg 1712 Manor Court Books). Occasionally known as Avenall's Path (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 21, p. 13)."
"174","The Avenue, Montpellier. Alternative name for Montpellier Avenue; thus on 1864 map."
"175","The Avenue, Charlton Kings. Off Moor End Road; development began in the mid-1930s (1 house in 1936, rising to 10 by 1940). Later building by Western Estates Ltd (agreement of Feb. 1968). Named after an avenue of sycamores (shown on a map dated 1746) probably planted by the father or grandfather of William Prinn (d. 1784), leading across parkland from the Prinns' Home Farm (later Withyholt) (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 29, p. 47; Gloucestershire Record Office D7661)."
"176","Avon Road, Whaddon. Part of 1937 second phase of development of Whaddon Farm estate (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June). River theme."
"177","Avondale Lane, Pittville. Recent naming of access road between Wellesley Road and West Drive, after Avondale House, Wellington Square. House probably named after Duke of Clarence and Avondale, eldest son of the then Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). Several late 19th-century examples of Avondale in London (Field 1980, p. 131)."
"178","Avondale Villas, King's Road. Now nos. 28-30; existing by 1881 (Census)."
"179","Awcutt. Enclosure in Hill field, Alstone. 1719 ref. in will of John Stephens (Sale, p. 144)."
"180","Aylton Close, Up Hatherley. Off Sedgwick Gardens; part of Manor Farm development by McAlpine and Bovis, approved 1986 and completed 1989. Named by parish council in accordance with tree theme established for earlier phases, Aylton (Herefs.) having given its name to a variety of pear-tree (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"181","Aysgarth Avenue, Up Hatherley. Off Runnymede; part of Greatfield Park development by Westbury Homes and JJH builders. Named by parish council in 1984 following tree theme, Aysgarth (Yorks. NR) being composed of Old English elements meaning 'pass marked by an oak tree' (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"182","Azalea Drive, Up Hatherley. Off Jasmine Way; 1993-4 development by Westbury Homes and others on 'strawberry Fields' section of Brizen Farm estate; shrub theme (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"183","Back Albert Place, Fairview. Behind Albert Place; listed as a separate name from at least 1926. Previously (e.g. on 1864 map) known as Selkirk Road."
"184","Back Exmouth Court, Leckhampton. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey: south-facing half of Exmouth Court back-to-back group, off anonymous lane between Francis Street and Hermitage Street. Later called Exmouth Terrace (pc KMP)."
"185","Back Montpellier Terrace, from Bath Road to Suffolk Square. Unnamed on older maps, though part of an old through route (possibly here known as Sandford Lane, which see), joining Sandford Road to Gordon Lamp junction and on to Alstone via Lad's Lane. As it was a public highway, Henry Thompson could not build over it, and instead backed his southernmost terrace in Montpellier right up to its line (pc JM). Referred to as Back of Montpellier Terrace in 1834 (Davies, Appendix VI). Sometimes seen as Montpellier Terrace Back Road (e.g. Streets and Highways Committee, 25 Feb. 1867)."
"186","Back Road. A more or less formal name, applied from at least 1787 (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 10/1) to the back route roughly parallelling the High Street to the north, i.e. what became Albion Street, North Place, St Margaret's Road and Swindon Road. 1776 map shows the beginning of a Back way to Cheltenham branching off north probably near the site of the present Hewlett Road junction. See also following entries."
"187","Back Street. Thus on 1864 map, i.e. what is now St Margaret's Road. 1872 directory describes it as 'leading from North Place to Swindon Road - houses of all classes, many bearing other names. No numbers.'"
"188","Backside. A general term (often seen as the Great Backside) for the zone just north of the burgage strips running north from the High Street to the Back Road, which see. Current from at least 1734 (Manor Court Books). Several houses existed in the Great Backside by the mid-18th century (Manor Court Books), but it is not at present clear where they lay. By the time the last noted reference appears (1820 advt.: 'a very large desirable messuage or dwelling house seated in or near the Great Backside in Cheltenham, now in the occupation of William Lane, newly built', Chronicle, 16 Nov.), the term had probably fallen out of general use. Other deeds for individual houses at this time commonly refer to the backside of the property."
"189","Badgeworth Road, from Golden Valley to Bamfurlong. On 1884 map, but unnamed."
"190","Badminton Close, Naunton. Off Naunton Lane, near Gospel Mission Hall; c. 1970s."
"191","Bafford, Charlton Kings. Now an area name, but presumably originally restricted to the ford (over the Lilley Brook) at the foot of Bafford Lane, leading to Bafford Farm (now no longer worked). Bafford(e) is in use as a tithing name by 1334 (manor court rolls), but is probably much older: the first part is possibly an Old English personal name, Babba, the whole thus meaning 'Babba's ford' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Private plans to build on the Bafford Farm estate were being developed in the late 1930s (see e.g. Town Planning Committee, Aug. 1938), but were slowed by ministry indecision over the route of the planned Southern Bypass (see Southern Road). A 1736 ref. to land on south side of 'the street of Bafford' (Manor Court Books) presumably relates to Bafford Lane, or to a precursor of part of the present Cirencester Road route."
"192","Bafford Approach, Charlton Kings. Developed by Brixbur Builders (agreement of Feb. 1964); further development by Westbury Estates (Feb. 1965). Generally follows the line of an older footpath."
"193","Bafford Cottages, Charlton Kings. Listed under Cirencester Road in 1891-2 directory."
"194","Bafford Grove, Charlton Kings. Off Bafford Approach; developed by Western Estates (agreement of Feb. 1965)."
"195","Bafford Lane, Charlton Kings. Named thus by 1884. See also Endfield Terrace."
"196","Bafford Road. Alternative name for Bafford Lane, seen in e.g. 1911 directory."
"197","Bafford Terrace. 8 houses in Bafford Lane, now nos. 31-45. Shown on 1884 map."
"198","Baglins Piece. Name of council allotments near Folly Lane, existing before WWII."
"199","Bahama Cottages. 2 houses in Francis Street, off Bath Road. First noted 1876 directory. Note also a Bahama Villa, first noted in 1830 directory, former name of what by 1911 had become known as Lewesham House, now no. 66 Suffolk Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"200","Bakehouse Lane (1), Charlton Kings. 1841 Census, seemingly near parish church; one residence listed."
"201","Bakehouse Lane (2), Tivoli. Off Tivoli Walk, to rear of 1 Lypiatt Street. Home to the bakehouse of Lyndon S. Williams in 1957; lane probably anonymous before then."
"202","Baker Street, off Swindon Road, towards Tewkesbury Road. Still shown as field on 1834 map, but developed by late 1830s: 3 building certs. issued 1838, and one for nos. 8 & 9 in 1839. Listed 1839 directory. Apparently name originally extended right through to Tewkesbury Road, i.e. including present Charles Street; the latter is listed as Albert Street late Baker Street in 1844. Described as 'small cottages', 1870 directory."
"203","Bala Road, Warden Hill. Name agreed by council in 1951 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Feb.). One of a group of Welsh names."
"204","Balcarras Retreat, Charlton Kings. Small development, c. 1980s, off Balcarras Road."
"205","Balcarras Road, Charlton Kings. Marked (unnamed but including Balcarres (sic) House) on 1884 map. Still anonymous in 1897; named by 1911. The structure of Balcarras House (this name in use by 1841) was in existence as a farmhouse by 1557 (Paget, p. 60), but was remodelled by Revd Mr Gabb, vicar of Charlton Kings, who also built the nearby Balcarres and Balcarres Lawn; he presumably had some Scottish connection, Balcarres being a stately home near Colinsburgh, Fife."
"206","Baldwin House. Listed 1820 directory as address of a horse dealer. Unlocated, and perhaps one of this directory's occasional spurious entries, misplaced from another town."
"207","Ballinger's Lane. A former alternative name for present Church Street, Cheltenham. Noted in 1787 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes) as being the western limit of the first paving of the High Street; probably adjacent to 'Mr Ballinger the gardener's opposite the Eight Bells' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1806). Ballinger's Passage (1841 Census) may be the same. The surname Ballinger is still well represented in both Cheltenham and Charlton Kings."
"208","Ballinode Close, Wyman's Brook. Cheltenham Gold Cup theme; Ballinode was the winner of the second Gold Cup, run in 1925. Developed by Geo. Wimpey & Co. (agreement of Feb. 1973; adopted Nov. 1975)."
"209","Balmoral Court, Charlton Kings. Off King George's Close; 1980s."
"210","Banaster. See Bannister."
"211","Bandlands. Name of pasture ground in Leckhampton (1667 will of Robert Milton; Sale p. 8)."
"212","The Bank, Prestbury. Short stretch of road linking High Street with Mill Street. Its naming appears recent; probably from the banked ground on north side of Prestbury High Street at this point, more obvious in older prints. Two houses opposite were formerly known as Bank Cottages."
"213","Bank Cottages (1), Charlton Kings. 6 houses in Cudnall Street; listed 1911."
"214","Bank Cottages (2), Charlton Kings. 5 houses in Ryeworth Road; listed 1911."
"215","Bank Cottages (3), Prestbury. See The Bank, above."
"216","Bannister's Lane. What later became Henrietta Street and Dunalley Street. Certainly in existence by 1787, and, from context, a 1767 reference (Manor Court Books, 12 Oct.) to a parcel of arable land near Banaster's Lane, with orchard on either side, could apply to the same. Named on 1787 map, and ordered to be paved the same year (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, Dec.). 1844 directory lists it as 'top of Henrietta Street', with first house being Bannister Cottage, apparently post-dating 1820 map. Name still in use in 1860, with Rose Cottages listed there. From a surname, well-established in Cheltenham since time of Elizabeth I (Manor Court Books)."
"217","Banyard Close, Hester's Way. 2001-2 development by Barratt Homes on site of former Monkscroft Secondary school. After Cllr David Banyard (Glos. Echo, 23 Jan. 2002)."
"218","Barbridge, Arle. Where the present Hayden Road crosses the river Chelt. Seen as Berebruge in grant of 1220, and Barwebrug in c. 1250 (Rawes 7, p. 2). Mentioned in 1617 as a boundary of Cheltenham hundred; identified as being near present Arle Court (Hart, p. 85); later an enclosure name. Meaning 'bridge with bar sides' or 'bridge at a bar or barrier' (Rawes 6, p. 13)."
"219","Barbridge Road. Between Oldbury Road and Hester's Way Road. One of the first batch of roads to be named on the Hester's Way estate; had previously been 'Road no. 8' on the Hester's Way plan (Housing Committee, July 1952, no. 393). Preserves name of Barbridge enclosure, but is offset from original site."
"220","Barley Close, off Hayden Road. One of several 'rural' names on this estate; c. 1980s."
"221","Barley Mead. Great and Little Barley Mead: close names in Charlton Kings (1685 will of Samuel Arrowsmith; Sale, p. 42.)"
"222","Barley Stream, Charlton Kings. 15th-century name for Southfield Brook (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 10, p. 20)."
"223","Barlow Road, Arle. Off Village Road; name approved 1962 (Market and Watch Committee unreported minute, 23 May)."
"224","Barn Field, off Hales Close. Small infill development, of 1970s appearance."
"225","Barnard's Row, between Knapp Street and New Street. Now just a footpath, but originally some 9 small houses. Freehold of nos. 1-4 Barnard's Row sold by John Barnard in 1819 (Chronicle, 6 May). 3 newly-built houses there advertised in 1820 (Miles/?Chronicle, 16 June). May also include the 4 houses 'opposite Chapel Street' for which Barnard got building certs. in 1825. Sometimes seen as Barnet's Row (e.g. 1841 Census). By 1897, nos. 1-9 declared unfit for habitation (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, Nov.); demolition of nos. 4-9 proposed, 1922 (Public Health Committee, Feb.). The builder was probably the John Barnard who was clerk of St Mary's Church, listed in St George's Place in 1820 directory."
"226","Barnes's Court. Some 4-6 dwellings off west side of Grove Street, accessed between nos. 7 and 8; listed 1844 directory. Later also seen as Barnes' Yard; ref. to no. 4 in 1897 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Nos. 1-4 unfit for habitation and due to be demolished 1913 (Public Health Committee, June); and further insanitary conditions noted 1922 (Public Health Committee, Feb.)."
"227","Barnet's Row. See Barnard's Row."
"228","Barnett Close, Arle. On Arle Farm development, off Pilgrove Way; c. 1995."
"229","Barnsley Villas, Marle Hill Parade. Pair, first listed in 1886 directory."
"230","Barratt's Mill Lane, off High Street. Line present (unnamed) on 1806-10 map. 'Road which leads to Barrett's Mill' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 3 Dec. 1823). The main Cheltenham mill had been in the hands of the Barratt or Barrett family since 1763 or earlier (Goding, p. 261); they held a significant influence over municipal use of the water of the Chelt in the early 1800s."
"231","Barratt's Mill Walk, leading off the above. Short-lived name, listed 1950-2; site of former Rosehurst Nursing Home."
"232","Barrington Avenue, The Reddings. Current (1996) development by Taywood."
"233","Barrow Slade. Name of a close (also known as Hill Furzes) in Arle (Manor Court Books, 1736); perhaps indicating an ancient site."
"234","Barry Villas, Dunalley Street. First listed 1896 directory."
"235","Bartlow, Leckhampton. Listed in Place Names of Gloucestershire, but is no more than a house-name; property on Leckhampton Hill, below Devil's Chimney, listed 1911. The house was built in by J. Middleton in 1898, for a Major Barnard, which may partly explain the name (Barnard, Ninety Years Past, 1949)."
"236","Barton Close, Charlton Kings. Off Bafford Approach; developed by Brixbur Builders (agreement of Feb. 1964)."
"237","Barton Way, Up Hatherley. Off Long Mynd Ave; part of 1950s development; name chosen by parish council (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"238","Barwick Road, Up Hatherley. Off The Greenings; one of the few recent names not selected by the parish council. From an individual, or a place (examples in Norfolk, Somerset, Yorks. WR)."
"239","Bassenthwaite Road. A Lake District theme name proposed by council in preference to the developers' original suggestions (Western Avenue, Western Gardens, Bournside Avenue); the developers counter-proposed Langdale Road, which was accepted (Market and Watch Committee, Feb. 1955, no. 1183)."
"240","Bath Buildings, Bath Road. 2 pairs of substantial houses, south of junction with St Luke's Road, first listed 1830 directory, i.e. present nos. 96-102 Bath Road. 1834 map. At times (e.g. 1855-7) nos. 100-2 were alternatively known as Elkstone House."
"241","Bath Chambers. Noted as business address in 1930s. Unlocated, but presumably central, perhaps in Bath Street."
"242","Bath House. Mentioned in 1815 (Williams). Marked on 1820 map as the corner house at junction of Bath Street (south side) and Bath Road (now no. 11: estate agent's, with elaborate moulding over doorwav)."
"243","Bath Mews, off Bath Road. Approximately on line of present Cedar Court Road. Formerly or alternatively Bath Villa Mews, Bath Villas being adjacent. Shown on 1820, 1834 maps; given as Bathville Mews on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, where it consists mostly of stabling."
"244","Bath Parade, between Bath Road and College Road. Building cert. for house here issued Nov. 1840; listed 1841 Census. Western end is where on 1834 map a now vanished lane, perhaps a relic of the 1820s Cambray Parade plan, leads off in direction of the General Hospital. Until at least the 1880s, was a cul-de-sac ending at St Luke's Place. Possibly through route by 1890, when nameplates were to be set up (Examiner, 3 Dec.)."
"245","Bath Place, Bath Road. Formerly some 9 houses on east side, between the river Chelt and Sandford Street. Named on 1834 map, which shows 3 pairs. 9 houses by 1844, straddling junction with Bath Parade. Site now partly occupied by car park and Playhouse Court (flats), opposite Playhouse."
"246","Bath Road. The building of what was originally called the New Bath Road, running from Cambray via Bath Street to Leckhampton, and thence via Shurdington and Painswick to Bath, was enabled by an 1813 Act of Parliament (Hart, p. 147). First parts of new road declared open 17 Aug. 1813 (Chronicle); fully opened 1822 (Annuaire, 1837). 1820 map, which labels it 'new Road to Painswick Stroud and Bath', shows it already developed along about half the frontage, up at least as far as the Exmouth Arms. Present name by 1834. The Cambray terminus for the original Bath Road presumably reflected the influence of various Cambray developers, among them Joseph Pitt, and the unimpressive state of the High Street at that time. Last few yards of today's Bath Road, from Bath Street to High Street, were not completed until 1854; Goding refers (1863) to 'the present new road, uniting High Street with Bath Road' (p. 237). See also Cambray Cottages, Naunton Place, Northwick Place, Norwood Terrace, Oriel Cottages and Place, Paragon Buildings and Parade, Thirlestaine Place, Waterloo Buildings and Terrace, Westall Place."
"247","Bath Street, from Bath Road to Cambray. Line present on 1809 map, but unnamed and largely undeveloped. Named on 1819 map; on 1820 map includes Bath House (see above) at its eastern end. May at some time (c. 1820) have been alternatively known as Old Cambray Place (see Cambray Place). Probably so named because it formed the first section of the new route to Bath, but termed Street because of its urban development (compare Hewlett Road and Street), though any pre-1813 occurrence would support an alternative derivation from Thompson's Baths, just round the corner in present Bath Road. Almost fully built up on 1834 map; further building certs. for dwelling houses here issued 1838. Numbering in 1844 directory extends across Bath Road to include present Vernon Place. See also Wellington Place (2) and Wellington Villas."
"248","Bath Terrace. Now car park for Bath Road shops. Appears on 1820 map, and by 1834 was built along both sides. The 7 cottages on the north side were the earliest. They were set back with long gardens; no. 5 was probably newly built when advertised in 1819: 'a neat, substantial and well-built Cottage with an area in front and tasty verandah ... commanding a very pleasant view of the surrounding hills' (Chronicle, 16 Sept.: personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"249","Bath. Terrace Court. Some 4 houses, existing by 1844 (directory). Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey at south-west end of Bath Terrace (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"250","Bath Villas, Bath Road. Two pairs of large villas, the first probably new when advertised in 1815 (to be sold ready furnished, no. 1 at �£3,000 and no. 2 at 3,000 guineas, Chronicle, 18 May). 4 houses by 1820 (directory, map); nos. 1, 2 & 4 advertised for sale 1820 (Chronicle, 18 May). Since demolished to form northern part of site of present Cedar Court Road."
"251","Bath Villa Mews. See Bath Mews."
"252","Bathurst Place, Pittville. Planned name for what actually became East Spa Approach, and then the present East Approach Drive (Blake 1988, p. 76). On 1834 map."
"253","Bathville Mews, off Cedar Court Road. New development, c. 1990; name reviving Bath (Villa) Mews above."
"254","Battledown, Charlton Kings. Although not recorded before 1598 (as Badleton), the likely origin is Old English 'Baedala's farm' (Place Names of Gloucestershire); the suggestion that it commemorates a battle is persistent but discredited. The form Battledown was in use by 1692 (Manor Court Books), though slight variations (Battlesdown, Battledowns) are noted up to the time the present estate was first projected in the 1850s (O'Connor, p. 2). In 1769, there existed a 'footpath leading from Cheltenham to Battledown Hill' (Manor Court Books). There is no sign of this on 1834 map; it perhaps followed the line now taken by Carlton Street and Sydenham Road."
"255","Battledown Approach, Charlton Kings. The line follows a field boundary (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 29, p. 37). Formerly Hales Road Approach; had acquired current name, indicating its role as the main access from Cheltenham to the developing Battledown estate, by 1876 (O'Connor, p. 53). See also Brighton Villas."
"256","Battledown Close, off Battledown Approach. Developed by Marshalls (Charlton Kings) (agreement of June 1958), possibly on site of Orchard Priors; name approved 1958 (Market and Watch Committee Dec., no. 966)."
"257","Battledown Cottages. 4 houses on Harp Hill, first listed 1893 directory."
"258","Battledown Drive, Charlton Kings. Developed from 1975 by a joint arrangement of the Battledown Estate and Cheltenham Borough Council on land formerly partly of Webb's Battledown Brickworks (O'Connor, Hole in the Ground, p. 79). Name chosen 1976 (O'Connor, p. 54)."
"259","Battledown End. 2 houses on west side of Hales Road. First noted 1870 directory, but apparently renamed: absent from 1911 directory."
"260","Battledown Mead, off foot of Harp Hill. Started life unofficially as The Mead (thus in 1959 directory), with the council insisting it was actually Herdman Close, which see. Present name reached after compromise in 1960."
"261","Battledown Priors, off Battledown Approach. Development of c. 1970, after house of same name, originally Mayville, built c. 1860 by Col. Bruce Seton (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 29, p. 42)."
"262","Battledown Road, Charlton Kings. An early name for Stanley Road (O'Connor, p. 54)."
"263","Battledown Villas, Hales Road. Nos. 1 & 2 listed in 1863 directory."
"264","Baynham Way. From Henrietta Street to Rose and Crown Passage. Access road to rear of shops. Unnamed until extended eastwards across Bennington Street in 1993; named after Baynham Jones, sometime paving commissioner, who died 29 July 1858, aged 85."
"265","Bayshill. Now an area name; first recorded in 1605 as both Beues hill and Bayes hill (Place Names of Gloucestershire). The earliest building of note in the area was Bays Hill Lodge, set near its highest point and built 1780 (perhaps by Skillicorne) for Lord Fauconberg; used by George III during his 1788 visit-, demolished 1860s, and site now occupied by Sidney Lodge. Name derived from mid-1500s tenant of Alstone, Matilda Bayse (Hart, p. 35; though Rawes 6 p. 17 suggests this ref. is in fact of 13th century). Place Names of Gloucestershire's derivation of Bays- from the Middle English personal name Bevis or the surname Beevis seems unlikely, in view of the earlier form quoted by Hart."
"266","Bayshill estate. This area (Bayshill, the Royal Old Wells, and Grove Cottage) was up to 1834 owned by the Revd Richard Skillicorne, who resisted the temptation to develop this unbuilt zone between the river and the new building at Lansdown. After his death in that year, his widow and son took a different view, and there was some laying-out of the property in 1835-6, to a design by Mr Bellamy. Real progress came only after the land was put up for sale in 1837 (Cheltenham Looker-On, 23 Sept.); by Oct. 1837, the Bays Hill Estate Building Co. had been formed, intended to raise �£50,000 of capital, and had framed plans for the 'formidable undertaking' of converting the property into streets and terraces (Cheltenham Looker-On, 28 Oct.). Actual marking out of the projected roads (partly as shown on the prospectus map of 1837; main designers Baker and Shellard) had begun by April 1838 (Cheltenham Looker-On, 7 Apr.) Some building had begun by 1837, though the first house may not have been complete until 1838 (building cert.). Certificates for a further 14 houses issued between Nov. 1838 and May 1840. Development continued somewhat fitfully into the 1850s; not all elements of the original plan were realised (personal communication Dr Steven Blake)."
"267","Bayshill Lane, off Bayshill Road. Outline recognisable on 1840 map, but probably did not develop exactly as planned; not named formally until recently."
"268","Bayshill Lawn. 5 houses on north side of Parabola Road; mostly built by time of 1840 map (nos. 1 & 2 listed 1844 directory)."
"269","Bayshill Parade. 10 houses in St George's Road; present nos. 153-61, either side of Queen's Retreat. On 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"270","Bayshill Road. Shown on 1840 map; work had begun on this, the main axis of the Bayshill estate development, by 1838: 'The devastating axe has also been busy with the fine elm trees on the land rented by Sir Charles Morgan, on the slope inclining towards the Lansdown Villas, and down which a roadway has been gripped out' (Cheltenham Looker-On, 7 Apr. 1838). Some sort of road had earlier existed on at least part of this line: Davies 1834 (p. 164) mentions a road leading to Bayshill 'from the bottom of St George's Place'. See also Fauconberg Terrace and Villas."
"271","Bayshill Terrace, St George's Road. 14 houses, immediately west of St George's Place, present nos. 29-59 St George's Road, now partly occupied by George Hotel; built 1838-40 (Sampson & Blake), though not complete until c. 1845 (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). 1841 Census."
"272","Bayshill Villas. West side of Bayshill Road, northern end. 4 houses listed 1843 directory; I I in 1844. Mostly surviving."
"273","Bayshill Villas Lane. Service road connecting St George's Road and Parabola Road."
"274","Beaconsfield Cottages (1). 3 houses in Milsom Street. First noted 1926, but probably commemorating Disraeli, created Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876."
"275","Beaconsfield Cottages (2), Leckhampton. 2 houses, listed from 1883-4 under Moorend Lane."
"276","Beale Road, Hester's Way. Name adopted 1953; honorary freeman theme (Housing Committee, June, no. 198). Dorothea Beale (1858-1906) was the first principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College-, admitted freeman of the borough, 28 Oct. 1901."
"277","Beale Walk, Hester's Way. Between Beale Road and Oldbury Road; part of Stage 14 of the Hester's Way development; named 1953 (Housing Committee, Aug., no. 563), though houses since renumbered as nos. 1-3 Oldbury Close."
"278","Bean Street. Off Clare Parade on 1834, 1864 maps. Ref., 1839 directory. Now Clare Place."
"279","Bearhole Lane. Occasional variant of Burrough Lane, which see. Several occurrences in 18th-century Manor Court Books entries, eg 1767 ref. to land in Cheltenham Upper Field 'abutting to the south upon Bearhole Lane' (Manor Court Books, 12 Oct.)."
"280","Bearworth, Swindon Village. A name recorded c. 1250, as Ber(e)wrth(broke); location uncertain, but believed to be part of a field or close called Bedlam Piece (personal communication Major A C Cropp). Possibly meaning 'barley enclosure'; first element is ambiguous, but other local -worth names are associated with cultivated crops (Ryeworth, Lynworth). Alternatively from beorg, 'hill' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). See also Bedlam."
"281","Beaufort Buildings. 1841 Census; nos. 1-19 existing by 1844 directory. Renumbered as part of Portland Square 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, June, no. 204). This and other Beaufort names of this period probably commemorate the 7th Duke of Beaufort, 1792-1853, who had several local connections and was MP for West Glos. in 1835. In the Fairview/Pittville border area, Beaufort names may have started with Beaufort House, listed 1841 in Union Street."
"282","Beaufort Cottages, Fairview. 7 houses off Columbia Street. Existing by 1841 (Census)."
"283","Beaufort Lane, London Road. Next to, and named after, the Beaufort Arms, public house marked on 1834 map."
"284","Beaufort Place (1), Pittville. Projected name for what actually became West Spa Approach, present West Approach Drive (Blake 1988, p. 75). Shown on 1834 map."
"285","Beaufort Place (2). 6 houses in Portland Square, 'south of Beaufort Buildings' (1844 directory). Renumbered as part of the Square in 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, June, no. 204)."
"286","Beaufort Place (3). 3 houses, near Beaufort Arms; probably present nos. 186-90 London Road, abutting east side of pub. Existing 1882 (deed, no. 32 King's Road)."
"287","Beaufort Road (1). Original name for the eastern leg of Bournside Road, connecting with Hatherley Court Road (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov. 1937). Renamed by council in 1953 to remove confusion with the following (Market and Watch Committee, Dec., no. I I 11)."
"288","Beaufort Road (2). On Ewen's Farm estate. Named about 1952, though some houses had already been built a little before. Presumably influenced by the Beaufort Arms, London Road, nearby though not actually adjacent."
"289","Beaufort Road (3). Original suggestion for what became Coltham Road."
"290","Beaufort Villas (1). Part of present Montpellier Terrace, about halfway along southern side. On 1820 map but not separately named on 1834 map."
"291","Beaufort Villas (2), Pittville. 4 houses built c. 1851 in present West Approach Drive (Blake 1988, p. 75). Shown on 1884 map."
"292","Beaumont Drive, off Hester's Way Lane. Developed by R. Hitchins Ltd (agreement of Nov. 1966)."
"293","Beaumont Road, off Hester's Way Lane. Developed by R. Hitchins Ltd (agreement of Apr. 1965); extended by same firm (agreed May 1972; adopted I)ec. 1976)."
"294","Beckingsale's Passage, off High Street. Ran through to present Swindon Road, midway between St Paul's Street South and King Street. First noted 1847 directory, when it was home to a coaldealer. Still thus on 1884 map, and ref. in June 1897 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, though by 1874 (Streets and Highways Committee) it was also known by its present name, Normal Terrace, which see. Beckingsale was a substantial grocer nearby in the High Street, manufacturer of the 'celebrated Royal Cheltenham sausages'; his store is illustrated in Rowe, p. 92."
"295","Bedford Avenue, Rowanfield. Listed 1952. Apparently follows, at least partly, the line of an unnamed lane through orchards on 1884 map. Southern county theme."
"296","Bedford Buildings, Clarence Street, on north side between St George's Place and Well Walk. Existed perhaps since 1806 (Cheltenham Spa Campaign, p. 22), and shown on maps from 1809. Marked on 1855-7 Old Town Survey as the 4 houses nearest Well Walk. Bedford Villa, a lodging house listed in 1820 directory but not on 1820 map, may have been nearby, and was possibly the origin of the name, which is said to commemorate one of Jenner's patrons, though this is uncertain."
"297","Bedford Place, Prestbury Road. 1841 Census. Listed as 2 houses between Stratford Cottages and the Plough beerhouse, east side of Prestbury road, 1844 directory. Now nos. 87-9 Prestbury Road. Bedford Cottage (1844 directory), is now no. 91."
"298","Bedlam Farm, Swindon. The Bedlam element is first noted in 1661: 'meadow and pasture ground known as Bedlam' (will of William Coombe; Sale p. 3). Seen as Bedlam Piece, 1717 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Bedlam Mill, cloth and dye house, 1775 (personal communication Major A C Cropp). Bedlam Turnpike 1793 (Moreau, p. 188). Bedlam Farm shown on 20th-century maps until at least 1949; now demolished, though a Bedlam Forge survives nearby, at eastern end of Hayden Road. Named from Bedlam or Bethlehem, the charity hospital of St Margaret, Gloucester, with which it was connected (Rawes 7, p. 2)."
"299","Beech Close, Charlton Kings. 1960s; one of several tree names off Beeches Road."
"300","Beeches Road, Charlton Kings. Developed by Geo. Wimpey & Co. Ltd (agreement of July 1956); Sappercombe farm extension by J. A. Pye (1963-4). From The Beeches (playing field/open space), a misrendering of earlier Breaches, a common field name for land (newly) broken, i.e. brought into cultivation (Field 1972)."
"301","Beechurst Avenue, off Eldon Road. Wheeler and Mansell got planning permission for 70 houses on the Beechhurst estate in 1934 (Streets and Highways Committee, Mar.; Town Planning Committee Apr.), and Beechhurst Avenue along with Eldon Avenue were named thus at the builders' request the next year (General Purposes and Watch Committee May 1935). After house (Beech Hurst - see under Jersey Place) in Hewlett Road; house and land to rear bought by Mrs Holborow in 1921 (Parks Committee, Jan.), and unsuccessfully offered by the estate agent W. H. Horsley to the council in Oct. 1933 (General Purposes and Watch Committee)."
"302","Beechmore Drive, Up Hatherley. Part of Meadow Lane development by Bryant Homes, approved 1986 and completed soon after. Named by parish council following theme established for first phase of 1980s development (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"303","Beechwood Close, Battledown. Named in 1969; the development stands in the grounds of the old house Beechwood, shown on 1884 map (O'Connor, p. 54). Incidentally continues the Battledown tree theme established by Oakley and Ashley Roads."
"304","Beechwood Place, between High Street and Albion Street. Shopping arcade opened in 1990; developed by Arrowcroft on behalf of Church Commissioners."
"305","Beechworth Villas, Hales Road. 2 houses, first listed in 1874 directory."
"306","Beehive Cottages, Prestbury. Listed in 1883-4 directory under Cemetery Road, i.e. Bouncer's Lane; probably near Beehive Inn, Prestbury."
"307","Beehive Lane. Ref. in 1900 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes. Seemingly an alternative name for the narrow road behind Montpellier Terrace, now Back Montpellier Terrace; after another Beehive pub, nearby."
"308","Belcher's Piece. Single reference, Aug. 1809 (Chronicle); context possibly suggests it lay in Westal. Compare following."
"309","Belcher's Row. Also seen as Belcher's Court, e.g. in 1841 Census. Passage lying between nos. 262-3 [now 412-4] High Street, south side, 3 doors down from Park Street (1844 directory). First mentioned in building cert. 1824-5. One Richard Belcher noted at 'bottom of town' in 1793 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 22 July); and Mrs Belcher, gardener, has 4th house on south side of High Street, west of Shakespeare Inn, in 1800 directory. John Belcher listed as farmer, at no. 365 [now 196] High Street, in 1820."
"310","Bell Lane. 18th century name of first part of road to Prestbury, i.e. present Winchcombe Street. Thus on 1776 map. From Bell Inn, which stood on the High Street/Winchcombe Street corner now occupied by Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society. Earliest ref. to hand is of 1700 (will of Richard Cowles, the innholder; Sale, p. 80) but presumably older. Cowles' inventory suggests it was a substantial establishment."
"311","Belland Drive, Charlton Kings. Off Bafford Approach. Developed by Brixbur Builders (agreement of Feb. 1964); and by JJF (Building Developments) Ltd (agreement of Feb. 1985; adopted Feb. 1988)."
"312","Belle Alliance. Unlocated, though within town limits. 3 cottages 'at' Belle Alliance mentioned on 1824 building cert. Site presumably named after the farmhouse at the centre of the French army's position at Waterloo, and therefore of 1815 or just after."
"313","Belle Vue Buildings, High Street. Set back from and to west side of Belle Vue Hotel (now Irving Court); the latter, originally Belle Vue House, belonged to Sir William Hicks and existed by 1800; perhaps identical with Belle Vue Cottage, mentioned in 1806 (Ruff). Buildings shown on 1834 map; listed as 2 houses, 1858 directory. Belle Vue House later revived as name of what is now no. 3 London Road (south side at junction with College Road)."
"314","Belle Vue Farm. Once the name of the listed house of 17th-century origin now known as Abbotsford, no. 24 Old Bath Road."
"315","Belle Vue Lawn. 2 houses on west side of Belle Vue Hotel, 1876 directory."
"316","Belle Vue Place, High Street. Some 6 houses opposite Berkeley Place; first shown on 1819 map."
"317","Belle Vue Street. Possibly same as, or error for, Belle Vue Place; 1821 advertisement for no. 7 Belle Vue Street (newly built, blue slate roof, stuccoed), 'Apply Cantell, 5 Belle Vue Street' (Chronicle, 4 Oct.)."
"318","Bellman's Place. Tenement or location in Cheltenham, c. 1450 (Rhodes, p. 41)."
"319","Belmont Cottages (1), Winchcombe Street. 2 houses next to Female Orphan Asylum, 1844 directory; apparently distinct from the original Belmont Cottage (see Belmont Road, below)."
"320","Belmont Cottages (2), Moorend Street. 2 houses, listed 1891-2."
"321","Belmont Place. See following."
"322","Belmont Road, off Winchcombe Street, north of junction with Fairview Road. Road in existence, though not necessarily named, by 1809, when a street lamp was to be erected 'north of the road leading to Belmont Cottage' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 3 Oct.). Evidently named after this cottage, which is first noted earlier in 1809 (Chronicle, 8 June), and was advertised for sale 12 July 1810 (Chronicle); shown on 1820 map. Road originally called Belmont Place, probably from about 1819 when nos. 1 & 2 were offered to let (Chronicle, 4 Nov.); marked thus on 1820 map, streetlamp sought 1821 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 5 Dec.); 1834 map. Known as Road by c. 1900. Belmont Lodge and Belmont House appear later than the cottage. Belmont is possibly a variation on the nearby Mountpleasant (first seen 1809); it may alternatively echo previous usage elsewhere, e.g. Belmont Row, Bath, of 1769-73 (RCHM)."
"323","Belmont Terrace, off Portland Square. 6 houses, 1870. Renumbered as part of the Square in 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, June 1957, no. 204). Probably also from Belmont Lodge Cottage."
"324","Belmore Mews. A c. 1990 infill development of small cottages off Belmore Place."
"325","Belmore Place. Off Bath Road near Sandford Street. Existing by 1830 (directory). On 1834 map appears as Belmore Street; present name by 1839 directory. Some 10 houses in 1841 Census. Includes a Belmore Lodge in 1844 directory, though latter may actually have been in Bath Road. Several old cottages in this street were demolished in 1938, to be replaced by lock-up garages (Town Planning Committee, Jan.). Belmore House, of mid-19th century appearance, still stands on south side of junction with St Luke's Road."
"326","Belmore Street. See preceding."
"327","Belvidere. House(s) formerly on corner currently (2004) occupied by betting shop at junction of Winchcombe Street and Albion Street; noted 1793 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 22 Feb.). For sale, 1799: 'desirable new-built freehold house, pleasantly situated in Winchcombe Street' (Glos. Journal, 28 Jan.). On 1806 map; by 1818 had become Belvedere Livery Stables (Chronicle). On 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Belvedere was a fairly common name for a place with a fair view; other 18th century examples in London and Bath."
"328","Belworth Drive. Off Hatherley Road; developed by Lockers Estates Ltd (agreement of Mar. 1967); name agreed 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, 27 May). After the demolished house Belworth Court, latterly used as St Mary's Convent."
"329","Bembridge Field. Appears to have straddled the Sandford/Charlton Kings boundary, approximately today's Cox's Field. First noted in 1699 (Gloucestershire Record Office D7661: pc J Sale). Ref. in Moreau, 1783, to a route from the Gallows Oak Turnpike, to the right through Bembridge Field to the New Road to Birdlip, i.e. present Old Bath Road. Still current in 1849 (Cresy). Variants include Benbreach, Benbridge, and Bendbridge. If the ââ?¬â??bridge element is to be taken literally, it is unclear how this feature would have related to Sandford Bridge."
"330","Bendall Close. Rejected name for what became Liddington Close."
"331","Benhall. Now an area name. First recorded in 1230 as 'the king's wood called Benhale', and later as Benall's Wood (e.g. on 1828 OS map 1""). Meaning 'Beonna's nook of land', from an Old English personal name (Place Names of Gloucestershire). The wood proper, noted for its nightingales (see Nightingale Grove), lasted into the 19th century; shown on 1884 map; last noted 1899 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). The one surviving fragment is Wasley Copse, off Wasley Road."
"332","Benhall Avenue. The spine road on the Benhall Farm estate, running across the site of most of the remnants of Benhall Wood. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1588)."
"333","Benhall Cottages. 8 houses in Granley Road, St Marks. Existing by 1911."
"334","Benhall Farm estate. Geo. Wimpey & Co. first approached the council about the development for housing of 100 acres of land south of Gloucester Road, then still called Benhall Farm (existing by 1828), in March 1954. Approval in principle from Cheltenham Borough Council was followed by preliminary plans for 1000 houses. After a long exchange with the county council, an enquiry held in April 1955 refused the plan. Wimpey appealed to the Ministry of Housing, successfully, and by February 1956 a revised layout for fewer houses was approved. Infrastructure works were in hand by the end of the year. The Cotswold village theme for the naming of most of the 15 roads and 4 cul-de-sacs on the final plan was suggested by the borough surveyor in April 1957 (council minutes 1954-7, passim)."
"335","Benhall Gardens. Block of flats built c. 1960, possibly on site of former market gardens of same name. The earlier Benhall Gardens (occupied by Wasley) featured in 1932 discussion of further building on St Mark's estate (Housing Committee, Nov.)."
"336","Bennington Street, between High Street and St Margaret's Road. An unnamed lane on this line present on 1806-10 map. The High Street end became the Arcade by 1834. With the subsequent removal of the market from the top end, and the Arcade from the bottom, a public thoroughfare was created. Name first noted 1868, when Charles James Chesshyre sought to join his 'intended new street' to what is now St. Margaret's Road (Streets and Highways Committee, 24 Feb.; see also Hart, p. 346); first listed 1869. Reason for name not established; either from Bennington, Herts., or an intermediate surname."
"337","Berkeley Avenue. Cul-de-sac off Winchcombe Street, by former Haines & Strange site. 6 dwellings listed in 1844 directory. In 1849 contained 22 houses; cited as insanitary (Cresy). 1872 directory calls them 'very small cottages'. Nos. 3-6 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb. 1935). Still listed 1972 (access to mission hall which faces Sherborne Street). Only the Winchcombe Street end survives (1996), and is now unnamed."
"338","Berkeley Mews. Off High Street, west of Irving Court/Belle Vue Hotel (see Belle Vue Buildings); c. 1980."
"339","Berkeley Place. At eastern end of High Street, north side; bisected by Berkeley Street. First shown on 1819 map. Perhaps completed 1826: building cert. issued for 'west end house of Berkeley Place' in July 1826, to a Miss Evans. Eastern range now nos. 1-7, western range nos. 11-21. Of several members of the Berkeley family prominent in Cheltenham social life in the 19th century, the most famous was Col. William Fitzhardinge Berkeley (1786-1857), son of the 5th Earl. He moved the Berkeley hunt to Cheltenham in 1809, and was one of the main spirits behind the establishing of regular horse-racing in Cheltenham in 1819. Maturing, he entered the House of Lords as Lord Segrave in 1831; created Earl Fitzhardinge by Victoria in 1841 (SGP, p. 31; Bell 1981, p. 8)."
"340","Berkeley Street, between High Street and Albion Street. Named on 1819 map, but no building shown; 1820 map shows start of building at northern end. Building cert. for 2 houses, Oct. 1826. Appears on 1834 map, with most of today's buildings already present. 6 houses listed 1839 directory. Major George Chalmers appears to have been an important developer here: building certs. for 6 houses issued to him between 1826 and 1836. Evidently named from the earlier Berkeley Place, which it bisects."
"341","Berkeley Villas, Pittville Lawn. Named in schedule to 1827 deed of covenant and general regulations for Pittville; 2 houses, first listed 1844 directory."
"342","Berry Farm. Earlier name (1830s) of Leckhampton Farm, Leckhampton Lane."
"343","Bes(t)croft Buildings. Original name for Lansdown Place; after a close name, shown as Bascroft on 1765 estate map, and Bescroft on 1809 map. Place Names of Gloucestershire quotes a 1605 ref. to Bestcrofte, explained as 'beast croft', though Rawes 6, p. 17 puts forward evidence of a 13th-century tenant, Henry Best."
"344","Bethesda Chapel, Great Norwood Street. Wesleyan Methodist, built 1846 (Hart, p. 238)."
"345","Bethesda Street, from no. 28 Great Norwood Street to no. 4 Brunswick Buildings, Commercial Street. Previously Union Street, Leckhampton; renamed in 1956 after the chapel (see preceding) to avoid confusion with Union Street, Fairview."
"346","Bettridge Court, Priors Road, Prestbury. Existing by 1959. After Alderman Arthur James Bettridge, councillor for Park ward, mayor 1951-2; made honorary freeman 24 Oct. 1960, after 27 years on the council."
"347","Beverley Croft, Fiddler's Green. Developed by Bryant Homes (agreement of Oct. 1973; adopted Sept. 1979)."
"348","Beverley Villas, Marle Hill. 2 houses, first noted 1883-4 directory."
"349","Bibury Road, Benhall. Built by Geo. Wimpey & Co. as part of their Benhall Farm development (agreement of July 1959) and Bryant Homes Ltd (agreement of June 1966). Cotswold village theme name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr. 1957, no. 1588)."
"350","Billings Way, off Merestones Drive. About 1992. After Thomas Billings, who owned or developed half of South Town and all of The Park (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"351","Birch Close, Charlton Kings. On site of Sappercombe nurseries. Developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of Dec. 1964)."
"352","Birchley Road, Battledown. Referred to as the 'New Road' in 1891, and named by 1892; evidently influenced by the other tree names (Ashley, Oakley) already on the Battledown estate (O'Connor, pp. 11, 53)."
"353","Birdlip Cotttages, Commercial Street. Bounded on north side by Suffolk Road. Deeds begin 1824 (Gloucestershire Record Office, D245 III 25: personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). 3 houses, 1841 Census; 6 houses, 1844 directory."
"354","Birdlip Place, Bath Road. 4 houses on west side, just south of Bath Street. First noted 1830 directory; in 1841 Census, which lists a Birdlip House adjacent."
"355","Birdlip Road. Cotswold village name selected for Benhall Farm estate, but dropped when borough surveyor pointed out that the council had already promised to name a road after Robert Burns (Market and Watch Committee, Dec. 1959, no. 976; Mar. 1960, no. 1397)."
"356","Bishopstone Close, off Fiddler's Green Lane. Developed by Canberra Developments (agreement of Aug. 1978; adopted June 1982), hence the choice of an Australian name."
"357","Bisley Road, Benhall. Part of Wimpey & Co. development on Benhall Farm estate. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1588); 24 houses by 1959. Cotswold village theme."
"358","The Bittams, Leckhampton. The Bittoms in 1575. From Old English bytme, meaning 'head of a valley'; site is at head of small valley down which the brook mentioned in 1606 runs to the Chelt (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Several other examples, e.g. Kingston-on-Thames (Room, p. 44)."
"359","The Bittoms. Pre-19th-century name for area north of The Marsh, up to Wyman's Brook (Rawes 6, p. 8)."
"360","Blackbrook, Alstone. Seen in 13th century deed as Blakebrok (Cirencester Abbey Cartulary); later equivalent unknown."
"361","Black Hedge Farm, Leckhampton. 1835 tithe apportionment map. Black Hedge Cottages were 3 houses at Leckhampton Hill, 1891. After a Black headge, mentioned as a hundred boundary feature, 1617 (Rawes 2, p. 5). Noted as Block Hedge in 1777 (Place Names of Gloucestershire), an apparent error perpetuated as late as 1834 (map in Davies)."
"362","Blackberry Field, Prestbury. Off Bouncer's Lane; 1980s. Hedgerow theme."
"363","Blackie Lane, Swindon Village. See Dark Lane."
"364","Blacksmith's Lane, Prestbury. Marked (unnamed) on 1911 OS map 1:2,500. Listed 1928. Smithy here by 1903 (Victoria County History, p. 77), and a blacksmith still worked here in living memory."
"365","Blackthorn End, Leckhampton. Off The Lanes. Development of c. 1990 south of Kidnapper's Lane."
"366","Bladon Mews, The Reddings. Current (1996) development by Westbury Homes."
"367","Blaisdon Way, off Hayden Road. Leading to Pilgrove Way, and access to Arle Farm development. Named by Cheltenham Borough Council 1995/6, after a local variety of plum (Blaisdon, Glos.)."
"368","Blake Croft, Springbank. Developed by Bryant Homes Ltd (agreement of May 1978; adopted June 1983)."
"369","Bleasby Gardens, off Lansdown Road, north side. Flats and cul-de-sac of 1970s appearance, on site of 19th-century house named Bleasby."
"370","Blenheim Parade, Evesham Road. 5 houses near Pittville Gates, earlier Caledonia Terrace, now nos. 3-11 Evesham Road. Known as Blenheim Parade from at least 1837, when building certs. for 4 of these houses issued. Name probably influenced by Blenheim House, Mount Pleasant, shown on 1820 map and advertised to let 1821 (Chronicle, 22 Mar.); house later known as Blenheim Villa (1834 map, 1841 Census)."
"371","Blenheim Place. Part of Bath Parade; existing by 1911."
"372","Blenheim Square, off Orchard Avenue. One of the earliest parts of the post-war development of Hester's Way. Name suggested by Housing Committee and approved Sept. 1951 (General Purposes and Watch Committee). One of four apple variety names, presumably influenced by the Orchard roads."
"373","Blenheim Terrace, Portland Street. 1841 Census. Nos. 1-4 listed in 1844 directory, and 4 houses shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, accessed from service road off North Place. Now demolished. Like Blenheim Parade, which see, probably named after Blenheim House."
"374","Blind Lane, Charlton Kings. Former name of Croft Road; ref. 1617 (Paget, pp. 19, 50); Blind Lane End noted 1736 (Manor Court Books). 1841 Census. Perhaps so named because the marked hump makes it impossible to see one end from the other, though elsewhere 'blind' can indicate a dead end."
"375","Blissworth Cottages, Short Street, Leckhampton. Listed 1883-4 directory."
"376","Bloomfield Place. Terrace of 4 houses off Gas Green, adjacent to gas works (1855-7 Old Town Survey). Also seen as Blomfield."
"377","Bloomsbury Place, off lower High Street. In existence by 1832, when listed among poorer streets (Davies, p. 169). 1834 map. 19 houses, 1844 directory. 1855-7 Old Town Survey shows it as cul-de-sac (west of present Churchill Memorial Gardens); later extended across the ends of Stoneville and Bloomsbury Streets. Alignment altered 1914 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, Aug.). Possibly same as Bloomsbury Buildings, for which a building cert. was issued (1 house) in 1834. Russell Street, broadly contemporary, is not far away, but this echo of the London association between Russell and Bloomsbury seems accidental."
"378","Bloomsbury Street, off Gloucester Road, north end. Existing by 1866; named after Bloomsbury Place."
"379","Bluebell Grove, Up Hatherley. Off Azalea Drive; 1994 development by Westbury Homes in 'Strawberry Fields' section of Brizen Farm estate. Shrub/flower theme."
"380","Bobby's Alley, Charlton Kings. Footpath to Grange Walk, along what now forms access to public library. Adjoined former police station in Church Street, hence the name (Paget, p. 144)."
"381","Bodnam Road, Arle Farm. 1995 development off Pilgrove Way. After an old Glos. cider apple, mentioned in Moreau, p.105."
"382","The 'Bolt. Alehouse in the lower High Street, existing 1763 (Goding, p. 261); ref. 1787 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 22 July). Name also noted as that of an inn in Gloucester (Victoria County History, IV), and of a coach. Seemingly short for Thunderbolt."
"383","Bon Marché Buildings. 4 shops in Great Norwood Street near Suffolk Road. First listed 1883-4. By 1911 known as Bon Marché Place."
"384","Bond Street. Not conclusively located; ref. in Griffiths (1826) indicates that it was a route from the High Street to Well Walk, not far from Church Street, raising possibility that it was a short-lived name for what in 1827 became Clarence Street. Building certs. issued for 1 house in Bond Street to Mr Wildey, May 1826; and for 5 houses to Revd Mr Harward in June same year. Further 6 houses by Hayward, 1827; none thereafter, which supports identification as Clarence Street. Probably intended to echo London example."
"385","Boodle's Court, St Paul's. On 1855-7 Old Town Survey, which shows it as 3 houses off western side of Rutland Street. Perhaps same as Boodle's Passage, listed as 5 houses in 1844 directory, and one of the insanitary streets cited in Cresy, 1849."
"386","Boote House, Lynworth. Block of flats in Mendip Road, named 1985 after Nurse Hannah Boote, midwife (obit., Glos. Echo, 10 Jan. 1996); suggestion of Cllr W. Bullingham."
"387","le Borough Streate, Prestbury. See The Burgage."
"388","Boston Villas, Marle Hill. 2 houses, 1883-4 directory."
"389","Botanic Garden. Thus on 1819 map; later became Imperial Gardens. There was another botanic garden in the south-west corner of Wellington Square in the 1830s (1834 map; Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 8, p. 11)."
"390","Bottom of the Town. Former term for the western end of the High Street (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1806). Compare the rather more frequent usage Top of the Town."
"391","Boulton Cottages, Charlton Kings. 2 cottages probably in or off London Road near Cudnall Street; listed 1841 Census, with Boulton House nearby."
"392","Boulton Road, off Swindon Road. Developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of Aug. 1972; adopted June 1977). Commemorates Richard William Boulton, ecclesiastical sculptor, who lived nearby at Marle Hill Court; d. 1935 aged 76 (tablet in St Nicholas' Church: personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott)."
"393","Bouncer's Lane, Prestbury. Bouncer's Gate, where the lane crosses Wyman's Brook, is mentioned in 1617 as one of the boundary points of Cheltenham Hundred (Hart, p. 85, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 2, p. 3); apparently a personal name. Present name in use possibly from 1528 (Manor Court Books: Bownshales Lane) and certainly from 1765 (Manor Court Books, 17 Apr.). In the 1820s, Bouncer's Lane applied to the whole extent from Prestbury to Charlton Park. The making-up of the southern end as Hale's Road in 1846 meant Bouncer's Lane then ended at the Hewlett Road junction, and it was further reduced when the middle section was named Cemetery Road (now Priors Road)."
"394","Bournside. Area name since 1950s. From 19th-century house of this name on site now mostly occupied by Boumside Drive; because sited by Hatherley Brook. The former Bournside Farm, extant 1928, was sold to council in early 1960s; Bournside School now stands on its site."
"395","Bournside Avenue. One of several names rejected by council for roads that eventually became Loweswater Road and Langdale Road."
"396","Bournside Close, Warden Hill Road. Developed by C. H. Stidworthy Ltd (agreement of Jan. 1955); name approved 1956 (Market and Watch Committee, Sept., no. 505)."
"397","Bournside Drive, off Warden Hill Road. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Feb., no. 1288)."
"398","Bournside Road, off Hatherley Road. Developed 1937 on part of Hatherley Court estate, by Rogers & Davies (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov.). Further development by Marshalls Ltd in early 1950s. Until 1953 the eastern leg joining Hatherley Court Road was named BeaufortRoad."
"399","Bourton Banks. An 'old road' running to Withyholt from just south of where the present Old Bath Road crosses the river Chelt (seen only as MS addition to copy of 1806-10 map held by Bailey Donaldson at Vittoria House)."
"400","Bowbridge Lane, Prestbury. Northerly continuation of the Burgage. Route in existence by 16th century (Victoria County History, p. 68). Named thus by 1928. After an earlier, presumably arch-shaped, bridge and/or adjacent house, both called Bowbridge. Bridge (over unnamed stream) named thus on 1884 map. House of this name here from at least 1756; a later building now called The Manor House probably occupies the site (Victoria County History, p. 69; personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott)."
"401","Bowden Villas, Marle Hill. 2 houses, 1883-4 directory."
"402","Bowen Close, Lynworth. Off Mendip Road; developed by Robert Hitchins (agreement of Dec. 1967)."
"403","Bowling Alley. Ref. noted 1763 to a parcel of land in or near a 'lane or alley called Bowling Alley' (Manor Court Books, 29 Apr.). Context clarifies this as near site of Quaker meeting house, i.e. at or near what was later Manchester Walk."
"404","Bowling Green. 'In 1720 there was a good bowling green in the town' (Humphris & Willoughby, p. 129); presumably same as that advertised c. 1733 (advt. quoted by Griffith, p. 10)."
"405","Boxwell Villas. 2 houses near All Saints' Church, first noted 1874 directory."
"406","Bradfield Villas. 2 houses in Gloucester Road, including Midland Railway Refreshment Room; existing by time of 1870 directory."
"407","Bradley Road, Charlton Kings. Off Cirencester Road; named after the builders, E. H. Bradley & Son, who got planning permission in July 1933 (Town Planning Committee). See also Okus Road."
"408","Bradwell. Regularly seen in Manor Court Books as name of a tithing in Leckhampton; seen as Bradewell, i. e. 'broad well', in 1327 (Lay Subsidy Roll), but not yet resolved to a specific location."
"409","Bramble Rise, Prestbury. Off Bouncer's Lane; 1980s. Hedgerow theme."
"410","Bramley Road, off Princess Elizabeth Way. Part of the first stage of the post-war development of Hester's Way; in progress in late 1951. Named at suggestion of Housing Committee (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Sept. 195 1), one of four apple variety names probably influenced by nearby Orchard road names."
"411","Bramley Villas, Ewlyn Road. First noted 1895 directory."
"412","Brampton Terrace. 11 houses 'near Elm Villa, Exmouth Street' 1936. Renumbered as part of Naunton Terrace 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 3 July)."
"413","Branch Hill Rise, Charlton Kings. Off Bafford Approach; developed by Brixbur Builders (agreement of Feb. 1964); extended by H. W. Tily Ltd (agreement of Dec. 1968)."
"414","Branch Road, The Reddings. Marked, unnamed, on 1884 map; leads to Branch Lane Farm."
"415","Brandon Cottages, Leckhampton. Near north end of Brandon Terrace. Noted 1870."
"416","Brandon Place, between Painswick Road and St Philip's Terrace. 1841 Census; 6 houses listed, 1870 directory. After Brandon House, corner of Painswick and Grafton Roads, built 1825 for Henry Norwood Sampson & Blake). Brandon was a name in use in the Trye family. See also Trye's Cottages."
"417","Brandon Terrace, Leckhampton. 4 houses listed in 1855-7 Old Town Survey; increased to 17 houses in Gratton Road 1872. Now nos. 1-35 Gratton Road."
"418","Brandon Terrace Lane, Leckhampton. Between Gratton Road and Painswick Road."
"419","Breache Lane, Charlton Kings. Ref. 1629 to le Breache lane, leading from Ham to Whittington (Manor Court Books); possibly the route now known as Ham Road."
"420","Brecknock Road. Welsh county name approved for Hatherley development (Market and Watch Committee, Feb. 1957, no. 1288), but never used."
"421","Brecon Terrace. 19 houses on south side of Rosehill Street; existing by 1926."
"422","Bredon Walk, Lynworth. Footpath from Cromwell Road to Cotswold Road. Named thus at Housing Committee's suggestion, 1950 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Dec.), following English hills theme."
"423","Brevel Terrace, Charlton Kings. Private road the line of which was formed by agreement in 1832 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 29, p. 20). Unnamed on 1884 map, but listed by 1888 directory. Houses built in 1890s (personal communication Mrs Mary Paget). The surname Brevel (and variants) has been established in Charlton Kings since 1327 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 7, p. 35)."
"424","Breysend. See Brizen."
"425","Briar Walk, Prestbury. Off Bouncer's Lane; 1980s. Hedgerow theme."
"426","Briarbank Rise, Charlton Kings. Off Glenfall Way; developed by Wren Homes Ltd (agreement of Sept. 1983; adopted Jan. 1988)."
"427","Bridewell. At corner of Ambrose Street and New Street. Thus on 1834 map, though simply 'Prison' on 1820 map. After the London gaol of the same name. This building seems to have replaced a short-lived new prison erected in Henrietta Street about 1809."
"428","Bridge Street, St Peter's. Off Tewkesbury Road, from Richards Road to Malvern Street. Part of the Tewkesbury Road Maud's Elm estate redevelopment of late 1950s; roughly on the line of an anonymous street layout on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. After the nearby bridge over the railway; name suggested by Housing Committee, 1958 (Market and Watch Committee, Sept., no. 513)."
"429","Bridgend Road, The Reddings. Between Reddings Road and Unwin Road; council development of prefabricated houses. Road in existence by and formally adopted in 1955 (Highways Committee, Sept., no. 677). After former Bridge End Farm; perhaps same as Bridge End, noted without further detail in Place Names of Gloucestershire and not otherwise traced."
"430","Brierton Cottages, Charlton Kings. 2 houses in Cirencester Road, listed from c. 1890."
"431","Briggs's Court, small passage leading from Chapel Place to New Street. Among poorer streets listed in 1832 by Davies (p. 169). 7 houses listed, 1841 Census. Probably same as Dr Briggs's Passage, noted 1824 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 24 June); context places it near The Knapp/Chapel Street. Evidently from Dr John Briggs, MD, listed at Knapp House in 1820."
"432","Brighton Buildings, Charlton Kings. On south side of London Road, east of School Lane junction, near Charlton Mill. 1841 Census."
"433","Brighton Cottages, Milibrook Street. 5 houses listed by 1926 and probably older."
"434","Brighton Gardens, Arle. Orchards etc . in Sandfields, southwest of present Arle Road. Home to a market gardener as early as 1844 directory. Later became the name of a new farmhouse on the site, built 1876, designed by D. J..Humphris. Survives as no. 136 Arle Road, with garden grounds severely reduced. Checkerwork brick, sinfflar to same architect's Redgrove Cottages, Hatherley Lane (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). 1884 map."
"435","Brighton Place. Terrace of 4 or 5 houses on north side of Millbrook Street, east of junction with present Old Millbrook Terrace; listed 1844 directory and shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"436","Brighton Road, off Hewlett Road. Listed in 1883-4 directory as 'new road opposite Jersey Place leading from Hewlett Road to Princes Street', suggesting a through route was once intended. 1884 map shows it about one-third developed. Site of one of Cheltenham's postwar temporary housing schemes (Housing Committee, 1946). Name perhaps associated in some way with following, which are not far away."
"437","Brighton Villas (1). Now nos. 1-4 Battledown Approach. Built 1850s; after the former home of their builder, Charles Andrews (O'Connor, p. 118)."
"438","Brighton Villas (2), Leckhampton. 2 houses, in Moorend Road, first noted 1883-4 directory."
"439","Britannia Place, Fairview. Small cottages in Trinity School Lane. 1841 Census. Listed as 4 houses on east side of Sherborne Street, 1844."
"440","Britannia Square, Fairview. A few small cottages off Fairview Street, south of Kemble Brewery. 1841 Census; 3 houses 1844 directory. 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"441","Briton Terrace, St Mark's. 6 houses in Roman Road, first listed 1883-4 directory. Apparently continuing the 'ancient' theme of Vulcan Terrace and Roman Road."
"442","Britten House, Brooklyn Road. Post-war flats, c. 1960; English composer theme."
"443","Brizen Court, Leckhampton. Between Jasmin Way and Shurdington Road. Part of 1993-4 development by Robert Hitchins Homes on Brizen House Farm site."
"444","Brizen Farm, Leckhampton. South-east of Shurdington Road. Brizill in 1691; Brizenpiece in 1778; Brazend on 1746 Norwood estate map; Brisedon Farm on 1828 OS map 1"; and Breysend in 1841 Census. Brizen Farm on 1884 map. Blaizen Nursery, Shurdington Road, noted 1826 (Griffith, p. 82). The variety of forms renders the origin obscure; perhaps from the possessive form of a surname such as Bray, plus -end."
"445","Brizen House Farm, Leckhampton. North-west of Shurdington Road. On a nine-acre site sold by Glos. County Council in 1993 to Redrow Homes and another developer, for the last planned stage of residential development in this sector (Glos. Echo, 9 Dec. 1993). Farm demolished 1994."
"446","Brizen Lane, Leckhampton. Part of 1980s development off Farm Lane."
"447","Brizen Mews, Leckhampton. Between Jasmin Way and Shurdington Road. Part of 1993-4 development by Robert Hitchins Homes on Brizen House Farm site."
"448","Broad Oak Way, Up Hatherley. Developed by Federated Design & Building Group (agreement of July 1969; adopted Apr. 1976)."
"449","Broad Walk. Once formed the southern side of Imperial Square. Thus on 1834 map, and 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Terminated at its east end by the Imperial Fountain (which see), and at its western end by the Sherborne Spa (site now Queen's Hotel). Planning permission given March 1995 to narrow Broad Walk in connection with infill development on site of former Queen's Hotel stables (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"450","Broadway Close, Prestbury, off Linden Avenue. A development of 1950s appearance. After Broadway, Worcs., which lies further north up the B4632."
"451","Broadwell, Leckhampton. See Bradwell."
"452","Brock Close. 1980s-90s development off The Reddings."
"453","Broffotts Patch. Parcel in Cheltenham Lower field, 1737 (will of Richard Gregory; Sale, p. 187.)"
"454","Bronte Close, off Alma Road. Developed by Robert Hitchins (agreement of Sept. 1986)."
"455","Brook furlong, Arle. Noted in 1698 will of John Gregory (Sale, p. 76)."
"456","Brook House. A house in Alstone (Manor Court Books, 27 Apr. 1743; 1767), occupied 1783 by one Arthur Spencer (Manor Court Books); earlier deeds show probably the same house, though unnamed, in 1734 (Manor Court Books). Goding (p. 262), apparently referring to the same dwelling, notes that Arthur Spencer's house was at the Knapp, i.e. the upper end of Alstone; relationship if any with Brookbank Cottage (which see) is unclear."
"457","Brook Place, Charlton Kings. In Cudnall area; first listed 1841 Census, between Cudnall Place and Ruby Place."
"458","Brook Road, off Tewkesbury Road. West of railway bridge. So named, probably after the nearby river Chelt, in 1934 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov.) on recommendation of Streets and Highways Committee."
"459","Brook Street, near or off Swindon Lane, near The Elms. 1841 Census."
"460","Brook Vale, Charlton Kings. Off Charlton Court Road. Developed by English & Continental (agreement of Nov. 1973; adopted Nov. 1975)."
"461","Brookbank (sometimes Brook Bank) Cottage, priory Place. Existing by 1820 (marked as Brook Cottage on 1820 map). Home until 1838 of Sir Brook Kay (sale notice in Cheltenham Looker-On, 14 Apr.); attached plots later developed as villas on London Road, e.g. Ashling Villas."
"462","Brookbank Cottages, off Gloucester Road. Existing by 1825, latterly in an isolated position on bank of Chelt, though accessible down a long footpath from Market Street. Shown on 1834 map. Demolished by Cheltenham Borough Council, c. 1990. Position and alignment explained by existence of ancient trackway, now erased, connecting New Street directly to Lower Mill Street, Alstone (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Place Names of Gloucestershire says named from family of John or William Brookebanke, 1570s, but the cottages' location near the Chelt is a much more likely reason. See also Brook House, above,"
"463","Brooklands. Residential estate between Fiddler's Green Lane and GCHQ Benhall, developed late 1980s. Estate includes site of (The) Brooklands, house marked on 1884 map, adjacent to Hatherley Brook."
"464","Brooklyn Bank, Millbrook Street. Existing by 1911; listed as 6 houses 1926. Probably named after a c. 19th century house at foot of Millbrook Street, originally the Alstone Spa building but renamed Brooklyn sometime before 1883 (advt., Cheltenham Looker-On, 21 Apr.), and thus on on 1884 map. Presumably from the New York district, but possibly influenced by being on a brook (the Chelt). This Brooklyn is earlier than the Arle examples (below); they are not far from each other, and some connection seems likely. The house was latterly called Alstone Spa House; demolished in the 2001-2 retail development of St James's station site."
"465","Brooklyn Close, Arle. Off Arle Road; developed by W. Bullingham (agreement, Sept. 1961)."
"466","Brooklyn Gardens, Arle. Off Arle Road; developed by Western Estates Ltd, and named thus in 1940, at their request (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Apr.). Probably after house and market garden of same name listed 1911, 1926. In 1921 some of the adjacent land was tenanted by a Mr Brooke Boote."
"467","Brooklyn Road, Arle. Off Arle Road; started life as 'Arterial Road no. 1', built in 1921, connecting the first of the St Mark's 'poet' roads, Tennyson Road, with Arle Road (Housing Committee). Early development limited to terrace of 4 houses and one detached at northern end, and then a wave of activity by private developers in late 1930s. Named 1921 (Streets and Highways Committee, May)."
"468","Brooklyn Terrace, Millbrook Street. Existing by 1911; 8 houses 1926. For origin see Brooklyn Bank, above."
"469","Brooklyn Villas, Leckhampton Road. 2 houses, first noted 1864 directory."
"470","Brooksdale Lanc, off Shurdington Road. After Brooksdale Cottages, which are listed from 1897 (under Short Street) though dating back to at least 1884 (map), along with the house Brooksdale after which they in turn were named. Lane named 1932, at suggestion of Mr J. H. Barnett (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Sept.)."
"471","Brookway Drive, Charlton Kings. Late 1930s development; A. E. Marshall got planning permission for 30 houses 'off Copt Elm Road' in Jan. 1936 (Town Planning Committee)."
"472","Brookway Lane, Charlton Kings. Former (or informal) name for Brookway Road, which is no more than a lane or footpath for much of its length."
"473","Brookway Road, Charlton Kings. Thus by 1911. Also known as Brookway Lane. Marked but unnamed on 1884 map. So named because it crosses the river Chelt. See also Moreton Terrace."
"474","Brosnan Drive. Name chosen by Wimpey for street on its 2002 Charlecote Park development next to Fiddler's Green Lane near new GCHQ building. After Pierce Brosnan, who played spy James Bond 1995-2002 (Glos. Echo, 23 Nov.)"
"475","Brow Cottages, Sherborne Street. Thus in 1857 directory, but earlier Brow Place (1830 directory)."
"476","Brown Close, from Ashlands Road to Hester's Way Road. Known in planning stage as 'Road no. 11' on the Hester's Way estate; named in 1952 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov.). 8 houses 1959. Perhaps after a Brown family which had occupied some land locally, including part of St Mark's estate land (Housing Committee, Apr. 1953)."
"477","Brown Farm, Up Hatherley. Marked on small-scale maps of Cheltenham environs from c. 1811 to 1838 (ICheltenham Local History Society Journal 5, pp. 29-35); in the absence of separate references, probably a repeated error for Brizen."
"478","Brownes Close, Prestbury. Noted in 1666 will of William Church (Sale, p. 13)."
"479","Browning Mews, Hatherley. Off Alma Road, north end. Developed by Robert Hitchins (agreement of Sept. 1986). Perhaps after the poet."
"480","Brunswick Buildings, Bethesda Street. 4 houses in Commercial Street, 1926. Nos. 1-2 survive, on south side of Bethesda Street near Commercial Street corner. Nos. 3-4 were demolished to make school playground (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"481","Brunswick Place, St Paul's. 1841 Census. 3 houses east of Malthouse Lane on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Extended later to include 7 houses in St Paul's Road either side of Malthouse Lane."
"482","Brunswick Street, St Paul's. The southern section, to St Paul's Road, was known until at least 1884 as Rutland Street; thus on 1834 map, where it is appears fully built up, whereas only a short stretch of the section north of St Paul's Road is shown. Steady building here from 1836 to at least 1840 (building certs. for 21 houses). Northern leg to present I)unalley Parade is complete on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Brunswick Street declared public highway 1863 (Examiner, 21 Jan.). Name clearly commemorates visit to Cheltenham of the Duke of Brunswick on 28-30 Sept. 1836 (Goding, p. 312); there was formerly a pub called the Duke of Brunswick here."
"483","Brunswick Terrace (1). Intended terrace in what is now Montpellier Drive (to north side of Eagle Star tower), never developed beyond what is shown on 1834 map. Mentioned by Davies, 1834. Present Lonsdale House was the first house in the terrace, joining present no. 89 Bath Road (once Brunswick House), which faces the Bath Road. Quite possibly they are the 2 houses 'in Bath Road above Oriel Place' for which Anthony Major and Joseph Bidmead got building certs. in 1826."
"484","Brunswick Terrace (2). 13 houses off north end of Brunswick Street, listed 1844 directory. 14 houses on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Begun by at least 1840, when building cert. for 2 houses here issued to Wilkins, stonemason. Nos. 1-6 listed in 1936 Slum Clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.). Still listed 1940."
"485","Bryanstone Close, off Alstone Lane. Developed by H. Dare & Son (agreement of June 1962); name approved by Market and Watch Committee, 1961 (unreported minute, 15 Nov.)."
"486","Bryant's Court, Cleeveland Street, off Tewkesbury Road. Listed as 3 houses, 1926. Designated as clearance area under 1934 slum clearance programme no. 1 (Housing Committee, Jan.)."
"487","Brymore Avenue, Prestbury. Developed by Brymore Freeholds Ltd from 1946 (Glos. Echo, 15 May 1946), and listed by 1950 (pc R Beacham)."
"488","Brymore Close, Prestbury. 14 houses listed by 1959."
"489","Bubb's Cottages, High Street. 3 houses at rear of no. 228 [later 423] High Street, 1926. Included in 1933 slum clearance scheme for Swindon Passage and Swindon Place (Housing Committee); and in 1936 clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"490","Bubb's Court, Fairview. 3 cottages off Sherborne Street; subject of adverse health report, 1901 (Public Health Committee, Jul.)."
"491","Buckingham Avenue, Rowanfield. Developed 1949-50. Southern county theme."
"492","Buckingham Villas, Wellington Street. 2 houses on west side, first listed 1844 directory."
"493","Bucklehaven Almshouses, Charlton Kings. 8 cottages between Bafford and Sandy Lane, probably opened in 1911 and described then as 'homes for impoverished gentlewomen', built under the will of a Clifton gentleman named Buckle (Cheltenham Chronicle & Glos. Graphic, 11 Nov.). Additional housing for elderly in progress here, 1996."
"494","Buckles Close, Charlton Kings. Developed by Joylock Ltd (agreement of Nov. 1972; adopted Oct. 1976), on land formerly belonging to house called Glynrosa. Name possibly revives Buckle's Row (see below); the site was never actually owned by any member of the Buckle family (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 29, p. 4). The surname has been known in the parish since the 17th century (Paget, p. 49), and established in Cheltenham for a similar period (Manor Court Books)."
"495","Buckle's Cottages (1). Nos. 1-2 listed 1806 as lodgings, 'next to the Meeting House' (Ruff), i.e. the old Quaker Meeting House in present Clarence Street."
"496","Buckle's Cottages (2), Milsom Street. Nos. 1-3 listed in 1936 Slum Clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"497","Buckle's Row, Charlton Kings. Cottages, south of Grange Walk, put up in 1808 by Thomas Buckle (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 29, p. 20), 5 of the original 11 still extant."
"498","Buckman's Cottages. 2 houses in Lower Alstone, listed 1844 directory."
"499","The Bull. An inn off the north side of the High Street, near present Pittville Street. In existence by 1660 (will of Elizabeth White; Sale, p. 1). In 1733 the Inne called the Bull was transferred from John Hyett to Daniel Kemble of Tewkesbury (Manor Court Books, 19 June). Ref. 1746 to courtyard called the Bull backside (Manor Court Books). By 1768 had been renamed the Coffee House: see Coffee House Yard. Appears to be earliest known example of a Cheltenham pub losing a straightforward name to a newer fashion (a trend still evident)."
"500","Bullingham Court, off Swindon Road. Flats of c. 1970. After Councillor W. Bullingham."
"501","Burford's Mead. Field on south bank of Chelt, on future line of Promenade (1817 map). First noted c. 1630 (Manor Court Books). 1824 ref. to 'an old bridge called Well Bridge but heretofore called Burford Bridge' nearby (Gloucestershire Record Office, D2064/1). Probably from a personal name."
"502","The Burgage, Prestburv. Anciently le Borough Streate, and since then at various times called Burgage Street; thus in 1575, and still thus on 1884 map. Street very probably laid out as part of new development accompanying the establishment of a market in Prestbury in 1249 (Victoria County History, p. 68; personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott); it would have had burgage plots on either side. The village was called Prestbury borough in 1473."
"503","The Burial Road. Lane from Cheltenham High Street to the parish church 1826 (Bettison), i.e. the footpath opposite the present Post Office, now officially Church Street. Presumably at that time the usual route for funerals; compare Coffin Path, Charlton Kings."
"504","Burlton Cottages. 4 houses in Hatherley Road, 1926."
"505","Burma Avenue, Prestbury. Off Bouncer's Lane; 1960s. Gloucestershire regiment battle honours theme."
"506","Burndyke Cottages. 2 houses in Selkirk Street, near junction with Glenfall Street (1844 directory)."
"507","Burrough Lane. Also seen as Bearhole Lane. Not identified; cited in 1738 as one boundary of an acre of arable in Whaddon Field (Manor Court Books). Evidently signifies 'borough lane', but reason for name (and location) still unclear. Perhaps reflects some relic of the medieval Cheltenham borough system, still extant 1617 (Norden survey, discussed by Hart, p. 85). See also Place-names of Oxfordshire, pp. 126, 304, for a comparable Burrough Way, with explanation."
"508","Burrows Field. Recreation ground off Moorend Grove, Leckhampton (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Originally thought to have been named after William Burrows, tenant of Moorend Farm in early 19th century (Andrew), but now more plausibly connected with E J Burrows, proprietor of a successful Cheltenham printing firm."
"509","Burton Cottages. 2 houses near Burton Street, 1877 directory. Later listed (e.g. 1911) under Great Western Road, but presumably referring to the northern end."
"510","Burton Street, off Lower High Street. Existing by 1824, and building certs. show steady development here from then until at least 1839 (no. 62 being the highest number referenced). 1834 map shows it almost fully built on both sides."
"511","Burton Terrace, south end of Burton Street. Often listed under Park Street. 1855-7 Old Town Survey shows an angled terrace of 8 houses at the junction of Park Street and present Market Street. Nos. 1-7 apparently derelict by 1956, when council arranged to purchase for a price reflecting the site value alone (Housing Committee, June, no. 349)."
"512","The Bush. Probably a public house; reference 1777 to tenement 'commonly called the Bush on the north part of the [High] Street' (Manor Court Books, 24 Oct.)."
"513","Bush Court, off Prior's Road. 62 flats, built 1951; nominated for Ministry of Housing award in 1952. After Councillor Horace Trinley Bush."
"514","Bushy Close. In Arle or Alstone; 1662 (will of Thomas Packer; Sale, p. 4)."
"515","Bushy Way, off Hayden Road. Development of c. 1980s."
"516","Buttercross Lane, Noverton, Prestbury. As streetname, in use 1975; origins probably older,"
"517","Buttermere Close, Up Hatherley. Initially developed in 1948-9 as part of the Alma Road estate (which see). Lake District theme."
"518","Butt's Cottages, Park Street. Nos. 1-5 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb. 1935)."
"519","Butt's Court, Sherborne Street. Ref. to no. 1 in 1857 directory. Probably error for Bubb's Court."
"520","Butt's Passage, Malvern Street. 5 houses listed, 1926."
"521","Butts Walk, footpath between Unwin Road and Reddings Road. Council development of 4 prefabricated houses; listed 1952. Route formally adopted by council 1955 (Highways Committee, Sept., no. 677)."
"522","Byrche's Farm. Site now occupied by south-east corner of Clarence Square; shown e.g. on 1820 map, and demolished 1824 (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). At other times known as Arkell's Farm and Field Lodge; the residence in 1803 of Sarah Siddons (Blake 1988, p. 6). 1800 directory lists at least 3 people named Byrch."
"523","Byron Road, St Marks. Part of the first major Council development, begun after the First World War. Housing Committee resolved in June 1921 that Roads 9 and 10 on the estate be regarded as one, and named Byron Road. Further stages of building in this road were agreed by the council in Nov. 1923 and Feb. 1925 (Housing Committee), and by 1926 36 houses were occupied. Poets theme; Lord Byron paid several visits to Cheltenham between September 1812 and April 1813 (Goding, pp. 325, 474)."
"524","Caernarvon Close and Court, Up Hatherley. Both developed by Federated Design & Building Group (agreement of July 1969; adopted Apr. 1976)."
"525","Caernarvon Road, Up Hatherley. Developed by Bryant Estates and others. Name approved Feb. 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, minute no. 1288). Welsh county theme, suggested by borough surveyor."
"526","Caine Square. Name chosen by Wimpey for street on its 2002 Charlecote Park development next to Fiddler's Green Lane near new GCHQ building. After Michael Caine, who played secret agent Harry Palmer in the Ipcress File, 1965 (Glos. Echo, 23 Nov.)."
"527","Cakebridge. Where the Prestbury Road route bridges Wyman's Brook. First recorded c. 1250: juxta viam de Kakebruge (Cirencester Cartulary Vol II no. 430, quoted in Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 2, p. 3). Seen as Cakbridge yate (i.e. gate) in 1606 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). 1806 map places Cake Bridge squarely across the Prestbury Road. Used as a locality name until at least 1839 (directory); Kake Bridge Close, of some 5 acres, was advertised as potential site for villas, 1815 (Chronicle, 17 Aug.). Form and date of earliest ref. preclude plausible derivation from a surname such as Cakebread (Place Names of Gloucestershire) or Cake (Rawes, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 6, p.9). Perhaps it is no more than 'cacky' bridge, because muddy or fouled by livestock. Recent academic analysis of Cake- names (Parsons & Styles, Vocabulary of English Place-Names, 2000) favours 'cack' as the origin of most but does not exclude other sources. Elsewhere in Glos., compare Cake Pill in Aust (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"528","Cakebridge Farm. West of Prestbury Road. Existing 1761, survived to 1930s (personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott)."
"529","Cakebridge Lane. Former name for at least part of the route to Prestbury: 1746 ref to land having Prestbury Way called Cakebridge Lane as its boundary."
"530","Cakebridge Place, Prestbury. Off Prestbury Road, north of junction with Whaddon Road. 1841 Census. 7 houses, 1844 directory. No. 9 noted 1857 directory, but only 7 houses apparent on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Later one of several Cheltenham sites for post-war prefabricated housing (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Sept. 1946); these are still standing (2003)."
"531","Cakebridge Road, Prestbury. Off Cleevemount Road; developed 1937 by G. A. M. Hall on part of former Cleevemount estate, and named thus at the builder's request (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June 1937). The estate seems to have equated to the site of the former Cakebridge Farm."
"532","Cakebridge Terrace, Prestbury Road. Existing 1883-4 (directory), and probably older. Overcrowding reported 1904 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes); nos. 1-9 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.) and demolished by 1937 (Streets and Highways Committee, June)."
"533","Calcutta Terrace, St George's Road. 4 houses, i.e. present nos. 163-9 St George's Road (in older directories listed under Gloucester Road). The Calcutta Inn, after which it took its name, and first listed in 1841 Census, was demolished Nov. 2003. Terrace listed in 1844 directory, though apparently then no more than 1 house, next to the inn; whole terrace on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Also Calcutta Cottages (2 houses), adjacent, first noted 1926 but plainly Victorian (probably nos. 171-3)."
"534","Calderwood Court, off Montpellier Parade. Modern flats."
"535","Caledonian Cottages. Pair at northern end of King Street; of late 19th-century appearance."
"536","Caledonia(n) Terrace, Pittville. Shortlived (c. 1834-40) name for what was subsequently Blenheim Parade, now nos. 3-11 Evesham Road (Blake 1988, p. 65)."
"537","California Farm, Charlton Kings. 19th century. Possibly named after the 1848 Gold Rush, or from its relatively remote situation."
"538","Calthorp Terrace, Tivoli. Identity uncertain: listed 1893 directory, but apparently renamed soon after."
"539","Calverley Mews, Up Hatherley., Off Timperley Way; part of Greatfield Park development by Westbury Homes/JJH Builders. Named by parish council in 1984 in accordance with tree/countryside theme adopted for first phase of Greatfield Park development, Calverley (town in Yorks. WR) being composed of Old English elements meaning 'clearing where calves congregate', Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"540","Cam Road, Whaddon. Part of the 1937 second phase of the Whaddon Farm estate development (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Jun.). River theme."
"541","Camberwell Road, Fiddler's Green. Developed by Westbury Homes (agreement of Jan. 1988). Butterfly theme (Camberwell Beauty)."
"542","Cambray. Once one of three 'inferior' manors under Cheltenham (Prinn, in introduction to 1689 Manor Court Books) and named after a local family Cambray, surname ultimately from Cambrai in France; now simply an area name. Canbry meade is first recorded in 1605. Still a field up to 1802 (Goding, p. 35), though by 1805 'an elegant mansion' had been built on it. This was Cambray House, latterly a boarding house for Cheltenham Ladies' College; demolished 1937 to make way for present Cambray Court flats. Parcels of Cambray Meadow were still being sold off for development in 1820 (Chronicle, 26 Oct.). Cambray also used as name for the street now called Cambray Place, e.g. in 1839 directory, which lists 32 houses there."
"543","Cambray Chapel. Baptist, built 1855 from designs by Dangerfield (Hart, p. 238)."
"544","Cambray Court. See Cambray."
"545","Cambray Farm. Existed until about 1800, on site previously referred to as Rectory or Parsonage House (in turn possibly occupying site of priory buildings), in south-east angle formed by present Cambray Place and Strand (CLSHJ 1, p. 2; Hart, p. 122)."
"546","Cambray Mill. References from 1560 (Hart, p. 64), but exact site in Cambray unclear."
"547","Cambray Parade (1). Houses near Cambray, probably recently erected, where two streetlamps were to be put up, 1816 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 7 Feb.). 'Completed since last season' (Chronicle, 4 Dec. 1817). Ref. to 'railing from Cambray to wicket gate leading to Cambray Parade' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 7 Feb. 1816) suggests parade might equate to part of present Rodney Road. Perhaps renamed soon after, in view of re-use of name for following."
"548","Cambray Parade (2). A projected road forming a grand crescent starting in Bath Road opposite the baths and sweeping southeast nearly as far as the line of Sandford Road. First reference to scheme is 31 Jan. 1825, when the Chronicle announced that a new street 'on a magnificent scale comprising upwards of 200 houses of the first magnitude is about to be commenced in the Bath Road leading from the garden and premises of Colonel Ollney [a magistrate and town commissioner] and continuing in a circular form occupying nearly 14 acres of land. It will be 89ft wide and the houses built upon a plan and under the superintendence of Mr Edwards, architect'. Shown and named on Griffith's 1825 map, but never built. Some laying-out of street lines did probably take place (see e.g. 1834 map), and traces (part of a curved line of trees) persisted until 1855-7 (Old Town Survey; Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 10, p.4). See also Poultney Street."
"549","Cambray Place (1). Name apparently applied first to short length of future Bath Road, south from junction with present Bath Street; thus on 1809 map. By 1820 it seems to have become known as Old Cambray Place; Theatre Royal and at least 5 other houses listed here (directory)."
"550","Cambray Place (2). Developed by Joseph Pitt on land acquired from the Earl of Essex (Blake 1988, p. 8). Originally envisaged as a square (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). A 21-year tontine for the development of '12 handsome houses' on the south-east side was promoted by Pitt and others in July 1809 (Chronicle); some or all of these were completed by 1817 (Chronicle, 4 Dec.). These 12 are probably to be equated with the uniform terrace of 9 (nos. 12-20) and the matching nos. 23-5, opposite. Present cul-de-sac section, earlier a private gated road (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 1, p. 2), was almost fully developed by time of 1819 map; building certs. show 7 further houses in 1824, and 3 more in 1825. Also known (e.g. 1839 directory) as plain Cambray. Through-road section to High Street was earlier known as Cambray Street (also fully built on 1820 map)."
"551","Cambray Spa. Formerly at corner of present Oriel and Rodney Roads. A source discovered in 1807 (Griffith, p. 30), and sometimes known as the (Cambray) Chalybeate Spa; acquired pump room 1830s (Little, p. 46). First shown on 1819 map."
"552","Cambray Street. Former name for section of Cambray Place between northern Bath Street and High Street. 1809, 1820 maps. 1810 Guide: 'a new street is begun called Cambray Street'; still thus on building cert. of 1828."
"553","Cambray Villa. Shown on 1820 map, approximately on Bath Road site near Sandford Park now occupied by car showroom and entrance to Sandford Park. Renamed Wellington House after 1823 residence there of Duke of Wellington (Hart, p. 190)."
"554","Cambridge Asenue, Rowanfield. Developed 1949-50; southern county theme."
"555","Cambridge Villas, Promenade. 2 pairs of houses on west side, approaching Queen's Circus; now nos. 121-7 Promenade; no. 1 (southernmost) existed by 1837 (Sampson). The Duke of Cambridge (Victoria's uncle) had 'honoured the town with his presence' on 16 July 1835 (Goding, p. 311)."
"556","Camden Terrace. 3 houses in lane between North Place and Portland Street. Apparently on 1834 map, though not named. 1841 Census. 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Later listed as part of Portland Street (1860). Very probably after the earlier Cam(p)den Cottage, 'opposite Belmont Place at northeast corner of land adjoining [Trinity] church' (Chronicle, 9 Nov. 1820); this cottage possibly identical with Campden House, marked 1820 map. Goding (p. 298) suggests it commemorates the stay of a famous Camden; possibly the second Lord Camden, MP for Bath in 1790s (compare Camden Crescent, Bath, of 1787-94)."
"557","Camellia Court, Up Hatherley. On 1993 Brizen Farm development; by Westbury Homes. Name not chosen by parish council, but continues shrub theme of nearby roads."
"558","The Camp, Battledown. A probably natural feature on the top of Battledown."
"559","Camp Road, Battledown. Off Harp Hill, leading to the above feature. Formerly Castles Road; also known c. 1862 as Hewletts Road Approach (O'Connor, p. 22)."
"560","Campden Cottage and House. See Camden Terrace."
"561","Campden Road, Benhall. Part of Geo. Wimpey & Co.'s Benhall Farm development. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr, no. 1588). Cotswold village theme."
"562","Campion Park, Up Hathertey. Mid-1990s development by Hitchins. Flower/shrub theme."
"563","Canada House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Named by council 1953 (Housing Committee, Dec., no. 1156). Commonwealth theme."
"564","Canal. Feature shown on 1807 sketch-map as running parallel to and south of the Chelt near where Promenade now crosses it (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, map pinned into minute-book). Appears to have been an ornamental branch of the Chelt that probably did not survive the building of the Promenade; there is no sign of it on the very detailed 1817 map of this area. 1826 plan of Halfpenny Croft shows stream of Chelt splitting into a larger and a smaller channel at this point, though neither so regular as to suggest a canal; 1820 map simply shows one noticeably broad stream."
"565","Canberra Road, Princess Elizabeth Way. Named by council 1953 (Housing Committee, Dec., no. 1156). Commonwealth theme."
"566","Canterbury Walk, Warden Hill. Existing by 1959. Cathedral city theme."
"567","Capel Court, Prestbury. Off the Burgage; after Major Christopher Capel of nearby Prestbury House (family long resident in the village), who bequeathed the house and estate to Church of England clergy pension fund (personal communication Mr Roger Beacham; Victoria County History, p. 74)."
"568","Capel Lane, Charlton Kings. Apparently not named until c. 1997."
"569","Capper's Fish Pond, Marle Hill. Shown on 1884 map; now the Pittville boating lake; from Robert Capper, owner of Marle Hill House."
"570","Cardigan Road. Welsh county name approved along with others in Feb. 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, no. 1288), but apparently never used."
"571","Carisbrook Drive, Charlton Kings. Off Glenfall Way; developed by Central & Provincial Properties (agreement of May 1971; adopted Mar. 1980)."
"572","Carlton Place (1), Hewlett Road. Terrace of 3 houses opposite eastern end of present Albion Street, i.e. present nos. 51-5 Hewlett Road. On 1834 map."
"573","Carlton Place (2), Bath Road. 3 houses, 1841 Census; north of Montpellier Baths and adjacent to a Carlton House."
"574","Carlton Place (3), St Paul's. A now featureless roadway connecting Swindon Road and St Paul's Road, shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; Honeyboume line railway embankment now forms its western side. Formerly connected via pedestrian tunnel (still visible) under embankment to Carlton Place West (thus from at least 1858), consisting of 7 small houses. All 7 included in 1934 slum clearance programme no. 1 (Housing Committee, Jan.)."
"575","Carlton Street, off Hewlett Road. Site shown as fields on 1820 map. Apparently referred to in 1826: 'close to The Priory a new street is forming; the design of which has a very pretty effect. It will lead, when finished, into Hewlett Street' (Griffith, p. 14). Named on 1834 map: very little residential development shown, though Carlton Brewery is marked, approximately behind present no. 3 Carlton Street; brewery site since rebuilt. Probably after Carlton Lodge and Carlton Lawn, houses at western end. Cheltenham Carltons are widely separated; probably all are influenced by the famous Carlton House in Pall Mall, extravagantly developed by the future Prince Regent in the late 1700s-early 1800s. See also Ollney Place."
"576","Carlyle Grove, off Springbank Way. Developed by Bryant Hoines Ltd (agreement of May 1978; adopted June 1983)."
"577","Carmarthen Road, Up Hatherley. Off Greatfield Lane; named 1957, following Welsh county theme suggested by borough surveyor (Market and Watch Committee, Feb., no. 1288). Development (possibly by Bryant Estates) may not have begun until c. 1960."
"578","Caroline Lodge. House on Prestbury Road, nearly opposite Oaklands. Advertised 1820 as late the residence of Adm. Miller and Capt. Hancock (Chronicle, 23 Nov.); re-advertised 16 June 1821. No doubt after Queen Caroline."
"579","Carrett Hill, Leckhampton. Not identified; 1824 ref. to poor man found dead in hovel 'at Carrett Hill near Lackington' (Cheltenham Journal, 29 Nov.). Carrett is a common older spelling of carrot."
"580","Carrol Grove, off Springbank Way. Developed by Bryant Homes Ltd (agreement of May 1978; adopted June 1982)."
"581","Carter Road, Arte. Off George Readings Way; after Alderman Miss F. L. Carter, mayor in 1961."
"582","Casino Place, behind western side of Great Norwood Street. Row of 10 small cottages shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. 17 houses by 1926. Nos. 1-10 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.). After a house called the Casino, advertised 1824 as a 'very elegant villa with 14 rooms just completed' (Miles/?Chronicle, 10 Nov.). Also in Griffith, 1826. Later known as Haldon House, Casino was demolished 1930s to build nos. 2-12 Painswick Road. Brick boundary wall survives, plus one stone pier on corner of St James's Place. Haldon (or Holden's) Cottage (first seen in 1841 Census), in Casino Place, is probably the last surviving outbuilding (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"583","Cassin Drive, Hester's Way. 2001-2 development by Barratt Homes on site of former Monkscroft Secondary school. After Councillors Alexis and Brian Cassin (Glos. Echo, 23 Jan. 2002)."
"584","Castle Farm, Charlton Kings. Off southern end of Ashley Road; marked on 1928 map."
"585","Castle Terrace. 4 houses in Gloucester Road near Lansdown Road. First noted 1893 directory. After Lansdown Castle, which see."
"586","Castlefields Avenue, Charlton Kings. Off London Road; listed 1959. Castlefield was an open field, so named by 1600 (Paget, p. 30); origin uncertain; either from caestel, a heap of stones, thus conceivably an indication of ancient remains, or a corruption of chessells, gravel."
"587","Castlefields Drive, Charlton Kings. Off London Road; listed 1959."
"588","Castlefields Road, Charlton Kings. Off London Road; listed 1959."
"589","Castlemaine Drive, off Fiddler's Green Lane. Developed by Canberra Developments Ltd (agreement of July 1977; adopted June 1982). Australian name, as with other Canberra undertakings."
"590","Castles Road, Battledown. Formed by 1862, and since renamed Camp Road (O'Connor p. 22). After a Victorian name for The Camp (O'Connor, p. 1), continuing a close name first noted in 1738 (Manor Court Books, 11 Apr.)."
"591","Catherine Villas, Old Bath Road. 2 houses, first listed in 1862 directory."
"592","Catholic Alley. Informal name for Tangent Alley."
"593","The Causey. Subject of a road repair order, 1692 (Manor Court Books). The site of the causeway referred to is unclear, but was presumably across or along part of the (High) Street, once periodically cleansed by diverting the Chelt."
"594","Cedar Close, Charlton Kings. Off Beeches Road, on Sappercombe nurseries site. Developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of Oct. 1965). Tree theme."
"595","Cedar Court Road. Off Bath Road (diagonally opposite Eagle Star tower). Developed by Alpha Crete House Ltd (agreement of Nov. 1979; adopted June 1982). Line is approximately that of former Bath Mews."
"596","Cemetery Road, Prestbury. Former name of Priors Road; a new cemetery was opened 1864, and at the suggestion of one Dr Comyn, part of Bouncer's Lane was named Cemetery Road the same year (Examiner, 7 Sept. and 23 Nov. 1864). Name changed again c. 1930, after it had become a residential road."
"597","Central Avenue, off Priors Road. Part of Cheltenham's first post-war temporary housing scheme, the Priors Farm estate; road named thus at borough surveyor's suggestion in December 1945, when construction had just begun. It and the pre-fabs in it disappeared when the present 1960s estate was built."
"598","The Central Carriage Drive, Pittville. Original name of present Pittville Lawn."
"599","Central Cross Drive, Pittville. Roadway forming part of the original Pittville layout, but seemingly not listed under this name before c. 1936."
"600","Central Way, off Arle Road. In Cheltenham Trade Park, developed by Sterling Homes (agreement of June 1989)."
"601","Centre Stone. The point from which distances (and thence cab fares etc) were calculated; approximate site marked by tablet on jeweller's shop at comer of High Street and Bennington Street. May perpetuate site of a former market cross. There was also once a Centre House ('being then in the centre of the High Street'), advertised 13 Sept. 1810 (Chronicle); at that time it included a shop let to Hodges, silk manufacturer (in 1820 Hodges is listed at no. 382 [now 158] High Street, east of junction with Regent Street)."
"602","Ceylon House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Named by council 1953 (Housing Committee, Dec., no. 1156). Commonwealth theme."
"603","Chad Road, St Marks. Off Church Road; line present but unnamed on 1884 map. Named 1960 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1562). 4 houses listed 1961."
"604","Chalet Road, Pittville. See Hillcourt Road."
"605","Chalford Avenue, The Reddings. Current (1996) development by Westbury Homes."
"606","(Original) Chalybeate Spa. Marked on 1820 map, on site now occupied by parks department building, College Road. Discovered 1803 by Mr Cruikshanks, chemist (Griffith, p. 29). This was distinct from Cambray Spa, at one time also known as Chalybeate Spa. Chalybeate Cottage, also on 1820 map, stood on a site now under College Road junction with High Street."
"607","Chancel Way, Charlton Kings. Off Cirencester Road. Developed by Ladbroke Group Homes Ltd (agreement of Apr. 1980; adopted Oct. 1990). Name reflects previous ownership of site by convent."
"608","Chandos Cottages, Naunton Crescent. 2 houses, first noted 1883-4 directory."
"609","Chapel Lane, off Great Norwood Street. Line possibly present, 1834 map; named by 1884."
"610","Chapel Place. Between Manchester Walk and New Street. Listed 1830 directory. Noted in 1832 (Davies p. 169) as a poorer street. Still listed 1872; perhaps part of the following."
"611","Chapel Street, between Knapp Road and New Street. First ref. 1809, to Chapel House in Chapel Street (Miles/Glos. Journal, 27 Mar.). Housing in progress by following year: auction of no. 1 Chapel Street and adjacent lot (Chronicle, 14 June 1810), and ref. to street lamps in soon after (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 2 Oct. t8 10). Shown as partially developed on 1819 map. Named after the Baptist chapel of 18th-century origin, rebuilt as Bethel Chapel 1820 (Blake 1979, p. 10). A 'valuable castellated house or building in Chapel Street' advertised 22 Mar. 1821 was probably Wilkinson's Folly, which see."
"612","Chapel Walk. Between St George's Road and Royal Well Place. On line of Old Well Walk. After the Bayshill Unitarian Chapel, built 1842-4 (Blake 1979, p. 25)."
"613","Chapman Way, Up Hatherley. Off Alma Road. Developed by Robert Hitchins (agreement of Sept. 1986)."
"614","Chargrove Lane, Up Hatherley. Present (unnamed) on 1884 map; i.e. the lane to Chargrove, on the road to Shurdington."
"615","Charles Street (1), between Tewkesbury Road and Russell Street. Up to 1953, known as Albert Street, which see. The change occurring in coronation year, this was possibly after Prince Charles."
"616","Charles Street (2). Between Bath Road and present Andover Road on 1834, 1864 maps; renamed St Phillip's Street, probably to avoid confusion with the preceding. Probably begun 1824-5: 'no. 1 Charles Street, near Exmouth Arms', a dwelling house of 12 rooms, was advertised for auction 19 May 1825 (Miles). A further house in 'Charles Street on the Bath Road' advertised 1829 (Chronicle, 19 Mar.)."
"617","Charlton Close, Charlton Kings. Off Newcourt Road. Developed mid-1950s."
"618","Charlton Court Road, Charlton Kings. Off London Road, north side; southern end of present roadway shown on 1884 map, but unnamed. More recent development by Western Estates (agreement of Mar. 1974; adopted Feb. 1981). Named after Charlton Court, house used in 1960s as an approved school and since demolished; one entrance was onto Birchley Road (personal communication Mr Michael Greet)."
"619","Charlton Drive, Charlton Kings. Off northern end of Cirencester Road, north bank of river Chelt. Private cul-de-sac; development begun by 1930s. Listed 1940."
"620","Charlton Kings. Parish and village, now part of Cheltenham borough. First noted with certainty in 1160, as Cherlton, 'the peasants' farmstead'; acquired the epithet Kings by the 13th century (it was an ancient demesne of the crown) in distinction from Charlton Abbots, Glos. (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Three knights held land in Cherltone in 1152; this may well be Charlton Kings, because they held from a son of the Earl of Hereford who also held land in Cheltenham (personal communication Mr Michael Greet)."
"621","Charlton Lane, Charlton Kings. Named on 1884 map. A move by Cheltenham Borough Council in 1923 to rename the section east of Pilley Bridge as Greenhills Road (matching the section in Charlton Kings district) came to nothing (Streets and Highways Committee, May-June 1923). Chosen as site for isolation hospital; the building (by John Middleton, completed in 1877) was largely funded by a bequest from Miss Delancey (Hart, p. 235)."
"622","Charlton Lawn, Charlton Kings. Off Copt Elm Road. Development of late 1940s on grounds of a large house of same name, built by 1870. The house itself is now apartments."
"623","Charlton Park Drive, off Old Bath Road. Developed by Bovis Homes Ltd (agreement of May 1977; adopted Sept. 1983)."
"624","Charlton Park Gate, off Old Bath Road. Possibly the 'proposed road from Old Bath Road towards Moorend Road Charlton Kings' for which Mr Hugh Reeves got planning permission in 1926 (Plans Sub-Committee, Jan. 1926); development may actually have been by J. D. Bendall & Sons, who also got approval for a new road off Old Bath Road, 1927 (Plans Sub-Committee, Mar. 1927). The name revives that of a former turnpike gate (see e.g. 1841 Census) at this point on the Old Bath Road. Charlton Park itself was laid out by the Prinn family in the late 18th century, the house there having until 1784 been known as The Forden, which see."
"625","Charlton Place (1), London Road. 1830 directory. A terrace of about 5 houses on the 1834 map, a little west of Beaufort Arms. Probably included in the present nos. 152-62 London Road, a terrace of mixed 19th-century styles."
"626","Charlton Place (2), Leckhampton. Some 3 houses in Charlton Lane; noted in 1891 Census."
"627","Charlton Street, Charlton Kings. Old alternative for Church Street, Charlton Kings."
"628","Charnwood Close, Leckhampton. Hall Road estate; developer's choice of name, approved by Market and Watch Committee, 27 May 1964. After a probably 19th century house of this name, listed in Moorend Park Road in 1927."
"629","Charnwood Road, Leckhampton. Of same date and origin as preceding."
"630","Chase Avenue, Charlton Kings. Off London Road. Existing by 1921 (OS map 1:2,500). In 1928 contained 3 houses, one being The Chase itself, of 19th-century origin, but since replaced by newer development."
"631","The Chase, The Reddings. 1995-6 development off Leyson Road, by Crest Homes."
"632","Chaseley Crescent, Up Hatherley. Off The Poplars; part of Greatfield Park Phase II development by Westbury Homes, approved 1986 and completed c. 1990. Named by parish council following tree theme established in first phase, Chaseley being a variety of pear; after place in Worcs., now spelled Chaceley (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"633","Chatcombe Close, Charlton Kings. Off Little Herberts Road; developed by Ventris Construction Co. (agreement of Aug. 1966; adopted June 1977), on the site of Orchard House. After Chatcombe Pitch, a feature on the adjacent hill. Chatcomb Wood referenced 1826 (Griffith, p. 70)."
"634","Chatsworth Drive, off Leckhampton Road. Probably the planned new road (with 20 semi-detached houses) off Leckhampton Road for which G. A. M. Hall got approval Jan. 1935 (Town Planning Committee). Nos. 7 and 8 listed, 1936 directory."
"635","Chatsworth Villas, Old Bath Road. 2 houses on west side, north of junction with Argyll Road. First listed 1883-4 directory; perhaps equating to present nos. 9-11."
"636","Chedworth Way, Benhall. Part of Geo . Wimpey & Co's. Benhall Farm development. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1588). Cotswold village theme."
"637","Chelmsford Avenue, Warden Hill. Off Farmfields Road. Mid-1960s; listed by 1967."
"638","Chelsea Close, off Sandford Road. Developed by Wheeler & Mansell Ltd (agreement of Oct. 1964). One of several London names on this former Fuller & Maylam nursery garden site. Name approved by Market and Watch Committee, 27 May 1964."
"639","Chelt. The small river on which Cheltenham lies. Generally regarded as a back-formation from the town name. The oldest noted reference to the river is of the 12th century, as Alr, i.e. Arle, which see, while the oldest occurrence of the name Chelt is no earlier than 1540. However, the evidence is not conclusive; if it is genuinely very old, origin and meaning remain obscure (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"640","Chelt Road, Whaddon. Named 1939 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Mar.); 14 houses by 1940. River theme."
"641","Chelt Walk. Modern footpath alongside the Chelt, principally at the eastern end of town."
"642","Cheltenham. First recorded in 803 as Celtan hom, with a variety of other forms in succeeding centuries. Simeon Moreau observed in 1793 that 'little can be said with certainty of the derivation'; several interpretations are discussed at length in Place Names of Gloucestershire. Latest scholarship favours 'well-watered valley [hamm] of (the hill called) Cilta or Celta' ââ?¬â?? a reference to the Cotswold scarp (Watts, Cambridge Dict. Of English Place-Names, 2004). The second element is pre-English; compare Chiltern, Bucks, and Chiltington, Sussex. See Chelt, above."
"643","Cheltenham Brook. Wyman's Brook, or part of it, known thus in 1617 (Rawes, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 2)."
"644","Cheltenham Mill. Once the town's principal water-mill, of Domesday origins. Still named thus on 1819, 1820 maps. Later known as Barratt's Mill, which see."
"645","Cheltenham South Station. The-GWR station, long since closed, in Leckhampton Road."
"646","Cheltenham Spa. Griffith (p. 26) claims the term was first adopted in 1738, when Skillicorne formed the original pump room over the Old Well. This was the style preferred by the GWR; as an official name is still generally confined to the railway station at Lansdown, as well as some promotional literature. See also Royal Cheltenham Spa."
"647","Cheltenham Street. Occasional alternative name for the town in C17-18 because it was so conspicuously a one-street town (Blake & Beacham, p. 24). As a term for the High Street, still in use until at least 1793 (advt., Glos. Journal, 10 June)."
"648","Chelsea Square. Housing development by T H Kingerlee, formed mainly from conversion of former Shaftesbury Hall at junction of Clarence Street and St. George's Place. Named thus June 1998, after nearby Chelsea House, once home of the council's weights and measures department (Glos. Echo, 16 June)."
"649","Cheriton Close, Up Hatherley. Off Greatfield Lane; part of Meadow Lane development by Bryants, approved 1986 and completed c. 1989. Named by parish council following tree theme, Cheriton (Devon) incorporating the Old English element for cherry-tree (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"650","Cherry Avenue, Charlton Kings. Off Beeches Road, on site of Sappercombe nurseries. Developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of Dec. 1964). Tree theme."
"651","Cherry Orchard. 6 houses in or off the Tewkesbury Road, near Queen Street; 1841 Census."
"652","Cherry Orchard Close. Approximately on site now occupied by Gloucester Place. Listed thus in 1787 as part of Pate's charity estate lands (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Maps 42)."
"653","Chester Passage. Reference to removal of posts in, 1817 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Jan.). From context, distinct from but probably adjacent to the following."
"654","Chester Walk, off St George's Place, behind main library. A roadway on this line is shown on the 1809 map; named by 1812, when the town surveyor commented adversely on 'a nest of houses now erecting by a gentleman in Chester Walk' (Miles/Chronicle). Mentioned in Paving Commissioners' Minutes (1 Jan. 1817). On 1819 map. Probably named after Chester House, built c. 1800 (SGP, p. 30) on site in St George's Place latterly used as car park, opposite its western end. House probably named after a local clerical family, first noted in 1692 (death of Nathaniel Chester recorded by Bigland). Revd John Chester, son of William Chester of Cheltenham, was headmaster of the Grammar School 1763-80 (Bell, pp. 89-90). Two Chesters in 1727 Rating List (Goding, p. 259)."
"655","Ches(t)nut Cottages, Charlton Kings. See Chestnut Terrace."
"656","Chestnut Farm. North of Wyman's Brook, east of railway line; 1884, 1897 maps. By 1911, it had become Marle Hill Court."
"657","Chestnut Place, Leckhampton. Development of c. 1990, south of Kidnapper's Lane."
"658","Chestnut Terrace, Charlton Kings. Off Horsefair Road. Listed in 1841 Census; also fieldname on 1848 tithe apportionment map; both from the Spanish chestnut walk planted by William Prinn (d. 1784) of Charlton Park (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 2, p. 12; 27, p. 16). Evidently at one time also known as Ches(t)nut Cottages; refs. thus in 1857 directory."
"659","Chestnut Walk (1). Former name for Cleevelands Drive, Evesham Road. Thus on 1884 map, and still known thus until WWII. Chestnut Farm (see above) was a short distance to the west, and a probably 19th-century house called Chestnut Cottage still stands in Cleevelands Drive."
"660","Chestnut Walk (2), Charlton Kings. Footpath from present Gladstone Road to Newcourt Road. 1884 map. One old chestnut survives on west side of Cirencester Road (pc J Sale)."
"661","Cheviot Road, Lynworth. Listed 1950 (6 houses). Hill theme."
"662","The Chicken Run, Charlton Kings. Informal name for the long straight footpath officially known as Claypits Path, which see."
"663","Chiltern Road, Lynworth. Listed 1950; hill theme."
"664","Chosen Prospect, Tewkesbury Road. 4 houses on north side, listed 1844. By 1855-7 Old Town Survey, shown as 6 houses, west of junction with Malvern Street. On Chosen, see following."
"665","Chosen View Road, off Swindon Road. On industrial estate, developed by Britannia Plant Ltd (agreement of Aug. 1963). Name suggested by developers' architect, and approved by Market and Watch Committee 7 Oct. 1964. From Chosen View, a house formerly on this site (1884 map), so named because it had a view of nearby Churchdown (Hill), Chosen having long been a local variation of the latter name (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"666","Christ Church, Malvern Road. Built 1837-40, and named thus by time foundation stone laid, 1837; ecclesiastical parish formed 1866."
"667","Christ Church Cottage. Largish (6-bedroom) house in St George's Square, listed 1820 (directory), though not individually marked on 1820 map. Advertised 1821 as newly erected, pleasantly situated, with particulars from 'Mr Giles Upholder, Oxford' (Chronicle, 4 Oct.), therefore possibly named after the Oxford college."
"668","Christchurch estate. Depicted on 1840 map, laid out in a symmetrical grid between Christchurch Road and Gloucester Road, but the Cheltenham and Great Western Railway cut across the site before the plans were realised. The estate (described as 47 acres abutting Christ Church and Queen's Roads) was put up for auction in 1875, but withdrawn at �£7,000 (Cheltenham Looker-On, 31 July). Three years later it did change hands, sold as 50 acres of building land; purchasers included a Globe Company (Examiner, 19 Mar. 1878). Development eventually picked up in the 1880s: 'The Christ Church estate, which though laid out for building nearly forty years ago, seemed to offer no sufficient inducement to speculators . . . has at length been fairly invaded ... several pretty villas being in course of erection on the land abutting the Queen's Road and, higher up, on that nearer the Church facing the Lansdown Road end, while, though severed by the Railway, rows of neat cottages are in course of erection along its North-Western frontier, fronting the Gloucester Road ... advancing the town in the direction of St Mark's, with which outlier it promises to become shortly identified by actual contact' (Cheltenham Looker-On, Aug. 1882)."
"669","Christchurch Court, off Lansdown Road. Recent development."
"670","Christchurch Farm. On 1884 map; roughly equated to land north of Eldorado Road now used as playing field."
"671","Christchurch Parade, Gloucester Road. 4 houses at junction with Malvern Road 1870; now nos. 140-4A Gloucester Road."
"672","Christchurch Road, off Lansdown Road. On 1840 map; listed only as 'new road to Christ Church' in 1844 directory. A proposal to declare it a highway in 1869 (Examiner, 8 Dec.) fell through, and it was apparently not formally accessible to the public until 1886 'Christchurch Road with its well-planted trees has been opened' (Examiner, 5 June). Finally adopted as highway 1890 (Examiner, 14 May)."
"673","Christchurch Terrace. Northern side of Malvern Road, from the church to Gloucester Road. Nos. 1-6 existing by 1863 directory; listed to no. 13 by 1870, though not all occupied."
"674","Christchurch Villas. Southern side of Malvern Road. First 2 houses listed in 1880-1 directory; 8 by 1883-4."
"675","Christowe Lane, between Sandford Road and Thirlstaine Road. Anonymous until 1962, when, following residential development, the council asked Cheltenham College to suggest a name (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute 29 Aug.). After the college boarding house Christowe, built 1866: its first housemaster was Revd William Boyce, whose wife was the daughter of the vicar of Christow, Devon (Morgan, Cheltenham College, p. 47). Boyce had active property interests, e.g. in King's Road and on Battledown."
"676","Church End, Charlton Kings. Noted 1570 (Place Names of Gloucestershire); name of a messuage, 1733 (Manor Court Books)."
"677","Church Farm, Leckhampton. Age uncertain."
"678","Church Farm, Prestbury. Possibly indicated in a 1506 reference to le Churchehouse (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"679","Church Hill Street, Charlton Kings. Listed 1841 Census; appears to include Buckle's Row and Brevel Hay, but not recognised in other sources and perhaps an enumerator's error."
"680","Church Lane (1), Arle. On 1776 map, applied to the angle where present Arle Road bends at its western end. Not clear which church is referred to."
"681","Church Lane (2), Cheltenham. 1820 map; footpath to the eastern side of the parish church. Earlier refs to the Church Lane (e.g. 1736, Manor Court Books) seem to suggest its route once went more to the south. A Church Way referred to in 1743 (Manor Court Books, 18 Apr.) may be the same."
"682","Church Lane (3), Prestbury. Leading to St Mary's Church."
"683","Church Lane (4), St Mark's. Unofficial name up to c. 1952 for part of what became Griffiths Avenue. After St Mark's Church."
"684","Church Mead(ow). Field to south-west of parish church, now bounded by Royal Crescent; 'almost certainly part of the holding recorded in the Domesday Survey as that of Reinbald the Priest' (Hart, p. 1). Church Mead in 1727 (Goding, p. 259). Still extant 1800 (directory)."
"685","Church Piece, Charlton Kings. Next to the parish church, but actually named after a family of this surname. 1884 map, 1891-2 directory."
"686","The Church Road (1), Cheltenham. The footpath (apparently now anonymous) passing to the west of the parish church. Thus in 1826 (Bettison)."
"687","Church Road (2), Leckhampton. Off Leckhampton Road; in medieval times known as Collum Street. Present though unnamed on 1884 map, current name acquired in 20th century (Stait, p. 3)."
"688","Church Road (3), St Mark's. Off Gloucester Road. Doubtless laid out at the time the church was built, but not formally named for some time. Both arms are called 'Road to St Mark's Church' in 1870 directory. 1872 Streets and Highways Committee refers to 'the Church Road'."
"689","Church Road (4), Swindon Village. Named thus in 1963 (personal communication Major A C Cropp). Next to parish church of St Lawrence."
"690","Church Street (1), Cheltenham. Lane from High Street past pub and eastern side of churchyard and round through arch into Clarence Street. Named thus by 1820 (directory); building cert. for 'no. 1' issued 1832, to Baynham Jones. At one time alternatively known as Ballinger's Lane, which see."
"691","Church Street (2), Charlton Kings. North of parish church. 1841 Census, 1884 map. Also called Charlton Street, and Crab End Way (Paget, p. 53). Follows line of a lane existing by 12th century (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 30, p. 2)."
"692","Church Street (3), Prestbury. Name marked on 1884 map for what is now Deep Street."
"693","Church Walk, Charlton Kings. From School Road to Lyefield Road East. Path shown on 1882-3 OS map, but not noted by name until 1928."
"694","Churchill Drive, off Haywards Road. In part, follows the line of a track existing by 1889 (OS map). Part of early 1950s Ewen's Farm estate development, and named c. 1952. After Sir Winston Churchill; nearby is Roosevelt Avenue."
"695","Churchill Road, Leckhampton. Off Mead Road; developed c. 1908 by T. W. Smith of Leckhampton, who selected the name (General Purposes and Watch Committee, July 1908). Declared highway 1918. Again after Winston Churchill; adjoins Asquith Road."
"696","Churn Avenue, Whaddon. Off Avon Road; part of the 1937 second phase of development on the Whaddon Farm estate; river theme (the Churn being a headstream of the Thames) (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June 1937)."
"697","The Circus. Feature (not further identified) in Regent Gardens, and subject of 3 building certificates issued in 1828."
"698","Circus Place. Liddell's Royal Clarence boarding house listed here in 1830 directory. May be erroneous for Crescent Place, which see."
"699","(the) Circus Road, Pittville. The more common name in the mid-19th century for Pittville Circus Road, e.g. on map in 1853 Streets and Highways Committee papers (Gloucestershire Record Office), and 1864 map. Name had changed by 1872."
"700","Circus Street. Early name (e.g. 1855-7 Old Town Survey; 1864 map) for northern end of All Saints' Road, before the through route was created. After Pittville Circus."
"701","Cirencester Cottages. 4 houses in or off Duke Street (between nos. 69 and 73). All four listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.)."
"702","Cirencester Road, Charlton Kings. A new turnpike road cut in 1825-6 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 1, p. 19). Little residential development until very late in 19th century."
"703","The Citons. Single reference in 1758 to a watercourse of this name, forming the northern boundary of 3 acres of arable in Rowenfield (Manor Court Books, 27 Oct.). Unexplained."
"704","Clairford Villas, Christchurch Road. 2 houses, first listed 1883-4."
"705","Clare Cottages (1), Bath Road. 4 houses on east side, south of Clare Terrace, i.e. present nos. 166-72 Bath Road. 2 listed 1841 Census, 1844 directory; 4 shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Nos. 5-8 (now 174-84 Bath Road) appear to be slightly later."
"706","Clare Cottages (2), Clare Place. Some 3 cottages shown on 1855-7 OT , at angle with Kew Place. 6 cottages listed 1872. Nos. 1-3 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.). Apparently also known as Clare Villa Cottages (e.g. 1866, 1876 directories). Corner house still called Clare Cottage."
"707","Clare Court. Modern row of 6 townhouses in Clare Place."
"708","Clare Parade. Thus on 1834, 1884 maps. Now Kew Place."
"709","Clare Place, off Bath Road near College. Largely built by time of 1834 map, where it appears under previous name of Bean Street, which had been superseded by 1844 (directory). Present name on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Source for all these Clare names is probably Clare Villa, near the large lake in the College grounds; exact date of this house uncertain, but both it and a Clare Cottage are listed 1830 directory."
"710","Clare Street, off Bath Road near College. Partially built on 1834 map, where it is marked as Clare Terrace. Present name by 1844."
"711","Clare Terrace. Applied to what is now Clare Street, above, and also to houses round corner on east side of Bath Road, immediately south of Clare Street. The latter are now nos. 158-64 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock), though only 2 are listed in 1844 directory. First reference to any part of this terrace is in 1829, when a building cert. was issued. 1830 directory."
"712","Claremont Place, Montpellier. Part of south side of Montpellier Terrace, between Montpellier Parade and Suffolk Parade. Earliest noted ref. is in 1818: cottage to let at no. 2 Claremont Place near Montpellier Parade (Chronicle, 10 Sept.). 1820 map. Probably named after Claremont House, listed (as lodging house) in 1820 directory."
"713","Clarence Chambers. Thus by 1911; business premises at present no. 13 Clarence Parade."
"714","Clarence Parade, between Royal Well Road and Clarence Street. Includes Salem Chapel. Probably the houses being built 'between Clarence Street and the Crescent' noted in Cheltenham Looker-On building survey of Oct. 1834. Named thus by 1844 directory. Name originally applied to terrace on eastern side (1855-7 Old Town Survey; all but the façade rebuilt 1995-6 to give modernised offices for Gloucestershire Echo); term now applies to whole street. See also Promenade Place."
"715","Clarence Place, Clarence Street. Isolated ref. in 1860 directory (no houses mentioned)."
"716","Clarence Road, part of the Pittville estate. Developed 1831-5, generally following line of an old through route, Sandy Lane (which see); includes former Pittville Terrace and Sussex Villas (Blake 1988, p. 57). Section from Winchcombe Street to Clarence Square formally acquired this name in 1890 (council report, Examiner, 3 Dec.)."
"717","Clarence Square, Pittville. Named in schedule to 1827 deed of covenants and general regulations for Pittville, and developed 1832-49 (Blake 1988, p. 58); and named thus on building certs. from 1834. Davies 1834 (p. 159) describes it as 'now building'. Listed in 1837 directory; named after Duke of Clarence."
"718","Clarence Street. The 1827 visit of Adelaide Duchess of Clarence, wife of the future King William IV, was commemorated by the adoption of the name Clarence Street for a road then only recently laid out and known initially as Great House Road, which see (Blake & Beacham, p. 59). If the number of early names is a guide, several developers appear to have competed on this important central site; see also Spa Street and Bond Street. An 1826 directory of the High Street describes the site where nos. 358, 359 & 360 had stood as 'vacuum for the new street' (Bettison). An earlier path, generally on the same line, joins St George's Place and Well Walk on the 1806 map. First building cert. for Clarence Street by that name issued 4 July 1828 (to Mr Wildey); steady development from then until 1838. Narrowness of western (Manchester Walk) end of the street was particularly unwelcome once the St James's Station had opened; various improvement schemes were floated: Goding (p. 620) describes one of Jan. 1858, by Messrs Paul & Knight, to pass over an angle of the site now occupied by St Matthew's, and through a garden behind St Gregory's. Another Clarence Street, in Kingston-on-Thames, was opened by the Duchess of Clarence herself, albeit a year later (1828) than Cheltenham's (Room, p. 168)."
"719","Clarence Terrace. Building cert. for 2 houses here in 1834, and a further one in 1840. Location uncertain, but as one of the developers named is Liddell, it is probably in or near Clarence Street rather than Pittville."
"720","Clarence Villas, Pittville. Building in progress, 1834 (Cheltenham Looker-On Survey, Oct; building cert.)."
"721","Clarendon Villas, Pittville. 5 houses just inside Pittville Gates Several building certs. issued 1848. First listed 1849 directory."
"722","Clarington Mews, Pittville. Recently adopted (c. 1990s) portmanteau name for back lane between Clarence and Wellington Squares."
"723","Clark's Close. Described in 1766 as a customary messuage of about 1 acre, by then divided into 4 dwelling houses having the High Street on their south side (Manor Court Books, 11 Sept.)."
"724","Claypits Path, Charlton Kings. Footpath between Old Bath Road and Moorend Road; marked but unnamed on 1884 map. From a former furlong name. Also known to some as The Chicken Run (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 9, p. 37)."
"725","Cleethorpes Villas, Charlton Kings. 4 houses in Lyefield Road. First listed 1900 directory."
"726","Cleeve-. More commonly rendered Cleve- in older records."
"727","Cleeve Cloud Lane, Prestbury, Noverton. Hill feature theme: Cleeve Cloud (cloud here having its original meaning of hill) is an alternative name for Cleeve Hill, used e.g. by Griffith, 1826, and Davies 1834, p. 179."
"728","Cleeve Cottages, Swindon Road. Existing by 1911; 4 houses 1926"
"729","Cleeve Hill View. 4 houses in Swindon Road, west of Cleeveland Street. Existing by 1911."
"730","Cleeve Path Drive, Pittville. Principal name for section of Albert Road north of Wyman's Brook prior to 1908 (Blake 1988, p. 75). After a close name, Cleeve Path Length or Piece, first noted 1821. This 6�½-acre lot, of similar shape to the present roadway, was eventually bought by Joseph Pitt in 1831 (Blake 1988, p. 8). The original Cleeve Path is not firmly identified (presumably followed either the Albert Road or Prestbury Road alignment), but seems to have been a term in regular use in mid-1700s: ref. 1763 to a strip in Whaddon Field, '13th land east from Cleeve footpath' (Manor Court Books, 29 Apr.)."
"731","Cleeve Road. The first (southern) section of present Evesham Road, from Trinity Church to Pittville Gardens. Thus from at least 1844 (JCLHS 7, p. 37) to 1884; renamed by 1897."
"732","Cleeve View Road, between Hewlett Road and Whaddon Road. Probably the 'new street and 35 cottages, Whaddon Lane' by Pearce & Co. Ltd for which plans were approved 1904 (Public Health Committee, Streets and Highways Committee, May). In 1906, contained about 40 new houses but had no public street lamp (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, Sept.). Declared highway 1912 (Streets and Highways Committee, May). Originally a cul-de-sac off Whaddon Lane; residents suggested in 1919 that it be extended across the grass field owned by executors of the late Mr Skillicorne to Hewlett Road. This project was finally realised in 1921, after a compulsory purchase had been sanctioned. While in progress, the new stretch was briefly termed Arterial Road no. 2 (Housing Committee, Apr. 1921), 'arterial' because Whaddon Lane was not then a through route. See also Wilford Terrace."
"733","Cleeve View Terrace. 6 houses in Whaddon Lane, listed 1911."
"734","Cleeve Villas. 2 houses in Cotswold Terrace, 1874 directory."
"735","Cleeveland Buildings, Cleeveland Street North. Existing by 1911."
"736","Cleeveland Parade, Pittville. Projected terrace in Evesham Road, outlined on 1834 map, of which only the present no. 40, just north of Wellington Road, was built, 1836-8 (Blake 1988, p. 41). Possibly after a Cleveland House, listed 1830 directory. Some of the early Cheltenham Cle(e)velands may possibly be influenced by Bath examples, e.g. Cleveland Bridge of 1827 and Place of 1835."
"737","Cleeveland Street, between Tewkesbury Road and Swindon Road. Present only as unnamed outline on t834 map, but under construction by 1840 (building certs. for nos. 9 & 11). 19 houses listed, 1844 directory. 1864 (Cleve-). See also Linden Terrace."
"738","Cleeveland Terrace, Swindon Road. Listed 1911, between Queen Street and Sun Street."
"739","Cleevelands Avenue, off Cleevelands Drive (see below). Developed by L. A. Jackman & Son Ltd (agreement of July 1956). Earlier schemes by Jackman (1954) and Cleevelands (Cheltenham) Ltd (1952) were possibly in the same road. Application by Mr J. Broom for this 'new road off Cleevelands Drive' to be called Cleevelands Avenue was approved 1954 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1667)."
"740","Cleevelands Close, off Cleevelands Drive (see next). Name agreed between borough surveyors of Cheltenham BC and Cheltenham RDC in 1956 (Market and Watch Committee, Nov. 1956, no. 816)."
"741","Cleevelands Drive, off Evesham Road. Formerly Chestnut Walk, undeveloped outline of which was laid out by time of 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Application by R. J. Hunt, architect, for new streets and 42 building plots on Cleevelands estate, Evesham Road, was approved in principle in 1937 (Town Planning Committee, Nov.), but building appears post-war. Listed from 1952. After Cleevelands, large house dating from at least 1861 (advt., Cheltenham Looker-On, 19 Oct.); converted into flats in late 1960s, the house still stands."
"742","Cleevemont, Evesham Road. 1970s-80s flats and later townhouses on site and grounds of 19th century house of same name (shown on 1884 map; possibly also on 1834. A lodge and gate pier survive."
"743","Cleevemount Close, off Cleevemount Road. Name approved 1956 for development by Western Estates (Lawes Cherry) Ltd (Market and Watch Committee, Sept., no. 505)."
"744","Cleevemount Road, Prestbury. Continuation of Windsor Street; developed 1937 on the former Cleevemount estate by G. A. M. Hall, and named thus at the builder's request (Town Planning Committee, Nov. 1936, General Purposes and Watch Committee, June 1937)."
"745","Clement Cottages, Gloucester Road. Near Lansdown Castle; first listed 1883-4 directory."
"746","Clevedon Square, Rowanfield. 42 flats built for the council by Geo. Wimpey & Co. in 1950. Originally conceived as part of Somerset Avenue, but as the flats formed a square off this road, a separate name was sought, and Clevedon (being in Somerset) was chosen (Housing Committee, June 1950, no. 207)."
"747","Cleveland Passage, Tewkesbury Road. Existing by 1841 Census; 6 houses listed 1844. 1855-7 Old Town Survey shows courtyard of 6 houses off Tewkesbury Road, just west of Cleveland Street. Overcrowding reported 1899 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"748","Cleveland Road. Name on 1840, 1843 maps for section of present Evesham Road between Clarence Road and Central Cross Drive."
"749","Clifford Bank. 4 houses in Great Western Terrace, 1883-4 directory."
"750","Clifton Place, Charlton Kings. Placed in Ham Lane by the 1883-4 directory, though listed more accurately as 6 houses in Ryeworth Road in 1891 Census."
"751","Cloddymore Road. Former name of Granley Road; thus on 1884 map. Also seen as plain Cloddimore, without Road (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, 1901). Cloddymore still current as the name of the rail crossing and its path. A level crossing was sought here in 1901, but it remained a foot crossing until the rail tracks were doubled up in 1941 to take wartime traffic and a footbridge built (Streets and Highways Committee, Sept. 1941). Appears to be a field-name; Place Names of Gloucestershire notes an early 1500s reference to Clodynhyll, which may be the same place, and suggests it is probably a derivative of Middle English clodde, meaning 'clod'. Compare perhaps Coddimoor in Berks. (Place-Names of Berkshire, p. 74)."
"752","Clonbrock House, St Margaret's Road. Existing by 1815 (Williams); listed as lodging house 1820. Stood on south side, just west of Oxford Passage (site now part of brewery barrel yard). Latterly part of Grammar School teaching space; demolished c. 1965 when Grammar School moved to Princess Elizabeth Way. Listed by Goding as commemorating a 'sojourn of the famous', presumably of one of the Irish barons of this name."
"753","The Close, Leckhampton (1). Off Mead Road; renamed Mead Close, to avoid confusion with the following. Cul-de-sac in existence by 1935, when Ford & Greville got planning permission for a house there (Town Planning Committee, Mar.)."
"754","The Close, Leckhampton (2). Off Church Road. 1950s."
"755","Cloverdale Lawn. 4 houses on west side of Painswick Road, south of junction with Ashford Road. Shown on 1883 OS map 1:500; first listed 1886 directory. Adjacent were Cloverdale Villas, which seems to have become the preferred name for all of them."
"756","Clyde Crescent, Whaddon. Part of 1937 second phase of development of Whaddon Farm estate; river theme (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June)."
"757","Coach Road. Various, on 18th and 19th-century maps. Often a descriptive, rather than an official, name for a route for larger traffic, usually avoiding the High Street, though some of the several Cheltenham examples (following) recur often enough to resemble formal names."
"758","Coach Road (1). From present Tewkesbury Road to what is now Arle Avenue, rear of former Gas Works, approximately on line of recently-created Collett Drive. May equate to Green Street, which see. Its line predates that of north end of Gloucester Road (1809, 1819 maps). First seen as Coach Way (e.g. Manor Court Books, 30 Apr. 1774, where it appears it was assembled from a number of small plots of land, which changed hands several times in late 18th century). Marked as Coach Road on 1834 map. In 1841 Census, appears to include Gas Green and Soho Place; 13 numbered houses here, 1844 directory. Besides Millbrook Cottages and Soho Place, it included another terrace of 14 houses (1855-7 Old Town Survey), described as 'very small houses' in 1872 directory. From mid-19th century also known as Gas Lane."
"759","Coach Road (2). South end of St George's Place (which see), 1806-10 map."
"760","Coach Road (3). Alternative name (as in 1800 directory) for the Back Road (now St Margaret's Road/Swindon Road)."
"761","Coates House, Edinburgh Place. Flats, listed 1961; English composers theme."
"762","Coberley Road, Benhall. Developed by Geo. Wimpey & Co. (agreement of July 1959), as part of the Benhall Farm estate. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr. 1957, no. 1588); Cotswold village theme."
"763","Cobham Road, St Peter's. Off Tewkesbury Road; built by Cheltenham Borough Council 1926-7 (on land previously owned or occupied by one Rees) as part of the slum clearance scheme centred on Stanhope Street, and named thus by Slum Areas Clearance Committee, Dec. 1926. Further houses and flats built 1956-7 (Housing Committee May 1956 no. 74). Possibly after Sir Alan Cobham, pre-war aviation pioneer and entrepreneur, who helped select site of new Municipal aerodrome at Staverton in 1930."
"764","Coburg House. Listed as residence of Mrs Ann Fisher, 1820 directory. Probably a reflection of Princess Charlotte of Wales and Saxe-Coburg, who died in childbirth 1817, and in whose name a society for the relief of poor women in confinement was set up; it was active in Cheltenham (Davies, pp. 127-8). There is a Coburg Place in Gloucester, 1820 (Done)."
"765","Cock Inn. Listed at 221 High Street in Pigot's Directory, 1830."
"766","Cockham Slade. See Colcomb."
"767","Coffee House Yard. A small court on the line of what is now Pittville Street (section south of Albion Street), first referred to at time of royal visit in 1788 (Godin PP. 302, 333). Site of one of Cheltenham's first theatres, established by 1744 (Siddons performance; Goding, p. 335). The Coffee House itself existed by 1763 (Goding, p. 261), though a deed of 1768 shows the establishment had earlier been an inn called the Bull (Manor Court Books, 22 Apr.). Yard renamed Portland Passage, which see, in 1808 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 7 June)."
"768","The Coffin Path, Charlton Kings. Footpath emerging onto north side of London Road opposite Hearne Road; remnant of earlier path from Ham direction to the parish church, along which funeral groups would have passed."
"769","Colcomb. Furlong name. First reference in 1291 (Colecomb), then as Kalkam Slade in Sandfordes in 1586 list of Pate's charity lands. The Sandford ref. (though repeated in other Pate's papers) appears erroneous; later terriers (e.g.1787: Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Maps 42) place it clearly in Cheltenham's Lower Field, north of Maud's Elm and abutting Wyman's Brook. This confirms Rawes (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 6, p.8). Also seen as Colcombe Slade or Calcom Slate (1605, Place Names of Gloucestershire); Cowcombe Shade (Goding, p. 407); Cockham Slade, 1787. Colcomb ostensibly means 'valley/hollow where charcoal was burned'."
"770","Cold Bath (1). In Alstone; referred to in poor rate assessment of 1763 (Goding, p. 262). 1785 ref. to dwelling house in Alstone 'now called the Cold Bath', sold by R. Hooper to C. Stapleton (Manor Court Books, 12 Dec.)."
"771","Cold Bath (2). Cold Bath Cottage, near Old Spa, existed by 1809 (Chronicle). When advertised in 1821, it had a 'newly created' bath and garden adjoining, also 2 cottages and gardens, with river Chelt running through the property (Chronicle, 2 Aug.)."
"772","Cold Pool Lane, Up Hatherley. Redeveloped 1993-4 as part of relief road west of Hatherley and The Reddings. A Cold Pool is marked on 1828 OS map 1""; 1949 OS map shows Cold Pool Farm, with the pool itself to the southwest."
"773","Colesbourne Road, Benhall. Part of phase 3 of Geo. Wimpey & Co. development of the Benhall Farm estate; named 1959 (Market and Watch Committee, Dec. L959, no. 976). Cotswold village theme."
"774","Colgate, Charlton Kings. Above Ham Hill, to east. Place Names of Gloucestershire has 1606 reference, and explains as 'Col's gate'; alternatively, may indicate connection with charcoal burning (personal communication Mr Michael Greet)."
"775","Coliseum Theatre, north side of Albion Street. Opened 22 Sept. 1913 as Gillsmith's Hippodrome, preserving facade of former Conservative Club. Renamed Coliseum 1919; a cinema from 1931; later Poole's Coliseum, after the owners, who operated several cinemas in Gloucester and Cheltenham (Moore, p. 33). Latterly a bingo/snooker hall and club."
"776","College Baths Road, off Old Bath Road (side of fire station). The College Baths, opened about 1880, are thought to be the oldest swimming pool surviving intact in the country (Sampson & Blake). Road named thus by 1926."
"777","College Lawn, between Thirlestaine and Sandford Roads. Roadway present but anonymous on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Name in use from at least 1867; ref. to College Lawn Back Road (Streets and Highways Committee, 25 Feb.). 6 houses listed 1870 directory; fully developed as now, 1884 map."
"778","College Place. Described 1911 as lying between St George's Road and St George's Place. Perhaps near or part of Royal Well Place; presumably named after the Ladies' College."
"779","College Road, from London Road to Sandford Road. Early attempts to open up a proper route from the High Street to 'Mr Barrett's Chalybeate Spa' (i.e. generally on the line of present College Road as far as the Chelt) were frustrated by Barrett the mill-owner, who refused 'on any terms' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 7 Sept. 1827, and earlier). Some sort of road to this spa already existed (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 6 Dec. 1815), perhaps a branch off present Barratt's Mill Lane, but the foregoing suggests it was inadequate. A new venture began in about October 1842; this was to be 'a new road leading through the property of the late Sir Matthew Wood, and forming a direct route to the Bath Road ... The design in forming this road was to line it on each side with detached villas, but this plan was frustrated for the present by the death of the proprietor' (Rowe, p. 74). Wood's plan also envisaged a 'cross road � commencing in continuation of a narrow street facing Oriel Terrace,' Possibly the future St Luke's Road. This cross road was then to continue east, parallel with the High Street, across the Old Bath Road, and then open into the London Road some distance east of Oxford Place (Examiner, 19 Oct. 1842); this plan was never fulfilled. Listed simply as 'New Road' in 1844 directory, College Road was at first known as Sir Matthew Wood's Road. The Woods were a banking family who owned land in the Sandford area (Goding, p. 252). New name after Cheltenham College, founded 1841. Generally referred to as College Road by late 1860s, though Wood's Ro~d still seen occasionally up to at least 1870 (e.g. Streets and Highways Committee, Jan.). No building is shown~dn the 1864 map. In 1871 the line of the road was improved, northern end being widened and aligned with Hewlett Road (Streets and Highways Committee, various)."
"780","College Terrace, Swindon Road. 4 houses, existing by 1898. After the nearby teacher training college."
"781","College Villas, College Road. 2 houses, first noted 1874 directory."
"782","Collett Drive, running from Tewkesbury Road towards, but not connecting with, Arle Avenue. 1990s."
"783","Collingwood Villas, Andover Terrace. 2 houses between Painswick Road and Park Place. First listed in 1867 directory."
"784","Collonade. See Colonnade."
"785","Collum Cottages. 4 houses in Leckhampton Road, near Pilley (only 3 at time of 1891Census). See 1746 ref. in following."
"786","Collum End Rise, Leckhampton. Mostly recent development. Named after Collum End Farm (1884 map). The name is seen as Collamend in 1570; the col element possibly means 'charcoal' or is from Middle English personal name Cole, and hamm 'meadow' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Collum Street or Lane was a medieval name for present Church Road, Leckhampton (and is listed thus in Norden's survey of 1617). Collumn is marked on 1746 Norwood Estate map as the area round present Pilley Lane (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"787","Collum End Road, Leckhampton. Identity uncertain; 2 houses (Hillview Cottages) listed here in 1897 directory. Perhaps to be equated with Kidnapper's Lane, where a Hillview is listed in later directories, but the house-name is far from unique."
"788","Colne Avenue, Whaddon. One of the first three roads in the initial mid-1930s development by Cheltenham Borough Council of Whaddon Farm estate. Still under construction in 1935 when it was named following the river theme adopted for this estate (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct.)."
"789","Colombia. See Columbia."
"790","Colonnade. Spelling variable, though more often Colonade in earlier records. Originally referred to a building (comprising a number of shops) on western side of northern end of what is now the Promenade. First stone laid 30 Nov. 1791 by Earl of Fauconberg (Hart, p 145). The first (corner) house was ready for sale by 13 Aug. 1792 (Glos. Journal); the scheme had advanced to 6 houses by 1794, but was still this length in 1817, having failed to match the original vision of a '2000-ft line of [64] elegant houses, with a Colonnade' i.e. a covered promenade all the way to the well (Glos. Journal, 22 Aug. 1791; 1817 map). These were to have been the 'finest line of buildings that Europe can boast', to have been completed in 2 years (Glos. Journal/Miles). Plan and name possibly influenced by two-storey Colonnade, with shops on ground level, at the Bristol Hotwells spa (1786), or a later similar building in Bath Street, Bath. Listed as Colonade Buildings in 1800 directory. The roadway here had been extended south (as Colonade Road) by 1807 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 17 Jan.), and a bridge over the Chelt 'at the bottom of the Colonade Road' was to be repaired 1813 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 2 Nov.). The projecting colonnade was reduced in a street widening of 1849 (Cheltenham Looker-On, 3 Nov.), and the remaining original buildings were demolished 1937; Colonnade latterly referred to the section of street from the High Street to Martin's the jewellers; extinguished as an official separate name when Promenade was renumbered in 1930, though still used thereafter (e.g. Streets and Highways Committee, Jan. 1953). See also Promenade."
"791","Coltham, Charlton Kings. Area north of London Road, adjacent to parish boundary with Cheltenham. First seen in 1372 as Coldham, and meaning 'cold water-meadow' (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"792","Coltham Close, off Rosehill Street. Existing by 1926; later development by Challenge Estates Ltd, 1963 (Market and Watch Committee, 22 May)."
"793","Coltham Fields, Charlton Kings. Off Hales Road; existing by least 1926. Continues earlier field-name."
"794","Coltham Lane. Formed part of Cheltenham/Charlton Kings boundary. Name in use by 1727 (will of John Chestroe; Sale, p. 164). Named thus on 1806-10 map, and in 1806 Paving Commissioners' Minutes (11 Nov.). Made up 1846; thereafter Hales Road, which see."
"795","Coltham Road (1). Noted once, in 1873 deed; perhaps referring to preceding."
"796","Coltham Road (2), off Rosehill Street. Name approved 1957, after it had been pointed out that the original suggestion, Beaufort Road (after the Beaufort Nurseries which had occupied part of the site), was already in use on the neighbouring Ewens Farm estate (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1588)."
"797","Coltham Terrace, 6 houses in of off Hales Road near Battledown Approach. No. 2 listed in 1847 directory. 1911."
"798","Columbia Place, near Pittville Gates. (Earlier, often rendered Colombia.) Parade of 6 houses, now nos. 112-22 Winchcombe Street. Built 1824-6 (certs. for 2 houses here in 1825; remainder in 1826, cert. to William Jay). Developed and named by Thomas Thompson, who had made his fortune supplying cavalry equipment to various South American states, including Columbia, now Colombia (1829 journal of Edward Billings, Cheltenham builder, who had met Thompson in South America and actually finished off some of the houses: personal communication Dr Steven Blake). Named thus in Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 24 April 1826. William Cobbett, never a great fan of Cheltenham, commented at about this time: 'There is a new row of most gaudy and fantastical dwelling places, called 'Colombia Place', given it, doubtless, by some dealer in bonds' (Rural Rides)."
"799","Columbia Street, Fairview, off Sherborne Street. Named and shown as fully built on 1834 map. Earlier known as Philadelphia Street (pc STB). Nos. 23-7 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.). Not far from Columbia Place, and possibly named after it. There is also a Columbia Street in Gloucester, of c. 1860 (Done)."
"800","Colwyn Drive, Up Hatherley. Off Radnor Road; part of the Coombe Glen estate developed by Bryant Estates Ltd; named 1959 (Market and Watch Committee, Dec. 1959, no. 976). Welsh county theme."
"801","Comb(e) Lane, Charlton Kings. Existing in 1729. The Up End road, while continuing along Timbercombe ridge had an offshoot in Combe Lane which gave access to inclosures called the Combes further up the valley (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 23, p. 25)."
"802","Commercial Road. Former name for present Suffolk Road; thus in 1830 directory and on 1834 map, where it is only partly built up. Building certs. for 3 houses here, 1835. On 1855-7 Old Town Survey, east end still has old name, while west end is called Suffolk Road, a change probably intended to give the street higher tone as residential development increased; old name out of use by 1872. Elsewhere in the country, and probably here also, Commercial Road meant a through way for commercial traffic, not necessarily a place where much commerce occurred (Room, p. 89). The Old Bath Road--Thirlestaine Road--Westal Green route across Sandford Field was an old one, and may well have acquired its present by-pass function in the early 1800s. Part of Gloucester's Commercial Road also underwent a change of name, to Baker Street in 1875 (Done)."
"803","Commercial Street, back of Great Norwood Street. Development had begun by 1824 (Gloucestershire Record Office, D6200). 1831 rating list; 1834 map (which shows it once joined Commercial Road/Suffolk Road). More building in progress here 1834 (Cheltenham Looker-On survey); building certs. for 8 houses here, 1833-5. See also Daffodil Terrace."
"804","Commissioners' Yard. Once situated in the angle of Gloucester Road and Tewkesbury Road, on land now part of Tesco car park; 1834 map. The equivalent, under the town's paving commissioners, of today's Cheltenham Borough Council central depot."
"805","Compton's Manor. One of three 'inferior' manors in the town (under Cheltenham manor); noted by Prinn (introduction to 1689 Manor Court Books)."
"806","Compton Road, between Elm and Waterloo Streets. Part of the Maud's Elm estate. Named thus in 1961 on recommendation of Housing Committee (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute 5 Apr.)."
"807","Conderton Villas, Hales Road. 2 houses, first listed 1886 directory."
"808","Coney Gree, Up Hatherley. House (named on 1884 map) at junction of Hatherley Road and what is now Greatfield Lane. This term for a rabbit warren is widespread, see further local examples at Conygree below."
"809","Congregational Chapel, Winchcombe Street. Built 1852 for the congregation of Dr Morton Brown, which had become too large for the Highbury Chapel then in Grosvenor Street. Designed by Samuel Onley. Winchcombe Street premises sold in 1932 to make way for the present Odeon (then the Gaumont) cinema, a new Highbury Congregational Church being erected in Priory Terrace (Hart, p. 238)."
"810","Coniston Road, Up Hatherley. Initially developed in 1948-9 as part of the Alma Road estate. Lake District theme."
"811","Constitution Hill, Pittville. Unofficial name prior to 1908 for section of Albert Road north of Wyman's Brook, presumably because it was a place to walk; a comparable origin has been posited for the London example, which it possibly copies."
"812","Constitution Place. Fortner terrace on west side of future line of Promenade, just south of the Chelt; listed as Constitution Row on 1809 map. Constitution Place by 1812, when it was planned to set up lamps here (Miles/ Chronicle), and so marked on 1817 map, which shows it as 4 houses and a cottage. Owned in 1817 by Samuel Harward (developer of the Promenade), and perhaps built by him. The family of Spencer Percival was in residence at the cottage when the Prime Minister was shot in 1812 (Saunders). Replaced in 1830s by Promenade Terrace (which see), i.e. nos. 99-119 Promenade. Possibly so named from benefits to the constitution of walking, or taking the waters, nearby (see preceding entry)."
"813","Cony Gree, Leckhampton. Noted as le Conynger 1605 (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"814","Conygree Cottages. 2 houses in Berkeley Avenue, existing 1926 but doubtless older, because listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.). After Conygree, a close in this part of Cheltenham Upper Field; name in use 1770 and probably earlier (Manor Court Books, I I Jan.)."
"815","Cook's Lane, Arle. Subsidy house in this lane referred to in Dec. 1920 (Housing Committee). A Cook family had market gardens in this area in the 19th century (personal communication Mr Roger Beacham)."
"816","Cook's Passage, Exmouth Street. Off south side, to west of present no. 43 Exmouth Street; of 19th-century date (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"817","Cooke's Folly. See Folly Lane."
"818","Coombe Glen Lane, Up Hatherley. One of last parts of late 1950s development by Bryant Estates Ltd. Name agreed between Cheltenham Borough Council and RDC in 1961 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 31 May); the borough council had earlier proposed Coney Gree, after the large house on the corner (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 5 Apr. 1961). The developer's name for the 'Welsh counties' area had been Coombe Glen Estate (probably after a house name, but not actually identified)."
"819","Coopers Cottages, Tivoli. First noted 1906, 4 houses in Tivoli Lane 1926. Nos. 1-4 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.), so probably of 19th-century origin."
"820","Copsitch. Field-name, noted in 1692 Manor Court Books."
"821","Copt Elm Close, Charlton Kings. Off Copt Elm Road; developed by R. Hitchins (agreement of Feb. 1960). Built over the old bed of the Chelt, diverted when Copt Elm Road was laid out (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 7, p. 38)."
"822","Copt Elm Road, Charlton Kings. Road cut in 1865 (along the line of an old field path) by Sir William Russell as a speculative venture for villa plots. '17 plots for sale along newly-formed road' advertised 26 Apr. 1871 (Examiner). However, no development had yet occurred by time of 1884 map, and it seems to have been anonymous until listed in 1900 directory. Named after a freehold, Cops Elm, so called from its having been conveyed to John Copp in 1391. The new road ran through this land, and the house was demolished. (Paget, p. 83; Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 1, p. 19). See also Grenter Cottages."
"823","Corfe Close, Noverton, Prestbury. Existing by 1959; one of group of Dorset-centred names."
"824","Cornmeadow Drive, off Hayden Road. Developed c. 1980s. A neo-rural name."
"825","Cornwall Avenue, Rowanfietd. Developed by Cheltenham Borough Council 1949-50; southern county theme."
"826","Coronation Flats, Oak Avenue, Charlton Kings. Probably completed in 1953, the Queen being crowned in June of that year."
"827","Coronation Road, off Prestbury Road. First listed in 1903 directory, and named for the coronation in 1902 of Edward VII. The road was laid out by Mr Thomas King on the area of Sandfields owned until her death in 1874 by Miss Martha Hundley of Worcester (pc S Newton)."
"828","Coronation Square, Princess Elizabeth Way. Named at recommendation of Housing Committee, 1953 (minute no. 1835, Apr.)."
"829","Coronation Villas. 4 houses in Rowanfield Road, existing by 1926."
"830","Corpus Street, off London Road. Begun c. 1820 on land hitherto known as Kingsham or Keynsham Close: '3 houses are begun at the front of Keynsham Close [i.e. in London Road; these are Oxford Villas, which see] and the lessee proposes to have a street down the centre with small houses on each side and 3 on the east side to correspond with the 3 on the west side' (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 10/3: contextually dated just after 1818, following comments that Keynsham Close had been 'broken' for a brickfield). Land part of Pate's Charity estate, administered by Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Name first noted 1822, as Corpus Christi Street (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 12 Jan.), but present form soon after (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1823). More than �¾ built by 1826, rendering owners liable to pave it (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Dec.). No. 5 was once the 0xford Arms. Kingsham Close land detailed on 1787 terrier (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 10/2). An 1814 transaction, for 10�¼ acres known as Keynsham Piece with 2 cottages (Miles/Glos. Journal, 5 May), possibly relates to the same land."
"831","Cotswold Lawn. 3 houses, first noted in 1877 directory."
"832","Cotswold Road, Lynworth. Existing by 1952; hill theme."
"833","Cotswold Terrace. 14 houses between Hewlett Road and All Saints' Church, opposite Fairview Place. First listed 1866 directory."
"834","Cotswold View. 5 houses in Marsh Lane, marked on 1884 map."
"835","Cottage Buildings. Somewhere off the Back Lane, nearing Rutland Street; referred to, 1820 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Mar.). Possibly same as Cottage Place (2)."
"836","Cottage Place (1). Houses once standing on site of present Monson Avenue, though earlier (1860) listed as part of Clarence Square. Existing by this name in 1823, when a streetlamp was to be erected there (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 13 Oct.). Possibly same as the cottages being erected 'near the Hon. Miss Monson's' in 1813 by Benjamin Newbury (Paving Commissioners' Minutes; order to increase width of party walls). Listed as 3 houses, 1841 Census; 4 listed, 1844 directory. The roadway had originally formed the access to Keyte's Cottage, shown on 1806 map between Miss Monson's old and new houses. Survived until c. 1900 (directory)."
"837","Cottage Place (2). 3 houses accessed from Rutland Street, 1928. See Cottage Buildings above."
"838","Cottage Rake Avenue, Wyman's Brook. Developed c. 1960s. Cheltenham Gold Cup theme; Cottage Rake won three years running, 1948-50."
"839","Cottage Villas. 2 houses listed under Selkirk Street in 1844 directory, though under Portland Square in 1860."
"840","Cotteswold Villas. 4 houses (of which apparently only two built by 1840) at southern end of Painswick Road; doubtless from view to hills. Simplified to Cotswold by 1860."
"841","Coulter. Recorded as placename in Place Names of Gloucestershire, but in fact the name of a 19th-century house in Hatherley Road."
"842","Counsellor's Alley (sometimes Passage). Off north side of High Street , almost opposite parish church; first noted 1800 directory, and marked thus on 1820, 1834 maps. (1807 and 18 10 Paving Commissioners' Minutes, and 1809 map, have Passage). From 1830s more usually known as Oxford Passage, which see. Probably from a personal name, though no candidate yet identified ."
"843","County Court Road, between Promenade and Regent Street. Name first listed in 1891-2 directory, though the roadway existed before then. The new County Court opened in January 1871 (Examiner, 7 Jan.), having been under construction (by Billings) since 1868 (Streets and Highways Committee)."
"844","County's Retreat. Off east side of Bath Road between Hermitage Place and Francis Street. Sole household here in 1841 Census is that of James County, colourman. 1844 directory."
"845","Court House. Building in the centre of Cheltenham on site of present St Matthew's church at which manor courts were held. Refs by this name from 1520s (Manor Court Books; leased 1529 to George Hirst for 31 years, on condition he let courts continue there); mentioned in 1686 will of Richard Wills (Sale, p. 46); eventually replaced by the Great House."
"846","Court Road, Prestbury. Off South View Way. Development mostly of late 1950s (3 houses listed 1959)."
"847","Courtenay Street, St Paul's. Off Dunalley Parade. Early 1880s: nos. 1-14 listed as occupied in 1883-4 directory, nos. 15-0 not yet occupied. Declared highway, 1890. Site of temporary houses put up in 1946, though these were actually listed as being in Dunalley Parade (Housing Committee, Dec. 1945)."
"848","Courtenay Villas (1). 5 houses in Courtenay Street, first listed 1886 directory."
"849","Courtenay Villas (2). 3 houses in Dunalley Parade, listed 1926 but probably older."
"850","Courtfield Drive, Charlton Kings. Off London Road. Developed by Vine Construction Ltd (agreement of July 1985; adopted May 1990), on grounds of 1820 house called Courtfield, previously Castlefield House (Paget, p. 65)."
"851","Coverscroft Lane, Charlton Kings. Ref. 1765 to land in Ham bounded by on south by Ham Hill Lane and on west by 'a lane called the Hern or Coverscroft Lane' (Manor Court Books, 15 Feb.). Present equivalent uncertain."
"852","Cowcombe Slade. See Colcomb."
"853","Cowell Lane, Charlton Kings. Former road, first referred to in 1597, running southwest from Cudnall Street; probably extinguished in late 18th century with formation of new road to Cirencester as Charlton Park estate was established (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 11, pp. 24-8). Probably from a personal name."
"854","Cowley Close, Benhall. Part of Geo. Wimpey & Co. development of the Benhall Farm estate. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1588), though road possibly not completed until 1959. Cotswold village theme."
"855","Cowper Road, St Marks. Named in 1953 on recommendation of Housing Committee (Market and Watch Committee, Sept., no. 600). English poets theme."
"856","Cox's Meadow. At angle of Sandford Mill Road and Old Bath Road. When milling ceased, Sandford Mill became a small farm, worked from 1911 by William Cox, hence the name. George Frank Victor Cox, farmer, sold the mill 21 Mar. 1957 for �£2,500. The land north of the Chelt was then developed (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 21, p. 13; Glos. Echo, 22 Apr. 1981, p. 5), the meadow to the south of the river remaining as public open space."
"857","Cox's Row, Lower Alstone. Some 7 houses, probably near Alstone Lawn, i.e. east end of Alstone Lane. Listed 1844 directory."
"858","Coxhorne, Charlton Kings. Originally a close name (Old Coxhorne noted 1685), then applied from at least 1715 to a house (Paget, p. 63)."
"859","Crab End, Charlton Kings. Area south of Church Street (1884 map). Originally an area of sandy soil, worked from the 12th century, and name dates from about this period (Paget, pp. 26, 36). Survives as house name of Mrs M. Paget, historian of Charlton Kings."
"860","Crab End Way, Charlton Kings. Old alternative for Church Street, Charlton Kings."
"861","Crabtree Place, off Folly Lane. 'Resolved that Council be recommended to name the new road to he constructed on the west side of Folly Lane Crab Tree Place' (Housing Committee, 11 Sept. 1930). Probably from Crabtree Furlong (Rawes 6, p. 10), in which it appears to lie; this is possibly the same as Crab Tree Piece, site of allotments (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, 1909)."
"862","Cranham Road, between Sydenham Road and King's Road. Preliminary outline of northern end evident on 1869 map (deeds, no. 20 King's Road); MS additions to Old Town Survey show sewer laid 1870, indicating start of development. Listed from 1874. Probably from Cranham, Glos.; neighbouring Sydenham Road may have been an influence."
"863","The Crescent. First name of Royal Crescent, which see. Named thus on maps from 180610 to at least 1840."
"864","Crescent Avenue. Not identified, though likely to have been near Royal Crescent. Named on 1837 building cert. issued to a Mr Jackson."
"865","Crescent Mews. Off Crescent Place, behind north end of Royal Crescent. 'Opened by John Ballinger for the reception of horses and carriages', 1810 (Chronicle, 31 May). Ref. to Benjamin Fagg's stables there, 1818 (Chronicle, Jan.). 1820 map."
"866","Crescent Parade. Eastern side of what is now Crescent Place. First listed (2 houses) 1858 directory, Crescent Place. First named on 1819 map. Present name applies to whole street between Royal Crescent and Clarence Street, but originally it referred only to the western side (now Countryside Commission) the eastern being Clarence Parade. In 1834 built on western side only. See also Circus Place."
"867","Crescent Terrace. From north end of Royal Crescent to the Promenade (former front entrance to Echo offices. Line already present on 1817 map, which marks it as 'Road to the Crescent'. 1834 map shows northern side built as now. Name in use by 1825 (building cert.), though this originally applied only to the 5 houses west of Royal Well."
"868","Crippetts Road, Leckhampton. Off Church Road, leading to Crippetts Farm. In use by 19th century (Leckhampton 1894). Probably from a surname (compare Croppets, Shurdington, in Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"869","The Croft, Alstone. Thus on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; now called Alstone Croft. Croft Cottages, 3 houses in Lower Alstone, 1844 directory."
"870","Croft Avenue, Charlton Kings. Existing by 1911."
"871","Croft Gardens, Charlton Kings. Listed from 1928 onwards."
"872","Croft Lane, Leckhampton. Off Leckhampton Road; present on 1834 map as unnamed back lane behind Upper Norwood Street. Listed by 1936. From a fieldname."
"873","Croft Parade, Charlton Kings. In Cirencester Road; existing by 1911."
"874","Croft Place, Lower Alstone. Existing 1911; listed as part of Alstone Croft in 1926."
"875","Croft Road, Charlton Kings. Cirencester Road to Horsefair Street; existing under this name by 1911, but having a long previous history as Blind Lane."
"876","Croft Street, Moorend Street to Leckhampton Road. Line possibly present (as no more than a path) on 1834 map, but widened and described as 'road top of Norwood Street' on 1835 enclosure award. Named in 1841 Census."
"877","Croft Thorne Close, Up Hatherley. Off Greatfield Lane; built by Crest Homes, 1989-90. Named in 1990 by parish council, following tree theme aoppted for earlier phases of development. On site of former Up Hatherley Farm; street name indicating 'farmstead surrounded by hawthorn', intended to recall this association (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"878","Cromwell Road, off Prestbury Road. Originally a cul-de-sac, developed 1910-1l on part of the Oaklands estate (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, 1911). Agreed in 1945 that the name should also apply to the eastward continuation into the new post-war Lynworth housing estate (Housing Committee, Dec.). See also Oakland Crescent."
"879","Cropthorne Cottages, Leckhampton. 4 houses in Church Road, existing bv 1911."
"880","Cross Hands Inn, Tewkesbury Road. First noted in 1809 as 'Cross Hands Inn & Tea Gardens ââ?¬â?? prop. T. Newman' (Cheltenham Chronicle, May-June), but possibly older, perhaps dating from the opening of the Old Gloucester Road (1756), which joins the Tewkesbury Road here. Presumably from a finger-post at this junction."
"881","Cross Keys Passage, off Lower High Street. Passage in existence by 1814 (fire reported there, Chronicle, 19 Sept.). The Cross Keys inn, standing on north side of High Street opposite junction with Grove Street existed under this name by 1787 (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Maps 42); still there 1826 (building certs.)."
"882","Crown Inn Passage, footpath between High Street and Albion Street. Extinguished as a through route in 1970s, though surviving as yard of Buskers pub. Seen as Crown Yard in 1820 (directory). Named after Crown Inn, formerly opposite the Plough (present Regent Arcade); pub survived on reduced premises to the mid-1970s; latterly refurbished and renamed. Once one of the principal inns, existing by 1611: ref. to a play to be held 'at the sign of the Crown', the holder then being Thomas Milton (Manor Court Books, 5 Apr.; quoted in Goding, p. 58). In 1763 described as a 'farmer's inn . . . opposite the corn market house' (Glos. Journal, 23 May). Goding also claims (p. 244) that the Plough and Crown were equally ancient."
"883","Crowther's Passage. 5 houses in or off Malvern Street, existing by 1926. Nos. 2-5 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.)."
"884","Crummock Walk, between Alma Road and Buttermere Close. Initially developed 1948-19 as part of the Alma Road estate. Lake District theme (Crummock Water)."
"885","Crump's Court, Hewlett Road. No. 2 declared unfit for habitation 1915, and to be demolished (Public Health Committee, Sept.). Reached via Crump's Passage, entry named thus in 1870, still recognisable between no. 87 Hewlett Road (now gents' hairdresser) and no. 89. A Crump family ran a butcher's business at no. 89 from at least 1830 to 1870."
"886","Crythan Walk, Up Hatherley. A Bryant development of c. 1960, off Caernarvon Walk; Welsh theme, Crythan being a farm and a brook south-east of Neath."
"887","Cudnall, Charlton Kings. The area centred on present Cudnall Street. Name first noted in 1388, as Codenhullesmulle (i.e. Cudnall mill), it incorporates an Old English personal name and means 'Cuda's hill' (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"888","Cudnall Place, Charlton Kings. Noted in 1841 Census, exact location uncertain."
"889","Cudnall Street, Charlton Kings. Before the present top road (now part of A40) was built, this formed part of an ancient route to London and was still known as London Road in 1884, and as Old London Road in 1897."
"890","Cullen Place, Swindon Road. 1839 directory; 1841 Census. Name shared by large house at junction of Swindon Road and Queen Street and a row of 3 cottages a little further east (1855-7 Old Town Survey)."
"891","Culross Close, off Albemarle Gate. Developed by Milcel (agreement of Oct. 1965); name approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, 2 Sept.)."
"892","Culverford, Charlton Kings. On the Lilleybrook stream; dating back to at least 15th century (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 10, p. 20). Meaning 'pigeon ford'."
"893","Cumberland Buildings. At least 10 houses in or off Grove Street (building cert. for nos. 8- 10 issued to William Moles, Mar. 1839). Possibly same as Cumberland Cottages, of which nos. 1-4 were included in 1934 slum clearance programme no. 1 (Housing Committee, Jan.)."
"894","Cumberland Crescent, Rowanfield. Developed by Western Estates (agreement of Sept. 1969; extended by same firm (agreed May 1972, adopted Dec. 1976). County theme."
"895","Cumming Court, Prestbury. Off New Barn Lane; development of c. 1960/1970. Commemorates family of Mrs R. F. W. Cumming (n6e Winifred Baghot De La Bere, of Prestbury), who lived at Coulter Cottage, Mill Street, Prestbury (see Victoria County History, p. 73)."
"896","Cummins's Row, Leckhampton. Some 3 cottages south-east of Brizen Farm, marked on 1884 map. Listed as Cummings Cottages in 1891 Census."
"897","Curran Cottage. Location uncertain; road leading to this cottage due to have lamp, 1823 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 13 Oct.)."
"898","Cypher's Nursery, Queen's Road. On south side (now Queen's Court flats). Marked on 1884 map as Exotic Nursery; survived until c. 1960."
"899","Cyprus Cottages (1), Alstone. 4 houses in Alstone Lane (now nos. 88-94). 1884 map. Probably built in or soon after 1878, the year Britain took over the administration of Cyprus from the Sublime Porte."
"900","Cyprus Cottages (2). The Reddings. Pair on south side of North Road. Of Victorian appearance, and probably of similar date to preceding."
"901","Cyprus Terrace, Tivoli. 4 houses near St Stephen's Church. First listed 1883-4 directory."
"902","Daffodil Street. Formerly anonymous service road between Suffolk Parade and Montpellier Villas. Named by Cheltenham Borough Council in 1996 following recent development; see following."
"903","Daffodil Terrace. 4 houses in Commercial Street, first noted 1926 directory; also a Daffodil Cottage. Houses listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.), but doubtless rather older. Perhaps influenced the naming of the Daffodil Cinema, not far away in Suffolk Parade. This building, by L. W Barnard & Partners, opened 5 Oct. 1922 and closed 7 Sept. 1963, though surviving latterly as an antiques warehouse (Moore)."
"904","Daft's Footpath. Name, possibly informal, for path between Hatherley Road and Gloucester Road, across land owned by a Mr Daft (various refs., Streets and Highways Committee, 1870-2)."
"905","Dagmar Road, Tivoli. Off Princes Road; residential development shown on 1884 map, but unnamed; Dagmar, sister of Queen Alexandra, was Princess of Denmark, and later Empress of Russia. Name forms a group with nearby Alexandra and Albany Streets."
"906","Dagmar Terrace. 13 houses in Dagmar Road, first listed 1867 directory, and probably newly built: street lighting ordered in same year (Streets and Highways Committee)."
"907","Dagmar Villas. 16 houses in Dagmar Road; first 2 listed 1870 directory, remainder built by 1884."
"908","Daisybank Road, Leckhampton. Off Leckhampton Hill; the route is probably quarry-related, the line being present (unnamed) on 1835 enclosure map. Named thus by 1928; the house called Daisybank is shown on 1884 map."
"909","Dark Lane, Swindon Village. Formerly a private road used by market gardeners; dates back to 1940s or earlier. Clinker and ash from the gasworks were deposited here. This, the tall hedges and lack of lighting may account for both the current name and a reported older name, Blackie Lane (pc ACC). No evidence of a surname origin as in following."
"910","Dark(e)'s Farm, Prestbury. In Noverton Lane; marked on 1949 OS map 1:25,000. Reputedly the site of an overnight camp by Parliamentary troops in 1643. Probably after a local family: tenant of this surname in Prestbury in 1613 (personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott), and John Darke of Prestbury made a charitable bequest 1783 (Goding, p. 435). See also The Grotto."
"911","Dart Road, Whaddon. Part of 1937 second phase of development of Whaddon Farm estate (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June 1937). English rivers theme."
"912","Darwin Close, off Fiddler's Green Lane. By Canberra Developments Ltd (agreement of Aug. 1978; adopted June 1982). Australian choice perhaps linked to firm's name."
"913","Davallia Drive, Up Hatherley. Off Caernarvon Road; built by Bryants (approved 1988, completed c. 1990). Named in 1989 by parish council, following floral theme adopted for this phase of development, Davallia being a genus of ferns (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"914","David French Court, Leckhampton. Development of 16 houses by Cheltenham and District Housing Association on site of Brizen House Farm, 1993-4; built by J. P. Construction. Named after former chief executive of the Housing Association, David French (d. 1993), one of whose initiatives this scheme was (Glos. Echo, 20 June 1994)."
"915","Davies' Cottages, Fairview. At least 4 cottages, listed as being at Mount Pleasant (i.e. near western end of present Fairview Road) in 1857 directory."
"916","Day('s) Lane. Former name for Grove Street, in use by 1786 (Cheltenham Vestry Books, 1 Mar.). Marked thus on 1787 terrier (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Maps 42). 'To be sold, new built house in Grove Street otherwise Day Lane' (Miles/Glos. Journal, 6 Feb. 1804). Goding (p. 238) has a further ref., from c. 1811. Probably from a surname, though no suitable individual yet identified."
"917","Daylesford Close, Benhall. Part of development by Geo. Wimpey & Co. of Benhall Farm estate (agreement of July 1959). Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1588); Cotswold village theme."
"918","Deacon Close, off Hatherley Road. Developed by Robert Hitchins (agreement of Sept. 1986). Ecclesiastical name, apparently influenced by nearby Dean Close school."
"919","Deakin Close, Swindon Village. Off Quat Goose Lane; 1970s development of detached bungalows, built in former gardens of Swindon Hall Farm. Named after a former chairman of the parish council, Mr Frank Deakin, who died 1973 (personal communication Major A C Cropp)."
"920","Dean Way. Proposed name for what became Granley Gardens."
"921","Deans Court, off Hatherley Road. Developed by Robert Hitchins (agreement of Sept. 1986). Name apparently influenced by nearby Dean Close School."
"922","Deanwood House. Noted in Place Names of Gloucestershire, with a 1605 reference to le Deane, 'valley', but this 19th century house-name in Pittville Circus Road has no obvious prior local history. There is no valley nearby."
"923","Deep Street, Prestbury. Probably self-explanatory; the name is first recorded in a deed of 1393 (Victoria County History, p. 68); and as Depstrete, 1575 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Originally applied to all of the current High Street, not just the southern leg. The 1884 map calls it Church Street."
"924","De Ferrieres Walk, off Marsland Road, Hester's Way. Named 1953, following the honorary freemen theme adopted for this part of Hester's Way estate (Housing Committee, June, no. 198). Baron Charles Conrad Adolphus du Bois de Ferrières (1823-1908) was made a freeman on 27 Feb. 1900, having been active in public life in Cheltenham for half a century, including a term as mayor 1877-8, and as MP 1880-5."
"925","Mr Delabere's Road. A name prior to 1825 for southern end of Rodney Road."
"926","Delabere Villas, Tivoli Road. Two houses at corner with Ashford Road; now nos. 14-16 Tivoli Road. Existing by time of 1857 directory; nos. 1-2 listed 1863. The De la Bere family of Southam had active property interests in Cheltenham (notably the Suffolk estate area) for much of the town's early period of expansion."
"927","Denbigh Road, Up Hatherley. Off Caernarvon Road; apparently a Bryant Estates development. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Feb., no. 1288). Welsh county theme."
"928","Denmark Cottages, Millbrook Street. Some 6 houses, first noted 1898 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)"
"929","Denmark Terrace, Gloucester Road. 6 houses, near Lansdown station. First 2 listed in 1870 directory, though possibly earlier: Denmark had been in the news after Prussian wars over Schleswig-Holstein, 1860s."
"930","Denmark Villas, Fairview. 21 houses forming south side of present St Anne's Terrace. First 2 listed 1876; 19 by 1883-4."
"931","Denny's Gardens. Nursery, existing by 1814, when a gooseberry 5�½"" round was plucked in the 'garden of Mr Denny' (Goding, p. 543). Shown on 1820 map; site later occupied by Hopwood's Nursery, and subsequently developed as Leighton Road."
"932","Dental Cottage. House in or off Chester Walk; 1844 directory. Perhaps tied in with the former strong medical connections (Jenner, Boisragon and others) of nearby St George's Place."
"933","Derby Cottages (1). Some 3 houses immediately to east of Thirlestaine House on what is now Thirlestaine Road. Marked on 1837 map (Lee, New Guide to Cheltenham)."
"934","Derby Cottages (2), Alstone. Listed 1911; location uncertain."
"935","Derby Villas, Lansdown. First listed 1863 directory (nos. 1-2)."
"936","Derrett's Cottages, Alstone Croft. Existing by 1926, but probably older: nos. 1-4 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"937","Derwent Walk, between Grasmere Road and Penrith Road. Initially developed 1948-9 as part of Alma Road estate (which see). Lake District theme."
"938","Derwent Way, Up Hatherley. Probably of same date as preceding. Lake District theme."
"939","Destructor Lane. Ref. 1897 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). It led to the council's refuse destructor, at former depot site southwest of Tewkesbury Road railway bridge."
"940","Detmore Close, Charlton Kings. Off London Road, developed by Avion Holdings Ltd (agreement of Oct. 1971; adopted Apr. 1977), and later by Western Estates Ltd (agreement of June 1976; adopted 1977). The farm at Detmore, from which the road is named, dates from 1545 (Paget p. 36). Originally Deep Moor (eg 1739 Manor Court Books)."
"941","Detmore Place, Charlton Kings. 1841 Census."
"942","Devil's Chimney, Leckhampton. A prominent limestone stack left by quarrying operations. Name first seen in print in 1803 (Bick, p. 36, suggests the term was coined for the guide book in which it appeared). Implicitly named in Ruff's Guide (1806): 'grotesque chimney, built by supernatural hands, as say the vulgar'."
"943","Devon Avenue, Rowanfield. Developed 1949-50; southern county theme."
"944","Devon Villas. 4 houses in Millbrook Street, existing by 1926."
"945","Devonshire Street. Between Lower High Street and New Street. Probably in existence by 1810 (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 17/4); named by 1812 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 14 Apr.). By 1821, developed along about one-third of the frontage (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, map with Fe 17/6). Probably commemorating Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806); first stayed in Cheltenham in 1780 (at the Great House) and a frequent visitor for the rest of her life (SGP, p. 24; Godmg, p. 327)."
"946","Diagonal Road, Battledown. First name of Stanley Road."
"947","Dicks's Corner, High Street. Informal name, no longer current, for corner opposite bowling green; after former milliner and clothier's shop, Dicks & Sons."
"948","Dill Avenue, Arle. Off Village Road; listed by 1959. Honorary freeman theme: Field-Marshal Sir John Greer Dill (1881-1944) was admitted freeman 7 Feb. 1944."
"949","Dinas Close, Warden Hill. Off Caernarvon Road; name agreed by General Purposes and Watch Committee, Feb. 1951. Welsh theme."
"950","Dinas Road, Warden Hill. Existing by 1952."
"951","The Dingle, Charlton Kings. Woodland east of Cirencester Road, 1921 OS map 1:2,500."
"952","Distel Close, Wyman's Brook. Developed by Geo. Wimpey & Co. (agreement of Feb. 1973; adopted Dec. 1976). Racehorse theme."
"953","Dobell's Passage. Informal name for what was formerly Arched Buildings, footway running south from High Street, parallel with Colonnade (Cheltenham Mercury, 14 June 1884) (pc M Grindley)."
"954","Dockem, (or Dockum, or Dockham). Unofficial name, still recognised by some, for the lower end of town between the bowling green and Townsend Street and (according to some) extending west to include most of the parish of St Stephen's. The form Lower Dockham may apply to the latter part. The name has persistently carried overtones of a poor reputation, and was 'a locality that is unknown even by name to the genteel' (1903). Though not noted in any official schedule or map, the name was seemingly in use from early/mid-19th century: its 'oldest inhabitant' was reported in 1884 as claiming the area had been named thus as long as he could remember. Origin obscure; no substance found for suggestions that it represents the site either of the projected Cheltenham dock terminus of the Coombe Hill canal, or of railway sidings; or that it reflects the frequency with which its residents once appeared in the police court dock. (pcs MJG, JM and others; Glos. Notes & Queries 11, pp. 250, 378; Adams). Perhaps transferred from elsewhere; Gloucester had a Dockham Lane (1722); a waterway in Gloucester called Dockham Ditch, and and a Dockem House in Coates (near Cirencester), are both explained by Place Names of Gloucestershire as 'water-meadow overgrown with docks'. Note also field-names Duckham, Dockey Duckham, Browns Duckham, and Little Duckham on low-lying ground near the river and canal at The Leigh (Gwatkin, 1815 Enclosure Map)."
"955","Dodd's Cottages or Row. (Sometimes misprinted as Doad's.) Some 6 cottages in North Place, existing by 1815 (ref. to new lamp at comer of Dodd's Row, Paving Commissioners' Minutes I Nov.). Still under this name, 1858 directory. By 1872 had been renamed St Margaret's Cottages; since demolished, and site now part of North Place car park. Possibly connected with J. Dodd, grocer and beer seller, listed at adjacent no. 12 North Place, 1844."
"956","Dog tavern. Kept by a Mrs Hyett, 1808 (Humphris & Willoughby, p. 124)."
"957","Dog Bark Lane, Swindon Village. Locally thought to commemorate a dog kept by the owner of an adjoining allotment in the 1930s (personal communication Major A C Cropp)."
"958","Dol(l)e. See Old Dole."
"959","Dolphin Cottages, Tewkesbury Road. 3 houses on north side, between Elm Street and the railway (1844 directory)."
"960","Dormer Road, off Princess Elizabeth Way. One of the first batch of roads to be named on the Hester's Way estate, 1952 (Housing Committee, July, no. 393). Dormer was a family associated with Arle Court in Tudor times (Little, p. 2 1)."
"961","Dorrington Walk, off Marsland Road, Hester's Way. Named in 1953; honorary freeman theme (Housing Committee, June, no. 198). Rt Hon. Sir John Edward Dorrington was admitted freeman 30 Apr. 1908."
"962","Dorset Avenue, Rowanfield. Developed 1949-50; Southem county theme."
"963","Dorset Mews. Somewhere off St George's Place. Mentioned in electoral roll (1839 directory.); complaint at state of roadway leading to, Dec. 1871 (Streets and Highways Committee). Perhaps after a Dorset House, listed 1830 but unlocated (address of C. W. Jones, builder)."
"964","Dorstone Cottages. 2 houses on east side of Ambrose Street, 1844 directory."
"965","Douro Road, Lansdown. Named in 1876: in May of that year a Col. Lewes asked the council for nameplates to be fixed at each end of what he called Northwick Road. However, the Streets and Highways Committee resolved that the 'whole length' should be called Douro Road. Road includes Douro Lodge, named after the Iberian river crossed by Wellington in the Peninsular War, 1809, for which he was created Marquess of Douro. Line laid out since about 1840s (southern end detectable on 1834 map); marked as Sefton Place on c. 1840 map, but no confirmed development at this time."
"966","Douro Villas. 6 houses between Lansdown Crescent and Malvern Place. Probably of 1847: no. 1 for sale by the builder, Mr George Dover of Tivoli Place (Cheltenham Looker-On, 25 Sept.). First listed in 1849 directory (nos. 2 & 3)."
"967","Dove Cottages (1), Union Street, Fairview. 2 houses on east side, 1844 directory."
"968","Dove Cottages (2), St Philip's Street. The earliest of these is shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, occupying a triangular plot at south-west end of St Philip's Street, now garden and pavement. It and 4 other houses, adjacent (surviving as nos. 17-20), are named on 1884 map (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"969","Doverhay, Up Hatherley. Off Caernarvon Road; built 1987-8 by Bryants. After a locality in Somerset; choice influenced by West Country connections of parish councillor (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"970","Dovedale Villas. 4 houses in St Luke's Road, adjacent to Dovedale House, existing by 1926."
"971","Dovedale Court. 2 houses accessed from no. 9 York Street. Listed 1926 but probably older: nos. 1-2 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.)."
"972","Dovey's Cottages. 3 houses, probably Victorian, in Richards Road. Listed here in 1959, but previously listed under Swindon Road."
"973","Dowswell's Passage. Off High Street, but not otherwise located. 1857 directory. Perhaps linked to James Dowswell, hairdresser, listed in 1844 at no. 193 [later 347] High Street, i.e. on north side, to east of junction with King Street."
"974","Dowty Road, off Princess Elizabeth Way. Honorary freeman theme: George (later Sir George) H. Dowty FRAES, founder of the aero-engineering group which bore his name, was admitted freeman 10 Jan. 1955."
"975","Drakes Place, Lansdown. Off Malvern Road; developed by Gloucester Land Co. Ltd (agreement of Aug. 1984; adopted Aug. 1990). Possibly sited on garden of Drake House, built by Sir Francis Drake, Bt., c. 1832, and still standing."
"976","Draper's Yard. Not located; ref. in Chronicle of 26 Mar. 1818."
"977","Draycott Road, Benhall. Developed by Bryant Homes Ltd on Granley Field estate (agreement of June 1966). Name approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, 2 Sept.), following a suggestion of the developers; Cotswold village theme."
"978","Drayton Close, Swindon Village. A modern development off Wyman's Lane."
"979","The Drive, Pittville. 1901 and 1911 OS maps 1:2,500. Alternative name for Chestnut Walk, now Cleevelands Drive."
"980","Drinkeseed field, Prestbury. Mentioned in 1705 will of Robert Ellis (Sale, p. 91)."
"981","Drypool, Prestbury. 1830 map."
"982","Duck's Lane. Name of a close in Arle, 1741 (Manor Court Books, 14 Apr.); near some woodland, but not otherwise located."
"983","Duckworth Close, Leckhampton. Off Moorend Road; developed by Bob Chick Ltd (agreement of Dec. 1972; adopted 1975). After the Duckworth family, long resident (from at least 1928 to 1973) at no. 30 Moorend Road (previously Rosenhoe)."
"984","Duke Street, off Hewlett Road. Distinctive pocket of early artisan housing on east side of town centre, separate from the nearly contemporary Fairview area. Line present (unnamed) on 1820 map, with 3 separated houses shown on north side; named by 1824 and under steady development from then until late 1830s (ref. to no. 46 in 1827); most of both sides complete by time of 1834 map. 1857 directory still lists a thatched cottage there (Maria Hamlett, laundress). Triplets born to Mrs Hyson, of no. 47, on 9 June 1860 (Goding, P, 633). The Duke of Wellington seems the most likely name source, in view of his popularity in other parts of the town. The pub once at the top of Duke Street was the Duke qf Marlborough, but these premises are much later than the 1820s. 1844 directory lists Duke's Head beerhouse on south side (occupier Richard Savory with Duke's Head Cottages (3 houses) and Duke's Court (2 houses) on either side. See also Cirencester Cottages, Halford's Cottages, Morgan's Cottages, Prince's Cottages and Place, Savory's Court, Teale's Court, Woodbine Cottages."
"985","Dumbleton Grove, The Reddings. Current (1996) development by Crest Homes. Cotswold theme."
"986","Dun Cow Passage, off Lower High Street, near Swindon Passage. Listed in 1841 Census and 1847, 1857 directories. Presumably after a pub or beerhouse (unlocated, perhaps renamed)."
"987","Dunalley Parade, St Paul's. Line present but unnamed on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. First listed (under Henrietta Street) in 1867 directory. Ref. to houses under construction there, 1871 (Streets and Highways Committee, 29 Mar.). Name also formerly included 12 houses now counted as St Paul's Road, from junction with Dunalley Street to Dunalley Lodge. Early refs. to Dunalley Parade North are presumably to the ones not in St Paul's Road."
"988","Dunalley Street, St Paul's. Line present but unnamed and without buildings on 1806-10, 1834 maps; lane led north from Henrietta Street to house of Lord Dunalley, one of several eminent Irish residents of early/mid-19th century (Haft, p. 203). This house originally known as Woodbine Cottage, later North Lodge, then Dunalley House, and now no. 37 St Paul's Road. Street marked as Gardner's Lane on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. (Re-)named after the late lord (died 19 Oct. 1854 at his seat in co. Tipperary: Goding, p. 603) at the suggestion of the Examiner in 1857 (9 Sept.); the new 'British Schools' were about to be built, apparently giving rise to a need for a better or more formal name; the newspaper makes no mention of an existing name. See also Bannister's Lane, Morris's Lane, St Paul's Terrace (1)."
"989","Dunbar Close, Springbank. Developed by R. Hitchins Ltd (agreement of Dec. 1965). Name suggested by developers, and approved by Market and Watch Committee, 27 May 1964."
"990","Dunster Close, Springbank. Name approved by Market and Watch Committee May 1964. presumably reflecting someone's personal connection with Dunster, Somerset."
"991","Dunster Gardens, Springbank. Developed by D. E. Deacon (agreement of May 1988; adopted c. 1993."
"992","Dunster Grove, Springbank. Developed by R. Hitchins Ltd (agreement of Jan. 1970)."
"993","Dunster Road, Springbank, off Hester's Way Road. Developed by New Ideal Homesteads (agreement of Aug. 1965). Name approved by Market and Watch Committee, 27 May 1964."
"994","Durban Cottages, Folly Lane. Existing by 1911."
"995","Durban House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Named 1953 (Housing Committee, Dec., no. 1156). Commonwealth theme."
"996","Durham Close, Warden Hill. Developed about 1960; cathedral city theme."
"997","Dutton's Cottages. 3 houses accessed from no. 29 Rutland Street. Existing by 1926, but probably older: listed in 1936 slum clearance programme (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"998","East Approach Drive Pittville. Originally planned name was Bathurst Place, but laid out 1844 as East Spa Approach; residential development from 1858-9 (Blake 1979, p. 76)."
"999","East Avenue, off Priors Road. Part of the Priors Farm estate, Cheltenham's first post-war temporary housing scheme. Road so named at suggestion of borough surveyor in Dec. 1945, when construction had just begun (Housing Committee, no. 357). The road and its pre-fabs were replaced by permanent development in the 1960s."
"1000","East Court Villas, Charlton Kings. Off London Road, near junction with East End Road. After East Court, large house in East End Road, erected by Richard Pruen between 1805 and 1811 (Paget, p. 60; modern date-stone in garden wall says '1806 AD')."
"1001","East End Road, Charlton Kings. (East End Lane on 1884, 1897 maps); the area name East End for this part of Charlton Kings was in use by the 17th century (Paget)."
"1002","East Spa Approach, Pittville. Original name for East Approach Drive (Blake 1988, p. 76)."
"1003","Eastbourne Villas. 2 houses in College Road, first listed 1883-4."
"1004","The Eastern Carriage Drive, Pittville. Original name for southern end of Albert Road (Blake 1988, p. 75). Still thus in 1871 (Streets and Highways Committee)."
"1005","Eastnor House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Built by 1959. After Eastnor near Malvern, Worcs."
"1006","Eastnor Place. Unreallsed road on grid-like projected estate west of Lansdown, shown on c. 1840 version of Griffith's map."
"1007","Easton Villas, Pittville. Sometimes erroneously Eastern; opposite Pittville Gates. Nos. 1-2 new in 1868 directory."
"1008","Eaton Place (1), off Bath Road, opposite Oriel Place. Existing 1830 (directory). No. 3 referenced 1839 directory (electoral roll). Named on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Nos. 1-4 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.). Probably after Eaton Cottage, Bath Road, existing 1821: part of property of late B. Newbury (Chronicle, 9 Aug. 1821). A separate Eaton Cottage is later listed in Moorend Crescent."
"1009","Eaton Place (2), Prestbury Road. Existing by time of 1858 dir."
"1010","Ebenezer Cottages, St Paul's. 3 houses, Larput Place. Listed in 1841 Census (under Hamilton Place). Not noted in directories before 1876."
"1011","Ebenezer Court, off King Street. 4 houses, north of Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel, first noted 1841 Census; shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. The chapel was built 1811-2 on land formerly the garden of a High Street pub, sold by W. H. Jessop (personal communication Dr Steven Blake)."
"1012","Eclipse Terrace, Upper Bath Street. 4 houses on south side, developed c. 1970. Built on former yard of Eclipse Coal Co. (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1013","Eden Villas (1). 2 houses in Leckhampton Road; first listed in 1866 directory."
"1014","Eden Villas (2). 2 houses in King's Road (now nos. 8-10); first noted 1881 Census."
"1015","Edendale Approach, off Fiddler's Green Lane. Developed by Canberra Developments Ltd (agreements of July 1977; Jan. & Aug. 1978; adopted June 1982). Like other Canberra sites, probably after an Antipodean place (there is an Edendale in South Island, NZ.)"
"1016","Edendale Road, off Fiddler's Green Lane. As preceding."
"1017","Edge Way. An early name (first evidence is in 1290) for what is possibly the route now represented by Old Bath Road, which see (Rawes 6, p. 23; Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 23, p. 28). May represent a variant of thiodweg, fairly common term in Old English charters for a public road (see discussion of Ede Way in Mawer & Stenton, Place-names of Beds., p. 122)."
"1018","Edinburgh Place, off Coronation Square. Proposals for this trunk road between Brooklyn Road and Princess Elizabeth Way were being developed in 1953 (IHousing Committee, Nov.). After the Duke of Edinburgh."
"1019","Edward Place, Shurdington Road. 7 houses and shops on north side, just west of Edward Street near Norwood Arms. First noted 1870 directory."
"1020","Edward Street, off Shurdington Road, opposite Norwood Arms. Line shown on 1834 map, but no development. Shown, though unnamed, on 1835 enclosure award map, including terrace of some 10 small houses. Named by 1836: deed referring to no. 20 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Which Edward it commemorates is unknown; probably too late to be named after Edward Pellew (see Exmouth Street)."
"1021","Edward Terrace, Norwood Road. 5 houses on east side, just round corner from Edward Place. 1870 directory. Nos. 1-5 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.). Site now occupied by flats (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1022","Edward Wilson House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Designed by G. H. Ryland c. 1950 (Verey). After the Cheltenham-born explorer, who died with Scott in Antarctic, 1912."
"1023","Eight Bells Road. Mentioned 1826 (Bettison). Probably the now anonymous short passage from canopied shop at junction of Clarence Street and High Street to the pub currently called Two Pigs. This was formerly the Eight Bells Inn, evidently named after the nearby church bells, and known thus by 1787 (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Maps 42; Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1793). Earlier the Eight Bells Ale House 1763 (Goding, p. 261); latterly the Copperfield; further refurbished and reopened as the Two Pigs in late 1993."
"1024","Elan Walk, Up Hatherley. From no. 39 Gwernant Road to no. 32 Dinas Road. 15 houses, built by 1952. 'Now included in Warden Hill Road' (1959). Name agreed by General Purposes and Watch Committee in Feb. 1951; Elan valley continues Welsh theme of neighbouring roads."
"1025","Eldon Avenue. Cul-de-sac off Eldon Road; developed 1934-5 on land formerly attached to house called Beechurst. Name (and that of Beechurst Avenue) suggested by the builders, Wheeler & Mansell (General Purposes and Watch Committee, May 1935)."
"1026","Eldon Road. Between Hewlett Road and Hales Road; line follows field boundary on 1834 map. The site is possibly on freehold land advertised 1866 (Examiner, 4 Jul.). After preliminary negotiations over sewers etc in 1869 (Streets and Highways Committee), road was laid out in 1870, a joint enterprise by Agg-Gardner and Shinner. Named, and being planted with trees under the supervision of Engall Sanders & Co. (Examiner, 26 Jan. & 2 Feb. 1870). The speculation seems to have been unsuccessful: though Eldon Villas (now nos. 4-6) had gone up by 1872, no more than 5 houses are listed in 1911. Main development did not begin until 1930s, when various builders were active here. Name probably chosen for local aristocratic associations: the Earls of Eldon had their seat at Stowell Park near Northleach, Glos., from 1842. At present uncertain whether the nearby 19th-century houses Eldon Lodge and Eldon Lawn (now nos. 155-7 Hewlett Road) were earlier or later."
"1027","Eldorado Crescent, off Eldorado Road. Declared highway in 1906 (Streets and Highways Committee, Jan.), but development probably contemporary with following."
"1028","Eldorado Road, off Queens Road. Under development in mid-1890s; first listed 1894, and 3 houses by 1895. Ref. in Jan. 1896 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes to 'Intended new road called Eldorado Road'; proprietor possibly named Bick. Adopted as highway in 1905 (Streets and Highways Committee)."
"1029","The Elephant Walk. A broad avenue in The Park, an echo of its shortlived early days as a zoological garden."
"1030","Elgar Road. See Mornington Drive."
"1031","Elgar House, Brooklyn Road. Flats of c. 1960; English composer theme."
"1032","Elice's Passage. Off Exmouth Court; 3 residents in 1844 (directory). The surname occurs elsewhere in Cheltenham in the same directory."
"1033","Elim Cottages. 2 houses in Dunalley Parade. In existence by 1900."
"1034","Ellenborough Place, Pittville. Unrealised development, marked on 1834 map. After Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough (1790-1871), statesman, governor-general of India 1840-4, who spent some time in Cheltenham and had a house nearby at Southam (Bell, p. 42)."
"1035","Ellesmere Grove, off Billings Way, Merestones Drive. Developed c. 1992."
"1036","Elliot(t) Place, Up Hatherley. Off Alma Road; developed by Robert Hitchins (agreement of Sept. 1986)."
"1037","Ellison Road, off Dowty Road. In the planning stage, this had been Hester's Way estate 'Road no. 1'; named 1952 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov)."
"1038","Elm Close, Prestbury. Off Linden Avenue; existing by 1959. Probably after Elm Lodge, house on or near this site, marked on 1884 map."
"1039","Elm Close, St Peter's. Off Elm Street."
"1040","Elm Gardens Drive, The Reddings. Possibly so named because situated just north of site of The Elms, house existing by 1841 and shown on 1884 map."
"1041","Elm Farm, Leckhampton. Was in Farm Lane just south of Leckhampton Farm; now a house (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1042","Elm Place. Existing by 1832 (Davies, p. 169); several short tows of cottages (1855-7 Old Town Survey), in Elm Street; name also possibly applied to other houses in Swindon Road itself."
"1043","Elm Street, between Tewkesbury Road and Swindon Road. Existing by 1832 (Davies, p. 169); eastern side largely complete by time of 1834 map (see Elm Place above). New housing planned here in 1924 as part of Stanhope Street slum clearance scheme (Slum Areas Clearance Committee, Dec.). Probably named after Maud's Elm, which stood close by. See also Vauxhall Place."
"1044","Elm View Cottages. 3 houses, south side of Swindon Road. First listed 1883-4 directory."
"1045","Elmdale Cottages, Fairfield Parade. 10 houses, existing by 1911."
"1046","Elmfield Avenue, off Elmfield Road. Maisonettes, in existence by 1940. Possibly the further development by Elmfield Park Estate Co. Ltd of 32 houses near Swindon Road, considered by Town Planning Committee Mar. 1938 (see next)."
"1047","Elmfield Road, off Swindon Road. Developed 1937 by Cunningham & Gibaud (Town Planning Committee, June) on site or grounds of Elmfield, house listed until 1936. Named 1939 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Mar.)."
"1048","The Elms. House, existing 1826, north of Swindon Road. Marked on 1820 map; this name in use by 1826. 'The seat of the late Admiral Sir Tristram Ricketts, 1845 (Rowe, p. 88); he donated nearby land for the Union workhouse (more recently St Paul's maternity hospital). Site of The Elms now occupied by Pope's Close bungalows; parts of a pair of gate pillars survive on the Swindon Road frontage."
"1049","Elms Cottages. 4 houses on south side of Swindon Road; first listed 1883-4 directory."
"1050","Elmstone Street. A singularly narrow street (5ft across) once running through from Lower High Street to New Street, lying between present Devonshire and Grove Streets. Today only the northern end remains, as a cul-de-sac off High Street. On 1806-10 map, though unbuilt except for one house at New Street end. 12 stone-built cottages here auctioned 1813 (Miles/Glos. Journal 2 Dec.). By 1834 map had been built along about half its frontage. Later also called Pantile Row ('Elmstone Street or Pantile Row' in 1872 directory). Ceased to be thoroughfare c. 1909, after council agreed to request of parish church boys' school (in adjacent Devonshire Street) that part of the street be stopped up to create additional playground, there being by that time only 2 inhabited cottages in the street (Streets and Highways Committee Dec. 1908). So named because the rents of the half-burgage on which it stands were in 1597 given for the repair of Elmstone Hardwicke church (Victoria County History, p. 58)."
"1051","Elston. Listed in Place Names of Gloucestershire, but apparently no more than a variant of Alstone."
"1052","Emily Place, Charlton Kings. 6 houses in Horsefair Street, existing by 1841 Census. After the builder's daughter (personal communication Mrs Mary Paget)."
"1053","Emperor Way, Fiddler's Green. Off Camberwell Road; developed by Westbury Homes (agreement of Jan. 1988). Butterfly theme."
"1054","Endfield Terrace, Charlton Kings. 4 houses in Bafford Lane; listed from 1891-2 directory."
"1055","Engine House Lane. Former name for southern end of what is now Rodney Road. Known thus by 1812: ref. to lane leading from the southern end of the Engine House Lane (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 2 June). Ended at a bridge over the Chelt (in disrepair, 1816: Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 5 June). First shown on 1818 plan (Blake & Beacham, p. 40); just Engine Lane on 1819 map. Made public highway 1827 (Hart, p. 282); name still in use 1838 (building cert.). The Engine House itself was considerably older: a fan, sold at Sotheby's in 1999 and painted by the Charlton Kings artist Thomas Robins in the 18th century, shows The Fire Ingine House as a small brick structure next to the Assembly House, i.e. suggesting it was at the High Street end (pc J Sale). Frequent refs. (1806 onwards) to pressing need for a 'proper place' for the keeping of the town's fire engines (remedied 1813) (Paving Commissioners' Minutes)."
"1056","Ennerdale Road, Up Hatherley. Initially developed 1948-9 as part of Alma Road estate. Lake District theme."
"1057","Enstone Park Homes, The Reddings. Mobile home site, opposite eastern end of North Road; on land attached to house called Enstone."
"1058","Enterprise Way, off Arle Road. Fitting name for road in Cheltenham Trade Park. Developed by Sterling Homes (agreement of June 1989)."
"1059","Entwistle Cottage. Somewhere in High Street. Listed as residence of Mrs Catherine Hunt (1820 directory). Probably some connection with Thomas Entwistle, postmaster, who in 1805 was living at no. 168 [later 285] High Street, once Tinkler's basket shop (Beacham)."
"1060","Essex Avenue, Rowanfield. Off Rowanfield Road; developed 1949-50. Southern county theme."
"1061","Essex Cottages. 2 houses in Essex Place, first listed 1877 directory, though possibly same as the Essex Cottage listed in Engine House Lane 1820 (directory)."
"1062","Essex estate. Comprised land in all three common fields of Cheltenham, and represented a holding possibly dating back to Domesday (Rawes 6, p. 6); the earls of Essex continued to have interests in the town until the early 19th century, when many of their rights were bought by Joseph Pitt ((Hart, p. 100)."
"1063","Essex Lodge, Pittville. Erected 1820s, for the dispensing of Pittville spa waters. Site now occupied by Edwardian refreshment kiosk, Central Cross Drive. Possibly reflects the above connection between Essex and Pitt. A second Essex Lodge, in Cambray, is listed from 1883-4 directory; was formerly Farm Cottage (pc M Grindley)."
"1064","Essex Place. Northern part of present Rodney Road (name still visible on no. 22). Thus on 1806 map. No. 2 for sale 1819 (Chronicle). Listed in 1820 directory."
"1065","Essex Road. Listed 1950; erroneous reference to Essex Avenue."
"1066","Essex Street. No. 1 listed as address of boarding school in 1830 directory, but perhaps erroneous."
"1067","Essex Villas, Pittville. At north end of Pittville Lawn. Appear thus in schedule to 1827 deed of covenants and general regulations for Pittville. 1834 map. No. 1 (building cert. May 1834; Robert Stokes) was renamed Lake View by 1882 (Cheltenham Looker-On), and no. 2 (building cert. Nov. 1836; also Stokes) had become Ravenhurst by 1894 (Cheltenham Looker-On). Stables and coach-houses for these villas were built a discreet distance away, at what is now 49 Pittville Crescent Lane (deeds)."
"1068","Eton Villas, Queens Road. 5 houses and hotel opposite the then Midland Railway Station, 1911. Now mostly shops."
"1069","Ettington Close, Springbank. Developed by R. Hitchins (agreement of Feb. 1968)."
"1070","Eva Villas, Bayshill. Between York Place and railway bridge; nos. 1-2 listed by 1863 directory."
"1071","Evelyn Close, Charlton Kings. Off Greenfield Drive, Sandy Lane. Housing for war widows, developed by the same charity as the following."
"1072","Evelyn Court. Nos. 2-19 Malvem Road; converted by P. R. Morley Horder (Verey) into flats after 1918 by the Officers' Families Association, who name many of their properties thus."
"1073","Evenlode Road, off Whaddon Road. River theme."
"1074","Everest Road, off Old Bath Road. Developed 1955-6 by Western Estates (Lawes Cherry) Ltd. Further developed by Coldrick, Little & Thompson (agreement of Aug. 1963); built on line of a lane leading to sandpits (now Old Patesians sports ground). Named at borough surveyor's suggestion (Market and Watch Committee, Apr. 1956, no. 168 1), marking conquest of Everest in 1953; Hillary and Tensing Roads are nearby."
"1075","Evesham Road. Construction of a new road to Birmingham, going through Evesham and Alcester, and leaving Cheltenham by the present Portland Street, was enabled by an 1810 Act of Parliament; the new route via Bishop's Cleeve was appreciably shorter than the older Prestbury route. Named by 1820 (map). In early 1800s sometimes known as the Evesham Turnpike Road (the turnpike gate was at the present Clarence Road junction); later had the alternative name Cleeve Road (both names valid until at least 1884). Residential part of Pittville section developed 1825-44 (Blake 1988, p. 65), and includes former Caledonia Terrace and Blenheim Terrace or Parade. See also Pittville Parade."
"1076","Evington Court, off Coronation Square. Block of flats developed by Kingsgate investment Co. Ltd. It was Block E on their plan, so a name beginning with E was chosen (Market and Watch Committee, Mar. 1960, no, 1397)."
"1077","Evington Road, off Edinburgh Place. This length of road, not previously named, was so designated in 1961 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 15 Nov.). After the preceding."
"1078","Ewens Road, Charlton Kings. Naunton Estates Ltd got conditional approval for development here in Aug. 1933 (Town Planning Committee), but there was no construction pre-war. Charlton Kings UDC's preliminary plan for the layout of Ewen's Farm as a post-war housing estate was approved 1944 (Town Planning Committee, June). Some 56 houses built by 1950, but street names not given until 1952, when there were 104 houses on the estate. Built on site of Ewen's Farm (still shown on 1954 map). 1884 map shows Hewen's House; still standing (minus the H) in Haywards Road. Place Names of Gloucestershire notes an 1844 fieldname, the Hewings; other forms (including Ewenhill) date back to 1605; probably 'yew'."
"1079","Ewlyn Road, off Leckhampton Road. Originally a cul-de-sac, following line of 'road to limekiln' marked on 1835 enclosure award map, in turn apparently matching line of track through orchard on 1834 map. Line present but unnamed and unbuilt on 1884 map. By 1891-2 directory, named and containing 2 houses and Ewlyn Cottages. Condition 'well-nigh impassable' 1900 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes); declared public highway 1905 (Streets and Highways Committee, May)."
"1080","Ewlyn Terrace, Fairfield Road. First listed 1891-2 directory. 18 houses."
"1081","Ewlyn Villas, Leckhampton Road. First listed in 1890 directory."
"1082","Exchange Buildings, Bath Road. Formerly 3 buildings, listed as nos. 57-61 Upper Bath Road. Now 2 shops, of c. 1880s appearance, nos. 202-4 Bath Road."
"1083","Exeter Place, Grosvenor Street, near Albion Street. 8 houses, listed in directories from 1842. Nos. 1-4 were at top on west side (probably those now nos. 52-8), and nos. 7-8 at top on east side (now nos. 45-9). Probably same as Exeter Buildings, Gyde's Terrace, 5 houses of which were given building cert. in 1826 (in name of Valentine Hosking). Exeter Hall (now gone) was a 10-bedroom house (existing by 1840) on opposite side of Grosvenor Street to Exeter House (the latter now no. 60, top on west side). Reason for name unknown; buildings antedate the Cheltenham period of George Rowe, artist, of Exeter origin and once resident in this street."
"1084","Exmouth Arms, Bath Road. On 1820 map. Sir Edward Pellew (1757-1833), persistent naval hero, made Viscount Exmouth for his exploits, was nationally fêted in 1816 after attacking Algiers with 17 warships following the massacre of 200 Christian fishermen. Received enthusiastic welcome when he arrived in Cheltenham in October 1816. The pub and streets of this name probably all date from about this time. Usage has contemporary parallels elsewhere, e.g. Finsbury, London."
"1085","Exmouth Arms Garden. Surviving area of open land on border of Leckhampton and Cheltenham parishes, at point where Nolty and Westal Brooks once merged (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1086","Exmouth Court, off Exmouth Street. Now a service road, but at one time contained 26 houses in a small space; cited as insanitary in 1849 (Cresy). One of the few examples of back-to-back housing in South Town (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). 1910 ref. to sewer deficiencies (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes); nos. 1-7 listed in 1934 slum clearance programme no. 1 (Housing Committee, Jan.)."
"1087","Exmouth Lodge, Sidney Parade. Existing by 16 Dec. 1815 (Miles/?Chronicle); perhaps same as Exmouth House mentioned in 1844 directory."
"1088","Exmouth Passage, Bath Road. Listed in 1841 Census."
"1089","Exmouth Place, Hewlett Road, immediately north of Hewlett Place. 1820 map. Originally 8 houses, probably the present nos. 21-35 Hewlett Road. Later extended by a further 4 houses, which have not survived; site latterly Sandford Service Station (closed 2003)."
"1090","Exmouth Street, off Bath Road. Street marked on 1828 map; south side developed by time of 1834 map. See also Reform Place."
"1091","Exmouth Terrace, Bath Road. Opposite Exmouth Arms; called Back Exmouth Court on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Nos. 1-6 listed in 1934 slum clearance programme no. 1 (Housing Committee, Jan.)."
"1092","Eynon Close, Leckhampton, off Moorend Crescent. Developed by Vine Construction Ltd (agreement of Feb. 1983; adopted Jan. 1986). Possibly after Canon Ettrick Eynon, vicar for many years of SS Philip and James, Leckhampton."
"1093","Fagg's Mews. Marked on 1834 map, off the then end of St George's Place, opposite Royal Well Place, beside river Chelt. Extensive livery premises built 1831-2 by Benjamin Fagg on land formerly known as Latheram Meadow, which see. He had earlier run other stables nearby at Crescent Mews."
"1094","Fairfield Avenue, off Leckhampton Road. Name approved by General Purposes and Watch Committee, June 1904; declared public highway 1909 (Streets and Highways Committee, Dec. 1908). See also Mapledene Terrace."
"1095","Fairfield Cottages. 3 houses, slightly north-cast of eastern end of Tinderbox Lane, accessed from north; on 1883 OS map 1:500."
"1096","Fairfield estate. Largely a creation of the Leckhampton builder F. E. Jenkins, who in 1911 was living in Trowscoed Lodge, Leckhampton Road. His plans for three new streets on his 'Fairfield Estate' were turned down at least six times in 1903-4 before approval in 1904 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, May). Developed on site of Fairfield House, off Leckhampton end of Naunton Lane. This house existed by 1847 (letting notice, Cheltenham Looker-On, 25 Sept.), and may be identical with Fairfield Cottage, listed 1841 Census. House demolished to make way for Fairfield Park Road. Grounds extended east to include site of present houses in Fairfield Parade, north to old stone wall between Fairfield Road and Avenue, and south to Naunton Lane (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). No evidence that there was ever an actual field of this name near here."
"1097","Fairfield Farm. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, situated off Whaddon Lane, almost opposite former kennels (i.e. generally opposite Cheltenham Town football club)."
"1098","Fairfield Parade, off Leckhampton Road. Not on 1901 OS map, but probably built very soon after. Northern end extended c. 1937, after construction of new Emmanuel Church (Streets and Highways Committee, Sept. 1937). Name applied to new section linking Langdon Road and Francis Street 1962 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 23 May). See also Elmdale Cottages."
"1099","Fairfield Park Road, from Leckhampton Road to Fairfield Walk. Name approved 1904 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June). Declared highway 1913 (Streets and Highways Committee, Nov.)."
"1100","Fairfield Place, Leckhampton Road to Fairfield Walk. First listed 1891-2 directory."
"1101","Fairfield Road, off Leckhampton Road. Follows line of unnamed cul-de-sac on 1834 map, leading from Leckhampton Road to 3 buildings. Still anonymous, with 10 small cottages at eastern end, south side, on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Terrace of about 12 houses present on 1884 map (where it appears as Tinderbox Lane). Current name given by Leckhampton Local Board 1891 (Examiner, 14 Oct.). Mr. Dix, described as 'owner' of Fairfield Road, objected to terms of adoption as highway, 1898 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). See also Evelyn Terrace."
"1102","Fairfield Street, Leckhampton. Present but unnamed on 1884 map; named by 1903."
"1103","Fairfield Villas, Leckhampton Road. 2 houses, first listed 1876 directory."
"1104","Fairfield Walk, Naunton. At least partly developed by F. E. Jenkins; his plan for 11 houses there approved 1908 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, Apr.). Follows line of former footpath from end of Exmouth Street to Naunton Lane on 1834 map (also the line of Nolty Brook, which see). Name approved 1904 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June). To be declared highway, 1915 (Streets and Highways Committee, July)."
"1105","Fairford Cottages. 2 houses in Hamilton Place near St Paul's Church; first noted 1876 directory. No. 91 St Paul's Road (once no. 15 Hamilton Place) has the name Fairford Cot carved prominently over the corner window; perhaps the work of the stonemason (J. Coydey) living there in 1844."
"1106","Fairhaven Road, Leckhampton. Off Fairfield Parade. Plan by F. E. Jenkins for 20 houses in this road approved 1904 (Streets and Highways Committee, Mar.). Name approved 1904 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June). To be declared highway 1915 (Streets and Highways Committee, July). Leckhampton Fairhavens seem to have been an attempt by Jenkins to produce a slight variation on his Fairfield theme. See also Morley Terrace."
"1107","Fairhaven Cottages, Fairhaven Street. Existing by 1911."
"1108","Fairhaven Park Homes, The Reddings. Mobile home site off The Reddings."
"1109","Fairhaven Street, Leckhampton. Name approved 1904 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June). At least partly (and probably mostly) built by F. E. Jenkins. Declared highway 1912 (Streets and Highways Committee, Aug.)"
"1110","Fairlight Place, Tivoli. North side of Prince's Road, just east of Hatherley Street. Existing by 1872. Perhaps identical with Fairlight Cottages, Tivoli, shown at southwest end of Bakehouse Lane on 1950 OS map 1:2,500 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1111","Fairlight Terrace, Tivoli. Adjacent to above; also first listed 1872."
"1112","Fairmount Road, St Mark's. From Gloucester Road to Church Road. Line present, unnamed, on c. 1853 map; unnamed on 1884 map. Listed for first time in 1886 directory. After corner house called Fairmount (now no. 279 Gloucester Road)."
"1113","Fairview. (Earlier often Fair View,). Area of artisan housing which began with development of Sherborne Street in c. 1806, a further wave then starting with Fairview Street in the mid-1820s. Named after Fairview Cottage, built by William Flatcher (or Fletcher) in 1804 in one corner of an oblong plot; the cottage stood just east of the present college annex (former All Saints' School). By 1809, Fairview Cottages had become plural (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 3 Oct.). Flatcher's development was parallelled a little further west by Gyde's development of Sherborne Street area (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). The fair view would have been that to the Cotswold scarp."
"1114","Fairview Close, off Fairview Road. 1980s development; site includes that of Fairview Cottage (see above). On line of what was previously School Lane."
"1115","Fairview Crescent. See Fairview Street."
"1116","Fairview Field. Name during development of area occupied by Victoria Place and probably also neighbouring streets in Fairview (16 building certs., 1837)."
"1117","Fairview Gardens. Rejected name for what in the event became Westdown Gardens."
"1118","Fairview Place. Terrace of some 25 houses on east side of what became All Saints' Road, i.e. present nos. 1-45. In existence by 1824 (building cert.); further certs. to 1836. Still thus till at least 1871 (Streets and Highways Committee)."
"1119","Fairview Retreat. 3 houses reached from Fairview Street, existing by 1926."
"1120","Fairview Road. Started life as an anonymous 'road leading to Fairview Cottages' (see Fairview, above) from what became Winchcombe Street (e.g. Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 3 Nov. 1812). Present name in use by 1892 (directory), but not until 1898 did council resolve that the 'road from Winchcombe Street (opposite Warwick Place Road) to Hewlett Road ... be called throughout Fairview Road, the houses renumbered, and nameplates fixed' (Streets and Highways Committee, Jul.). This marked the official ending of the former name Mount Pleasant Place (1820 map) and later just Mount Pleasant (1834 map to 1898); this had applied to the western end, the first part to be developed, as far as Sherborne Place. See also Woodbine Cottages (3)."
"1121","Fairview Street, off Fairview Road. Line of part of this visible on 1806-10 and 1820 maps. Developed by William Flatcher on part of Coney Gree Field 1823-6, to designs by Francis Rawlings, surveyor (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). Started life as Fairview Crescent: building cert. for no. 1 issued in 1825 (to Fletcher), and Crescent also in property advertisements of 1827 and 1828 (pc M Grindley). Named on 1834 map as Fair View Street. Fairview Street by 1839 directory. Ref. to no. 47, 1844 directory."
"1122","Fairview Terrace. 4 houses in Fairview Street. Existing by 1876. Nos. 1-4 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.)."
"1123","Falkland Place, off Hester's Way. Part of Stage 14 of Hester's Way development; name recommended by Housing Committee 1955 (Aug., no. 563)."
"1124","Fancy Hall. 'A shewy house, called Fancy Hall' was noted by Witts in 1829 (Diary of a Cotswold Parson, p. 77); implicitly near Montpellier. Extant 1859: occupied by J. Bayley Esq."
"1125","Faringdon Road, off Hatherley Lane. On part of former Bridgend Farm estate; name suggested by developer and approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, 16 Dec.)."
"1126","Farleigh Close, Charlton Kings. Off Glenfall Way; developed by Leonard Desmond (agreement of Dec. 1972; adopted May 1990). Perhaps a connection with place of this name near Elmstone Hardwicke, Glos."
"1127","Farm Close, off Oldbury Road. Council resolved that the footpath between Oldbury Road and Ashlands Road on Hester's Way estate should be named thus, 1952 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov.). From Hester's Way Farm, which stood here until c. 1951."
"1128","Farm Lane, Leckhampton, off Shurdington Road. Continues Crippetts Road down to Kidnapper's Lane. Named thus by 1959."
"1129","Farmfield Lane, Warden Hill. Listed 1959, but apparently superseded by following."
"1130","Farmfield Road, Warden Hill. Existing under this name by 1959. Generally follows line of track to Warden Hill farm shown on 1884 map."
"1131","Farmington Road, Benhall. Part of Geo. Wimpey & Co. development of Benhall Farm estate. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr, no. 1588). Cotswold village theme."
"1132","Fauconberg Road Opened up in 1874, following acceptance of proposal from Gloucester Banking Co. to make a new road from the Promenade and Old Well Lane to Bays Hill (Streets and Highways Committee, 3 Dec. 1873). It was seen as offering 'great convenience', and improved property values; after complaints about slow progress, work on the new street was near completion in April 1874 (Cheltenham Looker-On, 18 Apr.). Named by the time orders were made for lamps to be set up, 1875 (Streets and Highways Committee, 30 Nov.). In 1780-1, Skillicorne erected for Lord Fauconberg the house on Bayshill at which George III was to stay in 1788 (Griffith, p. 11; Blake & Beacham, p. 59); the building was at various times called Fauconberg Hall, Fauconberg Lodge and Bayshill Lodge. A second house named Fauconberg Lodge is in St George's Road (at junction with St George's Place)."
"1133","Fauconberg Terrace, Bayshill Road. 6 houses between Royal Well Terrace and Royal Parade. Designed and erected in 1860s by Samuel Onley, on part of the Royal Old Wells estate (Beacham). First listed in 1866 directory. Demolished 1934 to make way for new buildings at Ladies' College."
"1134","Fauconberg Villas, Bayshill Road. By Samuel Onley; described 1861 as 'recently built' (Cheltenham Looker-On, 20 July). Nos. 1-2 listed first in 1862 directory, no. 3 listed by 1867."
"1135","Fawley Drive, Prestbury, Noverton Park. Listed by 1959. One of a cluster of south coast names."
"1136","Fern Villas. 2 houses in All Saints Terrace; first listed 1874."
"1137","Fernbank. 2 houses in Pittville Circus Road, near Hewlett Road end. First noted 1870 directory."
"1138","Ferndale Terrace. 4 houses in St Luke's Place off St Luke's Road; existing by 1911."
"1139","Ferndale Villas. 2 houses in King's Road (now nos. 16-8); first noted 1881 Census."
"1140","Ferndales Close, Up Hatherley. Off Caernarvon Road; part of Davallia development, by Bryant Homes. Named in 1989 by parish council following generally floral theme adopted for this stage of development (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1141","Fernleigh Crescent, Up Hatherley. Off Long Mynd Avenue; part of 1950s development; name chosen by parish council (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1142","Ferns Cottage, exact location uncertain. Residence in 1815 of Capt. Brisac; reached by footpath leading from North Place on the 'far side of the Carriage Road', i.e. north of St Margaret's Road (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 6 Sept.). May be the same as the Fern Cottage marked on 1883 OS map 1:500 facing north onto what is now Swindon Road, where Henrietta Street car park now has its northern exit."
"1143","Ferryman's Cottage, cast side of Upper Bath Road. See Hermitage Street."
"1144","Fiddler's Green. 1830 map; 1884 map (as also Fiddler's Green Farm). Name first noted in 1430, as Fythelers; from a Middle English byname, i.e. 'fiddler' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). A 1550s tenant in Arle, William Fidler (Hart, p. 35), may well have been of the same family."
"1145","Fiddler's Green Lane, north from Golden Valley roundabout. Named as Fidler's Green Road in 1869 (Examiner, 24 Feb.), and shown in a court case of 1870 to have been a public road at least 60 years previously (Examiner, 6 Apr.). Present name by 1911. Later development (Elm Farm) by Bryant Homes (agreement of Oct. 1973; adopted Sept. 1988). Fidler's is the usual spelling in older references."
"1146","Field Lodge. Alternative name of Byrche's Farm, which see. Listed thus 1820 (James Arkell, farmer)."
"1147","Field Place. Unlocated; lamp to be sited there, 1823 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 3 Dec.)."
"1148","Field Street, Fairview. Occasional name for Victoria Place, which see."
"1149","Field View or Field View Cottages, Whaddon Lane. Earlier listed under Prestbury Road. 7 small cottages erected c. 1826 by the Hon. Katherine Monson on an 8-acre plot known as The Whaddons bought by her in 1824 (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). Shown opposite Fairfield Farm, on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.)."
"1150","The Fields, Leckhampton. Off Kidnappers Lane (includes Cummings Cottages), listed 1936.Name recalls open fields from which this area of paddocks, orchards and market gardens descended, particularly Middle Field which covered whole area between Hatherley Brook and Moorend Stream, extending from Lott Meadow (which see) down to the junction of the two brooks off Merestones Drive (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). ;"
"1151","Finch's Yard. Unlocated; cited in Cresy 1849 as an instance of bad ventilation and filth."
"1152","Finchcroft Court, Prestbury. Off Finchcroft Lane; c. 1970s flats."
"1153","Finchcroft Lane, Prestbury. Existing by this name 1928; contains at least 2 19th-century houses, as well as others of 1960s-70s. From Finchcroft, a fieldname in use by 1719 (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 8, p. 3)."
"1154","Finsbury Place. 2 cottages (now gone) in Prestbury Road, near Fox & Hounds. Listed in 1883-4 directory. Nearby were Finsbury House, Finsbury Lodge, and Finsbury itself; 2 of these equate to the large mid-Victorian houses now numbered 96-8 Prestbury Road."
"1155","Finstock Close, Benhall. Developed by Bryant Homes Ltd on Granley Field estate (agreement of June 1966). Cotswold village theme."
"1156","Finnegan's Piece, off Tewkesbury Road, leading to west entrance of Gallaher Retail Park. Road name reportedly adopted 1993 (no sign ever seems to have been erected), perpetuating plot name assigned by county land agent in 1988; site previously worked as smallholding in 1970s-80s by Mr Paddy Finnegan (Glos. Echo, 3 July 1993)."
"1157","Firgrove Walk, between Unwin Road and Reddings Road. Council development of prefabricated homes, about 1951 (listed 1952). After former Firgrove Cottages, slightly to north, marked on 1884 map."
"1158","Fir Tree Close, Prestbury. Off Prestbury Road."
"1159","Firtree Place, near Fairview Street. Existing by 1841 (Census). Fir Tree Place in 1857 dir; absent after 1876 directory, so perhaps renamed. Connected with Fir Cottage, house at foot of Fair View Street on 1834 map, site now occupied by late Victorian school, latterly Gloscat annex and now converted to housing."
"1160","The Firs, Swindon Village. Off Quat Goose Lane; 1960s cul-de-sac development on site of an old orchard belonging to house called Cotteswold, Brockhampton Lane. Named 1969; after line of Scots pines and Douglas firs along Quat Goose Lane, of which several still remain (personal communication Major A C Cropp)."
"1161","First Central Cross Drive, Pittville. Original name (to c. 1900) of Wellington Road (Blake 1988, p. 68)."
"1162","Fisher Walk, Arle. Off Carter Road; honorary freeman theme: Honorary Alderman Kenneth John Fisher was admitted freeman 24 May 1982. Former councillor for St Paul's Ward; chairman of Sharpe & Fisher , builders' merchants (obit., Glos. Echo, 30 Jan. 1996)."
"1163","Fisher's Cottages. Houses in or off North Street; listed 1844 directory. Possibly a development of Fisher's Cottage, noted 1826 in Portland Place, Portland Street (Griffith, p. 80)."
"1164","Fisher's Court (1), High Street, south side. 1841 census; 1844 directory places it between nos. 419 & 420 [now 64-6] High Street, i.e. almost opposite St James's Street."
"1165","Fisher's Court (2), North Street. Ref. to no. 7, 1857 directory; and listed as 7 houses, 1883-4, so perhaps identical with Fishers Cottages above."
"1166","Flaxley Place, Charlton Kings. 4 houses next to Detmore, London Road, 1928; also Flaxley Hill Cottages ( ' 2 houses). From Flaxley, 'flax-field' (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 5, p. 15); known thus by 1765 (Manor Court Books)."
"1167","Flecker's Drive, off Loweswater Road. Developed by Ventris Construction Co. (agreement of Sept. 1966). Dr W. H. Flecker (father of the poet James Elroy Flecker) was first headmaster of the nearby Dean Close school at the end of the 19th century."
"1168","Fleece Lane. An early name, from c. 1776 to c. 1820, for Henrietta Street, which see. After the Fleece Inn, one of the principal inns, existing by 1739 (Goding), which stood on the eastern corner of Henrietta Street and High Street. A 1743 deed refers to a property late called the Fleece on the south side of the High Street (Manor Court Books, 28 Oct.), suggesting move (and perhaps expansion) of this establishment in the 1730s. The inn name probably reflects a former market nearby."
"1169","Flint Road, Up Hatherley. Apparently a Bryant Estates development; name approved 195 (Market and Watch Committee, Feb., no. 1288). Welsh county theme."
"1170","Floral Cottages, Naunton Crescent. 2 houses, first listed 1883-4 directory."
"1171","Florida Drive, Prestbury. Off South View Way; of 1970s appearance."
"1172","Fluck's Elm. Reference point on a route leading towards Shurdington, noted in 1692 road repair order (Manor Court Books)."
"1173","Fluck's Passage, High Street. Listed 1857 directory; possibly adjacent to no. 406 [now 100] High Street, where William Fluck, tobacconist, is listed in the same year."
"1174","The Folley, St Paul's Road. College sports ground. Despite different spelling, is almost certainly of same origin as following."
"1175","Folly Lane, off St Paul's Road. Line present (but unbuilt) on 1806 map, as far as Wyman's Brook. Named by 1857 (directory). Council housing development began in 1928, on Ian formerly belonging to a Mr Davis (Slum Areas Clearance Committee). An adjacent Folly Field is marked in MS on Bailey Donaldson copy of 1806-10 map. Also Folly Farm, of 12 acres 'at the back of workhouse', sold for �£2,950 in 1882 (Examiner, 14 June). Probably from Cooke's Folly listed in 1844 directory as 'near Hamilton Place' (i.e. west of St Paul's Church); this probably identical with house marked 'Cook's' on 1806 map, immediately east of present junction of St Paul's Road and Folly Lane. The property appears as 'Mr Cook, Folly, 3s. 9d.' in 1811 Vestry Poor Rate Book. The only Cook(e) of note in the town at this time appears to have Nicholas Cooke, listed 1820 (directory) as 'governor of the house of Industry' (then not in St Paul's but in Knapp Road)."
"1176","Football Close. A small close (2 rods, 24 perches) of arable land immediately west of the parish churchyard and probably just north of present Chester Walk, first noted 1605 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Sold 1736 (Manor Court Books, 10 Apr.); transferred 1774 from Daniel Cooke to Ann Travell (Manor Court Books, 2 Dec.). Presumably so named because football was once played here."
"1177","Forden Bank, Charlton Kings. Field name; also part of an old route across the Charlton Park estate, closed in 1784 as a result of the Turnpike Act of that year. Named after The Forden, the medieval house which preceded and was absorbed into what from 1784 became known as Charlton Park. Property held until c. 1400 by the Ford family, hence the name (Paget, p. 77)."
"1178","Forest Ferns, All Saints' Terrace. 3 houses, first listed 1891-2 directory. No. I occupied by J. C. Winstone, a Fairview builder, who may perhaps have built these too; see Winstonian Road."
"1179","Fortina Close, Wyman's Brook. Developed c. 1960s. Cheltenham Gold Cup theme; Fortina was the 1947 winner."
"1180","Fosset(t) Farm, Charlton Kings. Listed 1844 directory; placed in 1858 Rate Book between Detmore and Colesgate Farm (pc J Sale)."
"1181","Fossil Cottages, Leckhampton. 2 houses in Croft Street, first listed 1883-4 directory."
"1182","Foundry Lane, Gloucester Road. Listed 1891-2 directory. Not firmly located, but probably the access to Vulcan Ironworks, on site of present Lansdown Industrial Estate."
"1183","Fountain Court, off Lower High Street. 1855-7 Old Town Survey; probably identical with following."
"1184","Fountain Passage, High Street. Also known as Phoenix Passage. Off north side, between Nos. 220-1 [later 403-5] High Street; no. 221 was the Fountain Inn. 1841 Census. Nos. 1 & 2 declared unfit for human habitation 1913 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"1185","Fowler's Spa. The second of the Cambray spas, once situated in angle now formed by Rodney Road and footpath from Cambray; demolished c. 1960s. Also known as Fowler's Cottage, Regent Street, and listed thus in 1847 directory."
"1186","Fox and Hounds, Prestbury Road. Pub, named on 1838 tithe apportionment map. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Name very probably connected with former Berkeley Hunt kennels nearby in Whaddon Lane."
"1187","Fox footpath, Charlton Kings. From top of Balcarras Lane to London Road; after a 19th century pub, the Fox and Goose (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 13, p. 28). Charlton Kings had a second Fox, a beerhouse, somewhere near Hamilton Street (1841 Census)."
"1188","Foxgrove Drive, off Hales Road. Developed by Bob Chick Ltd (agreement of Jan. 1974)."
"1189","Frampton Mews, The Reddings. Current (1996) development by Westbury Homes."
"1190","Francis Place, near Exmouth Street. 1841 Census; 3-4 houses, 1844 directory. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey off south-east end of Francis Street."
"1191","Francis Street, off Bath Road, near Norwood Arms. Line visible on 1828 OS map 1"". On 1834 map, where it is partially built up at south-west end; still only partly built on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; water-pipes added 1872, possibly indicating further development then. Said to be named after Rev. Francis Close, who arrived in Cheltenham in 1826; unconfirmed."
"1192","Francis Terrace, Francis Street. 10 houses, listed 1876."
"1193","Frank Brookes Road, Arle. Developed c. 1980s. After a councillor of this name."
"1194","Franklyn Court, Edinburgh Place. Block of flats built by Kingsgate Investment Co. Ltd; it was Block F on their plan, so a name beginning with F was selected (Market and Watch Committee, Mar. 1960, no. 1397)."
"1195","Freeman's Baths. Once at no. 61 [now 39] High Street; site now western neighbour of former Old Swan Inn. Opened 1787 by Mrs Freeman as the first baths in Cheltenham (Griffith, p. 53; Davies 1832)."
"1196","Frewin Close, Fiddler's Green. Developed by Westbury Homes (agreement of Jan. 1988); named after Councillor Kirry Frewin."
"1197","Friars Close, Warden Hill, off Hawkswood Road. Existing by 1959; ecclesiastical name, influenced by nearby Dean Close school."
"1198","Friends' Meeting House, Manchester Place. A new building was erected 1836 next to the one in which Friends had met since 1702. Latter building taken over by Unitarians until 1844, when they moved to new church at foot of Bayshill (Hart, p. 239)."
"1199","Frigmary Lane, Charlton Kings. More often seen as Trigmerry Lane; i.e. what is now School Road, Charlton Kings."
"1200","Frogpitts. A land holding 'at the lower end of town'; inventory of John Buckle 1685 (Sale, pp. 32, 71)"
"1201","Fulbrook Close, Arle Farm. Off Pilgrove Way; c. 1995."
"1202","Fullaway's Passage. A 'public passage near the Top of the Town' which William Gyde offered to have improved at his own expense (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, l Jan. 1817). Gyde was the developer of what became Grosvenor Street, so this passage may have been nearby, possibly the footpath still running between St James's Street and Grosvenor Street. In 1819, nos. 26 & 27 St James's Street were advertised as having an outlet in Fullaway's Lane (Chronicle, June)."
"1203","Fullwood Park, within The Park. The large villa built in one half of the former Zoological Gardens. This villa (of 1847) now called Fullwood, forming the principal's office of Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education. The other large villa built here was Fullwood House, now Broadlands, also used by the college. On 1855-7 Old Town Survey, whole of former Zoo site is called Fullwood Park though neither villa is shown (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). 1884 map. The 19th-century house now called Fullwood Park (no. 21 Suffolk Square) is outside The Park and was originally Stratford House."
"1204","Furbridge. Unlocated; subject of a road repair order in 1692 (Manor Court Books)."
"1205","Gadshill Road, Charlton Kings. Off top of Cirencester Road; developed by Charles Oscar Dickins, Cheltenham tobacconist. Begun 1927; 2 houses listed in 1928. Road named after Gad's Hill, the last residence of the novelist Charles Dickens, no known relation (Brooks)."
"1206","Gainsborough Villas. 2 houses in College Road (now nos. 4-6); first noted in 1872 directory."
"1207","Gallipot Farm. Once occupied site now forming north-west corner of Suffolk Square. First seen 1694 as Gallypott Hall: 'surrendered for Edward Michell, gent., a house in Westal, Naunton and Sandford called Gallypott Hall lately erected by the late Edward Wright' (Manor Court Books); Wright had died the previous year (Sale, Cheltenham Probate Records). Mistakenly shown on 1776 map as Gatlipot. The farm became part of the site of Suffolk House, erected as his own residence by the Earl of Suffolk in the early 1800s (Hart, p. 150); it is marked 'now Lord of Suffolk' on 1806 map. A gallipot was a small earthenware pot or jar; reference here obscure, unless fancifully alluding to the shape or size of the building. The name remains in use: no. 55 Andover Road (20th-century) is also known as Galipot Cottage."
"1208","Gallipot Lane. 1833 ref. to 'the road called Gallipot Lane, leading on the west side of the property now in the possession of Sir Richard Wolseley' (Cheltenham Chronicle, 16 June, report on Westal Vestry meeting; pc M Grindley). Site uncertain: the property referred to appears to be the future Wolseley Terrace, which would seem to equate Gallipot Lane with current Trafalgar Lane, making it somewhat removed from Gallipot Farm."
"1209","Gallops Lane, Prestbury, Noverton Park. Hill feature theme: nearby hilltop used for racehorse training gallops (personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott)."
"1210","Gallows Lane. Former or alternative name (e.g. on 1806 map) for Coltham Lane, now Hales Road. From the Gallows Oak, which stood at the junction with London Road."
"1211","Gara Close, Arle. Recent naming, after 'The Gara', house in Village Road (History of Hester's Way)."
"1212","Garden Cottages. 7 houses in or off Milsom Street, first noted in 1851 Census and listed in directories from 1926."
"1213","Garden Road, Charlton Kings. Off Cirencester Road; developed c. 1933 on former garden, part of land sold by Col. Eager of Orchard House. In 1933, Capt. J. L. Richardson got planning permission for garages on the Garden Estate, Charlton Kings, probably the same area (Town Planning Committee, Oct.). A month later he got permission for 2 pairs of houses on 'Garden Road, Garden Estate' (Town Planning Committee, Nov.)."
"1214","Garden View. 5 houses in Granley Road, St Mark's. On 1884 map, though apparently not listed before 1896 directory. Sometimes listed as part of St Mark's Place, which see."
"1215","Gardeners Court. 3 cottages off Sherbome Street, subject of adverse report by Medical Officer of Health to Public Health Committee 1901 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, July)."
"1216","Gardenia Grove, Up Hatherley. Mid-1990s development by Bryant Homes. Shrub theme (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1217","The Gardens, Pittville. Residential development of c. 1970, to rear of Pump Room. May coincide with area behind Pump Room once occupied by council nursery gardens (personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott)."
"1218","Gardner's Lane, St Paul's (1). Name shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey for what is now Dunalley Street, which see. Possibly erroneous, in view of following."
"1219","Gardner's Lane, St Paul's (2). Present, unnamed, on 1864 map. Named on 1884 map. Possibly connected with Gardner brewing family, who owned land near St Paul's."
"1220","Garfield Villas, Gloucester Road. First listed 1883-4 directory; shown on 1884 map. Now nos. 210-2 Gloucester Road."
"1221","Gas Green, off north end of Gloucester Road. Situated on south side of the Commissioners' Yard, and backing onto the gas works (now Tesco's car park). In existence by Oct. 1826: building cert. for 'one house near the Gass Green' in name of John Higgs jnr. The gas company itself was established 1818 (Griffith, p. 16). Seen as Gaslight Green in 1830 directory, and Gas Light Green 1832 (Davies, p. 169). Name survives in Gas Green Chapel, across the Tewkesbury Road in Baker Street (Blake 1979, p. 25); the chapel's original site, on the south side of the road, was taken when the gas works were extended c. 1836. Gasworks site finally cleared early 1990s."
"1222","Gas Lane, off Tewkesbury Road. Earlier known as Coach Road, which see. Gas Lane by 1857 directory; still thus in 1897 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). After nearby gas works (see preceding)."
"1223","Genista Way, Up Hatherley. Off Caernarvon Road; part of Davallia development by Bryants, approved 1988 and completed c. 1990 (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1224","George Inn, High Street. One of the principal inns; diagonally opposite Plough, i.e. on part of present Marks & Spencer site. Existing by 1674: ref. to remainder of a 94-year lease on the George Inn (will of Daniel Chestroe: Sale, p. 17). Heralds conducting the 1682-3 Visitation of Glos. stayed here, an indication that it was the best establishment in town (P Dickinson). Changed hands 1751 after tenancy of 9 years (Glos. Journal, 1 Jan.). Not noted after 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"1225","George Readings Way, off Princess Elizabeth Way, northern end. George Readings was a councillor for the Hester's Way ward in the 1950s. In 1926, he had founded the Black & White Coach Company, and 5 years later set up the large coach station in St Margaret's Road which was to be a national hub for long-distance services (closed 1984)."
"1226","George Street (1), near Limekiln Row. Listed 1841 Census. Building certs. issued for this street 1834-7, but it is absent from 1844 directory and appears to have been renamed. Identity as yet uncertain. Potentially confusible with St George's Street."
"1227","George Street (2), Tivoli. See Andover Street."
"1228","Georgiana Cottage, Cambray. A Regency building, demolished Feb. 1928 (Humphris & Willoughby, p. 169). Doubtless named after Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire, who visited Cheltenham in 1780."
"1229","Georgiana Villas, Leckhampton. 2 houses in Moorend Crescent, first noted 1870 directory."
"1230","German or Germain Cottage, Rose & Crown Court. Existing 1815 (Williams); 1820 map. Name unexplained; later Livorno Lodge, which see."
"1231","Geybreche, Charlton Kings. Ref. in 1482 (Rhodes, Llanthony, p. 190)."
"1232","Giffard Way, Leckhampton. Off Collum End Rise; development by D. A. Cook. Probably after family of this name established in Leckhampton in medieval times (see Davies 1834)."
"1233","Gillmon Cottages, Leckhampton. 2 houses on south side of Naunton Crescent. First noted in 1883-4 directory."
"1234","Gladstone Road, Charlton Kings. Off Horsefair Street; existing by 1911. Built on line of Chestnut Walk."
"1235","Glamorgan Place. Unrealised road on grid-like projected estate west of Lansdown, shown on c. 1840 version of Griffiths' map."
"1236","Glamorgan Road, Up Hatherley. Apparently a Bryant Estates development; name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Feb., no. 1288). Welsh county theme."
"1237","Glebe Farm Court, Up Hatherley. Off Greatfield Lane; part of Glebe Farm development by Westbury Homes, approved 1988 and completed c. 1989. Named after the farm formerly nearby (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1238","Glebe Road, Prestbury. Off Prestbury Road; developed c. 1920. So named because the land was once church-owned; site is marked Vicarage Piece (pasture) on 1838 tithe apportionment map."
"1239","Glencairn Court, off Glencairn Park Road. Developed by Castlefield (Cheltenham) Ltd (agreement of August 1959), approximately on site of house named Glencairn. Name agreed with developer 1961 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 31 May). See following."
"1240","Glencairn Park Road, off Lansdown Road. Developed c. 1900: plan by Alfred Hill to build new roads (sic) over Glencairn Park estate from Queen's Road to the Lansdown Road (Streets and Highways Committee, Apr. 1900). Declared public highway June 1906 (Streets and Highways Committee). After a house, Glencairn, which faced Lansdown Road near the junction with this road. Glencairn is a parish in Dumfriesshire; one of the Earls of Glencairn was a patron of Robert Burns. Major John Glencairn Burns, d.1865, son of the poet, resided in the town for some 20 years."
"1241","Glendale Cottages. 4 houses in Moorend Crescent, first listed 1883-4 directory."
"1242","Glendale Villas, King's Road. 2 houses (now nos. 12-14); first listed 1872."
"1243","Glenfall Place, Glenfall Street. 3 houses when first listed, 1870 directory."
"1244","Glenfall Street, Fairview. Built 1840s, generally on the line of an old east-west route, Sandy Lane, which see. Had 8 houses by 1844 (directory). The name is clearly connected with Glenfall, Charlton Kings (see below); either because Glenfall House is close to the same route as it passes up Agg's Hill (Cox), or perhaps because the builders had a Charlton Kings connection (as was common on this side of town)."
"1245","Glenfall Terrace, All Saints Road. 6 houses on west side, south from Glenfall Street, i.e. present nos. 78-88. In existence by 1858 (directory)."
"1246","Glenfall Way, Charlton Kings. Off London Road, the route was previously 'a very muddy tree-lined track' (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 3, p. 14). Developed by Laing Homes Ltd (agreement of Nov.1967); further development by Central Provincial Properties (agreement of May 1971; adopted March 1980). It leads to both Glenfall House and Glenfall Farm, the latter an early 19th-century improvement of a much earlier farm. Glenfall House was previously known as Gutterfall, traceable under this name from 1617 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 12 ââ?¬â?? Norden's survey notes Le Guther). The renaming to Glenfall, evidently for aesthetic reasons, had taken place by 1809: report of effects of storm 'at a small farm (late the Gutterfall)' (Chronicle, 17 Aug.). The earlier name meant 'waterfall on a stream called Gutter' (now Ham Brook); Davies (p. 191) accompanies a charming woodcut thus: 'Glenfall, the pleasant seat of Edward Iggulden, so named from a romantic little dell situated on the estate . . . a small cascade precipitates itself from the upper ground'."
"1247","Glenlea Grove, Up Hatherley. Off Caernarvon Road; part of Doverhay development by Bryant Homes, approved 1987 and completed c. 1988. Name has rural flavour (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1248","Glensanda Court, off Montpellier Spa Road. Developed by Charlton Kings Builders Ltd (agreement of Feb. 1960); extended by W. Bullingham (Oct. 1968). After Glensanda, house in Montpellier Parade, first listed in 1912 (formerly Trebarwith); renamed by a Scot, Capt. D. McLachlan, after the hill and ruined castle of this name in Argyllshire (personal communication Mr Roger Beacham)."
"1249","The Gloss. Unidentified reference point, mentioned in 1695 will of Walter Eckly (Sale, p. 75)"
"1250","Gloucester Cottages, off east side of Gloucester Road. 8 red-and-yellow checkerwork brick cottages, accessed between nos. 56 & 58. On 1884 map."
"1251","Gloucester Crescent. 20 stone-faced houses in Gloucester Road (now Nos. 88-124) between Queen's Retreat and Calcutta Inn. Started by 1848: building certs. for 5 houses. 1855-7 Old Town Survey shows northernmost 8 built. Wide pavement in front is evidence that here was once a crossing loop on the Cheltenham to Gloucester rail road, 1809-61 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1252","Gloucester Place, between Albion Street and Fairview Road. Probably developed on (part of) the former Cherry Orchard Close, which occupies this site on 1787 map (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Maps 42). Named by 1811: ref to building plot off Gloucester Place (Miles/Glos. Journal). Some development had occurred shortly after: streetlamps wanted, 1812 (Miles/Chronicle), and 18 newly-erected houses here, 1814 (Miles/Glos. Journal, 10 June). Thus on 1819 map, but the street itself (as distinct from the terrace) was for a time called Gloucester Street, which see. See also Trent Cottages."
"1253","Gloucester Road. Construction of a new turnpike road to Gloucester (supplanting the one from the Cross Hands) followed soon after the building of the Cheltenham & Gloucester Tram Road (Act of Parliament passed in 1809), the line of which the turnpike followed. Named as now on 1820 map, though still occasionally being referred to as the 'new Gloucester Road' as late as 1834 (Cheltenham Looker-On survey, Oct.). See also Alstone Place, Castle Terrace, Christ Church Parade, Denmark Terrace, Gloucester Crescent, Grange Crescent, Granley Villas, Malvern View Villas, St Mark's Emporium, Severn Hill, Victoria Parade."
"1254","Gloucester Street (1). Early name for present Gloucester Place. e.g. 1811: two lamps to be erected 'between Gloucester Street and upper end of St James's Street, both at the back of the town' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 2 Nov.); 1816 ref. to house in Gloucester Street being rented for 10gns per annum (Gray, p. 103). Name appears to have passed out of use in 1820s, perhaps because of confusion with following. Goding (pp. 298, 310) suggests the name commemorates the Duke of Gloucester, who first visited the town in 1807, coming annually until his death 29 years later."
"1255","Gloucester Street (2). Shown on 1819 map connecting Tewkesbury Road and what was later Swindon Road; appears to be identical with present Worcester Street; either erroneous, or perhaps renamed to avoid confusion with Gloucester Road, or Gloucester Street (1)."
"1256","Glynbridge Gardens, Arle. Off Village Road; c. 1960s."
"1257","Glyndethorpe Grove, Up Hatherley. Off Rothleigh, part of Greatfield Park Phase 11 development by Westbury Homes. Named by parish council following tree theme established for earlier phases, Glyndethorpe being a variety of pear-tree (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1258","Glynrosa Road, Charlton Kings. Off East End Road; developed by Joylock Ltd (agreement of Nov. 1972; adopted Sept. 1975). After a house called Glyn Rosa (built 1892, demolished 1973), in Brevel Terrace, though the plot was actually part of land called Great Breach, and not part of the land belonging to this house (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 29, p. 4)."
"1259","Godfrey Close, off Hatherley Road. Named 1958 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1541); developed on land attached to 19th-century Godfrey House, shown on 1884 map."
"1260","Godsal's Field. Site of development (in general area of Mitre Street) in 1825 (building certs.). Philip Godsal Esq. is listed at no. 2 Montpelier Place, 1820 (directory)."
"1261","Godstone Cottages. 2 houses in Glenfall Road, behind Selkirk Terrace; 1876 directory."
"1262","Godwin Close, off Pittville Circus Road. Recent infill development."
"1263","Golden Heart Inn, High Street. West of Milsom Street, and no. 224 in the 1820 numbering scheme. Existing 1843 (C Greet)."
"1264","Golden Miller Road, Wyman's Brook. 1960s. Cheltenham Gold Cup theme; Golden Miller won every year kom 1932 to 1936."
"1265","Golden Valley. The area just west of the Pheasant Inn, off the old road to Gloucester. Known thus by 1786 (Richard Hewetson of the Golden Valley, buried 4 Sept. 1786: Cheltenham parish register), and marked on 1828 OS map 1"". Referenced by Goding, p. 566. Name now more usually known in context of Golden Valley By-Pass, dual carriageway between Cheltenham and Gloucester (A40) officially opened 19 Sept. 1969. This had been mooted before the war; detailed proposals were submitted to the council by the county surveyor in Jan. 1951 (Streets and Highways Committee, no. 1676)."
"1266","Golden Valley Road. Ref. 1871 (Streets and Highways Committee); probably equates to present B4053 to Staverton."
"1267","Goldsmith Road, St Mark's. Existing by 1959; English poets theme."
"1268","Goosham, Swindon village. Meadow ground; mentioned in 1679 will of Henry Mason (Sale, p. 21)."
"1269","Gordon Cottages. Shown between Sun Street and Queen Street on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. A probably more substantial Gordon Cottage is listed in North Street, 1830 directory."
"1270","Gordon Lamp, Montpellier. Erected 1887 in memory of General Gordon, killed at Khartoum in 1885."
"1271","Gordon Road, Leckhampton, off Moorend Road. First listed 1900. Later development by W. Bullingham (agreement of Oct. 1959)."
"1272","Gordon Terrace. 7 houses, leading off west side of Sherborne Place and facing north. On site now occupied by Bence's paintshop and offices. Listed 1883-4 directory. Goding suggests a connection with a notable visitor, but exact reference unclear."
"1273","Gorkite, Alstone. Furlong name, mentioned in 1664 will of Thomas Finch (Sale, p. 19)."
"1274","Gorze Ditch. See following."
"1275","Gosditch, St Paul's. 1834 map. Old furlong name, recorded 1718 (Manor Court Books) as Goss-ditch and 1734 as Gause Ditch (5 acres), part of the North Field (Rawes 6, p. 7). As development progressed, became used for the area immediately adjacent to St Paul's Church. Numerous building certs. for houses here 1826-40; sometimes rendered Gorse or Gorze Ditch. Also appears to have been a watercourse: 'the Gorse Ditch is a covered sewer' (Cresy, 1849). A property on the east side of Malthouse Lane is still called Gosditch House. Said to be corruption of 'goose ditch'; many other examples, locally including Cirencester and Latton (Wilts.); however, early forms of the Cheltenham name more often appear to have -au- or -or sound rather than -oo-."
"1276","Gosditch Lane. 'Now called Malthouse Lane' (1926 directory.); name not otherwise noted."
"1277","Goss Covert, Charlton Kings. Copse on Lilleybrook estate."
"1278","Gother's Buildings. Not located; address of Ruth Bumpass, dyer, in 1820 directory. A Miss Gother was at 23 Winchcombe Street, 1834 (Sawyer, p. 177), and a Mr Cother was active in Cheltenham as a surgeon around 1800."
"1279","Gothic Cottage. Shown 1820 map; site now Montpellier Arcade. If general naming practice elsewhere in Cheltenham holds good, this should predate neighbouriing Gothic Villas, of 1811 (see below), but first confirmed ref. to Cottage appears to be 1820 (unexpired lease of 16 years; Chronicle, 23 Nov.). Other, apparently later, Gothic Cottages are listed 1830 at Sandford Field and Portland Street."
"1280","Gothic Cottages (1), Norwood Road. On east side between Suffolk Street and St Philip's Street, on what is now overgrown garden (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Nos. 1-3 listed in 1936 slum clearance programme (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"1281","Gothic Cottages (2), Francis Street. Listed 1876. 4 cottages, later nos. 23-6 Francis Street; demolished by 1953. Site is now grassed area at junction of Hermitage and Francis Streets (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1282","Gothic Place. 1820 map; possibly of 2 houses, in present Montpellier Spa Road, adjacent to Gothic Villas. Gothic Villas first noted when placed for auction (unfinished) in 1811 (Miles/Glos. Journal, 18 July)."
"1283","Grafton Brewery. Site is now nos. 26-8 Grafton Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1284","Grafton Passage,, High Street. North side, between nos. 138 and 140 [now 209-13] , opposite former town clock. Existing by 1839 (building cert.). Insanitary conditions reported here, 1898. Probably linked with a Grafton House (possibly a school) in Lower High Street on 1806-10 map. 1844 directory lists a Grafton Cottage here."
"1285","(The) Grafton Road, The Park. Originally Grafton Street; on 1834 map only two houses are shown, either side of junction with present Gratton (sic) Road. Is perhaps the 'row of 4 middle-class' houses 'building on the land between Park Place and the Painswick Road' mentioned in Cheltenham Looker-On building survey, Oct. 1834. Listed as Grafton Road in 1839 directory; and as The Grafton Road on 1864 map. Section west of Painswick Road anonymous until included with eastern section in renaming ordered by Leckhampton Local Board, 1891 (Examiner, 14 Oct.). Grafton may have been an enclosure name; see e.g. map of c. 1820 in Bick 1987, p. 8. 'Graftons' survives on 1835 enclosure award map as an apparent enclosure name for block of land including site of St Philip's church. Sundry building certs. for houses in (part of) Graftons, 1840. See also Argyle Place, Brandon Terrace."
"1286","Grafton Street. Thus on 1834 map, 1841 Census, 1855-7 Old Town Survey, but now Grafton Road."
"1287","Grafton Terrace. South side of Ashford Road (now nos. 1-11), between Park Place and Painswick Road. Reference in 1830 directory; building certs. for 2 houses here, 1838; all of original 5 listed by 1840 directory. Further house added c. 1991 as part of Park Gate redevelopment of Majestic Hotel site (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1288","Graham Place, off Hester's Way Road. Part of Stage 14 of Hester's Way estate development. Name recommended 1955 (Housing Committee, Aug., no. 563)."
"1289","Graham Villas, Bayshill. Nos. 1-2 new in 1868 directory; exact location uncertain."
"1290","Grange Close. Rejected name for Huntsfield Close, off Cleevelands Drive (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 3 July 1957)."
"1291","Grange Crescent, Gloucester Road. 17 houses at junction with Alstone Lane; listed 1926."
"1292","Grange Orchard, The Reddings. Mobile home site off north side of The Reddings."
"1293","Grange Walk, Charlton Kings. Off Horsefair Street. Existing by 1936; after house called The Grange, probably of medieval origins, sold for demolition 1933 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 1, p. 31; 2, p. 22)."
"1294","Granley Close. Development behind no. 390 Gloucester Road. Name approved 1958 (Market and Watch Committee, Sept.)."
"1295","Granley Cottages. 9 houses in Granley Road; first listed 1896 directory."
"1296","Granley Drive, off Gloucester Road. Existing by 1959."
"1297","Granley Gardens, off Granley Road. Developed by W. Bullingham Ltd (agreement of Jan. 1963). The builder had originally suggested Dean Way, but the Market and Watch Committee preferred to keep the Granley element (unreported minute, 29 Aug. 1962)."
"1298","Granley Road, off Gloucester Road. On 1884 map appears as Cloddymore Road (which see), perhaps later felt to sound too rustic; present name first listed in 1896 directory. The several Granleys all preserve the name of Granley Piece, an inclosure field name of Alstone (Rawes 6, p. 17), existing by 1734 (Manor Court Books). Probably linked to The Granleys, house built by John Middleton for Revd Griffiths, vicar of St Mark's 1860-6 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock); shown on 1884 map just to north-west of Hillfield, St Mark's; cited in Place Names of Gloucestershire and there considered probably identical with le greene Laine 1605 'arable strip'; but see also Green Street, below. See also Garden View, St Mark's Place."
"1299","Granley Villas, St Mark's. 4 houses on west side of Gloucester Road, i.e. present nos. 267-73. Nos. 1-4 first listed in 1868 directory."
"1300","Grantham Villas, Leckhampton. 2 houses in Moorend Crescent, first noted 1883-4 directory."
"1301","Granville Street, between High Street and Swindon Road. The unnamed 'new street' listed in 1870-1 directory. next to the Sun Inn, on site of Gardner's old malthouse. 1884 map."
"1302","Grasmere Road, Up Hatherley. Initially developed 1948-9 as part of Alma Road estate. Lake District theme."
"1303","Gratton Place. Terrace of some 4 houses at southern end of present Gratton Road, at junction with Shurdington Road. First noted 1830 directory; on 1835 enclosure award map."
"1304","Gratton Road, off Shurdington Road. Name adopted by Leckhampton Local Board 1891 (Examiner, 14 Oct.). Formerly The Grafton (sic) Road: thus on 1834 map, when only 2 or 3 houses are present, and 1864 map. See also Greville Street and Terrace, St Philip's Place and Terrace."
"1305","Gratton Street, off Great Norwood Street, Suffolk Road end. Appears on 1855-7 Old Town Survey as Grqfton Road (sic). Named as now on 1901 OS map 1:2,500. Formerly Gratton Terrace. Note also Gratton Cottage, next to south side of National School in Bath Road (1820 map). Grotten's Wharf, the main stone depot in the 1820s-30s on the railroad down from Leckhampton quarry, was opposite what is now the Jolly Brewmaster in Painswick Road (Bick 1971, p. 16). Gratton probably from Grotten Field ('stubble field'), a furlong name in Naunton tithing (Rawes 6, p. 23); Grotton in 1764 (Manor Court Books). There was other land called the Grottens below Ham Hill, Charlton Kings, 1738 (Manor Court Books)."
"1306","Gratton Terrace, off Great Norwood Street. On 1834 map (about half built); first directory listing in 1839; 1884 map. Now Gratton Street."
"1307","Gravel Pits Lane, Prestbury. Probably related to Gravel Pit Piece, marked on 1838 tithe apportionment map."
"1308","Gravel Pits Cottages, Charlton Kings. 1841 Census. 5 cottages, still extant, on south side of London Road between Hearne Road junction and East End Lane turning."
"1309","Gravendon (or ââ?¬â??dun), Alstone. A furlong name seen in 13th century (Cirencester Abbey Cartulary)."
"1310","Gravney Court, Arle Farm. Development of c. 1995 off Pilgrove Way."
"1311","Great Backside. See Backside."
"1312","Great House Road. An early name (1826-7) of Clarence Street, which see. The Great House itself was on the site of the present St Matthew's Church (Blake & Beacham, pp. 32, 59). Erected in 1730 on or near site of Court House, the Great House was the 'centre of Cheltenham's social life for over 100 years' (Hart, p. 122; SGP, p. 23); latterly the Clarence Hotel. Pulled down 1859 to allow building of a temporary church (needed while parish church was closed for repairs) preceding St Matthew's (Hart, p. 238)."
"1313","Great Norwood Street. Foreshadowed on 1820 map of lands of Henry Norwood of Leckhampton Court (Gloucestershire Record Office, D303/P3), when there were only fields here with the tramroad running though. Map shows a spur line running northwards to a stone wharf adjacent to what is now Suffolk Road. By 1825 this spur line, roughly occupying what had been a narrow close called Middle Grotton (Bick 1971) had been lifted and its site became the present street. No. 45, built by 1825, by Richard Allen, stonemason, may have been the first house erected (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Street named on 1834 map, where it is still only partially developed. 1835 survey notes 11 houses in progress or unoccupied here (Cheltenham Looker-On, Oct.); building certs. for 10 houses issued 1834-9. Great to distinguish it from Little Norwood Street, now Upper Norwood Street. For a time known as Portman Street, which see."
"1314","(the) Great Street (of Cheltenham). An early name for the High Street; e.g. 1692 (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 10/ 1); 1734 (Manor Court Books, 26 Oct.); and 1776 deed quoted in JCLHS 7, p. 30. It was more frequently referred to simply as The Street."
"1315","Great Tyne Mead. Alstone field-name, noted in manor court rolls of early 1700s."
"1316","Great Western Passage. Name proposed by Mr John Brain for passage between St George's Road and Malvern Road; turned down by General Purposes and Watch Committee, July 1922. Site uncertain, but probably alongside railway."
"1317","Great Western Road. Between St George's Road and Millbrook Street. First listed in 1863 directory, though as street name only. 2 houses listed in 1870 directory. Apparently present, unnamed, on 1864 map, but this may be no more than a relic of unrealised proposals for western end of Bayshill estate. So named because adjacent to former spur line to GWR terminus at St James's Station. See also Mossleigh Terrace."
"1318","Great Western Terrace, between St George's Road and Millbrook Street. Line marked on 1855-7 Old Town Survey as 'intended road'; building must have begun by 1856, as no. 12 is referred to in 1857 directory (trade section). 13 houses, 1870 directory. Line appears to follow that of an earlier road or track, marked on 1834 map. See also Alma Bank, Clifford Bank."
"1319","Greatfield Drive, Charlton Kings. Off Sandy Lane. In existence by 1959. Named after a field Greatfield which formed part of Withyholt Farm, one of the tenanted farms of Charlton Park (pc J Sale)"
"1320","Greatfield Lane, Up Hatherley. Existing by 1939; after house or farm named Greatfield on 1884 map."
"1321","Green Farm, Up Hatherley. 1928 map, 1949 OS map 1:25,000. Its site, which includes present Radnor and Caernarvon Roads, was bought by the borough from the county council in 1956, for housing development that was partly to replace slums off the Tewkesbury Road (Housing Committee, Oct.). The borough surveyor submitted a draft layout for some 280 houses and flats the following year (Housing Committee, June 1957, no. 508). Farmhouse survives on east side of Alma Road, near Windermere Road junction (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Green Farm estate, term current until at least 1968."
"1322","Greenfields, Prestbury. Development of 10 houses, c. 1990, on south side of New Barn Lane, near Art College (now University of Glos.)."
"1323","Green Leat. Unlocated. 'House of the Grene Leat' mentiond in 1699 inventory of Walter Eckye (Sale, p. 75)."
"1324","Green Lane, Leckhampton. Old (perhaps earlier than 19th-century) name for Kidnapper's Lane (Stait, p. 3)."
"1325","Green Road. Alternative name for Camp Road, Battledown, before its residential development (O'Connor, p. 54)."
"1326","Green Street. An as yet unresolved old route at western end of town. Described as a 'lane or highway' in 1733 ref. to land near Alstone mill 'abutting north on Green Street' (Manor Court Books, 7 Sept.). This implies an east-west alignment, perhaps identifiable with eastern termination of present Tewkesbury Road. Deed of 1765 relating to land in Alstone Croft refers to 'the Highway' there, possibly this route. 1770 ref. to 3 selions of arable in Cheltenham Lower Field at a place called Green Street (Manor Court Books, 11 Jan.). 1773-4 ref. to what became the Coach Road (past Alstone Lower Mill) starting from this 'street' (Manor Court Books, 30 Apr.). Apparently the only use in Cheltenham of street in its older sense of undeveloped road, though just possibly to be interpreted as 'route to Alstone Green' rather than 'green (unmade) road'. Elsewhere, Green Street can often indicate an old public highway or driftway, but context is lacking here. Place Names of Gloucestershire suggests a 1605 ref. to le greene Laine (explained as 'arable strip') refers to Granley (see above), but it may more probably form an earlier reference to Green Street."
"1327","Green's Passage. 4 houses off Rutland Street. Listed 1844 directory; mentioned 1849 (Cresy)."
"1328","Green's Place. 5 cottages accessed from Tewkesbury Road, and situated between Russell Place and Queen Street. 1841 Census, 1844 directory. 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Nos. 1-5 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"1329","Greenhills Close, off Old Bath Road. Developed by Bob Chick Ltd (agreement of Sept. 1980; adopted June 1982)."
"1330","Greenhills Road, off Old Bath Road. Present but unnamed on 1884 map. Originally part of Charlton Lane, but subsequently separately named, probably by Charlton Kings UDC. Cheltenham Borough Council tried in 1923 to arrange for the whole length from Old Bath Road to Moorend Road to have the same name, either Charlton Lane or Greenhills Road, but no agreement was reached (Streets and Highways Committee, May-June). From Short and Long Greenhales, furlong names in the open Charlton lower field, probably from halh meaning a slight hollow (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 10, p. 20). Grenehale first recorded in 1363 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 23, p. 28)."
"1331","The Greenings, Up Hatherley. Off Justicia Way, developed by Westbury Homes (approval 1989; built c. 1994). Loose connection with shrub theme adopted for other roads developed at same time (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1332","Greenmead Park, Up Hatherley. Caravan site off Sunnyfield Lane; on land attached to house called Greenmead."
"1333","Greenway Lane, Charlton Kings. Thus by 1765 (Manor Court Books); marked on 1806-10 map. May be self-explanatory; however, Place Names of Gloucestershire notes an Anthony Greeneway at Greenwaies close in 1605, so possibly derives from a personal name. Place Names of Gloucestershire has a 1605 ref. to Greenway Farm, which still appears by this name as late as 1884 map. Permission for 28 building plots in Greenway Lane given to B. Gough, 1934 (Town Planning Committee, May)."
"1334","Greenwode Leghe, Up Hatherley. Noted by Place Names of Gloucestershire, but merely a house-name. The property, at eastern end of Cold Pool Lane, appears Victorian."
"1335","Grenadier Road, Arle Farm. Off Pilgrove Way; c. 1995. After a locally-grown apple."
"1336","Grenter Cottages, Charlton Kings. In Copt Elm Road; first listed 1900 directory."
"1337","Gresham Court, Princess Elizabeth Way. Flats developed by Kingsgate Investment Co. Ltd 1960. It was Block G on their plan, so a G name was selected, Gresham being the second choice after Granville was turned down (Market and Watch Committee, Mar., no. 1398; Apr., no. 1562)."
"1338","Grevil Road, western end of Arle Road. One of first batch of Hester's Way estate roads to be named, 1952 (Housing Committee, Jub, no. 393). Robert Grevil was the first of his family to own Arle Court; the house was just to the north-east of this road (Ruff); later generations are usually spelled Greville (detailed in Goding, p. 96)."
"1339","Greville Court, off Granley Road, Gloucester Road. Developed by Haughton Developments Ltd (agreement of July 1985; adopted Dec. 1988)."
"1340","Greville Park. Heron Homes' name for residential development of c. 1989 on western borders of The Park. Includes Billings Way."
"1341","Greville Street. Term on 1835 enclosure map for southern section of present Gratton Road. On this map, street includes Greville Terrace and Greville Villas; on the 1834 map, the latter is present, the former only projected, and neither is named."
"1342","Greville Terrace, Shurdington Road end of Gratton Road. Present in outline on 1834 map; named by 1835 (see above). 1841 Census. 16 houses, 1911."
"1343","Greyhound Lane. Former name, in use by 1776(map), of North Street. Greyhound Lane on 1806-10, 1834 maps; and until about 1868 (e.g. Streets and Highways Committee, 31 Aug.), though directories continue to list it as an alternative to North Street until at least 1880. North Street had been in use by 1800, probably originally referring only to the more recent building. Old name probably became officially defunct when roadway widened in 1877. From Greyhound Inn (existing by 1763: Goding, p. 261) at its junction with High Street."
"1344","Griffiths Avenue, St Mark's. Possibly equates to the 'new road now being formed' in 1868 by Revd Griffiths, for which he sought permission to open into the main road (Streets and Highways Committee, 25 May). Main part present but unnamed on 1884 map. The name originally applied only to the spur: the council noted in 1952 that the stretch from Libertus Road to Gloucester Road was known unofficially as Church Lane, with the small road off this lane (part of the Hillfield estate development) having been named Griffiths Avenue. This was causing confusion locally, and it was resolved that the whole road should be so called (General Purposes and Watch Committee Nov. 1952). After the Revd George Pruen Griffiths, builder of St Mark's church."
"1345","Griffith's Gardens. Accessed from no. 167�½ [now 128] High Street, midway between Henrietta Street and St George Street. Nos. 1-3 noted 1897 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Only one cottage listed in 1936. Formerly Tinkler's Passage, and before that Hooper's Passage."
"1346","Grimwade Close, St Mark's. Off Libertus Road; developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of Sept. 1958). Name approved 1958 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1541. After Harry Charles Grimwade (d. 21 Mar. 1947), borough councillor from 1933 and county councillor from 1937; associated with St Mark's ward (council minute 892, Mar. 1947)."
"1347","Grindel's Ford, Charlton Kings. A seasonal track once linking the area now New Court Road with the present Moorend Road, approximately where it is joined by Sandy Lane Road (pc J Sale); closed off in 1784 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 2, p. 10); probably preserving the surname Gryndell, recorded in this area c. 1450 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 15, p. 17)."
"1348","Gristmill Close, off Hayden Road. Development of c. 1980s."
"1349","Gritmore, Leckhampton. Noted in Place Names of Gloucestershire; probably associated with Gritmore Cottage, Leckhampton Road, listed 1911 directory."
"1350","Grosvenor Cottages (1), Sherbome Place. Up to 10 houses on eastern side; 1844 directory. 1858 directory; near Stibbs Steam Brewery 1872; 7 houses 1926."
"1351","Grosvenor Cottages (2). 4 houses in York Passage, 1911; perhaps later subsumed into Grosvenor Terrace."
"1352","Grosvenor House. Existing by 1800 (directory, residence of Mr Capstack); shown on 1820, 1834 maps, on south side of present Albion Street, roughly at entrance to Beechwood Place car park. Probably the origin of all the Grosvenor names nearby, which Goding (p. 298) suggests commemorate a notable noble visitor."
"1353","Grosvenor Place (1). Terrace on north side of Albion Street, between Gloucester Place and Sherborne Place, i.e. present nos. 70-80 Albion Street. Under construction 1820: auction of new stone-fronted house, 'pleasantly situated, being no. 2 of a new range of buildings intended to be called Grosvenor Place near Gloucester Place' (Chronicle, 9 Nov.). Possibly same as 'handsome range of buildings called Grosvenor Row', where an unfinished house was for sale 1821 (Chronicle, 18 Jan.). Building cert. for one house here, 1826. Listed as 8 houses, 1830 directory. Bath's Grosvenor Place (a possible exemplar) is of 1791."
"1354","Grosvenor Place (2), The Reddings. 1994-5 residential development by Westbury Homes, off North Road (advt.)."
"1355","Grosvenor Place South. Off Albion Street, ending in passage to High Street at side of new Woolworth's. A narrow (unbuilt-up) lane on this line present on 1806-10 map, and on 1834 map (unnamed). Named in building certs., 1839. Apparently not listed separately from Grosvenor Place (1) in directories before 1844. In 1845 'a row of genteel private residences' (Rowe, p. 68)."
"1356","Grosvenor Street. Between High Street and Albion Street. An unnamed street apparently more curved than the present one, with some 3 houses in it, is shown on this line on 1806-10 map. Straighter on 1809 map, where it is called Yatman Street. By 1811 it had become Gyde's Terrace, with sufficient development to warrant a street lamp (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 5 Nov.). No. 2 Gyde's Terrace noted 1815 (Williams); no. 10 existing by 1818 (Chronicle). Still Gyde's Terrace as late as 1839 (directory), but Rowe (1845) calls it 'late Gyde's Terrace'; Grosvenor was apparently felt to have more tone. William Gyde (c. 1778-1867), originally a grocer, once had a shop nearby in High Street; he later became a considerable developer (Hart, p. 332). See also Exeter Place."
"1357","Grosvenor Terrace, off Albion Street. Numerous building certs., 1837-9, but little if any residential use remains; multi-storey car-park and supermarket occupy eastern side; southern end narrows to a passage to the High Street. Includes former York Passage."
"1358","The Grotto, Prestbury. Stood on south side of Mill Street, opposite lower mill, at the sharp bend. Established by 1784 as the object of excursions (personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott), having originally been laid out by a Mr Darke (Moreau, p. 46); 'a curious tea-drinking place ... where dinner parties also are accommodated' (1806, Ruff). Grotto Inn still in existence in 1857 (directory). Sold (as summerhouses, pleasure gardens, skittle and quoit grounds) in 1859 (personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott). Reputation deteriorated; pulled down by late 19th century (Victoria County History, p. 71). Grottoes were a popular feature of Regency style; another grotto still exists in the garden of a house off Clare Place, and there was a further one in Thompson's Walk (mentioned in 1820 directory), and probably that marked on 1820 map, north-west corner of Montpellier Gardens."
"1359","The Grove (1), 1884 map, i.e. Montpellier Grove."
"1360","The Grove (2), off Hales Road. Probably the 'new road off Hales Road' for which C. C. Castle got planning permission in 1936, after an inconclusive attempt two years earlier (Town Planning Committee, Jan.). Named by 1938 (Streets and Highways Committee, June; residents complaining at state of road)."
"1361","The Grove (3), off Christchurch Road. Private road; name Possibly influenced by 19th century house, The Grove, slightly to north in Douro Road. The borough surveyor, seeking to avoid confusion with (2) above, proposed calling it Lovat Close, but residents did not approve, and the council (possibly still smarting over the Herdman Close battle) apparently left it at that (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 31 Aug. 1960)."
"1362","The Grove (4), off Christchurch Road. Developer's name (1959-60) for what became Wendover Gardens."
"1363","The Grove (5), Charlton Kings. House existing by 1706 (Paget, p. 81), and still extant. See Grovelands Close below."
"1364","Grove Cottage. A once isolated 'cottage' with embattled top (Griffith, p. 27) near the Old Well; the name implies a (formerly) wooded site. Noted 1793 (Moreau p. 35) as having been built by Revd Dr Walker, 'forming a pleasing termination of the Walks'. Site now lies beneath Montpellier Street. Grove Cottage Garden noted 1806 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 26 Aug.)."
"1365","Grove House. Mid- 1700s alternative name for The Great House, which see (Hart, p. 126)."
"1366","Grove Street, from Lower High Street to New Street. Of 17th century or earlier origin (Blake & Beacham, p. 25); for a time known as Day Lane, which see. Land acquired for Quaker burial ground in Grove Street shortly after 1703 (Hart, p. 121), though associated transactions may have been in hand as early as the 1700 claimed on the cast-iron plaque formerly over its gateway. Residential development under way by 1804: 'to be sold, newbuilt house in Grove Street, otherwise Day Lane, marked no. 1; [also new-built] nos. 2-6' (Miles). Further ref. 1805 (Gray, p. 100); thus on 1806-10 map (partly built up on east side). Singled out for criticism in 1849 report on health and sanitation (Cresy); nos. 8-17 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2, and nos. 1-7 in 1936 clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Feb. 1935, Oct.). Name perhaps has some thematic link with nearby Park Street."
"1367","Grove Villas, Montpellier Grove. Newly listed in 1861 directory."
"1368","Grovefield estate. Land possibly equating to present Arle Court and Redgrove Park, put up for auction in 1847: 70 acres, including a 'residence' and ornamental park-like grounds with lodge entrances from Gloucester Road and 'Grovefield Road' (Cheltenham Looker-On, 16 Oct.). The estate probably represented continuity of the 'ground called Grove Field in Arle' which Arnold Lygon was granted licence to enclose in April 1597 (Manor Court Books; and see Cheltenham Local History Society Journal, 15, p. 25). Grove Field may have been co-terminous with the now absorbed Redgrove manor. Grovefield Villa and Park listed 1844 directory. A Grovefield Villa, in Gloucester Road, is mentioned in 1835 (Chelt. Chronicle, 19 Mar.; insolvency notice for W. H. Cobham), and came up for sale again in 1885 (Cheltenham Looker-On, 11 Apr.)."
"1369","Grovefield Road, off Gloucester Road near Arle Court. Former name for northern end of Hatherley Lane. Ref. thus in sale advt. of 1847 (Cheltenham Looker-On, 16 Oct.), and 1868 (Streets and Highways Committee, 28 Sep). After fieldname in Redgrove Manor. Grovefield on 1828 OS map 1"". Grovefield House, Lodge, Turnpike all in 1841 census."
"1370","Grovefield Way, The Reddings. 1995 naming of section of new relief road west of Reddings and Up Hatherley."
"1371","Grovelands Close, Charlton Kings. Off Copt Elm Road; developed by R. Hitchins (agreement of Apr. 1967). Built on part of garden of the house called The Grove (pc J Sale)."
"1372","Guernsey Cottages. On east side of Bath Road, just north of Exmouth Street; 1834 map. 1841 Census. Now nos. 190-4, i.e. the Co-op (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1373","Guestriss Cottages. Terrace of 15 probably Edwardian houses on north side of present Swindon Lane. Locally believed to be named after their builder, though the surname has yet to be noted elsewhere."
"1374","Gunnell's Court, Fairview. Off north side of Fairview Road, west of Sherbome Street. 5 cottages, shown on 1883 OS map 1:500. Described in 1891-2 directory as first entry along from Winchcombe Street. Ref. 1898 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes (insanitary); subject of adverse report by MOH to Public Health Committee July 1901 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes), and site now levelled (part of former Haines & Strange parking lot)."
"1375","Gutterfall, Charlton Kings. See Glenfall."
"1376","Guy's Terrace. Refs. in 1820 directory to lodging houses at nos. 8 & 22. Probably an error for Gyde's Terrace (see Grosvenor Street), though same directory also lists one Aaron Guy, builder, at Guy's Cottage (unlocated)."
"1377","Gwernant Close, Pittville. Gwernant, a house in Pittville Circus Road, was converted by council into flats 1954-5 (Housing Committee, Aug., no. 548). Renamed Selkirk Close to avoid confusion with following (Market and Watch Committee, 18 Dec.)."
"1378","Gwernant Road, Warden Hill. Named thus at suggestion of Housing Committee, 1951 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Feb.). Welsh theme."
"1379","Gyde('s) Terrace. Original name of Grosvenor Street, which see."
"1380","Hales Close, off Hales Road. One of several sites selected for temporary post-war housing; 14 prefabs built. Named thus by General Purposes and Watch Committee, Sept. 1946."
"1381","Hales Road. At one time known as Gallows Lane, from the Gallows Oak once at the junction with London Road, at the entrance to the town (1806 map, quoted in Hart, p. 17). Route also formerly known as Hangman's Lane (Goding, p. 63), and in medieval times as the King's Highway, which see; forms part of the Cheltenham-Charlton Kings parish boundary, this fact in itself tending to indicate some antiquity. By the mid-19th century, when it was called Coltham Lane, after the nearby Coltham Fields, its condition had deteriorated badly; as 'a deep road several feet below the land' it was used as a common drain (Hart, p. 320). Its repair and realignment, undertaken in 1846 by the newly-appointed Cheltenham surveyor of highways, Charles Hale, was of such great benefit that his name was given to it (Examiner, 14 July & 1 Sept. 1847). The new road was publicly opened by procession on 25 Aug. 1847 (delayed a week by bad weather), and formally named by Cheltenham's master of ceremonies (Goding, p. 571). See also Keynsham Terrace."
"1382","Hales Road Approach, Charlton Kings. Former name (1858) for Battledown Approach (O'Connor, p. 12)."
"1383","Half Street. Unidentified, and possibly a description rather than a name. Single reference in a Sept. 1827 building cert., to house erected there by Thomas Powell. Note however another, more fully attested, Half Street in Gloucester (Victoria County History, IV)."
"1384","Halford's Cottages, Duke Street. Listed 1844 directory: 3 houses between nos. 48 and 50, on south side. One occupied 1844 by William Halford, carpenter."
"1385","Halfpenny Croft. Name of a close on north bank of Chelt, where Neptune's Fountain and Royscot House now stand. First noted 1605 (Place Names of Gloucestershire); still marked as meadow on an 1824 plan (Gloucestershire Record Office, D2064/1)."
"1386","Hall Road, between Leckhampton Road and Church Road. Named on 1884 map. Not obviously after any large house, and a personal name origin appears more likely: C. Hall and W. Hall were both members of Leckhampton Local Board in 1891; Joseph Hall was borough engineer in 1890s."
"1387","Hall's Court, Fairview. Off northwest side of Sherborne Street (between nos. 34 and 36, 1926). 8 houses, first listed 1844 directory. Probably same as Hall's Cottages, Sherborne Street (1898 document reproduced in O'Connor, p. 52). 2 houses, listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"1388","Halland Road, Leckhampton. Off Leckhampton Road. Two builders active in this road, 1906 (plans approved by Streets and Highways Committee, Aug.)"
"1389","Hallbrook. Possible alternative name for (part of) the river Chelt: 1741 ref. to close called Burfords on the south side of Hallbrook (Manor Court Books, 18 Apr.). Burfords was on or near the site of the Promenade. 'Hall' may indicate the Great House, though this is not known ever to have been termed a hall; possibly the ref. is a misrendering of Arle Brook, which see."
"1390","Hallmead Close, off Bushy Way, Hayden Road. Development of c. 1980s."
"1391","Ham, Charlton Kings. A hamlet of some 11 houses in 1712 (Atkyns). First references are in the late 12th-early 13th centuries, in the Cirencester Abbey cartulary, in the form Hamme; this is Old English hamm, 'water-meadow', explained by Place Names of Gloucestershire as lying between Ham Brook and the river Chelt."
"1392","Ham Close, Charlton Kings. 4 houses in Ryeworth Road, existing by 1911."
"1393","Ham Close, Charlton Kings. Off Glenfall Way; developed by Leonard Desmond (agreement of May 1976; adopted June 1982)."
"1394","Ham Lane, Charlton Kings. Name current by 1692 (Manor Court Books). Thus on 1884 map (and in 1883-4 directory) for eastern end of Ryeworth Road and continuation (present Ham Road). Widened in 1890 (Miles/Examiner). Lane in 1901 Kelly's. Ham Hill Lane, referred to in 1765 (Manor Court Books, 15 Feb.) is probably identical."
"1395","Ham Road, Charlton Kings. Recent development is by Leonard Desmond (agreement of Nov. 1975; adopted June 1982)."
"1396","Ham Square, Charlton Kings. Off Ham Road; relatively isolated rural instance of a square. Named thus by 1911."
"1397","Hambro's Lane. See Ambrose Street."
"1398","Hambrook Street, Charlton Kings. Off Ryeworth Road; present, named and developed on 1884 map, which also shows Hambrook Farm at the end of the street. After the Ham Brook (name recorded by 1221: Place Names of Gloucestershire), which flows immediately below this street."
"1399","Hambrook Terrace, Charlton Kings. Existing by 1911."
"1400","Hamilton Place (1), St Paul's. On 1834 map is a short terrace adjacent to St Paul's Church, on corner of what is now Hanover Street and St Paul's Road. By 1855-7 Old Town Survey, reached as far west as Victoria Street. By 1911 extended west beyond Albert Street. Evidently named after Hamilton Cottage, a substantial house marked on 1820 map, on south side of present St Paul's Road, slightly to east and adjacent to junction with Rutland Street. The cottage was advertised 1820 as being 'in a retired airy part of town' (Chronicle, 18 May)."
"1401","Hamilton Place (2), Charlton Kings. 9 houses on south side of London Road, just west of London Inn, now a row of shops (pc J Sale). In existence by 1841 (Census); first directory listing 1883-4."
"1402","Hamilton Street, Charlton Kings. Linking London Road and Cudnall Street; 1884 map shows it built up much as now. Probably named after Hamilton House, on the other (south) side of Cudnall Street. In turn possibly connected with a Capt. Hamilton, who in 1820 was one of the town commissioners."
"1403","Hamlet Close, Hester's Way. 1999 Cheltenham Borough Council development off Shakespeare Road, hence the name."
"1404","Hamlet's Yard, Charlton Kings. About 6 houses, probably dating from mid-19th century, accessed from Horsefair Street. Named after a local family (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 4, p. 37; 9, p. 38). Still listed 1959."
"1405","Hampden Cottage Unlocated; residence in 1820 of John Pritchard, gent. (directory). Not named on 1820 map. Still listed 1830 directory."
"1406","Hampton Close, Warden Hill. Of c. 1970s; after Hampton House, which stands opposite the end of Kidnapper's Lane; it is marked as Hampton Villa on 1884 map."
"1407","Hampton's Court, St Paul's. 3 small houses between northern ends of St Paul's Street North and Rutland Street, 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Probably same as Hampton's Passage, listed in 1844 directory at north end of Rutland Street, and cited in Cresy's sanitation report of 1849."
"1408","Hampton's Garden. On or near site of what was latterly Cheltenham Athletic Ground, now St John's Avenue. Once used for travelling shows. Purchase by council for use as a recreation ground proposed June 1897 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Thomas Hampton, market gardener, listed here in 1844 directory."
"1409","Hampton Villas, Leckhampton. In Ewlyn Road; listed by 1895."
"1410","Hannam Close, Leckhampton. Off Old Bath Road, on site of former nos. 339-343). Developed by Tass Homes Ltd (agreement of May 1973; adopted Sept. 1974). After someone connected with a business previously on this site (pc JM)."
"1411","Hanover Court, St Stephen's Road. Modern development by the Hanover Housing Association of Egham, Surrey."
"1412","Hanover Parade, St Paul's. 12 houses at north end of Hanover Street 1911 (about 7 shown on 1884 map). Name extinguished 1965 to avoid confusion with Hanover Street and Dunalley Parade (Market and Watch Committee, 17 Nov.)."
"1413","Hanover Street, St Paul's. Named on 1837 building cert. (1 house), and under steady development in succeeding years. 1837 saw the death of William IV and the end of the Hanoverian line. Declared public highway 1863 (Examiner, 21 Jan.)."
"1414","Hans's Passage, Exmouth Street. On south side, to rear of present no. 33 Exmouth Street (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1415","Harborne Cottages, Leckhampton. 4 houses in Moorend Crescent, first noted 1883-4 directory."
"1416","The Hares, Alstone. Furlong name; seen in 1664 will of Thomas Finch (Sale, p. 19)."
"1417","Harley Place (1), Rodney Terrace. No. 2 listed 1837 directory. 1845 rating list; 1858 directory."
"1418","Harley Place (2), Tivoli. 1886 directory. A 22 Nov. 1833 ref. to Harley Place (Miles) might also be in Tivoli, but context unclear. Not located, but probably near (and named after) Harley Lodge (later The Crossways), which stood on site bordered by Andover Road and what was Tivoli Circus; since demolished to widen A40, area now grass (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1419","Harmony Cottages, Leckhampton. 4 houses on southeast side of Short Street. 1870 directory."
"1420","Harp Hill, Charlton Kings. Part of an old turnpike route to London, and shown on 1806-10 map. Earlier referred to as the Harp Lane (e.g. Manor Court Books, 1716). Officially the hill was part of Hewletts Road, but the name Harp Hill was in general local use (e.g. 1900 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes) some time before it was formally adopted for the stretch between Priors Road and the reservoir in 1946 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Sept., no. 2028). There were once several closes called the Harp on this hill (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 30, p. 35), so called from their shape, hence the name of the hill. Note however that Harp can also indicate a nightingale (EPNS Journal)."
"1421","Harp Hill Villas. 2 houses on Harp Hill, listed by 1900."
"1422","Harp Road, Battledown. Alternative name for Diagonal Road, both replaced by Stanley Road (OConnor, p. 54). Same origin as Harp Hill."
"1423","Harper('s) Passage, Rutland Street. In 1841 Census. 1844 directory lists 6 houses; at its entry, in Rutland Street, lived William Harper. Cited in Cresy's 1849 sanitation report. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey as Arper Passage, 8 houses off western side, south end, of Rutland Street. Evidently later (or alternatively) known as Harper's Court; no. 7 noted thus in 1857 directory; proposal for redevelopment considered Jan. 1896 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"1424","Harrington Drive, off Hatherley Road. Name approved 1960 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1562)."
"1425","Harry Yates Way, Springbank. 1980s development. Named after Councillor A. H. Yates, who sat for Hester's Way ward in 1970s."
"1426","Hartbury Close, off Springbank Road. Developed by R. Hitchins (agreement of Feb. 1968)."
"1427","Harthurstfield Farm. Harthurst was a common field in the manor of Redgrove (Rawes 6, p. 19). Forms vary: Herthurst in 1287; Harthurst Field 1768 (Manor Court Books); Arthursfield (house) on 1870 map; Harthurstfield 1884 map. Harthursfield 1911. Meaning 'wood frequented by the hart' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Harthurstfield estate sold 1863, for surprisingly large sum (Examiner, 30 Sept.). Farm still extant till at least 1949."
"1428","Harthurstfield Park, Fiddlers Green Lane. Mobile home park on site of above farm."
"1429","Hartinghill, Charlton Kings. Common ground on the side of a high hill (Hart, p. 89); apparently same as Hartley Hill (see below)."
"1430","Hartlebury Way, Charlton Kings. Off Glenfall Way; developed by Leonard Desmond (agreement of Dec. 1972; adopted May 1990)."
"1431","Hartley Close, Charlton Kings. Off Sandy Lane; developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of Aug. 1972; adopted March 1980). Probably after Hartley Hill, part of Leckhampton Hill (e.g. 1736 (Manor Court Books, 10 Dec.), and shown on 1746 map of Norwood Estate (Gloucestershire Record Office, D303/P2). Hartley Bottom noted by Davies 1834 (p. 195) as a picnic spot."
"1432","Hartley Place, Albion Street/Witcombe Place. 5 houses, first noted in 1883-4 directory but possibly older. Nos. 2-4 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.). Probably connected with Hartley House, a lodging house in 1820 directory (Mrs. Freeman), and listed under St James's Street in 1839 directory. Possible connection with a local family: a Henry Hartley of Winchcombe turned 21 in June 1809, succeeding to large estates in Glos. and Berks. (Chronicle)."
"1433","Harvest Grove, off Hayden Road. Development of c. 1980."
"1434","Harward's Buildings, Promenade. Terrace now largely occupied by the municipal offices. Built 1822-3 by George Allen Underwood. Named after one of the Harward family, owners of much of the Promenade land just prior to its development; the prominent Samuel Harward died in Aug. 1809 (Cheltenham Chronicle)."
"1435","Haselette Way, Up Hatherley. Named in 1984 by parish council following tree theme, Haselette being a medieval form of a locality name meaning 'hazel copse' (seen in surname form as Hazlett etc) (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1436","Hatherley Brake, off Hatherley Road. Developed by W. Bullingham (agreement of Aug. 1964); further development by Westbury Estates Ltd (agreement of Sept. 1979; adopted June 1982). After house thus named on 1884 map."
"1437","Hatherley Brook. Flows down from Blackhedge Farm near Salterley Grange; alongside part of Crippetts Road, then to east of Leckhampton Farmhouse, across lower part of Kidnapper's Lane, and is joined by the Moorend Stream near Merestones Drive. Then flows through Dean Close school grounds, Benhall and Arle Court."
"1438","Hatherley Cottages. 6 houses, from no. 1 Hatherley Street to no. 1 Lypiatt Street (1936 directory)."
"1439","Hatherley Court Road, off Hatherley Road. After Hatherley Court, once the residence of the Lansdown developer Pearson Thompson; auctioned 1873 after his death in Castlemaine, Australia, on 22 Nov. 1872 (Examiner). House listed 1841 Census and shown on 1964 map. Hatherley Court estate developed late 1930s by Rogers & Davies (Town Planning Committee, Mar. 1937); includes Bournside Road, 1938."
"1440","Hatherley Gate, off Hatherley Road. Developed by Bovis Homes Ltd (agreement of Dec. 1986; adopted Nov. 1990)."
"1441","Hatherley Lane. Off western end of Hatherley Road, to Golden Valley roundabout. Named thus by 1766 (Manor Court Books, 17 Oct.). Formerly Hatherley Lane included present Hatherley Road as well. In 1831, residents of Westal were indicted for not repairing it; they pleaded unsuccessfully that it had never been repaired within the memory of man (Hart, p. 282)."
"1442","Hatherley Place, Tivoli. 13 houses for long forming most of the development in what is now St Stephen's Road, eastern side. First 5 houses in progress 1835 (Cheltenham Looker-On building survey, Oct.); building certs. for all 13, 1835-40, at least 6 going to Pearson Thompson, including no. 1 in Nov. 1835. Declared highway in 1870 (Gloucestershire Record Office, Cheltenham Borough Council Box 41E)."
"1443","Hatherley Place Road, from Andover Road to rear of no. 26 St Stephen's Road. A service road, now anonymous; named thus 1869, when its poor condition was discussed (Streets and Highways Committee); made public highway in 1870 (Gloucestershire Record Office, CBR Bundle 508E)."
"1444","Hatherley Retreat, off Hatherley Street. 1841 Census."
"1445","Hatherley Road. The road now so named was formerly considered part of Hatherley Lane, forming the boundary between Westal and Alstone (Rawes 6, p. 3). Listed by this name in 1844, when mostly market gardens."
"1446","Hatherley Street, off Andover Street. Present on 1834 map as no more than the opening of a planned (and unnamed) street between Hatherley Street and Casino Place. Building had begun by 1840 (certs. for 2 houses). Apparently first listed in 1844 directory. 1855-7 Old Town Survey shows nos. 1-15 and 8-20 built."
"1447","Hatherley Villas, continuation of Tivoli Place. 5 houses at Lansdown end, existing 1911."
"1448","Hatherop Villas, Leckhampton. 2 houses in Ewlyn Road, first listed 1900."
"1449","Hathersfield. Mid-1700s variant (Bigland) of Harthurstfield, which see."
"1450","Havelock Villas, Painswick Road. 2 houses at junction with Ashford Road near Andover Terrace, first listed in 1862 directory."
"1451","The Haver, Charlton Kings. Lane and path between Ryeworth Road and Greenway Lane. Present (unnamed) on 1884 map. Origin obscure."
"1452","Hawarden Parade, between Dunalley Street and Clarence Square. Former name of present nos. 2-10 St Paul's Road. First noted 1872; street-lamps erected 1874 (Streets and Highways Committee), indicating a recent development. Well closures at nos. 2-6, Cheltenham Borough Council minutes 1898."
"1453","Hawcombe Mews, Up Hatherley. Off Doverhay; part of Doverhay development by Bryant Homes, approved 1987 and completed c. 1988. Named after place on Exmoor, reflecting Devon connections of Councillor David Hall (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1454","Haweswater Road, Up Hatherley. Initially developed 1948-9 as part of Alma Road estate. Lake District theme."
"1455","Hawkwood Road, Warden Hill. Existing by 1959."
"1456","Hawlings Mill, Swindon Village. 1617 ref, probably what later became Bedlam Mill or Farm (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 1, p.3)."
"1457","Hawthorn Road. Off Princess Elizabeth Way; developed by Pye Bros, 1939. Named 1940 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Feb.); it was originally to have been another Orchard name, but the builders were asked to be less repetitious."
"1458","The Hawthornes, Up Hatherley. Off Sedgewick Gardens; part of Manor Farm development by McAlpine/Bovis, approved 1986 and completed c. 1989. Named by parish council, following tree theme of earlier phases of development (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1459","Hayden Road (earlier Lane). The road to Hayden Hill, and Hayden (in Boddington Parish). Name in use by 1900 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Settlement name Hayden first recorded 1220, meaning 'hill where hay was made' (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"1460","(the) Hayes. Place Names of Gloucestershire notes a 1605 reference to lez Hayes, meaning 'enclosures'; possibly same as the Hayes, arable area to the north of the town, mentioned in will of Frances Ellis (Sale, p. 118)."
"1461","Hayes Road, off Pittville Circus Road. 11 houses developed by J. A. Pye (plans approved July 1956; agreement of Apr. 1957) on land adjoining site of house called East Hayes. This dwelling built by subscription for the Revd J. Browne of Trinity Church c. 1842-3 (Goding, p. 558); illustrated in Rowe, p. 55, who adds that it was 'erected under the superintendence of Mr Cope', i.e. Edward Cope, a prominent builder in this part of Pittville. The housename may echo a street and houses of this name in east Bath. Present street name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Feb., no. 1288)."
"1462","Hay's Cottages, Naunton. Almhouses of c. 1900, off Naunton Lane, erected by Hay Trust."
"1463","Haywards Lane, Charlton Kings. Since c. 1900 has referred to a short stretch of road, accessed from Battledown Approach, though still linked to Haywards Road by a footpath. Formerly also included what is now called Haywards Road."
"1464","Haywards Road, Charlton Kings. See preceding; named thus by 1897 (map), and declared highway in 1908 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). It was the site of a substantial brickworks, latterly run by Webb Bros. Two Hayward families (both headed by brickmakers) are listed nearby in London Road in 1841 Census, and gave their name to the lane which led to it."
"1465","Haywards Terrace. 5 houses in Haywards Road, existing by 1911."
"1466","Hazard's field, Alstone. First noted 1664 in will of Thomas Finch (Sale, p. 19)."
"1467","Hazebrouck Close, Up Hatherley. Developed by Glynbridge Builders (agreement of Apr. 1977; adopted 1981). On or near site of house called Hazebrouck (town in northern France); its grounds had earlier been reduced to give access to Alma Road estate (Housing Committee, 1948)."
"1468","Hazelwood Close, Warden Hill. Listed 1959."
"1469","Hazeldean Road, Springbank. Developed by Westbury Homes (Severnside) Ltd (agreement of Sept. 1983; adopted Nov. 1985)."
"1470","Hazlitt Croft, Springbank. Developed by Bryant Homes Ltd (agreement of May 1978; adopted June 1982)."
"1471","Heapey Close, Fiddler's Green. Off Terry Ruck Close; developed by Westbury Homes (agreement of Jan. 1988); after Councillors Mr and Mrs Heapey."
"1472","Hearne Close, Charlton Kings. Off Hearne Road; c. 1960s."
"1473","Hearne Lane, Charlton Kings. Former name for following."
"1474","Hearne Road, Charlton Kings. From Church Street to London Road; thus by 1911. Cut on line of footpath linking old and new turnpike roads to London, possibly c. 1787 (Paget, p. 18). From The Hearne, first recorded in 1605 as le Hurn, i.e. Anglo-Saxon hyrne, 'angle, corner', possibly here a plot of land in the angle formed by two lanes (Place Names of Gloucestershire); an old site, latterly occupied by a Gothick house of c. 1830-4, restored 1993-4. Newer houses post-date 1952."
"1475","Heath('s) Cottages, Swindon Road. 3 cottages very near junction with St Paul's Road; shown on 1834 map, and still listed 1883-4."
"1476","Heightley Villas, King's Road. 2 houses, now nos. 20-2, first listed 1883-4."
"1477","Helen's Close, off Springbank Road. Developed by R. Hitchins Ltd (agreement of Oct. 1965; adopted Dec. 1969)."
"1478","Henley Road, off Springbank Road. Also by R. Hitchins Ltd (agreement of Feb. 1968)."
"1479","Henrietta Street. As a route, is considered to be of 17th-century or earlier origin. For long the site of an animal pound and cattle market (Blake 1982, p. 25), and described by Goding (p. 137) as originally 'a solitary lane leading to the common waste called the Marshes'. One early name was Well Lane (Hart, p. 65). By 1776 and until c. 1820 known as Fleece Lane, which see. It was being referred to as Henrietta Street by 1818 (advt. for newly-built shop on corner with High Street, Chronicle, 7 May; and thus on 1820 map), but Fleece Lane was still current for some years after, perhaps referring to the unbuilt part. Which Henrietta is honoured here is uncertain; if not a wholly local reference, then perhaps modelled on a fashionable example elsewhere such as that in London (WC2), ultimately from Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I. Henrietta Street, St Marylebone, is named after the wife of Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford; much of the Cheltenham street is part of the Pate's charity estate, and there may thus be an oblique reflection here of this Oxford link. See also Bannister's Lane."
"1480","Herbert Villas, Tivoli. First listed 1866 directory; not located, and perhaps renamed."
"1481","Herdman Close. Name approved for residential development adjoining former Children's Hospital, Harp Hill (Market and Watch Committee, Apr. 1958, no. 1541). After D. W. Herdman, born 1880, pre-war curator of Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. By July, residents and the developer had asked for a change to The Mead, the developer's name for the site, already in unofficial use. The council insisted that this would give rise to confusion with Mead names elsewhere in the borough. After some months of acrimony, and the removal or damaging of several Herdman Close nameplates, residents agreed to settle for a more distinctive name incorporating the Mead element, preferring Battledown Mead to the alternative Meadow Close (Market and Watch Committee, June, Aug., Nov. 1960)."
"1482","Hereford Cottages. 2 houses in Swindon Road, near The Elms (1844, 1876 directories)."
"1483","Hereford Court, within Hereford Place. Noted 1832 (Davies); 1841 Census."
"1484","Hereford Square. Possibly informal name for houses built around former right of way between Hereford Place and the High Street (Atkinson, p. 17)."
"1485","Hereford Parade, Tewkesbury Road. Just east of junction with Sun Street; mentioned on 3 building certs. 1824-5, and listed 1844 directory."
"1486","Hereford Passage, in or off Hereford Place. Included some 6 dwellings. Listed 1841 Census. Nos. 1-3 listed in 1934 slum clearance programme no. 1 (Housing Committee, Jan.)."
"1487","Hereford Place, between Lower High Street and Swindon Road. Existing by 1832 (Davies), on 1834 map, where name applies only to a terrace in what was then a narrow cul-de-sac opening into Swindon Road. Nos. 3-8 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.); now a public footpath."
"1488","Hermitage Street, off Bath Road, south end. On 1834 map, but unnamed. Building in progress 1835; no. 28 built 1838 (certs.). Started life as Hermitage Place (thus until at least 1855-7 Old Town Survey). Present name on 1864 map. Named after The Hermitage, a large dwelling at its western end, facing Bath Road, and almost certainly identical with what was initially known as Ferryman's Cottage, a cottage orné marked on 1825 map of Leckhampton parish bounds. The Ferryman family owned land round Francis Street (J. B. Ferryman commemorated in SS Philip and James's Church). Hermitages were a popular feature of Romantic rural style; another Cheltenham example still survives as a grotto in garden of Clare Villa, near Cheltenham College lake (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1489","Hermitage Terrace, Bath Road. 4 houses on east side between Hermitage Street and Francis Street, now nos. 218-24 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Listed 1841 Census."
"1490","Heron Close, off Hatherley Road. Developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of Oct. 1964). Name agreed 1962 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 3 Oct)."
"1491","Hester's Way. Today an extensive post-war housing development on the western side of the town, but it has at least two earlier phases to its history. Originally it was (H)Ayster's Way, the name of an enclosure corresponding roughly to the area 'inside the bend of Hester's Way Road (Rawes 6, p. 14). 1714: '2 selions in [Alstone] Middlefield near Corne-meer under-hill alias Haysters Way' (Manor Court Books). First noted as a route name on map Q/Srh 1787 (Gloucestershire Record Office); M 1793, appears in auction notice for 'a farm called Hester's Way' plus some 75 acres (Glos. Journal, 2 Sept.). Area marked as Ashters Way on 1830 map (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Hester's Way is the normal form from the mid-1800s; farm thus on 1884 map. Origin obscure; an earlier suggestion, that it comes from a 16th-century tenant of Arle, William Herte (Hart, p. 35), looks doubtful. Place- or fieldnames preserving Christian names alone are generally uncommon, and the form Hester's clearly rationalises (H)Ayster. In the late 1860s, what was termed the Hester's Way estate became the subject of a speculative building land venture: a public company was formed to buy the estate, and resell it as building lots on easy terms (Examiner, 28 Aug. 1867). By 1869, work had gone into making up roads and gravel footpaths over the estate, which some saw as the basis of a 'beautiful main road' making a 16-mile circuit round Cheltenham (Examiner, 24 Feb. 1869). Maintenance of these roads provoked a court case, lost by the Cheltenham commissioners when it was shown that the principal routes from Arle and Fiddler's Green had always been public highways (Examiner, 6 Apr. 1870). The company was still in existence in 1872, but there is no sign that any building other than roads took place as a result of its activities (Examiner, 5 June 1872). By 1873 the enterprise had apparently failed; the estate (including the Hester's Way farmhouse, outbuildings, cottage and 133 acres) was put up for auction (Cheltenham Looker-On, 14 and 21 June 1873). Only the farmhouse and 20 acres actually sold (to T. Butt, a large local landowner). Late ref. to bad conditions on a road on 'Hester's Way Estate', 1899 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes. Planning for a post-war housing scheme for up to 2,000 homes near St Mark's had begun by Sept. 1942 (Housing Committee), the borough surveyor suggesting in June 1943 that this be called the Hester's Way Estate (Housing Committee). Plans were progressed throughout 1944, and a preliminary layout aired by the borough surveyor Dec. 1946 (Housing Committee, no. 442). Compulsory purchase orders being progressed 1948-9, along with county council approval for roads. Site works began mid- 1950, and house construction 1951."
"1492","Hester's Way Lane, Hester's Way. Existing by 1959. Further developed by R. Hitchins Ltd (agreement of Oct. 1965; adopted Dec. 1969)."
"1493","Hester's Way Road. A court case in 1870 (see Hester's Way) established that the route from Arle to Hester's Way (probably this road) had become a public highway by 1810. Known by this name by 1943, when it was suffering from military traffic (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"1494","Hetton Gardens, Charlton Kings. Off Cudnall Street; developed in mid-1960s on land formerly attached to house called Hetton Lawn. Formerly Bolton House, this became in 1862 the retirement home of Revd Henry George Liddell, whose wife was originally from Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Lewis Carroll visited the Liddell family there in 1863 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 3, pp. 34-7)."
"1495","Hewlett Parade. Listed in 1841 Census; apparently near Duke Street, but location uncertain."
"1496","Hewlett Place, off Hewlett Road. Hewletts Place (sic) on 1834 map, though in 1844 its previous name of Sydney Place still had some currency."
"1497","Hewlett Road. Part of an old route to London, once turnpiked eastwards from the foot of Harp Hill (Shackle's Pike). Noted as 'the Hewlett's Road' in 1788 account of the royal visit (Humphris & Willoughby, p. 82). 1806 map marks it as 'New Road to Hewletts', suggesting some recent improvements. Still termed 'road towards Hewletts' in 1819 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, I Dec.), but by following year is Hewletts Road (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Mar. 1820); reduced to Hewlett Road around 1900. Until 1937, the southern section, from High Street to Carlton Street (and later Duke Street, was known as Hewlett Street (which see); the otherwise redundant 'Hewlett Road' nameplate on the upper wall of the Fiery Angel (formerly New Inn) is a relic of this. Until 1946, when Harp Hill came into formal use as a street name, Hewlett Road officially continued right up the hill to the borough boundary. Apart from the Hewlett Street section (from 1820s), early development included Jersey Place (from 1825) and houses between Carlton Street and Duke Street, some before 1834, others soon after. Hewletts is the large 18th-century house overlooking Oakley; the settlement there is recorded as Hewletts in 1617, and Howletts in 1569, when it referred to a piece of pastureland (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 5, p. 11); and as Overhulettes 1628. Very probably from a personal name (Place Names of Gloucestershire notes a William Howlett of Winchcombe 1689). See also Carlton Place (1), Exmouth Place, Jersey Place, St Alban's Terrace, St John's Terrace, Sussex Place (2)."
"1498","Hewlett('s) Close, off Hewlett Street. Listed 1841 Census, when it contained but one residence (Samuel Onley, builder); 1860 directory. Exact location uncertain: perhaps the service lane opposite Berkeley Place."
"1499","Hewletts Lane, Charlton Kings. Alternative pre-development name for Camp Road (O'Connor, p. 54)."
"1500","Hewletts Road Approach, Charlton Kings. Alternative name, c. 1862, for Camp Road (O'Coitnor, p. 22)."
"1501","Hewlett Street, original name of southern end of Hewlett Road, from High Street as far as Duke Street. This, the first residential development on this route, began in the early 1820s: in 1822 the town commissioners ordered that as 'three fourth parts of the New Street called Hewlett Street' had been built, the owners should take responsibility for its paving (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, I May). From the start, Hewlett Street lacked the original 's' of Hewletts Road, presumably being thus easier to say. Renumbered as part of Hewlett Road 1937 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Mar.); an earlier recommendation (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Sept. 1934) seems to have failed."
"1502","Hicks Beach Road, off Hester's Way Road. Named by council 1953; one of a group commemorating honorary freemen (Housing Committee, June, no. 198). After William Frederick Hicks Beach, JP; admitted freeman 7 July 1922."
"1503","Hidcote Avenue, Up Hatherley. Mid-1990s development by Wimpey Homes."
"1504","Higgs's Cottages or Higgs's Row. 9 houses in Alstone Lane, about opposite the end of Alstone Croft. Existing by 1844 (directory): 5 houses of which 2 occupied by Higgses. Shown on 1884 map. Nos. 1-2 ruinous, Dec. 1922 (Public Health Committee). Listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.), and subject of compulsory purchase proposal, 1938 (land and cottages 'owned by various members of the Higgs family'; Housing Committee, May). Site redeveloped by council in 1953 as one-bedroom flats for the elderly, and renamed Alstone Court. The name Higgs has been well represented in Cheltenham since the 17th century (Bigland)."
"1505","Higgs's Court, Tewkesbury Road. Mentioned in 1857 directory; exact location uncertain. Not far from and perhaps associated with same family as preceding."
"1506","The High Cross, Alstone. Reference point in presentment for scouring ditches, 1680 (PRO C116/137)."
"1507","High Breach Lane, probably Charlton Kings. Noted 1692 (Manor Court Books)."
"1508","High Street. For long the only street in the town; in earlier times also known as The Great Street (e.g. 1778, JCLHS 7, p. 30), or Cheltenham Street. Its limits were once known as The Top of the Town (the London Road-Hewlett Road junction) and The Bottom of the Town (probably near Gloucester Road junction). First house-numbering scheme introduced c. 1800; second scheme by 1820, numbering continuously east to west along north side then back again along south side. Present system (odds on north side, evens on south, both east to west) was agreed in 1954; to remove confusion, borough surveyor recommended the official 'top' should be at the Hewlett Road junction, with the College Road to Hales Road length being henceforth renumbered as part of London Road (Market and Watch Committee, July, no. 516). High Street's mixed appearance in the early 1800s is well described in Rowe. See also Southampton Place, Strand, Vittoria Buildings."
"1509","High Street, Prestbury. Known thus by 19th century."
"1510","Highbury Lane, off Albion Street (east side of multi-storey car park). Thus by 1904 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes), though previously School Lane (1884 map). Commemorates first site of Highbury Chapel, the former Snow's Chapel in Grosvenor Street, which was adopted as a Congregational chapel and named Highbury after the London residence of its sponsor (Blake 1979, p. 10). A new Highbury Chapel was built in Winchcombe Street on site now occupied by Odeon cinema. Present Highbury Church in Priory Terrace erected c. 1932."
"1511","Highbury Mews, off Priory Street. Opposite Hewlett Place; small recent development in private road. Highbury Church is nearby."
"1512","Highland Road, Charlton Kings. Off Sandy Lane; developed by Little & Thompson (agreement of Mar. 1964)."
"1513","Highlands, Alstone. Place in Sandfield; mentioned in 1719 will of John Stephens (Sale, p. 144)."
"1514","Highwood Avenue, Leckhampton. Off Shurdington Road; developed by Hurst & Beamish Ltd (agreement of 1956). Name approved by council 1953 (Market and Watch Committee, Nov., no. 956); road adopted Sept. 1955."
"1515","Hill Cottages, Leckhampton. Listed 1841 Census; location uncertain."
"1516","Hill Place, Charlton Kings. Reference to no. 3 in 1857 directory. Near post office, according to later directory."
"1517","Hill Top Road, off Tommy Taylor's Lane. So named, at developer's suggestion (Market and Watch Committee, 16 Dec. 1964), because on a ridge."
"1518","Hill View, Leckhampton. 2 houses in Moorend Road, first listed 1883-4 directory."
"1519","Hill View Drive, Prestbury. Under development in 1956. First name of Linden Close, dropped at the request of Glos. Fire Service and others to avoid confusion with other Hillviews (Market and Watch Committee, May 1956, unreported minute)."
"1520","Hill View Terrace, Leckhampton. 13 houses in Asquith Road, existing by 1911."
"1521","Hill View Villas, Harp Hill. 4 houses, of which 2 were first listed 1883-4 directory."
"1522","Hillands Drive, Leckhampton. Off Pilley Lane; development at rear of no. 168 Leckhampton Road. Named thus at builders' request, 1961 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 11 Jan.)"
"1523","Hillary Road, Leckhampton. Off Everest Road. Developed 1955-6 by Western Estates (Lawes Cherry) Ltd; borough surveyor's suggestion of name approved 1956 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr. 1956, no. 168 1). Extended by Permanent Houses (agreement of June 1977; adopted Oct. 1981). After Sir Edmund Hillary, 1953 conqueror of Everest."
"1524","Hillcourt Road, off Evesham Road, near racecourse. House named Hillcourt is the sole dwelling on this road on 1884 map, probably reflecting name and site of Hill Court and Farm, identified by Place Names of Gloucestershire with a 1327 ref. atte Hulle. Road apparently lacked a name until at least 1914, when the Town Improvement Committee 'declined to entertain' a suggestion from Mr B. Platts that 'the road from Evesham Road to Albert Road' should be called Chalet Road (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, July)."
"1525","Hillfield, St Mark's. Off Griffiths Avenue; development begun in 1948, when site works (including the surfacing of Griffiths Avenue) were carried out (Housing Committee, Apr., no. 1137). Some sort of roadway must have existed before this: 1872 ref. to 'the Hillfield Road' (Streets and Highways Committee, 29 Oct.). After a listed Victorian house of same name, shown on 1884 map (house now known as The Knole; said to be of same date and architect, possibly Middleton, as neighbouring The Granleys). In turn after Hill Field, open field dating back to at least 1605 (Place Names of Gloucestershire), part of which lay here."
"1526","Hillier Drive, Up Hatherley. Mid-1990s development by R. Hitchins."
"1527","Hillsborough Villas, King's Road. 2 houses, first listed 1872; now nos. 4-6 King's Road."
"1528","Hillside Close, off Warden Hill Road. Developed by Western Estates Ltd (agreement of June 1963) on site of house called Hillside, shown on 1884 map. Name agreed 1962 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 29 Aug.)."
"1529","Hillview Road (1), off Priors Road. Original development by Leckhampton Estates Ltd; name approved 1952 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, May); road adopted 1953. Further developed by Wessex Homes (agreement of Nov. 1964). The view in question is of the Cotswold scarp."
"1530","Hillview Road (2), Warden Hill. Proposed name, complained about by Glos. Fire Service as duplicating the above (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 1-2 May 1956)."
"1531","Hinckley Cottages. 3 houses in New Street, existing by 1926."
"1532","Hine Gardens. 1970s development at junction of Prestbury Road with Whaddon Road. After Cllr Hine."
"1533","Hinton Villas, St George's Road. 2 houses, first listed 1886."
"1534","Hobbs's Mead. A meadow near the Knapp; referred to in 1778 (Manor Court Books, 27 Apr.)."
"1535","Hobby Close, Leckhampton. Developed by Western Estates (agreement of Mar. 1961); bird of prey theme."
"1536","Holden's Cottage, in lane at rear of no. 4 Painswick Road (1950 OS map 1:2500). Apparently corruption of Haldon House, i.e. later name of Casino (which see). This cottage is probably a surviving mews or outbuilding of Casino (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1537","Holder's Court, Sherborne Street. Reference in 1857 directory.; exact location uncertain."
"1538","Hollis Gardens, Hatherley. Off Hollis Road; developed by Spencer (Cont.) Ltd (agreement of May 1965); further development by J. A. Pye (agreed Dec. 1969). Name suggested by developer (approved by Market and Watch Committee, 3 Feb. 1965)."
"1539","Hollis Road, Hatherley. Present but not separately named on 1884 map (2-3 houses, including Oberlin Lodge). Listed from c. 1940. Further developed as part of Kingscote Gardens estate by Geo. Wimpey & Co. (agreement of June 1966). Possibly a connection with William Hollis, of a long-established local firm of gunsmiths, active in local affairs."
"1540","Hollow Lane, Charlton Kings. Earlier name, from c. 1154 to late 19th century, of Horsefair Street-Little Herberts Road-Timbercombe Lane route (Paget, p. 18). Also seen as Hollow Way."
"1541","Holly Lodge. A villa once adjoining Belle Vue, on south side of High Street, opposite Berkeley Place. Marked on 1820 map, and advertised for sale in the same year (Chronicle, 25 May). Listed as Holly Cottage in 1830 directory, 1841 Census. Demolished during realignment of College Road, which see."
"1542","Holly Villas, Granley Road. 2 houses, first listed 1876 (originally under Gloucester Road)."
"1543","Holly Withies. Noted 1605 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Frequently referred in Manor Court Books, 18th century (sometimes Hollow Withies); defined as a 3�½-acre enclosure of 'rich land' near The Marsh, advertised 1821 (Chronicle, 17 May)."
"1544","Holmer Crescent, Up Hatherley. Off Chargrove Lane. Part of Holmer Park development by McClean, approved 1986 and completed c. 1989. Follows tree theme adopted by parish council, Holmer (a species of pear-tree) having been suggested by Cllr R. Ritchie (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1545","Holst Road, Leckhampton. Unsuccessful counter-suggestion for Mornington Drive."
"1546","Holy Apostles Church, Charlton Kings. At junction of London Road with Cirencester Road; built 1866-71 to a design of Middleton by William Jones of Gloucester."
"1547","Holy Trinity Church, Portland Street. Built as chapel of ease to St Mary's. 'Completely in the fields' when consecrated in 1822 (Blake 1979, p. 14); completed 1823."
"1548","Hombro's Lane. See Ambrose Street."
"1549","Home Close, off Hester's Way Road. Footpath between 'roads 10 and 12', i.e. Ashlands and Welch Roads, on the Hester's Way estate was named thus, 1952 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov.)."
"1550","Home Farm, Charlton Kings. In Little Herberts Road; known thus from c. 1900; the 15th-century house was earlier known as Cheringtons (Fletcher, Britain in Old Photos, 1999), after a family of this name. See e.g. 1692 order for ditches to be cleared 'from Richard Cherrington's gate to the top of Timbercomb' (Manor Court Books)."
"1551","Home Farm, Prestbury. Thus on 1884 map; originally the demesne farm of the manor. Perhaps associated with Home close, noted 1575 (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"1552","Homecroft Drive, off Tewkesbury Road, near Civil Service sports ground. On land formerly known as Home Croft, scheduled for residential purposes in 1953, to allow the erection of some 24 dwelling houses (PC, June, no. 234)"
"1553","Honeybourne Drive, off Hayden Road. Developed by JJH Building Developments Ltd (agreement of Jan. 1986; adopted Oct. 1990). After Honeybourne, Warks. (to which a railway line from Cheltenham was built by the GWR in the early 1900s)."
"1554","Honeybourne Way. Part of 2001-2 redevelopment of former St James's Station site. As preceding."
"1555","Honeysuckle Close, Prestbury. 1980s development off Bouncer's Lane; hedgerow theme."
"1556","Hooper's Court, off High Street. Same as Hooper's Pasvage, which is first listed 1844 directory: 3 houses, including one occupied by William Hooper, carpenter. No. 2 noted in 1857 directory; shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; entry between nos. 167 and 168 [latterly 279 and 285] High Street, i.e. four west of junction with Henrietta Street; now entrance to car park."
"1557","Hope Street, between Tewkesbury Road and Swindon Lane. Formerly Stanhope Street, which see; name signified new beginning after slum clearance (Slum Areas Clearance Committee, General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct. 1928)."
"1558","Hopewell Cottages, Waterloo Street. No. 3 was among sites for slum clearance and redevelopment off Tewkesbury Road, 1956 (Housing Committee, Oct., no. 710)."
"1559","Hopwood Grove, off Hewlett Road. 1992 development on site of former Smiths Industries works; named after former Hopwood's nursery, also off Hewlett Road, but nearer town centre, on line now occupied by Leighton Road (shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey). When Leighton Road was built, Hopwood's Nursery moved a short way north, to the site now occupied by Westdown Gardens."
"1560","Hornacre Piece. Land near Suffolk Parade, at top of Montpellier Rides. House here for sale, 1821 (Chronicle, 21 June)."
"1561","The Horse Pond. Used as a reference point in a property transaction of 1741 (Manor Court Books), so plainly a landmark in the town, but location not yet pinpointed. Probably identical with le Horspole ('horsepool') noted in 1366 (Place Names of Gloucestershire); Hart (p. 37) notes a deed of 1421: 'on the lord's land next the horsepool and extending to the doors of the court' (i.e. near site now occupied by St Matthew's church). Last known reference is in 1793, to a crossing at the Horsepool (Paving Commissioners' Minutes)."
"1562","Horsefair Street, Charlton Kings. Thus by 1841 (Census). Formerly part of Hollow Lane. It is traditionally held that horses were traded at a spot near the present War Memorial; while this certainly happened once, at the end of the Great War, the truth of the tradition is undetermined (personal communication Mrs Mary Paget). See also Emily Place, Mansfield Place."
"1563","Horsley Cottages, Bath Road. Apparently near southern end; listed 1841 Census."
"1564","Howards bridge. On a route towards Shurdington; mentioned in 1692 road repair order (Manor Court Books)."
"1565","Howell Road, off Welch Road. Existing by 1959. Honorary freemen theme; after Councillor John Howell CBE FRCS, admitted freeman, 6 Sept. 1943."
"1566","Howick Place, back of Casino House and Great Norwood Street. 1841 Census."
"1567","Hubble Road, Benhall. Name chosen by Cheltenham Borough Council 2002 for residential road on former government land next to new GCHQ building. After Hubble the astronomer, prompted by 'space-age' appearance of GCHQ."
"1568","Hudson Street, St Paul's. Off Folly Lane; council development of 1927, on land previously referred to by the Slum Areas Clearance Committee as 'Hanks's site'. Named thus by Slum Areas Clearance Committee, Sept. 1927; its contemporary neighbour Manser Street was named after a family connection of the committee's chairman, Councillor W. J. M. Dicks, and Hudson may have a similar origin."
"1569","Hughes Passage. 5 houses reached from no. 13 Exmouth Court; listed 1844 directory, which shows a Mr Isaac Hughes, butcher, at no. 14 Exmouth Court. Nos. 1-5 listed in 1936 slum clearance programme (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"1570","Hulbert Close, Swindon Village. 1990s development. Hulbert family still resident in village, and farming land at Swindon Farm (Glos. Echo, 4 Mar. 1993; pc)."
"1571","Hulbert Crescent, near Hatherley Safeway. Part of Glebe Farm development by Westbury Homes, approved 1988 and completed c. 1989; named after tenant farmer of Up Hatherley Farm (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1572","Hull's Passage. Courtyard off Sherborne Street, opposite Sherborne Arms; on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"1573","Humber Road, Whaddon. Part of 1937 second phase of development of Whaddon Farm estate (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June). English rivers theme."
"1574","Humphris's Lane. Earliest noted name of present North Street route, current 1740 to early 1800s. 1740 ref. to house on north side of [High] Street in Humphris's Lane (Manor Court Books, 22 Apr.), and 1767 ref. to property on north side of High Street, bounded by house of Samuel Cooke on east and by Humphrys's Lane on west (Manor Court Books). In 1800, Greyhound Inn described as being situated in a 'certain lane called Humphris' Lane but now better known by the name of Greyhound Lane or North Street' (Manor Court Books, Oct.). An 1804 advt. for '4 newly built houses in St George's Square or otherwise by the name of Humfrey's Lane' (Miles/Glos. Journal, 13 Feb.) is unexplained and apparently erroneous. A 1743 transaction refers to a Thomas Humphris, tallowchandler, deceased, who is perhaps the origin (Manor Court Books). Perhaps some link between this individual, landowners and tenants of this name noted in 1787 (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 10/2), and family of D. J. Humphris, 19th-century architect and borough surveyor; the surname occurs frequently in Cheltenham records."
"1575","Hungerford Cottages. 2 houses in Larput Place near Hungerford Street. First listed 1872, though possibly same as the Hamilton Cottage listed in Hamilton Place at corner with Hungerford Street, 1844 directory."
"1576","Hungerford Lane, St Paul's. 3 houses reached from 9 Hamilton Place, 1926 directory."
"1577","Hungerford Street, St Paul's. In progress by 1838: building certs. for 13 houses. 1841 Census. Further building 1841; site described as being part of Gosditch (pc). Declared public highway 1863 (Examiner, 21 Jan)."
"1578","Hungerford Terrace. Probably in or near the above; listed 1841 Census."
"1579","Hunt's Court, St Paul's. 3 small houses between St Paul's Street North and Rutland Street, north end, 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"1580","Hunting Butts Farm, Prestbury. Formed in 1824 from land west of Evesham Road, part of the original Prestbury Park deerpark. Farm sold in 1853 for �£5,850 (Goding, p. 600). Hunting Butts was the name of a big field south of the farmhouse (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 3, p. 2). Name first noted 1612 (Place Names of Gloucestershire), 'butt' meaning mound."
"1581","Huntscote Road, Runnings Industrial Estate, Swindon Village. Preserves name of Hunscott, house shown on 1884 map (where Kingsland Furniture now is). The name, if not the house itself, existed by 1663, as Huntscourt (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"1582","Huntsfield Close, Marle Hill. Off Cleevelands Drive; named 1957. The original suggestion, Grange Close, was turned down by the borough surveyor as being too similar to existing names (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 3 July; Oct., no. 722). Name possibly alludes to national hunt racing at nearby Prestbury Park."
"1583","Hustings Field. See St Anne's Road."
"1584","Hyde Brook, Prestbury. Thus by 1575; named after Hyde Farm (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"1585","Hyde Farm, Prestbury. Known thus by 1700 (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 8, p. 3). Probably predates the inclosure of 1732 (Victoria County History, p. 70), and may be pre-Domesday (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 2, p. 8). Site of a short-lived spa in the 1750s (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal, 6). Hide/Hyde first seen in Prestbury in 1248; meaning 'an estate of one hide', i.e. about 120 acres (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"1586","Hyde Lane, Swindon Village. Links Wyman's Lane to Evesham Road. Prior to 1977, when it was renamed by Tewkesbury Borough Council, the section in Prestbury parish was known as Hyde Road; it had been thus by 1936 (personal communication Major A C Cropp). After Hyde Farm or Brook, above."
"1587","Hyde Road, Prestbury. See preceding."
"1588","Hygeia House, Vittoria Walk. Since 1813 Vittoria House; site of Henry Thompson's first spa, opened 1804 (Verey). Hygeia, goddess of health, had featured on the medal struck in 1789 to commemorate George III's visit the previous year (Moreau, p. 9)."
"1589","Hylton Place, New Street. 3 houses on south side, 1855-7 Old Town Survey; no. 3 noted in 1857 directory."
"1590","Icebank, Jersey Street, Fairview. Nos. 2 & 4 listed in 1844 directory; apparently at east end of north-east side, distinct from first 12 houses on this side. Separate refs. to nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 (the last being residence of one Barnett, wellsinker) in 1857 directory. No other trace, and name unexplained; no sign today of any distinct group of 4 houses in Jersey Street."
"1591","Idmiston House, High Street. A later name for Segrave House, which see. Idmiston is a village in Wilts."
"1592","Idsall Drive, Prestbury. Off The Bank; after Idsall House, name since the 1920s of a 19th century house formerly called Cle(e)velands (on 1884 map). Renamed when Mrs L. Stevens moved there from her former home, also called Idsall, in Shaw Green Lane, Prestbury (personal communication Mr Roger Beacham). Idsall is a former name of Shifnal, Shropshire."
"1593","Illerton, Prestbury. Listed in Place Names of Gloucestershire, but not apparently more than a single house or smallholding (probably 19th-century) on west side of Bouncers Lane (see e.g. 1901 OS map 1:2,500), on site now occupied by Premiere Products factory. Possibly connected with Ilderton, Northumberland, of which older forms include Hillerton."
"1594","Imjin Road, off Priors Road. 1960s; after Gloucestershire Regiment battle honour gained at Imjin River, Korea, 1951."
"1595","Imperial Apartments, Imperial Square. Projected development (1996) by Beaufort Homes of 47 flats in Regency style on site of former Victorian stables adjacent to Queen's Hotel."
"1596","Imperial Buildings, St George's Road. Some 5 houses on northern side, near Promenade, on triangular plot opposite north entrance to Cheltenham Ladies' College. Built by time of 1884 map; now demolished, site now used as council car park."
"1597","Imperial Circus. Links northern end of Promenade with Clarence Street; named thus on 1834 map. Includes premises of Martin's, jewellers, longest-established retail business in Cheltenham."
"1598","Imperial Crescent. Apparently a short-lived name; building cert. granted to Thomas Henney for 4 houses here, 1833. Location and subsequent name uncertain, but perhaps identical with preceding. Imperial Promenade (see below) also involved Henney."
"1599","Imperial Fountain. A small stone enclosure which once stood at the end of Broad Walk (southeast corner of Imperial Square, marked 'e' on 1834 map). Housed the Napoleon Fountain sculpture (now in care of Cheltenham Museum)."
"1600","Imperial Hotel, Promenade. Building of c. 1823 (personal communication Dr Steven Blake), for much of 20th century occupied by main post office, and from c. 1990 to 2003 by Hooper's. Listed by Griffith 1826 (p. 83) as Imperial boarding house; apparently the first of the Imperial names in this area."
"1601","Imperial Lane, behind north side of Imperial Square. Long anonymous, but named thus by the council in May 1899, in preference to a suggestion that it be called Rodney Street (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Home till 1993 of Glos. Dairy & Creamery."
"1602","Imperial Mews. 1841 Census. Home to two livery stables (1847 directory); location unclear."
"1603","Imperial Promenade. Single 1830 ref. to 'new and splendid villas forming the continuation of the Imperial Promenade by Mr Henney' (Miles/Chronicle, 1 Nov.). Perhaps refers to the part of the Promenade opposite Imperial Square, i.e. Promenade Terrace, which see."
"1604","Imperial Pump Room and Spa. Started life as Sherborne Spa (built 1817-8), which see, on site of present Queen's Hotel (built 1838). Probably renamed Imperial Spa by late 1820s (Davies, 1832, says it had 'only within the last few years assumed its present high-sounding appellation'; Griffith 1826 refers still to the Sherborne Spa). After a fall in the water table that brought its spa use to an end, the building was removed 1837 (Blake & Beacham, p. 34) and re-erected near the Chelt on the site now occupied by Royscot House, Promenade. Demolished 1937 to make way for the cinema which preceded Royscot House (Hart, p. 185)."
"1605","Imperial Square. North and east sides shown built on 1834 map, though this may be premature; south (Queen's Hotel) side is there called Broad Walk, the eastern side is marked Impenal Rides and Walks. Named in Cheltenham Looker-On building survey of Oct. 1834, which notes 20 houses in progress here; first surviving building certs. (for nos. 1 and 2) are June 1835. First listed in 1837 directory; 1839 lists 22 houses. Building cert. for no. 28, 1840. Occupying the centre (see e.g. 1834 map) was the Imperial Nursery; probably the successor to Ware's nursery, mentioned 1826 (Griffith, p. 31)."
"1606","India House, Marsland Road. Flats, c. 1960s; Commonwealth name theme."
"1607","Industrial Cottages, Baker Street. Listed in 1884 directory, but apparently renamed soon after."
"1608","Inkerman Lane, Tivoli. Access lane between Hatherley Street and St Stephen's Road; 1993 official naming of what was previously and informally Moon's Lane (Torode, Tivoli, p. 71). Probably after Inkerman Cottage, on north side of Andover Road, near Westal Green. Building still stands, though altered. After the Crimean War battle of 1854."
"1609","Inn Close. Mentioned in 1679 will of Henry Mason (Sale, p. 21)."
"1610","Inner Circle, The Park. Name for the inner loop road, in formal use by 1961 and probably considerably older."
"1611","Ironmongers, Prestbury. Recorded as a placename in early 17th century (Victoria County History, p. 77); location uncertain. Perhaps derived from a surname."
"1612","Irving Court, High Street. Conversion into flats of former Belle Vue Hotel, which see. At one time owned by Cllr (later Sir) Charles Irving, long-serving MP for Cheltenham."
"1613","Isbourne Road, off Whaddon Road. Part of 1937 second phase of Whaddon Farm estate development (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June). River theme (the Isbourne being the river on which Winchcombe lies)."
"1614","Isis Road, Whaddon. Part of 1937 second phase of Whaddon Farm estate development, named Mar. 1939 (General Purposes and Watch Committee); river theme."
"1615","Ismay Road, Arle. Off Welch Road; existing by 1959. Honorary freeman theme: General The Lord Ismay GCB, CH, DSO (1887-1965), was made a freeman of the borough on 22 Sept. 1951 (portrait in municipal offices)."
"1616","Italian Villas, Lansdown. Facing south down Lansdown Walk; built from about 1832 to a design of R. W. Jearrad. So named from their Italian style; now known as Lansdown Court."
"1617","Itchlands Lane, Arle. Route 'leading from Arle to Alstone field', mentioned in 1692 road repair order (Manor Court Books)."
"1618","Ivy Bank, Prestbury, off Bouncer's Lane. 1980s; hedgerow theme."
"1619","Ivy Cottages, Whitecross Square. Listed 1841 Census."
"1620","Ivy Place, Charlton Kings. 1841 Census. 1891-2 directory lists 3 houses and 4 cottages; perhaps includes houses in Cudnall Street listed as Ivy Cottages, 1911."
"1621","Jacob's Ladder, Battledown. Steep footpath to Ashley Road; named on 1884 map. Ref. to Jacob's vision (Genesis 28:12), and a common term for steep routes."
"1622","James Drove, Charlton Kings. 1994 naming of a path from Little Herberts Road to Ravensgate Road. Earlier and unofficially known as Piggy Lane, which see. Named, at the request of friends, after Mr Walter James, who for a time after the war had driven cattle along this lane (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 32)."
"1623","James's Street. Recurrent error in 1820 directory for St James's Street."
"1624","Japonica Drive, Up Hatherley. Mid-1990s development by Redrow Homes. Shrub theme."
"1625","Jasmin Way, Up Hatherley. Part of 1993-4 Brizen House Farm development; by Bryant Homes. Shrub theme."
"1626","Jemmy Wood's bridge. A rustic bridge carrying the path from town to the original well across the Chelt; from context, c. 1800. After the legendary Gloucester miser James Wood, who owned land in Cheltenham (Humphris & Willoughby, p. 137)."
"1627","Jenner Gardens, off St George's Place. Recent naming of cleared graveyard of Cheltenham Chapel, this area having once been gardens and a carriage turning space belonging to Jenner's residence on opposite side of St George's Place. Site bought by Jenner from Col. John Riddell in 1805 (Saunders, p. 5). See also following."
"1628","Jenner Walk, off St George's Place. Commemorates Dr Edward Jenner, pioneer of vaccination, who from 1795 to 1820 lived at no. 8 St George's Place (SGP, p. 17). This building, later known as Jenner House, was bought by the council in 1962. In poor repair, it was demolished, after a three-year debate, in 1969; rebuilt with replica façade, 1994."
"1629","Jenning's Grove, Charlton Kings. Woodland to west of Cirencester Road, south of Lilleybrook. From the family of Thomas Genine (i.e. Jenning), 1589 (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"1630","Jersey Avenue, off Hewlett Road. Opposite site of former Jersey Villa (see under Jersey Place). In existence by 1906, when improved lighting was sought there (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, July); for some time comprised only 2 houses. Further development 1935 by Goddard & Hunt of at least 18 houses (Town Planning Committee, Feb. and Sept.)."
"1631","Jersey Cottages (1). 3 cottages, listed 1844, on or near site of Hopwood's Nursery, which see, i.e. site of present Leighton Road. Probably named after Jersey Lodge (see Jersey Place below)."
"1632","Jersey Cottages (2). 4 houses in Sherborne Street. Existing by 1872 (directory). Nos. 1-4 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.)."
"1633","Jersey Gardens. Alternative name (e.g. 1830, 1844 directories) for Hopwood's Nursery (see Hopwood Grove, Leighton Road)."
"1634","Jersey Place, Hewlett Road. Terrace of 13 houses (present nos. 68-92 Hewlett Road, north from five-way junction), together with corner shop. Initial development under way by 1825 (deed to no. 88, originally called no. 1 Jersey Place, later no. 12). 1826 deed describes site as 'part of Cheltenham Upper Field but intended to be henceforth called Jersey Place' (Gloucestershire Record Office, D2025, 28 Aug.). Development continued 1826-7 (7 building certs.), with agreement by 15 different owners to pay the cost of paving and lighting (Paving Commissioners' Minutes 2 Feb. 1827). Almost certainly named after either Jersey Villa or Jersey House), both slightly earlier, and on the opposite side of the road. Jersey Villa appears as an isolated dwelling on the 1820 map. It was renamed Beech Hurst in the 1890s (comparison of 1891 and 1901 censuses); split and extended (1934-5) to form present 133 and 135 Hewlett Road, with its stable block becoming nos 137 and 139. There was also the probably later Jersey Lodge mentioned by Rowe (1845), and shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey as being on site now occupied by the northeast end of St Anne's Terrace. Both were probably named after the Countess of Jersey, at one time the most influential of all the mistresses of the Prince of Wales, who stayed in Cambray for some years in the early 1800s (Hart, pp. 161-2). She is listed at no. 4 Cambray Street 1820, died by 1821."
"1635","Jersey Street, off Sherborne Street. In progress by 1825; building certs. for 18 houses here between 1825 and 1830). Possibly also named after Jersey Villa (see preceding); there were few intervening houses at that date. 3 houses listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.)."
"1636","Jerusalem Chapel, south side of Upper Bath Street, behind Exmouth Arms. Marked on 1834 map (Union Street); now called 'Old Mission Room' (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1637","Jessop Avenue, off St James's Square. On part of St James's Station site; named in 1980s, commemorating Charles Hale Jessop who established a nursery on this site c. 1822 (extensively described in Rowe)."
"1638","Jessops Wood, The Reddings. Off North Road; 1996 residential development by Taywood Homes."
"1639","Jireh Place, Charlton Kings. Listed in 1841 Census as 3 houses. Also a Jireh Cottage. 7 houses in 1858 rates book; on south side of London Road near Hamilton Place (pc J Sale)."
"1640","Jireh Terrace, Charlton Kings. 1841 Census. No. 9 noted in 1857 directory."
"1641","John Street. Name on 1864 map for what is now Priory Terrace, Highbury. Probably an error."
"1642","Joyner Road, Arle. Off George Readings Way; after Alderman Terry Joyner. Of c. 1980."
"1643","Jubilee Bridge. Opened 2002; pedestrian bridge over part of redeveloped St James's Station site."
"1644","Jubilee Challes, Charlton Kings. Pair of late Victorian or Edwardian houses, now nos. 239-41 Cirencester Road, opposite site of old railway station. Jubilee suggests 1897; second part is seemingly a persistent misspelling of chalets."
"1645","Julian Terrace, Brunswick Street. Nos. 3 and 4 listed in 1891-2 directory."
"1646","Julien Terrace, Roman Road. 6 houses in 1883-4 directory"
"1647","Juniper Court, Fiddler's Green. Of c. 1970s appearance."
"1648","Justicia Way, Up Hatherley. Off Caernarvon Road; part of development by Westbury Homes, approved 1989. Named by parish council following shrub theme adopted for this phase (Up Hatherley Parish Council), Justicia being a genus of evergreen shrubs, better known as Jacobinia."
"1649","Karenza Villas, Bayshill. 2 houses, first listed 1865 directory. Also a house called Karenza, of c. 1867, at end of Kew Place (now Lake House). Allusion uncertain; perhaps musical or literary. Karenza said to be variant of Cornish kerensa, meaning love or beauty."
"1650","Kear's Passage, off north side of High Street. Was between nos. 222 and 223 [now 407-9] High Street, i.e. roughly opposite Burton Street. 1841 Census. Probably led to Kear's Cottages, rear of 219 High Street (ref. in 1906 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes), and is possibly the same as Kear's Court, noted in Aug. 1896 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes. 1844 directory lists a Thomas Kear at the Wheatsheaf beerhouse, no. 217 High Street. Earlier, a Mr Thomas Kear had houses at the Top of the Town (Paving Commissioners' Minutes 7 Apr. 1812), and two Kears are listed in 1800 directory."
"1651","Kebbridge. Variant of Cakebridge, seen 1834 (Sawyer, p.178)."
"1652","Keighley Terrace, St Paul's. 16 houses on east side of St Paul's Church, 1891-2 directory."
"1653","Keirle Walk. Between Carter Road/Frank Brookes Road and Princess Elizabeth Way; c. 1980."
"1654","Kellam Bridge, Prestbury. Named in a 1575 source; perhaps crossing the Hyde Brook (Victoria County History, p. 70)."
"1655","Kemble Grove, The Reddings. 1996 development by Taywood. Cotswold name."
"1656","Kemerton Road, off Merestones Drive. Development of c. 1992."
"1657","Kempton Grove, Fiddler's Green. Developed by Bryant Homes (agreement of Oct. 1973; adopted Dec. 1979)."
"1658","Kenelm Drive, Leckhampton. Off Shurdington Road; development of 43 houses on southwest side of Moorend Lodge, Shurdington Road, for which Hurst & Beamish Ltd got planning permission in 1953 (PC, Feb., no. 1472). For origin, see next."
"1659","Kenelm Gardens, Leckhampton. Developed by Western Estates Ltd (agreement of March 1974; adopted Oct. 1976), in gardens of St Kenelm's School (no. 78 Shurdington Road). St Kenelm, originally a Mercian princeling, is said to be buried at Winchcombe."
"1660","Kenilworth House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Existing by 1961."
"1661","Kenilworth Villas. 2 houses in St Anne's Road, first listed 1883-4."
"1662","Kenneth Close, Leckhampton. Mid-1990s development by D. E. Deacon. Commemorating Hon. Alderman Ken Hammond (pc JB)."
"1663","Kensington Avenue, off Queen's Road. Site undeveloped on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, which shows only 'heaps of earth', spoil from the Lansdown station cutting. Existing by 1904 (ref. to improvement works in, Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, May). Declared public highway May 1905 (Streets and Highways Committee)."
"1664","Kent (Avenue), Rowanfield. One of the southern county names approved for the Rowanfield estate in 1949, but apparently never used (Housing Committee, Feb, no. 2870)."
"1665","Kent's Lane. A possibly short-lived 18th-century name for St George's Place, which see. Noted once, on 1787 map (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Maps 42); evidently after an individual of this name, though no candidate yet identified."
"1666","Kentmere Close, Up Hatherley. Developed by Permanent Houses (Burton) Ltd (agreement of Oct. 1963); Lake District theme name, proposed by developers and approved 1963 (Market and Watch Committee, Jun)."
"1667","Kerstin Close, Wyman's Brook. Racehorse theme: Kerstin won the 1958 Cheltenham Gold Cup."
"1668","Kestrel Close, Leckhampton. Developed by Western Estates (agreement of Mar. 1961); birds of prey theme."
"1669","Keswick Road, Up Hatherley. Developed by Permanent Houses Ltd (agreements of Oct. 1963, Nov. 1964); Lake District theme name, approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, Dec.)."
"1670","Kew Place, off Bath Road. Line present, unnamed, with some building shown, 1820 map. Formerly Clare Parade, and built along �¾ of southern side by 1834. Current name by 1841 Census, though originally referring only to a court up a passage off Clare Parade. The court became known as Kew Place Court (e.g. 1893 directory) when Kew Place was adopted as the name of the whole street (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Nos. 1-5 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.)."
"1671","Keynsham Bank, London Road. Thus on maps from 1819, referring to 5 villas on north side, fronting the London Road. The first of these was in existence by 1809 ('modem freehold villa at Keynsham Bank' then in occupation of Mrs Moore (advt., Chronicle, June 1809). Name now refers to a modern development, extending north from London road on site of the former villas (latterly nos. 64-72 London Road) by Glynbridge Builders Ltd (agreement of March 1978; adopted Sept. 1981). Early references are in the form Kingsham, e.g. Kyngisham, mid-1500s (Place Names of Gloucestershire); Kinsham and Kinsam in 1617 (Norden); Kinsham Bank in 1746, 1765 (Manor Court Books). These all indicate a bank, near the parish boundary, defining the King's water meadow (Old English 'hamm'); compare Kingsditch on the western side of town. A 1708 ref. to 'Kinsom or Keinsom' (Manor Court Books) suggests a 'Keynsham'-type pronunciation may have existed at this date; name evidently assimilated to that of the well-known town near Bristol, possibly under the influence of Robert Hughes, who named Rodney Lodge (c. 1806) after the Rodney family of Keynsham. 1809 reference above is the earliest seen for the current spelling, though it evidently overlapped with the older form; see e.g. sale of a close at top of the town 'in a place called Kinsham', 1815 (Chronicle, 26 Jan.)."
"1672","Keynsham Parade, London Road. 7 houses, between Keynsham Road and Old Bath Road. 1841 Census, 1855-7 Old Town Survey. D. J. Humphris, surveyor (see following, and Argyll Road), lived at no. 3."
"1673","Keynsham Place, London Road. 2-3 villas on London side of Corpus Street. First noted 1826 (Griffith, p. 14); shown on 1834 map."
"1674","Keynsham Road, off London Road. Follows line of an unnamed lane or path on 1834 map (ditto 1855-7 Old Town Survey), running south to Sandford Road. Outline (undeveloped, unnamed) on 1864 map. Made up by 1870: Mrs. M. K. Scott asked for the 'new road leading towards Sandford Terrace' to be named Glendouran Road (after a house); countered by town surveyor D. J. Humphris, owner of the land on the east side of the road, who said it had been known as Keynsham Road for many years past (Streets and Highways Committee, 25 July 1870). Laid out and named on 1884 map, but only I or 2 houses present. The section south of the river Chelt approaching Sandford Terrace was at one time known as Sandford Mead Road, which see. See also Sandford Terrace."
"1675","Keynsham Street, off London Road, north side. In progress by 1836, and steady development to at least 1840 (building certs.). Fully built up on 1884 map. May well be on site of orchard at Keynsham Bank offered for sale 1809: 300ft frontage on London Road and 530ft deep (property of Thomas Gray), suitable for 'villas, crescent or street' (Chronicle, Aug.)."
"1676","Keynsham Terrace, Hales Road. Terrace of some 12 houses, at southern end. Now nos. 4-26. Designed by D. J. Humphris before c. 1845, according to Little (p. 104), though they appear slightly later."
"1677","Keynshambury Road. In existence by 1926, when it housed only a builder's yard and a garage. Preserves name of Keynshambury House (existing by 1830 directory), house renamed Keynsham Priors, 1907 (Cheltenham Looker-On)."
"1678","Kidnapper's Lane, Leckhampton. Present and named on 1884 map. Previously known as Green Lane (Stait). May reflect some past incident, but may be arbitrary. Could alternatively be a rationalisation of a dialect term: possibly shares an origin with Giddynap Lane in Dursley, Glos. (personal communication Mrs Barbara Rawes). See also Sheep's Head Row."
"1679","Kilchberg Villas, St Luke's Road. Terrace of redbrick houses on north side, facing church, first mentioned 1871 (Streets and Highways Committee). Nos. 1-4 first listed 1872."
"1680","Kimberley Walk, Priors Road. 1960s. Gloucestershire Regiment battle honours theme, after Boer War engagement of 1900."
"1681","Kinder House, Pennine Road. Flats, built 1949-50. After Kinder Scout, highest point in the Peak District, part of the Pennine chain."
"1682","King Alfred Way, off Hales Road. Developed by Webb Bros (agreement of Jan. 1965). The Battledown Industrial Estate was formerly home to Webb Bros' Battledown Brick and Tile works. Webbs made much of their claim to be the successors to King Alfred the Great, 'who first started tile making in Cheltenham in 886' (Webb Bros catalogue, early 1900s, repeating a story circulated by Rudder, and revived in the 1863 Cheltenham copyhold inquiry). This road was the approach to the works, whose entrance was adomed by a silhouette of King Alfred. Name agreed by Market and Watch Committee 1962 (unreported minute, 14 Nov.)."
"1683","King Arthur Close, Charlton Kings. Developed by Bovis Homes Ltd (agreement of May 1977; adopted Sept. 1983)."
"1684","King George Close, Charlton Kings. Developed by Bovis Homes Ltd (agreement of Sept. 1979; adopted Nov. 1984)."
"1685","King Henry Close, Charlton Kings. Developed by Bovis Homes Ltd (agreement of May 1977; adopted Sept. 1983). Together with King William Drive below, these names represent Charlton 'Kings'."
"1686","King Street, off Lower High Street. A development facilitated by the 1806 enclosure; some garden ground forming part of its site, was transferred to one of its developers, Walter Hilton Jessop, in 1806 (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 10/2). Line present, unnamed, on 1809 map, with one or two houses at High Street end. Building in progress by 1810: ref. in auction notice, June, and in sale notice of new unfinished house and 4 lots, as well as 2 further lots of freehold land at top end, 19 July (Miles/Glos. Journal). Probably named after the King's Head Inn (1820 map, in High Street, almost opposite southern end of King Street. Appears too early to be associable with James King, who took over from Simeon Moreau as the town's master of ceremonies in 1810 (Little, p. 59),"
"1687","King Street Cottages. Two short rows of cottages (nos. 1-3, 4-8) behind east side of King Street, southern end, on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Perhaps same as houses in King Street Passage, listed 1841 Census; and may also be identical with following."
"1688","King Street Gardens. Listed in 1857 directory. Nos. 5-7 & 9 declared unfit for habitation; to be demolished (Public Health Committee, May, Oct. 1923). Nos. 1-4 still listed 1952."
"1689","King Street Place, off King Street. Listed 1844 directory; may be the same as King's Place, referred to once in 1830 directory."
"1690","King William Drive, Charlton Kings. The fourth of the Charlton 'Kings' ,developed by Bovis Homes Ltd (agreement of Sept. 1979; adopted Nov. 1984)."
"1691","King's Court. Mid-1990s restoration and conversion to flats of former Ebenezer Methodist Chapel (built 1812-3) in King Street."
"1692","King's Head Passage, near New Street. Noted 1899 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes."
"1693","King's Head Yard. First listed in 1858 directory (under New Street), but likely to be of similar age to the pub itself (see King Street above)."
"1694","The King's Highway. General term (Latinised as via regia) for public roads (especially through routes) in the period up to about 1800, but within Cheltenham some routes appear to have been particularly so known, eg the old north-south route forming part of eastern parish boundary of Cheltenham, and including present Hales Road (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 2, p. 9). This is probably the regia via referred to in mid-13th century (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 9, p. 49). Name still in use 1767 (Manor Court Books, 27 Apr.), implicitly applying to Hale's Road part; also King's Highway North (1773), apparently with same meaning."
"1695","Kings Innes Close. Shortlived name for what is now part of Wessex Drive (Cheltenham Borough CouncilRR)."
"1696","King's Road, off Hales Road. Laid out in 1868, after the developer Revd William Boyce had completed the process of assembling the constituent parcels of land (formerly cultivated ground) In May 1868 (deeds, no. 32 King's Road). Application made July 1868 to after Princes Road footpath to allow for 'intended new road' in direction of Hales Road (Streets and Highways Committee). Boyce, a housemaster at Cheltenham College, had other property interests including parts of Battledown. Having established the line of the road, Boyce sold on to other developers. Sewer laid at bottom end by 1869, and in the rest in 1872 (MS additions to Old Town Survey). After a year or two individual plots were sold off, the first houses going up by 1872, also the year that streetlamps were requested. Declared public highway 1876 (Gloucestershire Record Office). The name may be a conscious continuation of the theme set by the neighbouring Princes Street and Duke Street. Alternatively, may commemorate William Charles King, one of joint owners of part of the land for some years before the sale to Boyce, but this would not fit well with the earliest references, which are consistently to 'the King's Road'. Conceivably it was intended to echo the King's Highway (see preceding entry)."
"1697","King's Well. The well sunk at George III's order (on a site in Overton Road not far from the original Bayshill Lodge) during his 1788 visit was called thus from its opening (Moreau, 1793). This well had closed by 1816, and the description was later applied to other sources."
"1698","Kingscote Avenue, Up Hatherley. Off Kingscote Road West; developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of May 1970)."
"1699","Kingscote Cottages, St Paul's. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, in angle of present Dunalley Street and St Paul's Road. See Kingscote Passage, below"
"1700","Kingscote Close, Up Hatherley. Developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of Oct. 1964). Name approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, Dec.)."
"1701","Kingscote Grove, Up Hatherley. As preceding."
"1702","Kingscote Passage. Unlocated, though possibly associated with Kingscote Cottages, above. Listed in 1847 directory; home to a tailor."
"1703","Kingscote Road East, Up Hatherley. Developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of Oct. 1964); name approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, Dec.). See following."
"1704","Kingscote Road West, Up Hatherley. Developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of Oct. 1964; adopted 1967-8); name approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, Dec.). Other development in 'Kingscote Road' by Geo. Wimpey' & Co. (agreement of June 1966); site called 'Kingscote Gardens estate', probably after house called Kingscote (one such listed in Hatherley Road 1911). Catherine Kingscote, niece of Lady Suffolk, had some association with the town (SGP, p. 4)."
"1705","Kingsditch Lane, Swindon. Thus on 1884 map, but just King's Ditch in 1858 directory, and Kingsditch in 1926, 1936 directories. Kynges diche in 1520s (Manor Court Books); Place Names of Gloucestershire quotes 1606 reference to Kinges Ditches. Kingsditch furlong noted 1733 (Manor Court Books, 19 Jun.). Named from the ditch, dug possibly in the Saxon period, defining the boundary between the King's manor of Cheltenham and the manor of Swindon (Rawes, JCLHS 7, p. 5)"
"1706","Kingsham. See Keynsham Bank."
"1707","Kingsham Close. See Corpus Street."
"1708","Kingsholm Villas, Hales Road. 2 houses, first listed 1883-4 directory."
"1709","Kingsley Gardens, St Mark's. Off Gloucester Road. 'Resolved, on recommendation of Housing Committee, that the four crescents on the frontage of the St Mark's Housing estate be called Kingsley Gardens' (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Feb. 1928). At one time to have been site for several 'Foreign Office managerial houses' - for GCHQ staff (Housing Committee, 6 May 1953; see Ledmore Road), though in the event only a handful were built here. English poet theme."
"1710","Kingsmead Avenue, Arle. Off Princess Elizabeth Way. Built by 1959. From an Arle fieldname in use by 1697 (Manor Court Books), sometimes seen as Kingsmeadow."
"1711","Kingsmead Close, Arle. Part of what its developers, Western Estates (Lawes Cherry) Ltd, had termed The Gables development; named 1962 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 14 Nov.)."
"1712","Kingsmead Road, Arle. On line of a road running past Arle Court and Arle Court Farm (1884 map). One of first batch of Hester's Way estate roads to be named, 1952 (Housing Committee July 1952, no. 393)."
"1713","Kingston Cottages, St Paul's. Recurrent error for Kington Cottages, which see"
"1714","Kingston Drive, off Fiddler's Green Lane. Developed by Canberra Developments Ltd (agreement of Jan. 1978; adopted June 1982). Probably after Kingston, South Australia: Canberra favoured names with an Australian connection."
"1715","Kingston Place, off Prestbury Road. Terrace of 10 houses in what is now Windsor Street. In progress by 1840 (building cert); in 1843 assessment quoted by Goding. 1855-7 Old Town Survey (which also shows a Kingston House, at southern end of Windsor Street)."
"1716","Kingsville Road, Swindon Village. Runnings Industrial Estate; named 1975. Named after Kingsville House (existing by 1923), which stood on corner of Kingsditch Lane and Tewkesbury Road (personal communication Major A C Cropp). Housename probably influenced by Kingsditch Lane."
"1717","Kington Cottages, St Paul's. 4 houses on south side of St Paul's Road, west side of St Paul's garage; apparently equating to former nos. 36-42. Listed in 1844, 1857 directories. Included in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"1718","Kipling Road, St Mark's. Building began in 1929, on land previously occupied by Mr Wasley; name adopted on recommendation of Housing Committee (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct. 1928). English poet theme."
"1719","The Knapp. At junction of New Street, Park Street and Great Western Road. Seen 1717 as the Nap (Manor Court Books); The Knapp on map of 1776. Continued as a locality and street name until c. mid-1960s. A small barrow or knap (as in Belas Knap, Winchcombe) was still in existence near here in the early 19th century; it was destroyed when the GWR station at St James's was completed in 1846 (Hart, pp. 1-2). Another knap feature appears to have existed in Knavenhill field, Charlton Kings (Manor Court Books refs, from 1690s)."
"1720","Knapp Cottages, New Street. Listed by 1911."
"1721","Knapp Lane, off Knapp Road. Formerly Workhouse Lane, which see; renamed thus after request from residents, 1961 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, I I Jan.)."
"1722","Knapp Place, New Street. Existing by 1826 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 12 June). 1844 directory: partly in New Street and partly in Park Street. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey as 3 houses. Listed as 8 houses 1926."
"1723","Knapp Road. Present but unnamed on 1820 (undeveloped) and on 1834 map (some building). Present name in use by 1911 and probably earlier."
"1724","Knapp Row, New Street. Existing by 1860."
"1725","Knightsbridge Crescent, off Sandford Mill Road. Developed by Wheeler & Mansell Ltd (agreement of Oct. 1964). On former Fuller & Maylam nursery site; name approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, May). London theme, perhaps because near the London Road; original proposal, Kensington Crescent, was rejected because of possible confusion with Kensington Avenue."
"1726","Knoll Hill Farm, Prestbury. Now Knoll Hill House, Mill Lane. 1709 ref. in Place Names of Gloucestershire; knoll with its usual meaning of hill (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Seen as Knowle Hill in 1808 (Gray, no. 228)."
"1727","Knowsley Parade, St Paul's. 6 houses, now nos. 1-11 St Paul's Road, near Clarence Square. Listed by 1870-1 directory, when only 2 were occupied. Streetlamps supplied 1874 (Streets and Highways Committee). Former name of the corner property (no. 11), once the St Paul's sub-post office, was Knowsley House (not apparently earlier than remainder). Perhaps after Knowsley Hall, Lancs., residence of earls of Derby."
"1728","Laburnum Court, Fiddler's Green. Off Springbank Road; c. 1980s development. Flowering tree theme."
"1729","Lackington. A variant of Leckhampton, first seen in 1287 and possibly surviving into to the 20th century (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 25, p. 29; also Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 3, p. 33). In the Cheltenham Journal of 29 Nov. 1824, the forms Lackington and Lackhampton appear in successive paragraphs."
"1730","Lacy's Cottages. 3 houses in Exmouth Street. First noted 1926, but probably Victorian: nos. 1-3 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"1731","Lad's Lane. Named thus on 1776 map. Former footpath along the boundary between Alstone and Sandford tithings (Rawes, JCLHS 6, p. 3), and forming a recognised part of the town limits to 1806 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 11 Nov.), though by that year it had been `shut up' (1806 map). One remaining section is the back lane of Lansdown Terrace. Place Names of Gloucestershire records Lady Lanes (1605): possibly a precursor form, or simply an error. The closure may have been prompted by a wish to make the Bayshill area more private; it was at one time anticipated that George III would return to make regular visits after his stay there in 1788 (pc JM)."
"1732","Ladysmith Road, off Priors Road. 1960s development. Gloucestershire Regiment battle honour theme; after the Boer War battle, 1900."
"1733","Lake Street, Prestbury. Marked thus on 1911 OS map 1:2,500, though directory of same year has Lake Lane. Includes the large Lake House (of 1647; marked on 1901 OS map 1:2,500 and still extant), but the lake itself, once in front of Lake Farm, seems to have disappeared in the last century."
"1734","Lamb Inn. One of the principal inns, situated in the High Street opposite the Plough (i.e. opposite Regent Arcade). Established by 1727 (Goding, p. 260)."
"1735","Lamb Retreat, Commercial Street. Listed 1911; perhaps identical with following."
"1736","Lamb's Cottages. In a lane off east side of Commercial Street, facing north (1883 OS map 1:500). Back to back with present no. 15 Victoria Retreat, and roughly on site of former Montpellier Brewery. Ref. to health nuisance at nos. 3-5, 1910 (Public Health Committee, July), suggesting sub-standard dwellings."
"1737","Lambeth Place, St Paul's. 1841 Census; not otherwise noted, and possibly later renamed. Lampitts. A house, with orchard extending to `the brook' (probably the Chelt) to the north, and highway on the south side (Manor Court Books, 30 Apr. 1773; 1735 ref. to the same as a house in Alstone); not yet further identified."
"1738","Landor Gardens, off Hewlett Road. Infill development, about mid-1980s. On site of former Landor Service Station, itself named after a 19th-century house, Lando(u)r."
"1739","Landore Villas, Painswick Road. 3 houses, near entrance to The Park. First listed 1870-1 directory."
"1740","The Lanes, Leckhampton. Part of c. 1990 development off Kidnapper's Lane."
"1741","Langdale Road, Up Hatherley. Developed by Western Estates (Lawes Cherry) Ltd. Named 1955, after council had rejected the developer's original proposals (Western Avenue, Western Gardens or Bournside Avenue), preferring instead a Lake District name (Bassenthwaite Road). Possibly feeling the latter was too much of a mouthful, Western Estates counterproposed five other names, all of which were turned down in favour of the eventual Langdale (Market and Watch Committee, Apr. 1955, no. 1471)."
"1742","Langdon Road, off Norwood Arms roundabout. Developed 1890s (pc JM); present on 1901 OS 1:2,500. Early in 1902 the Revd H. W. Blott wrote urging that the number of houses now built merited roadmaking and paving works forthwith; these were carried out in 1903-4 (Streets and Highways Committee, Jan.). Name just possibly associated with the Misses Langdon who ran a school at Casino House, which see (1844 directory)."
"1743","Langdon Terrace. 6 houses in Langdon Road, existing by 1911."
"1744","Langley Cottages, Naunton Lane. 2 houses, first noted 1883-4 directory."
"1745","Langton Grove Road, Charlton Kings. Off south side of London Road; new in 1893 directory. After Langton House, built on London Road by Charles C. Higgs, c. 1825 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 10, p. 11); at one time a school, and in 1995 converted to a restaurant."
"1746","Langton Place, Charlton Kings. Modern infill off Cirencester Road, just south of Cudnall Street."
"1747","Lansdown. This impressive early residential estate was laid out 1824-5 by Pearson Thompson on lands bought in 1801 by his father Henry Thompson, from Revd John De la Bere of Southam (Blake & Beacham, p. 71). Some of the early designs were by J. B. Papworth, but from c. 1828 the most significant hand was that of R. W. Jearrad. Almost certainly thus called from the fashionable area of Bath of this name (once a separate village); the Bath name was given wider circulation by the creation of Sir William Petty as first Marquess of Lansdowne in 1784 (Goding, p. 298, suggests he visited Cheltenham, which may have spurred the choice of name). The Cheltenham version is given as Landsdown on an 1828 plan, but almost invariably lacks the first d thereafter. Many other towns and cities have Lansdowne streets (usually with an -e); one such is Leamington Spa, which (like Bath itself) also has a Lansdowne Crescent, built 1835; there is another in Malvern. Other nearby Lansdowns in Gloucester, Stroud and Swindon are later than Cheltenham's. The Lansdown railway station (now Cheltenham's only one) opened in 1840 (Hart, p. 233)."
"1748","Lansdown Buildings. Listed 1860, but not firmly identified."
"1749","Lansdown Castle Drive, off Gloucester Road. Developed by J. Harper & Sons (agreement of Apr. 1966). The Lansdown Castle was an 1850s castellated house (latterly including a shop) near a tollgate on the Gloucester Road; Holst named an operetta after it (Hart, p. 361); a new gate was set up further out of town in 1852 (Examiner, 15 Dec.). The building itself was demolished c. 1972 (personal communication Dr Steven Blake)."
"1750","Lansdown Close, off Lansdown Road. Named at borough surveyor's suggestion, 1956 (Market and Watch Committee, Oct., no. 685)."
"1751","Lansdown Cottages, 7 houses in Gloucester Road near former Lansdown Inn. Existing by 1872."
"1752","Lansdown Court, Malvern Road. Large pair of Italianate villas, facing south opposite Lansdown Terrace. In existence by 1834 (map; also description in Davies, p. 163)."
"1753","Lansdown Crescent. This large convex crescent, without equal in its day, was planned by Papworth as villas, rather than continuous terrace. Only nos. 1-2 were built to his 1825 plan, being erected by 1830 (the present no. 1 is a 1980s replica); the rest of the crescent was mostly completed over the next 8 years to the design of Jearrad (Blake). 1834 map shows eastern half built. Listed to no. 38 in 1839 directory. Bath's Lansdown Crescent (concave) dates from 1789-93."
"1754","Lansdown Crescent Lane. Service road; present but unnamed on 1834 map. Named by 1936."
"1755","Lansdown Lodge Drive, off Lansdown Road. Name submitted in 1954 by the developer, W. Bullingham Ltd (Market and Watch Committee, Dec., no. 932). After Lansdown Lodge, house listed in 1841 Census."
"1756","Lansdown Mews. 1847 directory. Possibly refers to either Lansdown Place Lane or Lansdown Terrace Lane."
"1757","Lansdown Parade. Term originally referred solely to a terrace of 23 houses, but now includes other houses in same road. The roadway is marked on 1834 map; terrace was started c. 1835. Nos. 1-23 largely finished by 1838, though no. 1 was slow to complete and the intended matching no. 24 was never started. Listed up to no. 20 in 1839 directory. See also Lansdown Villas."
"1758","Lansdown Place. Development begun by Pearson Thompson in 1825-6; 19 houses built by 1830; finished by the Jearrad brothers in mid-1830s (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). Shown as more than half built (from the east) on 1834 map. Cheltenham Looker-On survey of Oct. 1835 noted that only one (no. 25) was unfinished. Originally to have been called Bestcroft Buildings, but known by its present name by 1827 (building certs.)."
"1759","Lansdown Place Lane. Present but unnamed on 1834 map. Listed by 1926."
"1760","Lansdown Road. First section (as far as Westal Green) present but unnamed on 1806-10 map, and called New Gloucester Road on 1834 map. Witts (Diary, May 1830) calls it the 'new road to Gloucester, which is now open for travelling'. Present name by 1840 map, referring to section from Westal Green to Gloucester Road, eastern part being Lansdown Place. Built as shown on Papworth's 1825 plan (Verey). See also Mussoorie Court, Westall Lane."
"1761","Lansdown Terrace. In progress by 1832, and perhaps started the previous year; listed to no. 10 in 1839 directory, and complete to no. 23 by 1840. No. 23, separated from its predecessors by a passageway, was clearly intended to have been the first of a further range, extending towards Christ Church (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). Nos. 11-7 renovated after 1918 and renamed Evelyn Court, which see."
"1762","Lansdown Terrace Lane. Formerly anonymous mews or service lane behind the Terrace, standing on part of the line of Lad's Lane, which see. Sir George Dowty began his aero-engineering business in a former coach-house here."
"1763","Lansdown Turnpike Road. Noted thus in 1835 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Former (possibly not formal) name for Lansdown Road."
"1764","Lansdown Villas. 1834 map shows projected 8 pairs of villas, and further detached houses, of which only the northern ones were actually built. Listed to no. 8 in 1839 directory. Rest of site developed instead as a terrace, Lansdown Parade, which see. Some of Lansdown Villas were earlier known as Italian Villas, which see."
"1765","Lansdown Walk. Connects mid-point of Lansdown Crescent to Lansdown Place. Marked but unnamed on 1834 map."
"1766","Larch Close, Charlton Kings. Off Beeches Road, on Sappercombe nurseries site. Developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of Oct. 1965); tree theme."
"1767","Larch Rise, Leckhampton. Part of c. 1990 development off Kidnapper's Lane."
"1768","Larchmere Grove, Up Hatherley. Off Greatfield Lane; part of Meadow Lane development by Bryants, approved 1986 and completed c. 1989. Named by parish council following tree theme adopted for earlier phases of 1980s development, and influenced by the site having been part of market garden on which larch trees were in evidence (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1769","Larput Place, St Paul's. In progress by 1840 (cert. for house in `Lorpot Street'). Formerly applied only to terrace of 5 houses at eastern end (1855-7 Old Town Survey), but now the name of the whole street. Fully developed on 1884 map. Origin of name obscure; possibly a portmanteau or invented form. Perhaps a surname, but Larpent is the closest found."
"1770","Latheram Meadows. Area west of St George's Place and south of St James's Square, and in earlier documents usually Laverham (e.g. 1395 (Place Names of Gloucestershire), and Norden 1617). Site of several coachhouse/stables developments by Benjamin Fagg, 1831-2 (building certs.), the area being marked as Fagg's Mews on 1834 map. The name was preserved in Laverham House (thus on 1883 OS map 1:500), a house midway between Bayshill Inn and St George's Terrace, surviving as no. 77 St George's Place. Place Names of Gloucestershire explains as laefer `rush/reed' and hamm `meadow'."
"1771","Laundry Lane, Charlton Kings. Informal name for Newcourt Road, after the Paragon Laundry long situated there (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 2, p. 3)."
"1772","Laurel Cottages, Rowanfield. First noted in 1896 directory."
"1773","Laurel Drive, Prestbury. Off Prestbury Road; listed by 1959. After a 19th-century house, The Laurels, still standing in Prestbury Road near entrance to Laurel Drive."
"1774","Lavender Road, Up Hatherley. Off Azalea Drive; part of 1994 development by Westbury Homes at `Strawberry Fields'."
"1775","Laverham. See Latheram."
"1776","Lawrence Close, Charlton Kings. Off Glenfall Way; developed by Central & Provincial Properties (agreement of May 1971; adopted Mar. 1980)."
"1777","Lawrence Cottage. Unlocated; listed as lodging house in 1820 directory."
"1778","Lawrence's Passage, off or near Bath Road. 1841 Census; listed under Exmouth Court in 1844 directory (4 occupants)."
"1779","Lawson Villas, Marle Hill Parade. Newly listed in 1887 directory."
"1780","Lawson Glade, Charlton Kings. Off Bafford Approach. Developed by Brixbur Builders (agreement of Feb. 1964)."
"1781","Laxton Road, off Dowty Road, Princess Elizabeth Way. Existing by 1959; apple theme."
"1782","Laxton Walk. Footpath between Laxton Road and Dowty Road; named by 1959."
"1783","Lazenby Court. Name chosen by Wimpey for part of its 2002 Charlecote Park development next to Fiddler's Green Lane near new GCHQ building. After George Lazenby, who played spy James Bond in the film OHMSS (Glos. Echo, 23 Nov.)"
"1784","Leamington Place. Original name for part of Pittville section of Prestbury Road (Blake 1988, p. 73), and referred to thus in schedule to 1827 deed of covenants and general regulations for Pittville. Thus on 1834 map, which shows as built the two end pairs of the eventual terrace of 12, north from Leamington House (now no. 6 Prestbury Road, and since 1838 a pharmacy,), built 1833-4 (Blake 1988, p. 42). Building cert. for no. 10, 1840. Listed for first time (nos. 6-10 only) in 1844 directory. Clearly after Leamington Spa, Warks., which entered its heyday in the second decade of the 19th century."
"1785","Leasowe, Charlton Kings. Listed by Place Names of Gloucestershire without further detail; might refer to any of several examples in the parish of this common term for pasture or meadow."
"1786","Lechmere, Prestbury. Listed by Place Names of Gloucestershire; probably no more than a house-name."
"1787","Lechmere Road, Hester's Way. Originally `Road no. 9' on the Hester's Way estate plan; named 1952 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov.). Sir A. Lechmere was among local landowners listed in 1835 Enclosure Act (History of Hester's Way)."
"1788","Leckhampton. Still a separate parish, but increasingly part of greater Cheltenham since development along the new Bath Road began in early 19th century. First recorded in Domesday Book, 1086, as Lechametone and Lechantone, meaning `homestead where garlic or leeks were grown' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). A frequent variant form was Lackington, which see."
"1789","Leckhampton Bridge. At point where Shurdington Road crosses Hatherley Brook, south-west of Silverthorne Close; marked thus on 1980 OS map 1:2,500."
"1790","Leckhampton Common. On 1746 Norwood estate map, this is the part of the hill east of what is now Blackhedge Farm (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1791","Leckhampton Farm Court, Leckhampton. Residential development by Laser; road adopted by Cheltenham Borough Council July 1995."
"1792","Leckhampton Hill. The continuation of Leckhampton Road south of the town boundary. Name confirmed 1891 by Leckhampton Local Board (Examiner, 14 Oct.)."
"1793","Leckhampton Lane. Continuation of Church Road, Leckhampton, and earlier a name for Church Road itself (Stait, p. 3)."
"1794","Leckhampton Rise. 1994 development of 9 houses off Old Bath Road by David Deacon Builders on site previously occupied by petrol station and Hulin's garage."
"1795","Leckhampton Road. Named thus by 1841 (Census), and probably earlier. Line defined by rail road, and probably built at same time as the tramway spur bringing stone down from Leckhampton Hill was opened (1809-10). Appears to have been graded using some of this stone. The Leckhampton Local Board determined in 1891 that its southern limit was the junction with Old Bath Road (Examiner, 14 Oct.)."
"1796","Ledmore Road, Charlton Kings. Off Hearne Road; a council development, on land that became available when a house called The Knapp went up for sale in 1950 (Housing Committee, June, no. 207), of what were termed 'Foreign Office managerial houses'. These were to accommodate some of the senior staff of GCHQ on the move of that department to Cheltenham in 1953-4. Built by Tom Morris (Gloucester) Ltd; contract let Mar. 1952 (Housing Committee no. 1748). Named thus at the request of Charlton Kings UDC (Cheltenham Borough Council minute no. 1849, Apr. 1953). Ledmore was a fieldname on opposite side of the London Road (Leadmoors in 1858 rate book); evidently another of the Charlton Kings `moors' (see Moor Ends), but first element unexplained."
"1797","Lee Close, Arle. Off Pennsylvania Avenue; records `the association which General John Lee of the US Army had with the Borough during the [1939-45] War' (Housing Committee, minute no. 116, Apr. 1952)."
"1798","Leg of Mutton Lane, Prestbury. From Noverton Lane to Mill Lane. Informal; otherwise known as Pear Tree Lane."
"1799","Leechcroft Stile. Mentioned in 1692 (Manor Court Books), context suggesting it was in the direction of Prestbury, and presumably at the boundary of the field Leechcroft."
"1800","Leighton Road, off Hewlett Road. Line present on 1884 map, but undeveloped. First listed 1885, as street name only; by 1891-2, at least 40 houses detailed. On site occupied for much of 19th century by a nursery garden, marked Denny's Gardens on 1820 map, and later Hopwood's Nursery, illustrated in Rowe (1845) and shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. (Hopwood's Nursery site also known as Jersey Gardens, 1847 directory). Declared a highway in 1897 after street improvements agreed with Mr E. L. Baylis, `owner' of the road (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes Feb., Apr. 1896, 1897). Removal of bar and gates at east end being urged 1899 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes); confirmed as highway 1900. Probably named after the corner property in Hewlett Road (no. 95, now ladies' hairdresser), once called Leighton House (1911); the house is older than the street. The most likely source of this name is James Leighton, of Ash Tree House (no. 182 [later 317] High Street, second house west from junction with St Paul's Street South; earlier occupied by Edward Leighton, also a builder), who was elected a town commissioner in 1847, and held public office until 1866. Evidently an owner of land or property in Hewlett Road, as in 1874 he complained at a bill for street improvements carried out in front of Hopwood Gardens (Streets and Highways Committee, 29 Sept.). He died 11 Sept. 1894, aged 79 (Cheltenham Looker-On)."
"1801","Leighton's Row, New Street. 1869 ref. shows it was also known as New Street Place (Streets and Highways Committee, 22 Feb., lighting). Still extant 1902 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Possibly the same as Leighton Cottages, listed as being in or near St James's Square, 1857 directory (ref. to no. 2). Probably after Edward Leighton, builder (see Leighton Road), whose family was present in this part of High Street by 1787 (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 10/2)."
"1802","Leinster Close, off Springbank Road. Developed by R. Hitchins Ltd (agreement of Dec. 1965)."
"1803","Leinster Villas, Pittville. 1834 map; projected villas north of Pittville Lake; never built."
"1804","Letchmore Villas, Leckhampton. 2 houses opposite Moorend Crescent, 1870-1 directory."
"1805","Lennox Villas. 2 houses in Hewlett Road; first noted 1880-1 directory."
"1806","Lewis Road, Fiddler's Green. Off Marsland Road. Named in 1953, following honorary freeman theme: David Lewis JP was admitted freeman 31 Oct. 1935."
"1807","Leyson Road, The Reddings. Off south side of The Reddings; c. 1960s."
"1808","Liberton Nursery, Up Hatherley. Cited in Place Names of Gloucestershire, but no further information."
"1809","Libertus estate. This development, in the area later called St Mark's, was the first venture of the Cheltenham & Glos. Freehold Land Society, a Liberal-inclined group one of whose aims was to increase enfranchisement by promoting freehold ownership. The 15 acres, originally fields known as Dudleys, The Langett, and part of Hazard's Field (see Rawes, JCLHS 6), were near Lansdown Station, fronting the turnpike to Gloucester, and were to have provided 62 plots. This purchase was made in 1850, and by June 1851 was being referred to as the Libertus estate; three plots were bought by Revd G. P. Griffiths, who later donated them as the site of St Mark's Church (Homan). The name does not seem to have long survived the formation of the parish of St Mark's in 1862 (isolated late ref. seen in 1869 Streets and Highways Committee). Described in 1860 as `numerous pretty and respectable cottages which within the last ten years have started into existence . . . opposite the end of Lansdown Road' (Cheltenham Looker-On, 17 Mar.). The estate remained private until at least 1887. Libertus is the Latin for freedman; evidently chosen for echoes of freehold and Liberal."
"1810","Libertus Court, St Mark's. Off Libertus Road. Developed by Westbury Estates Ltd (agreement of July 1980; adopted June 1982)."
"1811","Libertus Road, St Mark's. Apparently laid out in late 1860s (absent from 1864 map). Unnamed until early 1870s (1870 ref. simply to `road leading to St Mark's estate', Streets and Highways Committee). Named by 1876, when streetlamps ordered (Streets and Highways Committee, 1 Feb.). See also Orchard Terrace."
"1812","Libertus Terrace, Libertus Road. In Apr. 1921 the Housing Committee resolved that the 10 houses of Orchard Terrace fronting Libertus Road be named Libertus Terrace, and numbered 1 to 10, but apparently this name was not taken up. Subsequent minutes still refer to it as Orchard Terrace, and directories list it thus until c. 1960, when houses in Libertus Road were first properly numbered."
"1813","Libertus Villas. 2 houses in St Mark's, first noted 1874 directory. A Libertus Cottage is listed at Vulcan Terrace from 1872."
"1814","Lichfield Drive, Warden Hill. 1950s; cathedral city theme."
"1815","Liddington Close, top of Leckhampton Road. Developed by A. Robinson Ltd (agreement of Mar. 1965). Originally to have been Bendall Close, after well-known building family of this area, but changed to avoid confusion with Benhall (Market and Watch Committee, May 1965)."
"1816","Liddington Road, Leckhampton. Near upper (south) end of Leckhampton Road; name agreed with Cheltenham RDC in 1959 for new road serving police housing development. Recalls Liddington Lake, a pleasure garden (opened 1893) with lake, situated south of the former Leckhampton Road station. Lake formed from claypits in grounds of c. 1894 Liddington House; lake largely filled in by 1923; house survives as headquarters of Moss Builders. Places called Liddington in both Wilts. and Rutland."
"1817","Lilac Close, Up Hatherley. On 1990s Brizen Farm estate; by Hitchins. Not named by parish council, but continues shrub theme used in other parts of Up Hatherley development (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1818","Lilley Brook, Charlton Kings. Flows into river Chelt about 300 yds above Sandford Mill. Previously Forden Brook. The Lilley element is first seen in 1306; either from an Old English personal name Lilla, or means `little enclosure' (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"1819","Limber Hill, Wyman's Brook. 1960s; Cheltenham Gold Cup theme; Limber Hill was the 1956 winner."
"1820","Lime Close, Prestbury. 1950s development; tree name theme."
"1821","Limekiln Row, St Paul's. 1841 Census; 8 houses, 1844 directory. Probably the same as Limekiln Place, 8 houses in St Paul's Street North on 1855-7 Old Town Survey (east side, north end). Limekiln Row described as `back street near St Paul's Cross' (1872). Subject of demolition proposal, 1930."
"1822","Lincoln Avenue, Warden Hill. Existing by 1959; cathedral cities theme."
"1823","Linden Avenue, Prestbury. Post-war development, separately listed by 1959 (houses previously numbered as part of Brymore Avenue). From The Lindens, formerly Field House (thus by 1843 and until at least 1865, Cheltenham Looker-On), early 18th-century house (Verey), standing at corner of New Barn Lane and The Burgage."
"1824","Linden Chase, Prestbury. Spur off Linden Close, c. 1990."
"1825","Linden Close, Prestbury. Under development 1956 (Market and Watch Committee, May); latterly extended towards Prestbury Park racecourse. Tree theme. Initially called Hill View Drive."
"1826","Linden Croft, Prestbury. Off Linden Avenue."
"1827","Linden Terrace, Cleeveland Street. First noted 1895 directory; listed as 7 houses 1926."
"1828","Linden Villas, Leckhampton Road. Nos. 1-2 first listed 1866 directory."
"1829","Lindsay Cottage. A `mansion house' formerly on site now occupied by 1960s telphone exchange, Oriel Road. After its owner, Lady Mary Lindsay Crawford. Marked 1806 map. In 1809, Capt. George Brisac RN, late of HMS Iris, was in court for erecting poles and rattles outside this house (Chronicle, June). Documented 1825 (Gloucestershire Record Office, D245 I 75); still under this name Jan. 1832 (Davies p. 106); changed to or replaced by Wolseley Lodge."
"1830","Linton Villas, Leckhampton. 2 houses opposite Moorend Crescent. 1870-1 directory."
"1831","Linwell Close, Wyman's Brook. Developed by Geo. Wimpey Ltd (agreement of Feb. 1973; adopted Nov. 1975). Cheltenham Gold Cup theme; Linwell was the winner in 1957."
"1832","Lippiatt. See Lypiatt."
"1833","Lipson Road, off Hester's Way Road. Listed by 1959; after Alderman Daniel Leopold Lipson MA, former mayor and MP, made honorary freeman of the borough 27 Sept. 1953."
"1834","Little Bayshill Terrace, at side of Bayshill Inn, St George's Place. Named on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, and listed by 1858. Originally the name applied only to the compact facing pair of 6-house terraces. Some of these are possibly the dwelling houses in Latheram Meadows for which building certs. were issued in 1833."
"1835","Little Cleevemount, Prestbury. Off Cleevemount Road; c. 1980s."
"1836","Little Herberts Close, Charlton Kings. Modern development, branching off the following."
"1837","Little Herberts Road, Charlton Kings. Unnamed on 1897 map, and listed as Little Herberts Lane on 1923 OS map 1:2,500. From a former farm/house Little Herberts; the Herbert element appears to come from Old French herberge, lodging or harbourage; for a long time the name was spelled Harbour or Harbord (Paget, p. 48). The road is referred to as Harborde Lane in 1529 (Manor Court Books)."
"1838","Little Norwood Street. Upper Norwood Street was known thus from c. 1834 (Sawyer, p. 179) to c. 1873."
"1839","Little's Row. 5 houses off New Street; 1841 Census, 1844 directory. Probably same as Little's Court, New Street, of which nos. 2-6 were condemned, 1917 (Public Health Committee, Sept.); arrangements to demolish, 1922 (Public Health Committee, Jan.)."
"1840","Little Promenade. Alternative name, still occasionally heard, for Ormond Place; thus in 1938 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"1841","Little Sherborne Place. Reference to lamps in, 1817 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Jan.). Possibly a part of, or offshoot of, Sherborne Place."
"1842","The Little Spa. An early auxiliary spa at Pittville, on the site first occupied by Essex Lodge, not far from present Edwardian refreshment kiosk of 1903."
"1843","Littledown Road, Charlton Kings. Off Sandy Lane; developed by Brixbur Builders (agreement of Feb. 1964)."
"1844","Liverpool Place, off High Street. Opposite Rodney Road; no. 1 extant 1847 directory (surgeon); and Liverpool Wine Vaults listed here in 1844. Formerly some 3 houses/shops set back a few yards from High Street; more recently a secondary entrance to the old Woolworth's. Before being so named, it was the large front garden forming the High Street frontage of Lee's Vittoria Hotel (see engraving in Griffith, 1826); garden visible on 1834 map. Renumbered as nos. 133-7 High Street in 1957. Since construction of Beechwood Place, reduced to a minor indentation in the High Street frontage, accommodating two shops."
"1845","Livorno Lodge, St Margaret's Road. 19th-century house, extension of former German Cottage, for some time occupied by Pate's Grammar School for Girls. See Pate Court."
"1846","Livorno Villas, St Paul's. Marle Hill Road; first listed 1896 directory. Probably named after preceding."
"1847","Llandudno Villas, Tivoli. 4 or 5 houses, between nos. 12-3 Lypiatt Street; existing 1911."
"1848","Llewellyn Cottages, Trinity School Lane. Listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.)."
"1849","Lloyd Close, Hester's Way. 2001-2 development by Barratt Homes on site of former Monkscroft Secondary school. After Cllr (and former mayor) Clive Lloyd (Glos. Echo, 23 Jan. 2002)."
"1850","London Inn, Charlton Kings. Built by Sampson Mitchell, innkeeper, shortly after a new section of the London Road was cut in 1825-6, avoiding Cudnall Street (Fletcher, Britain in Old Photos, 1999)."
"1851","London Road. Named thus by 1809 (map). Formerly regarded as beginning at the parish boundary (junction with Old Bath Road and Hales Road) rather than Hewlett Road/College Road junction as now. First turnpiked in 1756, and latterly part of the A40 London-Fishguard trunk route. See also Ashling Villas, Charlton Place, Keynsham Parade and Place, Oak Terrace and Villas, Oakland Cottages, Oxford Buildings, Parade, Terrace and Villas, Priory Buildings and Parade, Raymond Terrace, South View, Spring Grove Villas."
"1852","Long Mynd Avenue, Up Hatherley. Part of 1950s development. Welsh marches name chosen by parish council, whose Chairman, Revd C. Smith, had Welsh connections."
"1853","Long Orchards, Long Orchards Close. See Pickering Close."
"1854","The Long Walk. Alternative name for Well Walk (Blake & Beacham, p. 33). Also appears on 1884 map, on line of present car park behind Henrietta Street."
"1855","Long's Cottages (1), off south side of High Street. Between nos. 302-3 [now 322-4] High Street, i.e. Ambrose Street side of Royal Oak. 7 houses, 1841 Census; Nos. 4-11 mentioned in 1844 directory."
"1856","Long's Cottages (2), near Carlton Place. Ref. 1902 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"1857","Long's Passage, off east side of Rutland Street. 4 houses at northern end. Adjacent at no. 56 Rutland Street in 1844 is William Long, accountant. Probably same as Long's Court, accessed from no. 51 Rutland Street. 2 houses 1926."
"1858","Longdon Place, St James's Street. 6 houses, first noted 1883-4 directory."
"1859","Longmead, Prestbury. Name of farm in Southam Road; noted 1506 (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"1860","Longway Avenue, Charlton Kings. Off Bafford Approach. Developed by Brixbur Builders (agreement of Feb. 1964)."
"1861","Lorne Villas, Leckhampton Road. 2 houses, first noted in 1883-4 directory."
"1862","Lott Meadow, Leckhampton. 20-acre meadow west of Burrows Field and east of Kidnapper's Lane; noted on 1778 enclosure award map."
"1863","Loughborough Place, Cudnall, Charlton Kings. 2 houses, first noted 1883-4 directory."
"1864","Lovat Close. Name approved for cul-de-sac off Christchurch Road, evidently near Lovat House (Market and Watch Committee, Apr. 1960, no. 1562). Now The Grove."
"1865","Lower Ballrooms. South side of High Street, near the Plough. Existing by 1800 (directory)."
"1866","Lower Bath Street. 1841 Census; not a regular form; probably distinguishing Bath Street from Upper Bath Street."
"1867","Lower Grafton Street. Thus on 1834, 1864 maps. Middle section of what is now Ashford Road, Tivoli. Described 1835 as `an entirely new street . . . being formed running from Park Place into the Painswick Road . . . 12 houses already roofed in'; they were smaller than their immediate neighbours, but apparently intended to be of `equal respectability' (Cheltenham Looker-On Survey, 24 Oct.)."
"1868","Lower Hill Farm, Prestbury. Built late 18th century (Victoria County History, p. 70)."
"1869","Lower Mill, Prestbury. 1884 map."
"1870","Lower Mill Street, off Arle Avenue. The road to the Alstone Lower Mill. Route originally connected Gloucester Road to Tewkesbury Road, though section north of the Chelt (area under development 1995) is not currently a through way."
"1871","Lower Promenade. Distinct term in use at least 1824-31, during which time numerous building certs. (for some 22 houses) were issued. Applied to eastern side of Promenade, section from High Street to a point opposite Imperial Circus."
"1872","Lower Road, Battledown. First name of Oakley Road."
"1873","Lower Sandford Road. Early name (c. 1830s) for Sandford Road, to distinguish it from Upper Sandford Road, i.e. present Thirlestaine Road. 1776 map shows it as Lower way in Sandford field."
"1874","Loweswater Close, off Alma Road. Developed by Western Estates (Lawes Cherry) Ltd (agreement of Apr. 1957). Name chosen from 3 suggestions put forward by developers; the other two were Loweswater Drive and Wastwater Road (Market and Watch Committee, June 1957, no. 204)."
"1875","Loweswater Road, off Alma Road. Developed by Western Estates (Lawes Cherry) Ltd; named thus by council 1955 (Market and Watch Committee, Feb. 1955, no. 1183) to continue Lake District theme, in preference to the developer's proposals (Western Avenue, Western Gardens, or Bournside Avenue). Outline present (following a field boundary) on 1884 map, where it is labelled (erroneously) Alma Road; anonymous on 1901 map."
"1876","Lugwardine Villas, Leckhampton. 2 houses opposite Moorend Street; 1870-1 directory."
"1877","Lutsoms, Prestbury, north of racecourse. First noted 1575 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Fieldname in 1715, but by 1847 included 2 cottages (personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott). On 1949 OS map 1:25,000. Probably taken from a surname, in turn derived from Middle English lustsum `pleasant' (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"1878","Lyefield Close, Charlton Kings. Modern development, off Lyefield Road East."
"1879","Lyefield Lawn, Charlton Kings. 2 houses at the church end of Copt Elm Road, first noted in 1883-4 directory."
"1880","Lyefield Road East, Charlton Kings. Planned by the developer of Copt Elm Road, Sir William Russell, by 1868; line present on 1884 map, but not properly developed until c. 1885-95, after the demolition of some cottages, replaced by Lyefield Terrace. Lyefield Road first listed by this name 1900 directory. Follows the line of a track across the open field (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 1, p. 19; 7, pp. 38-40). The Lyefield South estate (exact extent uncertain) was briefly advertised for sale in 1871 (Cheltenham Looker-On, 13 and 20 May). The original Lyefield was known by this name by 1736 (Manor Court Books)."
"1881","Lyefield Road West, Charlton Kings. A slightly later development by Russell. Present, unnamed, on 1884 map. Listed by 1926."
"1882","Lyefield Terrace, Charlton Kings. Lyefield Road East; built 1892 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 4, p. 2)."
"1883","Lyefield Villas, Charlton Kings. 2 houses, first noted in 1883-4 directory."
"1884","Lygon Walk, Arle. Between Princess Elizabeth Way and Pennsylvania Avenue. One of the first batch of Hester's Way roads to be named (Housing Committee, July 1952, no. 393). After the Lygon family, owners of Arle Court in the 16th & 17th centuries (see e.g. Bigland; Hart, p. 68)."
"1885","Lyme Villas, Leckhampton. 2 houses in Shurdington Road; 1870-1 directory."
"1886","Lyndale Terrace. Short terrace of c. 1980 houses on south side of Alstone Lane, just west of Rowanfield Road."
"1887","Lynton Place, near Bath Road. 2 houses, listed from 1872."
"1888","Lynworth, Prestbury. Now an area name, but existing by 1575 (Lynworthfield) as a field-name (Place Names of Gloucestershire). An arable field called `Linworth' (i.e. `flax enclosure') is marked to south of Prestbury village on 1838 Tithe Apportionment. Lynworth Farm lay diagonally opposite the junior school in Bouncer's Lane, i.e. on site now occupied by filling station. The Lynworth Farm estate, a 60-acre housing scheme, had been planned since 1943 (Town Planning Committee, Nov. 1943), and was got under way as soon as the war ended; a stone plaque on the wall of the house opposite the closed end of Pennine Road, reading `CTC 1948', was commissioned by the council as the scheme neared completion (Housing Committee, Dec. 1947, no. 347)."
"1889","Lynworth Cottages, Prestbury. 6 houses in Bouncer's Lane (present nos. 35-45), between Beehive Inn and St Mary's School; shown on 1838 map, and named in 1883-4 directory. Between them still virtually the only buildings in Lynworth on 1884 map."
"1890","Lynworth Exchange, Lynworth. Shops etc in Mendip Road; built c. 1954-5."
"1891","Lynworth Place, Lynworth, off Mendip Road. Named in 1945, when Housing Committee recommended that the `road adjoining the small open space' be thus called (Housing Committee, Dec. 1945). Building had then not yet started."
"1892","Lynworth Terrace, Prestbury. 5 houses in what is now Blacksmith's Lane; existing 1911."
"1893","Lypiatt Drive, off Lypiatt Road. Roadway not on 1840 map, but present on 1864, though latter representation may only be `projected' at western end. Though rarely named on printed maps, has been known as Lypiatt Drive by 1870 (covenant at Lypiatt House Hotel). Is just possibly the `proposed new road near Lypiatt Terrace' for which Mr Christopher Lane sought approval from Streets and Highways Committee, 27 Feb. 1871."
"1894","Lypiatt Lane, off Lansdown Road. Service road to rear of Lypiatt Road and Terrace.Formerly anonymous, but named in 1965 after request from occupant of a basement flat which opened onto it (Market and Watch Committee, Sept.)."
"1895","Lypiatt Lawn. 2 houses in Lypiatt Terrace, 1870-1 directory."
"1896","Lypiatt Road, Lansdown. Line of this road (undeveloped) appears to be present on 1820 map. On 1834 map Suffolk Lawn houses are present (Verey dates these at c. 1832), but road itself unnamed. Part of old turnpike route to Painswick (its southern sweep continues in Painswick Road itself); marked `formerly known as Painswick Turnpike Road' on 1870 covenant at Lypiatt House Hotel. Formally anonymous until 1906, when council resolved that the `road in front of Suffolk Lawn and Lypiatt Terrace' be named Lypiatt Road, and nameplates fixed (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, Mar. 1906)."
"1897","Lypiatt Row, Tivoli. 4 houses off Lypiatt Street, north-west side."
"1898","Lypiatt Street (1) (Lippiate Street on 1834 map). From Tivoli Place to Princes Road; what is now the A40 section of Andover Road. Named in building certs. 1834-5. 1855-7 Old Town Survey shows nos. 2-10 and 5-14 built. Named after The Lypiatts, a Sandford tithing field-name (Rawes 6, p. 26). Shown on 1776 map as Lippetts, part of Mr De la Bere's land. (There was another Lypiatts in Cheltenham Lower Field, e.g. Manor Court Books 1733). At Miserden and elsewhere in Glos., lypiatt means `gate in an enclosure fence which only deer can leap' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Appears to tie in with an otherwise obscure former park near here (see Old Park)."
"1899","Lypiatt Street (2), off Andover Road. Northern end of planned street visible on 1834 map; named on 1864 map."
"1900","Lypiatt Terrace, Lypiatt Road. Italianate terrace of 17 houses opposite Suffolk Lawn.Begun 1847: `A new building speculation has within the last few days commenced in the field opposite Suffolk Lawn and Lansdown Place, which for so many years has invited the attention of those who were anxious for `eligible investments' in brick and mortar, in vain . . . erection of a row of 18 first-class houses'. Roads and sewers across the field were formed 1846, preparatory to an auction at which no lot was sold. The speculator was a `respectable builder of the town', Richard Keightly (Cheltenham Looker-On, 20 Feb. 1847), to whom building certs. for 4 houses `near Suffolk Lawn' were issued in 1848. The following year it is described as `that very elegant pile, now constructing at Lypiatt Terrace' (Cresy, 1849). Nos. 1-4 listed in 1849 directory. Nos. 1-12 prob have the architect Charles Baker's hand in them; 13-7 though matching are later (pc JM)."
"1901","Lypiatt Villas. 2 houses near end of Hatherley Street, first noted 1874 directory."
"1902","Lystra Villas, Leckhampton Road. 2 houses, first noted in 1883-4 directory. Perhaps through subconscious alliteration, Leckhampton seems to have attracted a large number of villas with names beginning in L."
"1903","Mackenzie Way, Swindon Village. Road on Manor Park industrial estate; c. 1980s."
"1904","Magdala Cottages, Rowanfield Road. 6 houses, listed by 1872. After Magdala, town in north central Ethiopia destroyed in 1868 as culmination of British dispute with King Theodore. Campaign led by Sir Robert Napier, created Baron Napier of Magdala the same year; portrait in the Queen's Hotel. Magdala Road in Gloucester listed by 1870 (Done)."
"1905","Magdala Place, Sandford Street. 4 houses, existing by 1911 and probably earlier."
"1906","Magenta Place, between Sandford Street and St Luke's Church. First listed 1868; 4 houses. Now part of St Luke's Place."
"1907","Magnolia Court, Fiddler's Green. Flowering tree theme; c. 1980s."
"1908","Magpie Alley. Existing in 1803, when a Thomas Kear was presented for allowing filth to be left there (PRO C116/137); cited 1832 by Davies (p. 169) as being in one of poorer areas of town. An 1834 ref. (Sawyer) implies it was somewhere near Elmstone Street. Perhaps after an alehouse."
"1909","Maida Vale Road, Leckhampton. Cul-de-sac off Mead Road. Named thus Oct. 1950 (General Purposes and Watch Committee). The name Maida Vale (or Maida Vale estate) had up to then applied to the lower (northern) end of Mead Road, after Maida Vale, house (still standing in Mead Road) occupied by T. W. Smith, who developed several streets in this area in the early 20th century (e.g. Asquith, Churchill Roads), and also the name of his timber yard. Echoes the fashionable Maida Vale, London W9, laid out shortly after the battle of Maida (southern Italy) in 1806."
"1910","Maidenhorn Lane. Former name for western end of what is now St Paul's Road; thus on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, and still so marked on 1897 map. The Maidenhorn Turnpike Gate was here (Paving Commissioners' Minutes 4 Nov. 1806); shown on 1834 map. Maidenhorn (piece), first noted 1606 (Place Names of Gloucestershire), was the name of an inclosure bounded by present Marsh Lane, Marsh Gardens, Aldridge Close and Folly Lane; the house still standing in the angle of St Paul's Road and Swindon Road is shown as Maidenhorn House on 1855-7 Old Town Survey (now no. 161 Swindon Road). The `horn' part indicates a small horn-shaped piece of land; the `maiden' element may suggest a `Lovers' Lane' interpretation, such as occurs in other towns (Room, p. 48). Another Maidenhorn House stood in Marsh Lane. 1884 map shows a Maidenhorn Garden."
"1911","Maidenhorn Cottages (1). Row of 3 houses off western end of St Paul's Road, approx- imately where Vine Court now is; marked on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"1912","Maidenhorn Cottages (2), Cleveland Street. Existing by 1872 (directory)."
"1913","Major's Row. Between Millbrook Street and the river Chelt. 1841 Census; 1844 directory shows it was of 2 rows, one of 10 and one of 5 cottages. Between them stood Alstone Lodge, the house of John Major, musician. One Hester Major lived in Alstone 1741 (Manor Court Books), so the family may have been long-established here. Row later known also as Major's Cottages; thus in 1902 when condemned as insanitary, and ordered to be demolished (Public Health Committee, Mar.)"
"1914","Malcolm Ghur, Bath Road. One of pair (with Mosquito Ghur) of houses almost opposite Clare Street. Listed by 1830 directory; still named thus till at least 1891-2, but apparently later known as Everton Lodge; now has chemist's shop in front (no. 139 Bath Road). Name possibly later transferred to present 113-5 Bath Road. Name suggests an Anglo-Indian connection: the second element is Hindi for house."
"1915","Malden Road, Pittville. Lane to rear of Pittville Lawn; anonymous until in 1957 Mr C. Hine, one of its residents, asked for it to be named, suggesting that Malden Road (after house called Malden Court, near Central Cross Drive) would be appropriate. Two months later he suggested Malden Lane would be better, but the die was cast (Market and Watch Committee, Oct., No 722; unreported minute of 4 Dec.). Malden Court began life as Capel Court (built 1838); new name after Viscount Malden, son of Earl of Essex (personal communication Dr Steven Blake)."
"1916","The Mall. Term in use at the time of George III's visit in 1788 to describe what was later Royal Well Walk (Humphris & Willoughby, p. 63)."
"1917","Malmesbury Road, Swindon Village. Kingsditch Industrial estate. After Malmesbury House, a probably 20th-century house formerly nearby on Kingsditch Lane."
"1918","Malthouse Lane, off St Paul's Road. Present but unnamed on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; named on 1884 map. The malthouse was that of J. Agg Gardner, who ran the Cheltenham Original Brewery. Formerly Gosditch Lane. See also Woodbine Cottages (4)."
"1919","Malvern Cottages (1), Tewkesbury Road. 1844 directory; terrace of 7 houses shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, just north of Malvern Street."
"1920","Malvern Cottages (2), Leckhampton. Some 6 houses in Moorend Crescent. First listed (under Moorend Street) in 1883-4 directory."
"1921","Malvern Hill Road, Pittville. One of several pre-1908 alternative names for the northern section of Albert Road, which see. Probably after Malvern Hill House, house (still extant in East Approach Drive), first noted 1896 though probably earlier. Street name still in occasional use till at least 1914 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"1922","Malvern Place (1), Malvern Street. Off Tewkesbury Road. One ref in 1830 directory; listed in 1841 Census. 33 houses by 1844 directory. Shown on 1855-7 as a terrace; possibly identical with the `neat and commodious house called Malvern Place and 3 substantial and well-built tenements adjacent' and plot, in possession of James Gore, plumber and glazier, advertised 1810 (Chronicle, 29 June), though both this and a `substantial dwelling house in Malvern Place' (Chronicle, 17 Aug. 1809) may be elsewhere: a Malvern Cottage is listed on 1820 map near Rutland Street."
"1923","Malvern Place (2), Lansdown Terrace to Douro Road. 8 houses; first 3 listed by 1850 directory. Name later applied to the road these houses stand in."
"1924","Malvern Road. Roadway from Christ Church through to Gloucester Road in existence (though undeveloped) by 1840; unnamed on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Named, though no houses listed, in 1863 directory. Presumably from the westward view to the Malvern Hills (one house in this road on 1884 map is called Malvern View; note also Malvern Lodge and Malvern Grange, 1841 Census). The same view from here was reportedly remarked on by Byron (Humphris & Willoughby, pp. 102-3)."
"1925","Malvern Street, between Maud's Elm and Tewkesbury Road. On 1834 map is about half built, on west side. Shortened 1964, for widening of Tewkesbury Road (Echo, 14 Aug. 1964). See also Crowther's Passage, Whaddon Terrace."
"1926","Malvern Terrace. Unlocated, but from context somewhere near Gloucester Place. Street-lamp to be supplied 1817 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 5 Mar.), suggesting it had only recently been developed."
"1927","Malvern View. 2 houses, Christchurch Road; first listed 1883-4 directory."
"1928","Malvern View Villas, Gloucester Road. 1884 map. 6 houses near junction with Malvern Road, i.e. present nos. 196-206."
"1929","Malvern Villas, Leckhampton. 2 houses, Moorend Crescent; first listed 1883-4 directory."
"1930","Manchester Place. Terrace of 3 houses in Manchester Street or Walk, which see. First noted 1809 (Chronicle, Nov.); 1810 ref. to Lowe's Cottage therein (Chronicle, 29 Mar.). 1820 map. Also Manchester House, 1806 (Ruff); to let Sept. 1818, Chronicle); and Manchester Cottage, existing by 1816 (Williams); both nearby, and likely to be the origin of the terrace name. Place still listed 1926. Classed by Goding (p. 298) among streets commemorating sojourn of great and wealthy, but precise association not established."
"1931","Manchester Street. Former name of western end of present Clarence Street, from Ambrose Street to St George's Place. Alternatively known (at least in its narrowest part) as Manchester Walk. First ref. noted 1820 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Mar.). Renumbered as part of Clarence Street in 1956 (Market and Watch Committee, May 1955 no. 34; Apr. 1956 no. 1681)."
"1932","Manchester Walk. First shown on 1819 map. Formerly an alley about 3 ft wide; part of Manchester Street; probably disappeared as a separate entity after it was widened into a carriage road, 1878, giving improved access to St James's Station (Miles/Examiner); this was one of the first road improvements undertaken by the new Cheltenham Corporation. May previously have been called Meeting House Lane, which see."
"1933","Mandarin Way, Wyman's Brook. Developed by Geo. Wimpey & Co. (agreement of Feb. 1973; adopted Nov. 1975). Gold Cup theme; Mandarin Way was the 1962 winner."
"1934","Manor Court, Swindon Village. Off Manor Road; bungalow development of 1982-3 by Robert Hitchins Ltd on land which formed part of the manor grounds and which the firm then owned (personal communication Major A C Cropp)."
"1935","Manor Farm (1), Swindon Village. Named thus in 1839 (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"1936","Manor Farm (2), Up Hatherley. See Manor Park."
"1937","Manor House. Cheltenham's manor house lay on part of site south of Clarence Street now occupied by St Matthew's Church and John Dower House (Countryside Commission) (Hart, p. 38)."
"1938","Manor Park, Up Hatherley. Off Chargrove Lane; development by Canberra, approved 1987 and completed c. 1989; named by parish council after former Manor Farm, in the grounds of which it stands (Up Hatherley Parish Council). This was perhaps identical with Manor Hall Farm, Up Hatherley, existing 1847 (auction notice, Cheltenham Looker-On, 16 Oct.)."
"1939","Manor Road, Swindon Village. From Tewkesbury Road to the Runnings; shown though unnamed on 1839 tithe apportionment map. Officially named in Jan. 1957; section from Runnings to Church Road known locally as The Pitch (personal communication Major A C Cropp)."
"1940","Manse Gardens, off Hatherley Road. Developed by Robert Hitchins (agreement of Sept. 1986); `ecclesiastical' name, apparently influenced by nearby Dean Close School."
"1941","Manser Street, St Paul's, off Folly Lane. Name adopted by Slum Areas Clearance Committee, Sept. 1927, for one of two new streets of council housing on the `Hanover estate', on ground previously referred to as `Hanks's site'. Evidently after a family connection of the Slum Areas Clearance Committee chairman, Cllr Walter James Manser Dicks."
"1942","Mansfield Place, Charlton Kings. 6 houses in Horsefair Street, listed 1911."
"1943","Maple Drive, Charlton Kings. Off Beeches Road on site of Sappercombe Nurseries. Developed by J. A. Pye (agreements of Dec. 1964 and Oct. 1965); tree theme."
"1944","Mapledene Cottages, Leckhampton. 18 houses in Naunton Lane, north side. Existing by 1911."
"1945","Mapledene Terrace, Leckhampton. 12 houses in Fairfield Avenue; existing by 1911."
"1946","Margaret Street. Early name for St Margaret's Road from c. 1820 (map) to 1832 (Davies). Very probably after St Margaret's Cottage (see St Margaret's Road), though loss and later restoration of the St is unexplained."
"1947","Margrett Road, off St Paul's Road. Agreed in 1929 that a new street, then yet to be laid out, running from St Paul's Road to Folly Lane, should be named thus (General Purposes and Watch Committee, May 1929). After Councillor (later Alderman) Charles Henry Margrett, CBE, JP, chairman of the General Purposes and Watch Committee in that year. Margrett, who was made a freeman of the borough 30 June 1927, was mayor 1909-11 and again 1927-30; he died Nov. 1941."
"1948","Marion Cottages. 4 houses in Alstone Lane; listed 1926."
"1949","Market House. Listed in 1800 directory, on south side of High Street, between Eight Bells and Colonnade Buildings. The original Market House and Butter Cross had been taken down in 1786 as obstructions by order of the newly-formed Paving Commissioners (Paving Commissioners' Minutes). This market house was in turn replaced by a new market, built at the expense of Lord Sherborne in 1808 and formally opened 4 May 1809 (Goding, Examiner, 2 July 1862)."
"1950","Market Parade. 7 houses in Market Street, i.e. nos. 56-68. Erected c. 1920, replacing the probably 19th-century Lake Cottage; until the middle of the 19th century, the river Chelt was quite wide and at some points lakelike either side of the Gloucester Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1951","Market Street, off Gloucester Road. Road formed c. 1820 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Formerly Old Cemetery Road; present name by 1891-2, after the market had finally been moved out of the centre of town. See also Osborne Terrace."
"1952","Marlborough Place (1). Sometimes Marlborough Place East. 6 houses at southern end of Princes Street, still separately numbered. No. 1, at corner of Duke Street, was once the Marlborough Arms; this and no. 2 first listed 1876. May suggest that Duke Street was named after Duke of Marlborough, but this terrace (two-thirds complete on 1884 map) is much later than most of Duke Street. Note also Marlborough Lawn, a villa a few houses away in Sydenham Road, on the corner with Sydenham Villa Road (1884 map)."
"1953","Marlborough Place (2). Sometimes seen as Marlborough Place North. 9 houses in Townsend Street; first listed 1876. Renumbered as part of Townsend Street 1953, to avoid confusion with the preceding (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Feb.)."
"1954","Marle Hill. Now falling within western section of Pittville Park. Name not separately noted before first record of Marle Hill House, 1806-10 map (site to north of Pittville boating lake; now demolished). On 1834 map, house is shown as accessed from present Evesham Road, approximately along line of present Albemarle Gate. The Marle Hill House estate was bought by Cheltenham Borough Council in 1931, for �£6,500."
"1955","Marle Hill Court Road. Early 20th-century name for at least the eastern end of present Swindon Lane. Still thus in 1936. Marle Hill Court, a 19th-century house, was still standing 1928, adjacent to and east of railway line; it had previously been Chestnut Farm, but was renamed by a new owner, Richard William Boulton, after its sale in 1896 (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal, 14, p. 45)."
"1956","Marle Hill Parade, off St Paul's Road. Line present, unbuilt, on 1806 map. Marked as `road from Mr Capper's' (owner of Marle Hill House) on 1820 map. Still anonymous on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Residential development had begun by 1870, when described as `road running in line with Henrietta Street down to Marle Hill Grove' (Streets and Highways Committee, Oct.); named by Apr. 1871 (Streets and Highways Committee). First listed in 1873 directory. See also Wellington Grove."
"1957","Marle Hill Road, off St Paul's Road. Line present (unbuilt) on 1806 map; short (eastern) section present as driveway on 1834 map. Probably the `proposed new road to be laid out by Mr F. Stroud across land belonging to him extending from Marle Hill Parade road to the back of Wellington Square west' (Streets and Highways Committee, 26 Jan. 1875); plan accepted on condition the planned width was increased to 36 ft. Development begun by 1881 (Gloucestershire Record Office, D5902); first listed 1883-4 directory, 7 houses. Named on 1884 map, but no development at western end. Declared public highway in 1902 (Streets and Highways Committee, Jan.)."
"1958","The Marsh(es). Area of common land to west of present Evesham Road in region of present Pittville estate (Blake 1988, p. 5) extending south to the back of present Swindon Road (Hart, p.63). A name of long standing: `the common called The Marsh' 1786 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes). Marked on 1806 map. The unlocated Merschyate (i.e. marsh gate) referred to in 1399 (Place Names of Gloucestershire) may be associated. Some possibility that marsh should in fact be interpreted as `march', i.e. boundary."
"1959","Marsh Close, off Swindon Road. Recent development."
"1960","Marsh Drive, off Swindon Road. Developed by Westbury Estates Ltd (agreement of Feb. 1980; adopted June 1982)."
"1961","Marsh Gardens, off Swindon Road. Developed by Westbury Estates Ltd (agreement of Apr. 1979; adopted June 1982)."
"1962","Marsh Lane, off Swindon Road. Line present (unbuilt) on 1806 map. Named by 1818 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 2 Oct.); inhabited, 1841 Census. 1855-7 Old Town Survey shows at least 10 houses. Most older building complete by 1884; further development late 1980s. See also Newent Place."
"1963","Marsh Terrace. 20 houses in Marsh Lane, existing by 1872."
"1964","Marsland Road, off Coronation Square. One of the first batch of Hester's Way estate roads to be named, 1952 (Housing Committee, July, no. 393). After Gilbert Gould Marsland, borough surveyor 1933-60; planner of Whaddon and Hester's Way estates, designer of the Sandford Lido. Died 1981, aged 84."
"1965","Marston Road, off Albert Road, opposite art college. Named in 1956 (Market and Watch Committee, Sept. 1956, no. 505). After a house of this name, still standing in 1928."
"1966","Marybone Park. Address of 2 houses for which Mr Rossiter got building certs. in Nov. 1832. Was name of field in which Tivoli Road was built; marked thus on 1765 Norwood estate map. The -bone element can often be an alteration of bourne, `stream' (the London St Marylebone is an example), but no such stream is apparent here. Perhaps echoes former Marybone Park (and House) in Gloucester, now site of prison (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"1967","Marybone Park Place. Name originally considered for what became Tivoli Road (pc D Rowles)."
"1968","Maryville Cottages, Alstone. Last 3 houses at west end of St George's Road, i.e. present nos. 144-8. First listed 1844 directory. After Maryville, the stone house now no. 136 St George's Road (Spirax Sarco); apparently marked though not named on 1834 map."
"1969","Masonic Hall. At junction of Albion and Portland Streets. Built 1823, to design of G. A. Underwood (Sampson & Blake; Hart, p. 182)."
"1970","Mates. Informal name prior to 1939 for wooded and ponded wasteland bordering former Leckhampton station goods yard. After the owner, T. W. Smith, known locally as Matey (letter, Glos. Echo, 12 Apr. 1996)."
"1971","Maud's Elm. Notable tree, long a landmark, where Swindon Road bends north; felled as unsafe in 1907. Marked on 1830 map; Goding (p. 498) presents a `traditional' account of the eponymous Maud, but historical references show the more original name is Mowles Elm (thus in 1777) or Maule's Elm (Rowe, 1845), the latter under influence of local name Maule (see Maule's Cottages). Commemorated by Maud's Elm House, a post-1945 council development near the site."
"1972","Maud's Elm Cottages. 4 houses in Swindon Road, existing by 1911."
"1973","Maud's Elm estate. Name adopted by Housing Committee for late 1950s council redevelopment between Swindon Road and Tewkesbury Road, renewing housing in several streets and creating new residential streets in Bridge Street and Richards Road. Some 120 older properties were demolished (detailed in Housing Committee, Jan. 1959, no. 1134)."
"1974","Maud's Elm Terrace. 11 houses in Swindon Road, existing by 1928."
"1975","Maule's Cottages. 1844 directory, 4 houses; shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey as a row of 7 next to a slaughterhouse at western end of present St Paul's Road, approximately on site of Vine Court. Possibly same as Maul's Alley, Swindon Road, ref. to no. 4, 1857 directory. Probably after family of James Maule, road contractor, listed 1844 directory at junction of present St Paul's and Swindon Roads."
"1976","Mayfield Cottages, Leckhampton. 3 houses in Moorend Lane, first listed 1883-4 directory."
"1977","Maythorn Drive, off Hayden Road. Developed by JJH Building Developments Ltd (agreement of Jan. 1986; adopted Oct. 1990)."
"1978","Mayville Cottages. 4 houses in Naunton Crescent, first listed 1891-2 directory."
"1979","Meacons or Meakings Passage. See Meekings's Passage."
"1980","The Mead, off foot of Harp Hill. Developer's name (1958-9) for what eventually became Battledown Mead, which see."
"1981","Mead Close, Leckhampton. Off Mead Road; built mid-1930s, and first known as The Close, which see. Renamed sometime before 1961 to avoid confusion with The Close off Church Road, also in Leckhampton."
"1982","Mead Road, Leckhampton. J. Bendall & Sons were building at least 32 semi-detached houses here in 1931 (Town Planning Committee, July, Dec.); they got permission for a further 18 in 1933 (Town Planning Committee, July). Not yet a through road in 1936. There were houses called Old Mead in nearby Charlton Lane c. 1884; this may support a fieldname origin for this road."
"1983","Meadow Close, off Fiddler's Green Lane. Developed by Westbury Homes (Severnside) Ltd (agreement of July 1983; adopted June 1985). Backs onto field."
"1984","Meadow Drive. Rejected alternative for what became Battledown Mead."
"1985","Meadow Lane, Up Hatherley. Off Greatfield Lane; development by Bryants (approved 1986 and completed c. 1989); named by parish council. It is on former farmland (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"1986","Medoc Close, Wyman's Brook. Developed by Geo. Wimpey & Co (agreement of Feb. 1973; adopted Nov. 1975). Cheltenham Gold Cup theme; Medoc II was the 1942 winner."
"1987","Meekings's Passage. A former narrow entry off the High Street, just west of today's Pittville Street. Can be detected on 19th-century maps as a sinuous passage running from the then Nos. 124-5 High Street past the backs of Pittville Street premises (pc JFR). Listed in 1800 directory (3 houses west of Coffee House Yard), and evidently named after the family of Mrs Meekings who kept lodging houses there and at the (adjacent) no. 52 [now 193?] High Street. The name was well established in Cheltenham: a Thomas Meekings was one of the first Paving Commissioners, 1787, and probably the same as the 1763 Thomas Meekings referred to by Goding (p. 261), who also notes a William Meakins in 1727 (p. 260). (On Meekings, see also St George's Place.) An old Methodist Chapel in this passage was demolished in 1824 when Pittville Street was constructed (Blake 1979, p. 4)."
"1988","Meeting House Lane. First noted 1787 (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 10/2). Needed posts to be erected at each end in 1807, when it was described as running from St George's Place to or near the Knapp Toll Gate (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 10 July). This seems to describe the route later called Manchester Walk, and now where Clarence Street joins Knapp Road. Probably named after the chapel of 1703 which probably stood on the site in Knapp Road now occupied by a later Baptist chapel. Meeting House Close, noted in the same 1787 source, was land apparently in the angle once formed by junction of New Street and High Street, before creation of St George's Square."
"1989","Melbourne Close, off Shurdington Road. Developed c. 1958."
"1990","Melbourne Street. Unlocated; presumably renamed shortly after building certs. for 6 houses here were granted, 1835. From the builders named, it may be in the St Paul's area."
"1991","Melrose Cottages (1). 2 houses in Naunton Crescent, first listed 1883-4."
"1992","Melrose Cottages (2). 2 houses in North ward, 1896. Perhaps in Marle Hill Road."
"1993","Melrose Cottages (3). 4 houses in Rosehill Street, 1896."
"1994","Melton Terrace, Charlton Kings. 6 houses in Ryeworth Road. First noted in 1891 census; listed 1926 directory."
"1995","Mendip Close, Lynworth. Name approved 1960 (Market and Watch Committee, June, no. 84). Hill theme."
"1996","Mendip Road, Lynworth. Listed by 1950. Includes Mendip House flats. Hill theme."
"1997","Merestones Close, off The Park. Developed by P. Bilton (agreement of Aug. 1971; adopted Apr. 1977)."
"1998","Merestones Drive, off The Park. Developed by P. Bilton (agreement of Aug. 1971; adopted Apr. 1977)."
"1999","Merestones Road, off The Park. Road present but unnamed on 1884 map. Named by Leckhampton Local Board 1891 (Examiner, 14 Oct.). Meerestones, `boundary stones' is recorded here by 1650 (Place Names of Gloucestershire); the boundary is that between Cheltenham and Leckhampton parishes."
"2000","Merlin Close, off Merlin Way. Developed by Lovell Homes (agreement of Jan. 1986; adopted Nov. 1990). Bird of prey theme."
"2001","Merlin Way, Leckhampton. Developed by Western Estates (agreement of Mar. 1961). Bird of prey theme."
"2002","Merriville Gardens, cul-de-sac off Merriville Road. Developed 1938 by Western Estates Ltd, and named thus at their request (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct. 1938). See next."
"2003","Merriville Road, between Alstone Lane and Arle Road. Name proposed by the developer, Western Estates (Lawes Cherry) Ltd, 1937, after house Merriville, which had market garden attached (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct.)."
"2004","Mersey Road, Whaddon. Part of 1937 second phase of development of Whaddon Farm estate (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June); English river theme."
"2005","Merton Lodge. Residence in 1820 of Luke Reilly, gentleman (directory). Listed as Albion Street, though an unclear ref. on 1820 map suggests it was slightly to north of this."
"2006","Middleway. Unidentified route in the Sandfield area. Ref. 1735 to a half-acre sellion `shooting on Middleway and lying in Sandfield' (Manor Court Books, 18 Oct.)."
"2007","The Midland Road. References in 1872, when Revd G. P. Griffiths of St Mark's sought its adoption (Streets and Highways Committee). From context, is either Libertus Road or Roman Road. Named either directly from the railway, or indirectly from the Midland Hotel, Gloucester Road."
"2008","Midland Terrace, Queens Road. First listed 1863; 4 houses. From nearby Midland Railway, which operated the line north of Lansdown."
"2009","Midwinter Avenue, off St Paul's Road. Developed on the Elmfield estate, 1953. Cllr Midwinter was a member of the Housing Committee, which proposed the name (Market and Watch Committee, Dec., no. 1111)."
"2010","Milkwell Lane, Charlton Kings. Ref. 1738 (Manor Court Books). Very probably after a close called Milkwell existing under this name by 1617 (Norden), later part of Vineyards Farm. Milkwell is a widely-attested complimentary name for good pasture (Field 1972)."
"2011","Mill Brook, Prestbury. A small stream running across the middle of Prestbury parish. Named thus by 1732 (Victoria County History)."
"2012","Mill House Drive, Wyman's Brook. 1970s; Cheltenham Gold Cup theme: Mill House won the race in 1963 and came second the following two years."
"2013","Mill Lane, Cheltenham. On north side of High Street, but otherwise unidentified. 1736 ref: transfer of `tenement between house of Bartholomew Edwards on east and Mill Lane on the west; and the edifice there erected for making soap . . . on the north side of the Street' (Manor Court Books, 23 Oct.). Any mill in Cheltenham north of the High Street would presumably lie on Wyman's Brook; one such is shown is shown on 1834 map, near Marle Hill, but its previous history is not established."
"2014","Mill Lane, Charlton Kings (1). Former name for southern part of present School Lane. Marked on 1884 map, along with corn mill and mill pond."
"2015","Mill Lane, Charlton Kings (2). Running from Ham to Hewletts Reservoirs."
"2016","Mill Lane, Prestbury. Off Southam Road; existing by 1824 (Victoria County History, p. 70). The former Upper Mill (now a house) is here."
"2017","Mill Road. Former lane from Old Bath Road to Sandford Mill, roughly parallel with river Chelt. Line now crossed by southern end of Sandford Mill Road, laid out 1839, but Mill Road track still in use until 1920s (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 21, p. 11)."
"2018","Mill Street, Prestbury. Named thus by 1715 (will of John Smart: personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott). The former Lower Mill (now a house) is here. Residential development by 1903 (Victoria County History, p. 71)."
"2019","Millbank Street. Somewhere near lower (north) end of Bath Road. 1834 ref. (Davies, Appendix VI) places it on a police beat between Wellington Street and Vittoria Walk. 1845 rating list. Perhaps near Barrett's Mill. Apparently renamed."
"2020","Millbrook Cottages, Arle. Row of cottages to east of Coach Road, Arle, on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2021","Millbrook Gardens, off Millbrook Street. Built by Faberfield (agreement of May 1990)."
"2022","Millbrook Place, Charlton Kings. 6 houses in London Road, south side, nearly opposite present Glenfall Way; first 3 listed in 1883-4 directory."
"2023","Millbrook Street, from Alstone Spa to Gloucester Road. Named on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, though not apparently listed until 1863 directory. Includes terrace of 34 `cottages' developed 1883-4 by the philanthropic Cheltenham Cottage Company (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 1, pp. 9-10). See also Brooklyn Terrace, Denmark Cottages."
"2024","Millbrook Terrace. Previous name (1884 map) for Old Millbrook Terrace."
"2025","Miller's Ballroom. Establishment on south side of High Street, opposite present Grosvenor Passage. Shown on 1787 map (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Maps 42)."
"2026","Millfield, Swindon Village. Fieldname Millfieldmeadow noted in 1839 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Property of this name still extant, opposite Sainbury's in Tewkesbury Road."
"2027","Millions Croft. A close of arable land near the Marsh (Manor Court Books, 26 Apr. 1693; 22 Oct. 1742; 11 May 1785). Field 1993 notes that big-number names such this usually refer in fact to very small pieces of land, and cites a Million Roods in Derbyshire."
"2028","Mills's Cottages, Alstone Croft. Listed 1926 directory (Mrs Mills adjacent in Providence Cottage)."
"2029","Milne Walk, footpath between Lipson Road and Dill Avenue. Name adopted 1956 on recommendation of Housing Committee (Market and Watch Committee, June, no. 168)."
"2030","Milsom Place. 3 cottages facing onto what is now Swindon Road, at north end of west side of Milsom Street; shown on 1820 map. 2 of the 3 are shown (unnamed) on 1810 deed (see following). Listed 1844 directory."
"2031","Milsom Street, off Lower High Street, north side. Developed as a street from late 1810: named in auction notice for newly-built premises at corner of High Street and Milsom Street and two garden ground lots, all leasehold under Corpus Christi College (Chronicle, 18 Sept. 1810). Before then, had existed as a 20-ft roadway (probably established after 1806 enclosure) running between and giving lateral access to two burgage plots extending from High Street to Back Street, in Feb. 1810 still mainly in use as garden ground and unbuilt except for High Street frontage and 2 cottages at northern end (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 17/5). 1819 map shows more than half the frontage developed. Includes Milsom Court in 1841 Census. Although Cresy reported it in 1849 as consisting of several `very old' houses, many of them lodging houses (one, known as The Rookery, used by Irish tramps), these cannot have predated 1810. Name perhaps intended (ironically) to echo Milsom Street in Bath (established 1762, soon becoming the social centre of post-Nash Bath), though the immediate source appears to be John Milsom, plasterer, who with his son is listed in neighbouring King Street in 1820. Milsom also active as builder: cert. for 2 houses (in Regent Street) in 1826; he may well have been the same Milsom who was a tenant of Corpus Christi College and did work for them in Cheltenham in 1817 (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 3/61)."
"2032","Milton Avenue, cul-de-sac off Milton Road. Approaching completion in Aug. 1955, and named thus on recommendation of Housing Committee (Market and Watch Committee, Aug. 1955, no. 563)."
"2033","Milton Road, St Mark's. Part of the post-Great War council development described at Tennyson Road. In June 1921, the Housing Committee determined that `Road no. 3' of this development, then becoming ready for occupation, be named Milton Road. Further stage of building in 1925 (Housing Committee, Feb.). English poets theme."
"2034","Milton Villas. Pair in Leckhampton Road; first noted in 1866 directory."
"2035","Mimosa Avenue, Up Hatherley. Mid-1990s development by Redrow Homes."
"2036","Minnow Ditch, Leckhampton. On line of Nolty Brook, its former name. Waterway long since culverted; name now applies to footpath between Ewlyn Road and Fairhaven Street. Thus by 1898: `this footpath from Langdon Road to Fairfield Road to be relaid' (Streets and Highways Committee, Jan. 1909). Sometimes seen as Minnow Brook (e.g. 1898 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"2037","Minsterworth Villas, Old Bath Road. 2 houses, first listed 1885 directory."
"2038","Miserden Road, Benhall. Developed by Geo. Wimpey & Co. (agreement of July 1959). Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr. 1957, no. 1588). Cotswold village theme."
"2039","Mitre Field(s). Listed in 1841 Census (at least 7 houses) and 1844 directory, and still used as an address in 1857 (directory). Listing in 1844 directory includes Olio Cottage and Mitre Cottages; perhaps therefore equates to present Olio Lane."
"2040","Mitre Street, off Bath Road. Existing by 1834 (numerous building certs. 1834-36); named on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Development in a `field behind the National School' (in Bath Road) was in progress by 1826 (building certs.), and may in fact be what became Mitre Street. Declared a highway in 1870 (Gloucestershire Record Office, CBR Bundle 508D). At present uncertain whether this name and the associated Mitre Inn, also on the 1834 map and only recently closed, antedate or follow Mitre Fields. The field, if earlier, could have been so named from its shape."
"2041","Mona Place, Hale's Road. 3 houses at south end; first listed 1894 directory."
"2042","Monica Drive, off Albemarle Gate. Name suggested by A. C. Lloyd Ltd, and approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, Sept.); said to have been after builder's wife or daughter."
"2043","Monkscroft. Area north of Benhall roundabout. Also (as Monks Croft) name of 1953 Cheltenham Borough Council development of 129 flats off Pitman Road (Market and Watch Committee, Sept., no. 600). Name also preserved in Monkscroft Villas, c. 1950s houses near Benhall roundabout, and in Monkscroft Infant and Junior Schools. Rawes (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 6, p. 14) suggests it means `enclosure belonging to monks', advancing the possibility that the land belonged to Llanthony Priory or Cirencester Abbey before the Dissolution. Earlier, Hart proposed derivation from a mid-1500s tenant in Arle, Richard Munke (Hart, p. 35); this may represent continuity from one Monek, assessed for 3s. in Arle in 1327 (P. Franklin, Taxpayers of Medieval Glos. 1993)."
"2044","Monson Avenue, off St Margaret's Road. First listed under this name 1886 directory, but development had begun by 1874 (see Monson Parade). It lies roughly on line of former cul-de-sac Cottage Place, which see. Plans for 7 houses here (by J. Powell) approved Mar. 1910 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Named after the Hon. Miss Katharine Monson, 1754-1843, sometime property developer, whose first and second residences lay on either side of the line of this street. Besides the 6 houses of neighbouring St Margaret's Terrace, during the 1820s she built at least 11 others on this side of Cheltenham. Bankrupted in 1828, she lived abroad for a while, returning to live in North Place; buried at Holy Trinity (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). The first Monson Villa was on the site now occupied by the Whitbread tower block; the second, usually known as St Margaret's Villa, was on the site later occupied by the Black & White/National coach station booking hall. 1806 map marks both houses."
"2045","Monson Parade. Some 9 houses in Monson Avenue, first 2 houses listed by 1874 directory. Monson Terrace, St Margaret's Road. 3 houses between Dunalley Street and Monson Avenue, so presumably where former pub attached to Whitbread tower now stands. Referred to in 1873 Streets and Highways Committee, and apparently first listed in 1874 directory."
"2046","Montague Place, London Road. 6 houses on north side, west of Priory Place, i.e. present nos. 3-11 London Road. First shown on 1820 map. Includes former Montague Lawn, present nos. 5-9, listed under this name by 1911."
"2047","Montgomery Road, Up Hatherley. Developed by Bryant Homes; name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Feb., no. 1288). Welsh county theme."
"2048","Montpelier. The spelling with one L is commoner in early sources, and can still be seen on some street signs."
"2049","Montpellier. Long known as one of the most attractive and fashionable areas. Site of future Montpellier estate was bought by Henry Thompson, 1801. Name first noted on 1809 map: Montpellier Grounds, Montpellier Wells. Latter opened May 1808 (Griffith, p. 28), but not necessarily under this title; name not noted in Paving Commissioners' Minutes before 1814. The French spa of Montpellier had for many years been a byword for a pleasant healthy place: in the 1720s, Defoe (Tour) calls Bury St Edmunds `the Montpelier of Suffolk, and perhaps England', and it was being picked up as a street-name in London by 1720 (Montpelier Row, Twickenham). The name was also being applied in this spirit to favoured estates in America and the West Indies throughout the 1700s. While Cheltenham is not the earliest English provincial instance (Bristol's is of c. 1793), its fame prompted further usage, e.g. certainly at Harrogate (Montpellier Baths, 1835) and possibly also the Gloucester example of 1841 (Done). No basis found for local tradition that it reflected British internments in Montpellier during Napoleonic Wars; Thompson (most likely the proponent of the name) would surely have preferred for this major speculation a name with established positive associations."
"2050","Montpellier Apartments. 42 flats in Montpellier Spa Road, by Beaufort Homes 1994-5, on site of former stables (see Rowe, p. 45; latterly car showroom), skilfully extending the line of Montpellier Spa Buildings."
"2051","Montpellier Arcade. Built 1831-2 (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 2, p. 16), and shown as an isolated block, including the L-shaped arcade, on 1834 map. Probably by the Jearrad brothers; 9 of the 12 houses and shops were tenanted in 1832 (personal communication Dr Steven Blake)."
"2052","Montpellier Avenue. Short narrow section of road above Queen's Hotel, from Queen's Circus to Montpellier Spa Road; possibly stands on the site of the former Gothic Cottage (pc JM). Building of shops begun by 1831 (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 2, p. 16); R. W. & C. Jearrad obtained building cert. for 9 messuages and shops here in Sept. 1832, the year when it was `opened', according to chronology in 1837 Annuaire. Named thus on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, but plain The Avenue on 1864 map."
"2053","Montpellier Baths, Bath Road. Erected 1806 (when apparently known simply as Thompson's Baths) by Henry Thompson and enlarged by Pearson Thompson. Further improved by the Jearrad brothers. Converted to swimming bath 1898. Reopened 1945 as Civic Playhouse (now the Playhouse Theatre)."
"2054","Montpellier Brewery. Shown on 1834 map. Formerly situated at west end of what is now Victoria Retreat, though apparently accessed from Commercial Street (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2055","Montpellier Courtyard, Montpellier Street. Shopping area built by Bob Chick Ltd and opened in 1985, on the site of a Victorian house, latterly a garage."
"2056","Montpellier Drive. Links eastern end of Montpellier Spa Road with Bath Road. Roadway probably of 1820s (see Brunswick Terrace), but seemingly not named until early 1900s."
"2057","Montpellier Exchange. Now occupied by Barclays Bank; built 1843, replacing Mawe and Tatlow's Museum (Sampson & Blake). Shops listed here by 1847."
"2058","Montpellier Gardens. Laid out by Pearson Thompson and the Jearrad brothers in 1830 (Hart, p. 191, Goding 384); earlier called Montpellier Ground(s), which see."
"2059","Montpellier Gate. Gateway (shown on 1834 map) into top (southern) end of Montpellier from what is now Lansdown Road."
"2060","Montpellier Grounds. Area more or less equating to present Montpellier Gardens. Thus on 1809 map. Earlier called Red Acre Field or Piece: 1815 ref. to `Thompson's Red Acre Field now called Montpellier Ground' (Miles/?Chronicle, 15 Aug.)."
"2061","Montpellier Grove, between Suffolk Road and Montpellier Terrace. Named on 1834 map, where existing west side terrace appears fully developed. 4 houses in progress here, 1835 (Cheltenham Looker-On survey, Oct.). Building cert. issued, 1837."
"2062","Montpellier Lodge. 1830 directory. Dwelling marked on 1834 map in what is now Montpellier Drive. Now known as Regent House, Montpellier Drive. Montpellier Lodge today refers to house on corner of Montpellier Grove and Suffolk Road)."
"2063","Montpellier Museum. Mawe & Tatlow's museum of mineralogical curiosities, established by mid-1820s; structure replaced by Montpellier Exchange, which see."
"2064","Montpellier Parade. Under construction 1812: auction of shells of nos. 4 & 5, and plot opposite (Chronicle, 12 Aug.). 1815 ref. to `Mr Pickering's house, Montpellier Parade' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 6 Sept.). First marked on 1819 map. Name originally probably applied only to the villas on western side."
"2065","Montpellier Place. Pair of large villas facing Bath Road, first shown on 1819 map; demolished 1960s, site now occupied by Eagle Star tower."
"2066","Montpellier Promenade. What is now Montpellier Walk (caryatid shops). Thus by 1847 (directory), and until at least 1855-7 (Old Town Survey). Sometimes Montpellier Grand Promenade (Rowe)."
"2067","Montpellier Retreat. Name applied since at least 1911 to rear access road to west of Montpellier Villas, which see, but originally referring to these villas themselves, and a number of cottages. Nos. 1-9 (perhaps all cottages) listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"2068","Montpellier Retreat Place. Listed in 1841 Census."
"2069","Montpellier Spa. Originally a wooden cabin with veranda, built by Henry Thompson 1809 after his discovery in 1806 of mineral springs on the land he had recently bought (Davies, p. 40). The wells themselves were opened 1808 (Griffith, p. 28). Rebuilt, substantially to present form, in 1817; now occupied by Lloyds Bank."
"2070","Montpellier Spa Buildings. In progress by 1825 (building certs.). On 1834 map and 1855-7 Old Town Survey this refers to a terrace of 14 houses (also known as Spa Buildings) in what is now Montpellier Spa Road (Nos. 10-36)."
"2071","Montpellier Spa Place. 4 houses, first noted 1844 directory (1 occupied by china warehouse, other 3 void, therefore perhaps newly built). Probably the first four buildings in present Montpellier Spa Road, i.e. starting with corner shop (formerly Summerfield's); site previously occupied by Gothic Place and Gothic Villas."
"2072","Montpellier Spa Road. Started life as `Mr Thompson's Lower Road' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Mar. 1820); by 1821 had become the North Parade, which see. Lodging houses were built along here in second decade of 19th century (Blake 1982, p. 35). See also Montpellier Spa Buildings, Spa Buildings, Spa Place."
"2073","Montpellier Square. 1827 ref. to `Mr Thompson's application for additional lights in . . . Montpellier Square' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 6 Apr.). From context, somewhere between Painswick Road and Suffolk Square; possibly an early name for the latter, which see."
"2074","Montpellier Street, rear of Montpellier Walk. Commercial redevelopment of the southern end of what had been Old Well Walk was carried out c. 1844-50, the new name being adopted in 1844 (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 1, p. 18). The back (western aspect) of the Montpellier Walk shops was re-façaded to provide a better finish to the Bayshill side. See also Old Well Lane, Old Well Walk, Ormond Villas, Rotunda Terrace."
"2075","Montpellier Terrace. Line present (unnamed) on 1806-10 map. Apparently still undeveloped by 1815 (crossing to be made across `road from New Bath Road to Mr Thompson's Spa', Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Mar. 1815). First known as `Mr Thompson's Upper Road' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Mar. 1820). No formal name on 1820 map, but by 1821 had become South Parade; still thus on building cert. of 1825, though first reference to Montpellier Terrace as a name comes two years earlier in Paving Commissioners' Minutes for 6 Aug. 1823. Present name on 1834 map, and cited thus in Cheltenham Looker-On Building Survey, Oct. 1834; also on a building cert., Apr. 1834. See also Beaufort Villas, Claremont Place."
"2076","Montpellier Villas, off Suffolk Road. At first known as Montpellier Retreat. Laid out 1821-2 by a widow, Sarah Bate, on part of 3-acre block of land in Horn Acre Piece purchased from Henry Thompson in 1818 (Blake, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 7, p. 16). Building in progress 1824-32 (building certs.). Nos. 16-7 Montpellier Retreat advertised as newly built, 16 Apr. 1825 (Miles/?Chronicle). Named as now by 1844."
"2077","Montpellier Walk. Established as tree-lined walk c. 1809, and earlier known as Montpellier Promenade. The present row of shops with supporting caryatids was begun 1843 (personal communication Dr Steven Blake 1996, correcting Blake 1982, p. 35). See also Rotunda Buildings, Rotunda Circus."
"2078","Montpellier Wells, i.e. Montpellier Spa. Thus on 1809, 1819 maps."
"2079","Montreal House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Named 1953 (Housing Committee, Dec., no. 1156). Common-wealth cities theme."
"2080","Moon's Lane, Tivoli. Informal name (1920s?) for what is now Inkerman Lane; after a Mr Moon, chimney sweep, of 6 Hatherley Street (Torode, Tivoli, p. 71)."
"2081","Moor Court Drive, Pittville Circus Road. Road adopted 1961 (Housing Committee, July 1961, no. 254)."
"2082","Moor Ends and Moors. A continuing source of local confusion, as there are two areas within a mile of each other, in Leckhampton and Charlton Kings, both known as Moor End, as well as Cheltenham's own Moors off the Tewkesbury Road. In all cases the original reference is to areas of peaty waterlogged and unproductive soil (Rawes 6, p. 7)."
"2083","Moor End, Charlton Kings. Possibly seen as early as 1430 in the form Morezenescroft (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 23, p. 26)."
"2084","The MooreLane, Alstone. Mentioned 1685 in inventory of John Buckle (Sale, p. 32). Probably leading to/from The Moors."
"2085","Moorend Crescent, Leckhampton. First listed 1870-1 directory (nos. 1-8; 9-15 `not yet finished'. See also Malvern Cottages, Morton Cottages, Victoria Parade."
"2086","Moorend estate. Residential development of the Leckhampton Moorend was termed thus by 1868, when described as `recently laid out for building purposes' (Examiner, 8 Jan.). A century earlier, Moorend, site of a `very improvable estate' then occupied by Samuel Cherington, had been advertised in the Glos. Journal (Miles). Moorend Farm was in the northern angle of the junction between present Moorend Road and Crescent (shown on 1835 map). 1746 Norwood estate map shows cluster of about 12 buildings labelled Moorend and Tanseys approximately where Gordon Road now lies (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2087","Moorend Glade, Charlton Kings. Off Moorend Road; developed by Bovis Homes (agreement of Oct. 1986; adopted Dec. 1989)."
"2088","Moorend Grove, Leckhampton, off Moorend Lane. Listed 1883-4 directory; 1884 map shows 3 or 4 houses. Name confirmed by Leckhampton Local Board 1891 (Examiner, 14 Oct.)."
"2089","Moorend Lane, Leckhampton. Thus in 1883-4 directory; apparently what is now Moorend Road."
"2090","Moorend Parade, Leckhampton. 6 houses in Moorend Road, first listed 1883-4 (in Moorend Lane)."
"2091","Moorend Park Lawn, Moorend Park Road. Shown on 1884 map as a pair of villas. First listed 1883-4."
"2092","Moorend Park Road, Leckhampton. 1884 map shows several large villas at the north end, but road otherwise unbuilt."
"2093","Moorend Road, Leckhampton. First known as Moorend Street. No trace on 1834 map, but marked as `new road' on 1835 enclosure award map, with at least one house built. 1841 Census, 1864 map. Fairly well built up by time of 1884 map. Appears to have gained present name in early 20th century. See also Providence Place (5)."
"2094","Moorend Road, Charlton Kings. A new road laid out in 1784 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 2, p. 4-5), though not named until some time later. Once included Moorend Park, house built between 1835-40 by Frind Cregoe Colmore; demolished 1979 (Paget, p. 71)."
"2095","Moorend Stream, Leckhampton. First visible just west of Hall Road allotments, it runs between Burrows Field and Lott Meadow, down the side of the footpath leading to Shurdington Road and joins the Hatherley Brook near Merestones (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Named on map in 1891 directory."
"2096","Moorend Street, Leckhampton. Old name for Newcourt Road."
"2097","Moorend Street, Charlton Kings (1). Existing in 1784 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 2, p. 10). At least partly built (though unnamed) on 1840 map. Appears fully built on 1884 map."
"2098","Moorend Road, Leckhampton. ââ?¬â??entry to be resolved----------(seems to have been omitted/confused)"
"2099","Moorend Street, Charlton Kings (2). Former alternative for Newcourt Road (Paget, p. 48)."
"2100","Moorend Terrace, Leckhampton. On 1855-7 Old Town Survey is shown as 2 houses on Shurdington Road, next to junction with present Moorend Street, but it may also have been the name of other houses nearby in Croft Street."
"2101","Moorend Villas (1). 2 houses in Moorend Lane, 1883-4 directory."
"2102","Moorend Villas (2). 2 houses in Shurdington Road, 1883-4 directory."
"2103","The Moors. Area just south of St Peter's, Tewkesbury Road. Place Names of Gloucestershire notes occurrence of le/la/the Mor(e) as early as 1230, though the exact geographical reference is unclear. More certain is the plural form Moores, 1605; latterly this referred also to a house or farm (shown on 1884 map). Ref. in 1727 Poor Rate list (Goding, p. 259), suggesting dwellings here. Cheltenham Borough Council bought some 12 acres of orchard land at The Moors, adjoining Ark Gardens, from A. W. Smith in 1934 for a development of some 132 houses (Housing Committee, Jan., Feb., July 1934). First three roads named (Moors Avenue, St Peter's Avenue, Brook Road) in 1934, with some houses ready for occupation in Feb. 1935 (Housing Committee). Moors Farm (on or near this site) had been purchased by J. Smith, 1870 (Examiner, 1 June)."
"2104","Moors Avenue, St Peter's. Off Tewkesbury Road; named 1934, on recommendation of Streets and Highways Committee (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov. 1934). See The Moors."
"2105","Moors Gardens. South of Tewkesbury Road near St Peters, 1884 map."
"2106","Moors Parade. Adjacent terraces of 4 and 5 houses in Tewkesbury Road, between Elm Street and Malvern Street 1841 Census; all 9 houses listed 1844; 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2107","Moors Place. Terrace of 3-4 houses on north side of Tewkesbury Road, just east of (Stan)hope Street. Site of a branch post office, 1834 (Davies, p. 151). 1844: 3 houses including Barley Mow beerhouse."
"2108","Morality Farm. On south side of Swindon Lane, approximately where Mandarin Way now is. Named thus between at least 1928 and 1949; latterly Windy Ridge Farm."
"2109","Morden Leys, Swindon Road. Listed in 1858 directory, but probably no more than a fieldname; in use thus by 1629 (Mordens Lease; in Manor Court Books). Advertised 1809 as `4 acres meadow land called Morden Leys about a mile from Cheltenham and within 100 yds of turnpike to Gloucester . . . 83 elms standing on it' (Chronicle, 27 July)."
"2110","Moreton Place, Charlton Kings. 2 houses in Cudnall, first listed 1883-4 directory."
"2111","Moreton Terrace, Charlton Kings. 12 houses in Brookway Road; first listed 1883-4."
"2112","Morford. Pasture ground, possibly in Westal tithing (Manor Court Books, 18 Apr. 1764)."
"2113","Morgan's Cottages. 2 houses in Duke Street, first listed 1872."
"2114","Morlands Drive, Charlton Kings. Off Little Herberts Road. 1960s-1970s."
"2115","Morley Terrace, Leckhampton. 20 houses in Fairhaven Road, existing by 1911."
"2116","Morningside, Prestbury. At end of Idsall Drive. After a large house of this name, built or rebuilt 19th century, previously known as Sans Souci. Renamed Morningside 1860s by George Makgill, a former resident of Edinburgh, so presumably after the Edinburgh district of that name. House demolished 1995 (pc R Beacham)."
"2117","Mornington Drive, off Leckhampton Road. Name approved 1958 (Market and Watch Committee, Nov. 1958, no. 531). In March 1959, a would-be buyer of a house on this development expressed concern at the name as his wife had unhappy memories of a Mornington Crescent, but the committee saw no reason to change. It had earlier resisted a proposal in January that a name such as Elgar Road, Holst Road or Hayman Avenue (sic; probably error for Haydn) would be preferable (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 4 Mar.). On site of Mornington, house shown on 1835 map; probably same as Mornington Cottage, Moorend, listed 1839 directory."
"2118","Morris Court, corner of Hatherley Road and Shelburne Road. Developed by British Legion (agreement of Feb. 1977; adopted Dec. 1979)."
"2119","Morris Hill Close, Swindon Village. Off Wyman's Lane. A landmark feature on the Cheltenham/Swindon boundary, mentioned in Norden's 1617 Survey. Though not apparently so marked on recent maps, the rising ground east of the railway and south of Swindon Lane here was still known as Morris Hill in 1940 (directory); British Rail refers to the crossing here as Morris Hill, and the former crossing keeper's house here also has this name. No candidate Morris has been yet identified. Norris Hill (on 19th-century tithe maps, e.g. 1884), and an accompanying Norris Hill Meadow, appear to be erroneous forms."
"2120","Morris's Lane. Apparently near or off Dunalley Street. J. Porter, painter, listed at Amber Cottage in this lane, 1857 directory; an Amber Cottage, presumably the same, is later listed under Dunalley Street."
"2121","Morton Cottages, Leckhampton. In Moorend Crescent; first listed 1883-4."
"2122","Mosquito Ghur, Bath Road. One of a pair (with Malcolm Ghur, which see) of houses opposite Clare Street. Existing by 1857; sold 1868 (Cheltenham Looker-On) and possibly renamed. Now no. 143 Bath Road, with shop (currently Balti Walla) added to front."
"2123","Mossleigh Terrace, Great Western Road. 9 houses, existing by 1895 (directory)."
"2124","Mottisfond Cottages, Charlton Kings. 2 houses in Ham Lane, 1891-2 directory."
"2125","Mountains Knoll, Charlton Kings. Feature at top of Sandy Lane, possibly influenced by former quarrying. Seen as a fieldname (south-east end of Sandy Lane; now part of Lilleybrook golf course) in 1748 deed (Gloucestershire Record Office D7661; pc J Sale)."
"2126","Mount Pleasant. Former name for area near western end of present Fairview Road, or for this road itself, before it was extended east of present St Anne's Terrace. Probably originally from a single house of this name, first noted 1809 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 3 Oct.). Ref. to Mr Henry Haines, builder, Mountpleasant, 1809 (Miles/Glos. Journal, 29 June), and to auction of building plots there, 1809 (Miles/Glos. Journal, 16 Nov.). Mount Pleasant Place shown on 1820 map (later just Mount Pleasant, as on 1834 map; or Mountpleasant (1872, 1898). Also applied to houses in Winchcombe Street near Mountpleasant Place, marked on 1820 map. Mountpleasant Inn on corner, 1872. Probably chosen simply as an attractive name (very common elsewhere: at least 6 examples in Middlesex alone); the area is now only just perceptibly higher than its surroundings. There is no evidence that it came from some unpleasant mound, like the London Mount Pleasant, originally a rubbish heap. Possibly a connection with nearby Belmont names."
"2127","Mountpleasant Street. Occasional variant of above; Britannia Inn listed here, 1847 directory."
"2128","Mulberry Court, Fiddler's Green. Development of c. 1980s; flowering tree theme."
"2129","Murder Lane. Informal name, still known to older residents, of Wellesley Road. From the Dec. 1871 murder nearby of Emily Gardner, daughter of a High Street publican, for which one Jones was executed the following year (pc V Cole)."
"2130","Murvagh Close, off College Baths Road. Developed by Bovis Homes Ltd (agreement of Mar. 1977; adopted Sept. 1979) on site of former running track, and grounds of 19th-century house called Murvagh (presumably that listed as Murvagh Cottage in 1841 Census) in angle of Sandford Road and Keynsham Road. Perhaps of Irish origin."
"2131","Muscat Cottages, Bath Road. 1841 Census; probably near Thirlestaine House."
"2132","Muscroft Road, Prestbury, Noverton. Modern development, preserving a Prestbury fieldname going back to 1201 (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"2133","Mussoorie Court. Now nos. 22-9 Lansdown Road; named thus by 1926. Mussoorie, in the Dehra Dun district of Uttar Pradesh, was a favoured Indian hill station and summer resort."
"2134","Mustoe's Cottages. 2 houses on or near south side of New Street. Listed 1841 Census and 1844 directory; two doors away, at no. 52 New Street, is John Mustoe."
"2135","The Myrtles, St Mark's. 2 houses in Church Road, first listed 1874."
"2136","Nag's Head. Pub, existing by 1819. On north side of lower end, between Swindon Place and White Hart Row (site now redeveloped). Several lots of building land near here for sale, 1819 (Chronicle, Mar.). Listed 1844 as no. 233 [latterly 433] High Street."
"2137","Nailsworth Terrace, Hereford Place, off Swindon Road. 16 houses; first noted 1891-2 directory."
"2138","Nantydenny Terrace, Roman Road. Listed in 1900 directory, but apparently renamed soon after."
"2139","Napier Cottages, Regent Street. 2 houses near the Plough yard, listed 1883-4 directory. Perhaps named after Sir Robert Napier: see Magdala Cottages."
"2140","Nash Cottages, Hayward's Lane. 3 Victorian cottages; name first noted 1926, when listed under Hayward's Road."
"2141","Naunton. Area name; once an outlying settlement to south-east of Cheltenham, becoming a component of the Cheltenham tithing of Westal, Naunton and Sandford. In existence by 1147, when Llanthony Priory held a hide of land at Niwentun (personal communication Mr Michael Greet). In 1375 recorded as Newenton, mutating to Naunton by 17th century; meaning 'newly-founded hamlet/township/farm' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Together with Sandford, it numbered just 5 houses in 1712 (Atkyns)."
"2142","Naunton Bank, formerly Naunton Hill. Recorded 1605 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). It is perhaps the three-storey 'farmhouse' at the end of Asquith Road, which is probably the oldest surviving building in the neighbourhood (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2143","Naunton Cottages, Naunton Road. Existing by 1911, and possibly the same as those of this name in 1841 Census."
"2144","Naunton Crescent. Follows line of a field boundary shown on 1834 map. Listed in 1841 Census, and built as far as no. 31 by 1844 Census. On 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2145","Naunton Farm. Shown on 1884 map."
"2146","Naunton Field(s). 1841 Census. 1844 directory lists 10 cottages under Naunton Field - probably the ones later known as Tinderbox Row, which see."
"2147","Naunton Green. Marked on 1746 map of Norwood estate (Gloucestershire Record Office, D303/P2); obliterated by formation of cuttings and embankments for railway c. 1870 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2148","Naunton Lane. Present on 1834 map (and from its general line probably considerably older) but unnamed. Southern end named on 1835 enclosure award map. Northern end shown as Thirlestaine Lane on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Named as today on 1884 map. See also Mapledene Cottages."
"2149","Naunton Parade, off Exmouth Street. Shown on 1884 map; now part of Naunton Terrace."
"2150","Naunton Park Close. Off Old Bath Road."
"2151","Naunton Park Cottages. 4 cottages at north-east end of Naunton Parade on 1883 OS map 1:500 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). First listed 1883-4 directory."
"2152","Naunton Park Road, between Old Bath Road and Naunton Lane. Apparently a speculative venture that took some time to flourish. In 1868 Mr Charles Liddell applied to connect a 'new road now forming by him' with the Old Bath Road at one end and Naunton Lane at the other (Streets and Highways Committee, 29 June). Road line marked on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; name added to this map at a later date. Laid out and marked as 'new road' on 1884 map, but no building shown. May not have been developed until 1890s: water pipe laid 1892 (addition to Old Town Survey). Naunton Park appears to have existed by the 1850s, but the present recreation ground of this name (designed to serve the then South Ward) was not opened until 1893."
"2153","Naunton Park Terrace, south side of Naunton Park Road. Probably late 1880s: water pipe laid 1885 (addition to Old Town Survey); shown on 1897 map."
"2154","Naunton Park Villas. Pair of houses in Old Bath Road, north of junction with Naunton Park Road (opposite East Glos. club). On 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2155","Naunton Place, Bath Road. Near junction with Exmouth Street; existing by 1872."
"2156","Naunton Terrace, off Exmouth Street. Named on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, which shows nos. 1-9. First listed 1858 directory. See also Brampton Terrace."
"2157","Naunton Villas, Naunton Lane. 6 houses in 1926, rising to 13 by 1936."
"2158","Naunton Way, off Naunton Lane. Developed as a new road by Naunton Estates Ltd in 1931-2, and named thus at their suggestion (Town Planning Committee, June & Aug. 1931; Streets and Highways Committee, General Purposes and Watch Committee Nov. 1932). Made up and taken over by council in 1941 (Streets and Highways Committee, Apr. 1941)."
"2159","Nelmes Row, Charlton Kings. Off London Road, behind East End Post Office. Houses of 19th-century origin, named after their builder, William Nelmes (personal communication Mrs Mary Paget)."
"2160","Nelson Cottages, Trafalgar Street. Ref. to no. 3, 1835 (Cheltenham Looker-On, 13 June); 3 houses listed in 1844 directory. Still extant."
"2161","Nelson Place, Pittville. A proposed development of hotel and terraces at Pittville, north of Central Cross Drive. Thus on 1834 map, but never built (Blake 1988, p. 65)."
"2162","Nelson's Buildings. 3 houses in Wellington Passage. Listed 1928, though probably earlier."
"2163","Netherwood Close, off Arle Road. Developed by Dare (Stratford) Ltd (agreement of Oct. 1962)."
"2164","Netherwood Gardens, off Arle Road. Name agreed with developers 1962 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute 23 May)."
"2165","Nettleton Road, Benhall. Part of Phase 3 of Geo. Wimpey & Co. development of Benhall Farm estate. Name approved 1959 (Market and Watch Committee, Dec., no. 976). Cotswold village theme."
"2166","Nevil Villas, Hewlett Road. Pair (probably nos. 159-61) near All Saints' Terrace, first listed 1883-4 directory. Originally owned by John Nevil Maskelyne, conjuror (Cheltenham Looker-On, 21 Dec. 1918)."
"2167","New Barn Avenue, off New Barn Lane. Late 1930s development: not listed 1936, but 40 houses by 1940."
"2168","New Barn Close, off New Barn Lane. Not listed 1948, but 26 houses by 1950."
"2169","New Barn Lane, from Prestbury to racecourse. Named thus on 1828 OS map 1"". Residential development had begun by 1902 (Victoria County History, p. 71). Following further development in the 1920s, there was a move to redesignate the lane as a Road, but the RDC elected to keep the old name (Glos. Echo, 2 Jan. 1931). William Bagehot De la Bere of Prestbury had a (new) barn built in Deadfurlong in 1741, probably the same ground shown as New Barn Piece on tithe map: eastern side of Evesham Road, south of present Hillcourt Road (personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott). A New Barn Farm, near Marle Hill, is marked on 1806 map; it probably did not survive the construction of Rosehill, which see. Later refs. (e.g. 1858) to a New Barn Farm are to a separate undertaking, perhaps Starvehall. See also Pope's Elm Cottages, Starveall Lane."
"2170","New Bath Road. Early name (e.g. 1812 Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1819 map) for what by 1834 had settled as plain Bath Road."
"2171","New Gloucester Road. 1834 map; possibly informal name for what became Lansdown Road."
"2172","New Inn Passage. Off north side of High Street, 'leading to America House'; lamp to be erected in, 1813 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 2 Feb.). May be the same as later America Passage (now Albion Walk), or a little further east where a narrow anonymous passage is shown on 1820 map. The New Inn existed 1738 (Manor Court Books, 27 Oct.); noted 1764 as 'inn called the New Inn . . . in New Inn Yard, late in possession of Martha Owen, widow' (Manor Court Books, 19 Oct.). Inn not listed in 1800 directory, but a late ref. noted in 1807 Manor Court Books."
"2173","New Lane, Arle. In Barbridge Field, but not otherwise identified; ref. in 1698 will of John Gregory (Sale, p. 76)."
"2174","New Market Place. On 1820 map, though possibly not a formal name. The New Market and Arcade, paid for Lord Sherborne, Lord of the Manor, were opened in 1823 on the site of the present Bennington Street (Hart, p. 182)."
"2175","New Painswick Road. Short-lived term for the route from Montpellier Street to Lypiatt Road; there was a turnpike gate for the Painswick route somewhere nearby. Named thus in 1829 building cert. for alterations at Grove Cottage. Name also extended to include present Painswick Road: ref. 1829 to 'Grafton Nursery, New Painswick Road' (Chronicle, Feb.)."
"2176","New Place, Bath Road. Listed 1858, 1860 directories."
"2177","New Place Court, Bath Road. Listed 1858, 1860 directories."
"2178","New Road, Charlton Kings. Former name for New Street."
"2179","New Rutland Court. Off Swindon Road, between St George's Street and Henrietta Street car park. 1994 housing association development, built by Beechgrove, on site of former rope walk, marked on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Revives the extinguished Rutland names, which see."
"2180","New Street (1). Referred to thus in 1800 directory; on 1806-10 map (though unnamed and largely unbuilt); named on 1819, 1834 map. Line of this street is ancient, probably following a property boundary of the 13th century or earlier (Rawes 6, p. 5). Formerly the route did not drop down to the Chelt at Alstone Upper Mill but continued straight westward on a line to present Lower Mill Street (across site of former abattoir) (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2181","New Street (2), Charlton Kings, connecting Church Street and Horsefair to the east of St Mary's churchyard. Made 1854, after churchyard was extended and St Mary's Hall built; an early alternative name was Vestry Hall Street (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 1, p. 19). Marked as New Road on 1884 map."
"2182","New Street Place. 4 dwellings accessed from no. 46 New Street (1), on north side at the Knapp end (1844 directory). Application for street lamps in 'New Street Place or Leighton's Row' (Streets and Highways Committee, 22 Feb. 1869)."
"2183","New Street Terrace. 7 houses in New Street, existing by 1926."
"2184","New Zealand House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Flats, named in 1953; Commonwealth theme (Housing Committee, Dec., no. 1156)."
"2185","New's Cottages, Alstone Lane. Shown on 1884 map; some 9 houses. Nos. 4-9 listed in 1934 slum clearance programme no. 1 (Housing Committee, Jan.) and partly demolished 1938 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Some still standing 1944, derelict, and to be used as council stores (Housing Committee, Sept.)."
"2186","Newcombe Cottages, off Alstone Lane. Opposite the end of present Alstone Croft. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2187","Newbury Cottages, St Peter's. 5 houses in Queen Street; 19th century."
"2188","Newcourt Park, Charlton Kings. Off Moorend Road; developed by A. R. Mansell (agreement of Dec. 1959)."
"2189","Newcourt Road, Charlton Kings. Present but unnamed on 1884 map. Once called Moorend Street; present name in use by 1936. After New Court, house built c. 1550 and known by this name by 1620 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 8, p. 21; 9, p. 17)."
"2190","Newent Place, Marsh Lane. Once the northernmost 6 houses. 1883-4 directory; 1884 map."
"2191","Newman's Place, courtyard off Devonshire Street. First marked on 1820 maps. Listed up to no. 20, 1857 directory. 1855-7 Old Town Survey shows that access was from between nos. 293 & 294 [now 346-8] High Street. Council plans made in 1879 to remove old houses here (Examiner, 5 Mar.)."
"2192","Newton Road, off Orchard Avenue. Part of the first wave of post-war development at Hester's Way; built by Geo. Wimpey & Co. 1951-2. One of four apple variety names adopted 1951 at Housing Committee's suggestion (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Sept.)."
"2193","Nichol's Close, Prestbury. Referred to in 1712 will of William Church (Sale, p. 112)."
"2194","Nightingale Grove. Alternative name for Benhall Wood, from the great numbers of these 'winged warblers' (Davies 1834, p. 13) congregating there."
"2195","Niven Courtyard. Name chosen by Wimpey for part of its 2002 Charlecote Park development next to Fiddler's Green Lane near new GCHQ building. After David Niven, who played in the 1967 James Bond film Casino Royale (Glos. Echo, 23 Nov.)"
"2196","Nogglins, Charlton Kings. 4 houses in Up End, 1841 Census. Perhaps from a personal name."
"2197","Nolty Bridge. Probably where Naunton Lane crossed the Nolty Brook, i.e. the dip at the junction of Naunton Lane, Mead Road and Fairfield Walk (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2198","Nolty Brook. This brook, now culverted, can still be heard flowing under manhole covers in front of Delancey Hospital, Charlton Lane. From there it flows north via an aqueduct over the railway cutting east of former Leckhampton station; through Maida Vale/Mead Road; along Fairfield Walk (Nolty Cottage here on 1883 OS map 1:500); alongside surviving footpath at bottom of Fairfield Road, and then joining the Westal Brook in the present Exmouth Arms garden, Bath Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). First noted ref. is in 1720, to 'Nolty Brook in Naunton field' (Manor Court Books); spelled Noulty in 1818 (Chronicle). Name is unexplained, but it seems very likely that Nolthayes, the name of a close west of Bayshill (seen from 1703 ââ?¬â?? Manor Court Books), preserves an earlier form. Nolthayes appears thus on 1765 map of Westal, and as Nolthays on 1809 map of De la Bere estate."
"2199","Norfolk Avenue, Rowanfield. Developed 1949-50. Southern county theme."
"2200","Norfolk Place. Unlocated; no. 3 listed as lodging house in 1820 directory. Perhaps after Norfolk Cottage, also unlocated, residence of George Arssic Esq (same directory)."
"2201","Normal Terrace, off Swindon Road. Formerly Beckingsale's Passage, which see. Present name by 1874. The original name of the teacher training college (opposite) was the Church of England Normal College; foundation stone laid 1849 (Goding, p. 151). Declared highway 1922 (Streets and Highways Committee, Mar.)."
"2202","Normead, Prestbury. Referred to in 1712 will of William Church (Sale, p. 113)."
"2203","Norris Hill, Swindon Village. See Morris Hill."
"2204","North Lodge. A house previously known as Woodbine Cottage; the residence of Lord Dunalley (Rowe, p. 88). Still survives, as no. 37 St Paul's Road."
"2205","North Avenue, off Priors Road. Part of Cheltenham's first post-war temporary housing site; road so named at suggestion of borough surveyor in Dec. 1945, when construction had just begun (Housing Committee, Dec.). Replaced by mid-1960s development of Priors Farm estate."
"2206","North Hall Mews, off Pittville Circus Road. Developed by W. Bullingham (agreement of May 1960); name agreed 1959, when road was under construction (Market and Watch Committee, Sept., no. 507)."
"2207","North Parade (1), Montpellier. Part of what is now Montpellier Spa Road. In existence 1811-2 (Goding p. 283). Two houses here advertised in 1814 (Miles/?Chronicle, 18 Sept.). Extra streetlamps ordered 1815 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Nov., and again 7 Mar. 1821). This name disappears c. 1834. Though quite possibly original namings, Cheltenham's North and South Parades may have been influenced by fashionable predecessors in Bath (pre-1740)."
"2208","North Parade (2). West side of Winchcombe Street towards Pittville. Existing by 1815: advt. for 2 houses 'only a few years old . . . on the North Parade upon a Terrace', with right of road from the back onto Portland Street (Chronicle, Apr.). 3 houses listed 1840 directory; 4 houses 1853."
"2209","North Place. Line present (unnamed and unbuilt) on 1806-10 map; developed by time of 1819 map. The Portland (later Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion) chapel was erected here in 1816 at the expense of R. Capper of Marle Hill (Hart, p. 183). Name in use by 1832: sale of nos. 12 and 13 'North Place, late called North Field Place' (Chelt. Chronicle, 19 Apr.). See also St Margaret's Cottages."
"2210","North Road, The Reddings. Present but unnamed on 1884 map."
"2211","North Street, north from High Street in centre of town. Name apparently in use from at least 1763: (ref. to Poor Rate levied on R. Peachey of the Greyhound, North Street (Goding, p. 261). Listed in 1800 directory. Named on 1819 map; earlier and for a long time alternatively known as Greyhound Lane, which see. Until 1877-8, when the new corporation started its first road improvements, lane was the more apt term, the southern section being appreciably narrower than North Place, the part north of Albion Street. See also Humphrey's Lane."
"2212","North Villas, North Place. Now demolished; site now eastern side of old Black & White coach station yard. Nos. 2-3 built 1827 by Hon. Miss Katharine Monson (see Monson Villas); no. 1 by her employee William Halford (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). Halford still living there 1844."
"2213","Northbank Close, The Reddings. Off North Road."
"2214","Northfield, Charlton Kings. First noted 1327 (Place Names of Gloucestershire), indicating the 'the northern field' in an open field system. Northfield Farm, Ham, listed in 1841 Census."
"2215","Northfield Passage, footpath between North Place and Monson Avenue. Its route is evident on 1820 map. Listed in 1841 Census. Northfeld is seen 1372 (Place Names of Gloucestershire) as one of the original open fields of Cheltenham, but use of this name did not survive the medieval period and its apparent revival here is hard to explain, unless due to antiquarian intervention."
"2216","Northfield Place. On 1820 map, where it designates a developing terrace in North Place. One remaining house for some time in the 1970s stood isolated in present car park between Trinity Church and old coach station. A Northfield Cottage is listed in 1820 directory."
"2217","Northfield Terrace. Marked on 1834 map (as North Field Terrace). Part of an ancient footpath in the North Field (Rawes 6, p. 6). Much building in progress here, 1826 (certs. for at least 11 houses). Declared highway in 1870 (Gloucestershire Record Office, CBR Bundle 508B)"
"2218","Northwick Place, west side of Bath Road, immediately south of Victoria Retreat. Now nos. 131-5 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Listed in 1841 Census; 4 houses (including Fountain Inn) in 1872. After Lord Northwick, the owner of Thirlestaine Hall."
"2219","Northwick Road. Early and unofficial name, prior to 1876, for part of what in that year became Douro Road, which see. Complaint at state of footpaths in 'the Northwick Road' by the Misses Lingwood and others, 1876 (Streets and Highways Committee, 27 Apr.)."
"2220","Northwick Terrace, Suffolk Road, college end. 1841 Census; 10 houses in 1844 directory. 11 houses on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, opposite entrance to Montpellier Grove. 15 houses by 1872."
"2221","Northwick Villas, Lansdown. Existing 1860."
"2222","Norwich Drive, Warden Hill. Built by 1959; cathedral city theme."
"2223","Norwood. Names with this element all refer ultimately to the family of William Norwood of Leckhampton, lord of the manor of Cheltenham from 1589 (Hart, pp. 29, 51)."
"2224","Norwood Arms (in recent years just The Norwood), Leckhampton. Marked on 1834 map."
"2225","Norwood Parade, Shurdington Road. On 1884 map, and possibly indicated on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. 7 houses in 1911."
"2226","Norwood Place. 2 houses in Suffolk Road opposite Montpellier Villas. Listed 1841 Census, 1844 directory."
"2227","Norwood Road, top (south) end of Great Norwood Street (Railway Inn and 1 house). Named on 1884 map. Developed along line of former tramway down from Leckhampton Hill quarries. See also Edward Terrace, Railway Buildings."
"2228","Norwood Street. Referred to by Davies 1834, but current equivalence uncertain; may be same as present Moorend Street."
"2229","Norwood Terrace, west side of Bath Road near Norwood Arms. Thus on 1834 map. Nos. 1-6 [now nos. 177-89 Bath Road] shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Nos. 7-12 [now nos. 191-9] developed by 1872. Nos. 13-9 [now nos. 205-19] followed."
"2230","Notgrove Close, Benhall. Part of Geo. Wimpey & Co. development of Benhall Farm estate. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1588). Cotswold village theme."
"2231","Nourse Close, off Brizen Lane. Development of c. 1990, south of Kidnapper's Lane.Commemorates early ownership of fields, e.g. on 1746 map of Norwood estate (Gloucestershire Record Office D/303/P2): 'Mr Nurse's Land'; same map shows Nurse's farmhouse in field to north of present Leckhampton Rectory (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2232","Novello House, Edinburgh Place. Flats, c. 1960. English composers theme."
"2233","Noverton, Prestbury. Overtowne in 1575. Probably the area of land originally given to Llanthony Abbey in the 12th century; meaning 'farmstead on the bank' or 'upper village'. Initial N- is due to wrong analysis of an older Middle English form atten overton (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"2234","Noverton Avenue, Prestbury. Not listed 1936, but 6 houses by 1940; mainly bungalows. Probably built by A. Wiggett, who got planning permission for a layout of 19 houses off Noverton Lane in 1938 (Town Planning Committee, Apr.)."
"2235","Noverton Lane, Prestbury. Probably old, and certainly in existence by 1824 (Victoria County History, p.70). Some development in 1930s (by e.g. Western Estates Ltd (7 bungalows; Town Planning Committee, Oct. 1936)."
"2236","Nuffield, Prestbury. Fieldname, seen 1719 in will of James Wood (Sale, p. 142)."
"2237","Nunney Close, off Fiddler's Green Lane. Developed by Westbury Homes (Severnside) Ltd (agreement of June 1983; adopted June 1985). After the Nunney family who farmed Harthurstfield in the 20th century (History of Hester's Way)."
"2238","Nutshell Livery Stables. Listed 1820 directory; unlocated."
"2239","Nutt's Passage. Between nos. 15 & 16 Mountpleasant (now Fairview Road), off north side, 3 houses west of junction with Sherborne Street. Listed 1844 directory, where it includes 4 dwelllings."
"2240","Oak Avenue, Charlton Kings. Part of Ewen's Farm estate; named c. 1952."
"2241","Oak Manor Drive, off Hales Road. Developed by Leckhampton Estates Ltd (agreement of Dec. 1968). After Oak Manor, house existing by 1911."
"2242","Oak Terrace, Charlton Kings. On London Road, near London Inn. Some 6 houses in 1841 Census; 1883-4 directory."
"2243","Oak Villas, Charlton Kings. On London Road, north side, opposite London Inn. 3 houses, 1883-4 directory."
"2244","Oakbrook Drive, off Reddings Road. Of c. 1960s appearance."
"2245","Oakfield Street, back of St Stephen's Church. Existing by 1893 (directory); outlined but still unnamed on 1897 map. Named after the estate it overlooked (Torode, Tivoli, p. 53). Has one of Cheltenham's very few blue and white enamel street nameplates (another in Regent Street)."
"2246","Oakfield Terrace. 11 houses in Oakfield Street; existing by 1911."
"2247","Oakhurst Rise, Charlton Kings. Off Ewen's Farm estate. Developed by Permanent Houses Ltd (agreement of June 1971; adopted Sept. 1974). Name perhaps influenced by Oaklands, adjacent large house; see Oakland Street."
"2248","Oakland Avenue, off western side of Prestbury Road. Existing by 1911; after Oakland Court, early 19th-century house (on opposite side of Prestbury Road; still there); shown as Oakland House on Lee's 1837 map (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 5, p. 35), or as The Oaklands (e.g. 1838 tithe apportionment), grounds of which were developed about 1910. An 1811 sale advertisement refers to 'beautiful oaks and other forest trees' (Chronicle, 4 July)."
"2249","Oakland Cottages (1), Prestbury Road. 6 houses 'opposite the Oaklands', 1872."
"2250","Oakland Cottages (2), Charlton Kings. Listed as 2 houses in 1883-4, under London Road, but actually round the corner in Oakland Street, at the top end."
"2251","Oakland Crescent, Prestbury. 7 houses in Cromwell Road; existing 1911."
"2252","Oakland Street, Charlton Kings. Links London Road and Cudnall Street. In existence 1840, though not necessarily named (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 24, p. 380). On 1884 map, partly built up, but unnamed, and possibly not a through road. Named after The Oaklands (now part of St Edward's School), house remodelled by Alexander Ogilvy in 1837; Ogilvy owned some land in this then unadopted street (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 7, p. 19)."
"2253","Oakland Terrace, Prestbury Road. Existing by 1844: no. 3 listed. Some 3 houses marked on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; 6 houses 'opposite the Oaklands' (1872). Some of these may be among the houses marked just north of the Fox & Hounds on 1838 tithe apportionment map."
"2254","Oakland Villas, Prestbury Road. 2 houses on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, just north of Fox & Hounds. The name seems by 1872 to have been transferred to 9 houses on the east side of Prestbury, south of the junction with Cromwell Road."
"2255","Oakley. Locality to north-east of the town, on lower slope of Cotswold scarp. A great source of timber for the medieval manor of Cheltenham (Hart, p. 39); by 1617 the oak woods were no more (Norden, quoted in Rawes 6, p. 7). The former Oakley Farm has gone, though the name is still used by some for its site, occupied since early 1940s by government offices (since 1953 principally GCHQ). Name first recorded c. 1150, variously as Acle, Aclea, and Acheleya (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 47) and more recognisably in 1344, as Ockeley. Probably Old English 'oak clearing', though possibly from a personal name Occa, thus meaning 'Occa's clearing' (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"2256","Oakley Road, Battledown. First laid out in 1861 (as Lower Road); first so named ('Oakleigh') in 1872, because it led directly to Oakley Farm (O'Connor, pp. 37, 40, 53). Oakley by 1884."
"2257","Oakley Villas. 2 houses in Pittville Circus, first listed 1863 directory."
"2258","The Oaks (1). Location and nature uncertain; single ref. 1606 to the okes, quoted in Place Names of Gloucestershire."
"2259","The Oaks (2), Up Hatherley. Off Cold Pool Lane; Bovis development (approved 1987, completed c. 1990); named by parish council following tree theme established for earlier phases: there had been a row of oaks on the site, but they were declared diseased at the start of development (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"2260","O'Brien Road, off George Readings Way. Developed c. late 1970s."
"2261","Occupation Road (1), Charlton Kings. Northern end of the present Hayward's Lane, stopped up after 1863 to prevent vehicular access to Battledown Approach (O'Connor pp. 13, 28). Referred to thus in 1855, though simply 'field road' on a plan of 1850 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 29, p. 42). As the further instances below show, it is a descriptive term, rather than a formal name, indicating a recognised access route to fields (various examples given by Room, p. 64)."
"2262","Occupation Road (2), Charlton Kings. From Old Bath Road to Moorend Road, largely coinciding with line of The Avenue. Thus on a map of 1870 shown in Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 10, p. 7."
"2263","Occupation Road (3), Prestbury. Marked on 1838 tithe apportionment map."
"2264","Okus Road, Charlton Kings. Off Cirencester Road. In existence by 1935 (ref. to no. 66: Housing Committee, Nov.). Road built by E. H. Bradley, who came from Okus, near Swindon, Wilts. (personal communication Mrs Mary Paget). Placename said to be a corruption of 'Oakhouse'. See also Bradley Road. An Okus Grove and an adjacent Bradley Road occur in North Stratton, Swindon; the houses are of similar age and appearance, and seem likely to be by the same builder."
"2265","Old Bath Road. The route is a very old one, possibly to be identified with the 13th-century Edge Way, which see. Described 1629 as 'alta via ducens versus Sandfords bridge . . . in magna ruina', and needing repair (Manor Court Books). Before the turnpike era, however, it would not naturally have been seen as a route to Bath in particular, and the Bath Road designation probably originates from about the time of George III's visit (1788). The new Bath Road (which see) was declared open 1813. 1820 map has 'Old Road to Cirencester and Bath'; by 1834 map, it had settled under its present name. See also Templemead."
"2266","Old Cambray Place. See Cambray Place."
"2267","Old Cemetery Road, from Gloucester Road to New Street, at the back of St Mary's Cemetery 1883-4 directory. By 1891-2 it had become Market Street, which see."
"2268","Old Dole, Charlton Kings. Farm in south-east corner of Charlton Kings, near boundary with Dowdeswell. Listed in pre-1843 terrier of Charlton Park's tenanted farms; farmhouse rebuilt 1862-70. Name goes back to at least 1557 (Fletcher, Britain in Old Photos: Charlton Kings, 1999); also seen in the form The Dolle, 1574, referring to a parcel of land in Ravensgate (GDR 1574/119; pc J Sale)."
"2269","Old Farm, Cheltenham. This lay west of St George's Place, on site of present Shaftesbury Hall. The building, existing by the 1740s, was formerly the home of the Mason family, and then the Skillicornes, developers of the first spa well. Listed as 'Old Farm, 38 St George's Place' in 1853 directory. Sold in 1857: 'genteel villa residence known as Old Farm', with 2 acres; also offered were Beech Cottage and 2 other adjacent cottages, 'suitable as residence or building lot' (Cheltenham Looker-On, 17 Jan.). Demolished 1858 (personal communication Dr Steven Blake); in 1868, Mr John Thomas offered the town, for road widening, a portion of the land 'lately known as the Old Farm, near the Female Training College' (Streets and Highways Committee, 30 Mar.)."
"2270","Old Gloucester Road, extension of present Hayden Road (B4634). A relic of the 1756 turnpike road to Gloucester, replaced by the new turnpike and railroad route of 1809-10 (the current Gloucester Road)."
"2271","Old Mead, Charlton Lane. 6 houses, existing by 1911. Includes present nos. 41-3. After a Naunton field-name, first noted 1699 as part of Charlton Park estate (Gloucestershire Record Office D7661; pc J Sale)."
"2272","Old Millbrook Terrace, off Millbrook Street and Gloucester Road. Partly present but unnamed and largely undeveloped on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Appears to be the then anonymous 'road leading out of Millbrook Street on north side thereof' which needed repair in 1873 and earlier (Streets and Highways Committee). Appears as Millbrook Terrace on 1884 map (7 houses). 1926 directory."
"2273","Old Park. 1763 ref; area later developed as 'Suffolk Road and St James's Square' (thus in Goding, p. 261; clearly Suffolk Square is meant). The nature and history of this park are obscure; Place Names of Gloucestershire notes a 1606 ref. to le Parrock ('park'), and see entry for Lypiatt Street (1)."
"2274","Old Reddings Close, Up Hatherley. Probably of 1960s-70s."
"2275","Old Reddings Road, Up Hatherley. Listed 1961."
"2276","Old School Mews, Charlton Kings. Off School Road; developed by D. E. Deacon (agreement of Jan. 1988)."
"2277","Old Spa. Alternative name, e.g. on 1820 map, for the Old Well (see Old Well Walk)."
"2278","Old Station Drive, Leckhampton. Off Leckhampton Road; approach road to former station, on the old Banbury and Cheltenham Direct (later GWR) line to Oxford, opened 1881 and closed 1962 (Stait). Developed by William Moss Ltd (agreement of Sept. 1977; adopted Jan. 1980)."
"2279","Old Swan Inn, High Street. Old-established pub (no. 37 High Street), renamed O'Hagan's Bar 1995. First recorded 1775: tenement at upper end of north side of High Street, 'known as the Old Swan' (Manor Court Books, 20 Oct.). However, exact chronological relation with other Swan Inn(s) not yet clear; see Swan Lane."
"2280","Old Well Lane. Thus in 1825, when streetlamps were sought (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 4 Nov.). Formed southern continuation of Old Well Walk. Named on 1834 map. Renamed Montpellier Street in 1844, when widening and retail development were in progress (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 2, p. 20). Goding (p. 562) probably refers to this when he mentions a 'row of houses at top of Old Well Walk' finished in Apr. 1844."
"2281","Old Well Walk. The walk to the Old Well, the site of which is now beneath Cheltenham Ladies' College. Walk was generally on line of lower section of present Montpellier Street, though rather to the west of the present road. Laid out by Skillicorne 1739-40 (Goding, p. 250) (or 1743: Davies, p. 36); his inspiration was a similar avenue at Hotwells, Bristol. As it matured, became one of the notable features of the town, much illustrated. Still on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. The old line, and old name, still shown on 1897 map. The last remnants of the original walk were to disappear with the building of the Ladies' College. Rowe 1845 notes that the original plan had been to continue the treed walk right through to the churchyard, but that this was frustrated by arguments about property rights in Church Mead; he says the small avenue leading into the churchyard is 'still called Old Well Walk' (p. 39)."
"2282","Old Workhouse Lane. Mentioned by Goding (p. 10). Same as Workhouse Lane (present Knapp Lane); evidently with Old added after the new workhouse opened at St Paul's."
"2283","Oldbury Close, off Oldbury Road. 3 houses; formerly known as Beale Walk. Presumably renamed to avoid confusion with Beale Road, some little distance away."
"2284","Oldbury Road, off Princess Elizabeth Way. Named thus in 1952, having started life as 'Road no. 7' on the Hester's Way plan (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov.). May preserve name of Oldbury, (noted 1835, Place Names of Gloucestershire), an inclosure somewhat more to the northeast of Arle tithing, near present Hayden Road-Tewkesbury Road junction. 'Oldbury' suggests an earlier settlement, but nothing ancient is known of there (Rawes 6, p. 13)"
"2285","Oldfield Crescent, St Mark's. Off Griffiths Avenue; council development of some 10 (originally planned to be 24) 'Foreign Office managerial houses' (Housing Committee, May 1953; see also Ledmore Road). 'So called by the postman prior to development in the 1950s' (personal communication Mrs Barbara Rawes), and officially named in 1954 (Housing Committee, Mar., no. 1513). After Oldfield Court, a property bought by council after death of owner in 1946 (Housing Committee, July)."
"2286","Olio Cottages, Olio Lane. A single Olio Cottage is listed 1844 (under Mitre Fields); adjacent 2 are there called Mitre Cottages. Nos. 1-3 shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; listed 1857 directory, 1926."
"2287","Olio Lane, off St Luke's Road. Line present (unbuilt) on 1834 map. Name apparently assigned c. 1980; Olio Cottages are probably the oldest houses, but lane probably named after the more prominent Olio Villa. The dictionary meaning of Olio is 'mixture'; its occurrence here is unexplained. Curiously, there are two other O─o names nearby: Otago Terrace, and an Omeo Lodge (existing by 1901) in College Road."
"2288","Ol(l)ney Place, Carlton Street. Listed in 1841 Census. Terrace of 3 houses (now nos. 36-40), east of Royal Mail garage. Originally (or erroneously) called Ollney Terrace (1839 directory). Very probably named after or connected with Lt.-Col. John Harvey Ollney, a magistrate and town commissioner, who occupied a mansion at Cambray entrance to Bath Road. He d. 16 Jan. 1836, bequeathing a large sum to public charities (Goding, p. 431)."
"2289","Olympic Road. It was suggested to the council in 1957 that a road be thus called in recognition of borough residents who had represented Great Britain in past Olympic Games. The borough surveyor promised to bear it in mind (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 5 June)."
"2290","Oolite, New Street. 2 houses next to Knapp Road, 1928. Perhaps reflecting someone's interest in geology or stone-working: a mason's yard ('Est. 1810') is nearby."
"2291","Opera House, Regent Street. Opened 1891; building now houses the Everyman theatre."
"2292","Orchard Avenue, off Princess Elizabeth Way. Developed 1938-9 by Pye Bros (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June). Probably reflecting land use before development (compare nearby Bramley, Laxton and Russet Roads)."
"2293","Orchard Cottages (1), in Orchard Place, Swindon Road. 1841 Census. A single Orchard Cottage is shown here on the 1820 map. Possibly the same as the Orchard Cottages listed in Swindon Road 'near Training College' 1883-4."
"2294","Orchard Cottages (2), row of 3 houses off Swindon Road. Listed 1844 directory and marked on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Possibly those now abutting west side of Honeybourne Line railway bridge."
"2295","Orchard Drive and Orchard Gardens. Names proposed by Pye Bros for streets developed after Orchard Way and Orchard Avenue, rejected by council as too repetitive (General Purposes and Watch Committee, July 1939); in 1940, Pye proposed instead Hawthorn Road and Tanners Road, which were accepted."
"2296","Orchard Place, off north side of Swindon Road, almost opposite Henrietta Street. Earliest references are to Orchard Row, 1809, when it contained at least three houses and several building lots Chronicle, Aug.). 1810 ref. to Orchard Row, near the Stone House (Chronicle, 9 Aug.). Orchard Place by 1825, when building certs. issued for houses here (also 1827). 22 houses here cited in 1849 Cresy report as an example of cramped building. In 1857 it formed the access to the new 'British Schools' and is today still the rear access to Dunalley Street School. Nos. 1-5 included in 1934 slum clearance programme no. 1 (Housing Committee, Jan.); no houses now remain. See also Regent Cottages, Regent Place."
"2297","Orchard Row. See preceding."
"2298","Orchard Terrace, Libertus Road. The 5 pairs of houses opposite end of Devon Avenue, now nos. 28-46 Libertus Road. Part of the post-1918 housing development in St Mark's. The council in 1921 renamed these houses Libertus Terrace, but for some reason the name was not taken up. The name Orchard Terrace was extinguished when Libertus Road houses were numbered, c. 1960."
"2299","Orchard Way, off Brooklyn Road. Developed 1938-9 by Pye Bros (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June 1939)."
"2300","Orchard Well. Marked on 1825 map, at a point roughly corresponding to middle of present Bayshill Road."
"2301","Oriel Cottages, Bath Road. Listed in 1872 directory as being near St Luke's School; presumably some of the smaller houses opposite Oriel Place."
"2302","Oriel Place, Bath Road. Terrace of 11 houses, i.e. present nos. 57-77 Bath Road, plus the slightly different (and perhaps later) no. 79. Building cert. issued for first one in June 1826, rising to no. 7 by Sept. 1829. After the adjacent Oriel Lodge (see following)."
"2303","Oriel Road. The outline of this route can be seen on 1809 map, without buildings. Possibly equates to the new road in Cambray 'now carrying on with increased spirit' after Col. Riddell had presented a piece of land for its footpath (Chronicle, 20 June 1811). This footpath may in part be the one (now extinguished) marked on an 1828 plan as running up the east side of what is now the Rodney Road car park to the west end of Oriel Terrace. Oriel Lodge built c. 1823 in Gothic style and attributed to Edward Jenkins, builder of St James's, Suffolk Square; presumably named after its window. Survives as offices."
"2304","Oriel Terrace. Two sections of terrace in Oriel Road, either side of junction with Wellington Street; 'built 1824' (Verey), but first surviving building certs. are for June 1826; no. 3 advertised Mar. 1829 (Chronicle); nos. 5 & 6 certificated Sept. 1827; no. 7, Sept. 1829. On 1834 map. Nos. 1-4, the eastern terrace, survive; western terrace rebuilt 1970s as part of Ellenborough House. Occasional references seen to Oriel Terrace Road in e.g. 1876 Streets and Highways Committee; perhaps the roadway along the west aspect, now fronting Rodney Road car park."
"2305","Oriel Villas, Oriel Road. 3-4 houses at west end of Oriel Terrace, facing present Rodney Road car park. Ref. in 1844 directory; nos. 1-2 first listed 1845 directory. An Oriel Villa is listed in 1830 directory, but this may refer to Oriel Lodge."
"2306","Oriel Walk. Short cul-de-sac off east side of Bath Road. Opposite Oriel Place, to side of fomer National School; apparently present though unnamed on 1834 map. Named in 1844 directory (6 houses). Nos. 2-6 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"2307","Ormond Chambers. Business premises, part of Ormond Place. Listed 1883-4 directory."
"2308","Ormond Place, between Promenade and Regent Street. Roadway present on 1820 map, but unnamed. Still unnamed and little development even on 1834 map. Nos. 1-5 noted in 1844 directory. 7 houses, 1860. Also known as Little Promenade. A proposal for a 50ft-wide new road from Ormond Place through to Rodney Road and Cambray was approved for inclusion in draft town planning scheme of 1942 (Town Planning Committee, Apr.)."
"2309","Ormond Terrace, south end of Regent Street. 1834 map shows present terrace under development. Nos. 1-8 and 16-7 (as today) listed 1844; nos. 9-15 seem never to have existed, the space being occupied by rear aspect of Promenade shops."
"2310","Ormond Villas. 8 houses at top of Montpellier Street, east side. Nos. 2-8 were probably built 1825-6 (Blake, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 2, p. 16). Originally private lodging houses, which by 1844 were undergoing conversion into shops (Cheltenham Looker-On, 30 Mar.)."
"2311","Orrisdale Terrace, off College Road. Existing by 1872 (request for streetlamp, Streets and Highways Committee), though not apparently listed until 1874 dir (then only 4 houses). Possibly part of the planned development of two new roads on land abutting east side of College Road announced to council in 1868 by J. H. McIlquam (Streets and Highways Committee, 26 Oct.). Apparently the only street in Cheltenham named after a place on the Isle of Man."
"2312","Osborne Terrace, Market Street. 10 houses, existing by 1911, and in view of their Victorian name probably older."
"2313","Osborne Villas, Queen's Road. Some 4 houses at junction with Lansdown Road; 1853 directory. Probably after Queen Victoria's residence on Isle of Wight."
"2314","Osprey Road, Leckhampton. Developed by Western Estates (agreement of Mar. 1961); birds of prey theme."
"2315","Otago Terrace, St Luke's Road. 6 houses, first listed 1866 directory. Place in New Zealand."
"2316","Othello Court, Hester's Way. 1999 Cheltenham Borough Council development off Shakespeare Road, hence the name."
"2317","Outer Circle. The outer loop enclosing The Park."
"2318","Overbrook Drive, Prestbury. Off Cleevemount Road; developed 1937 by G. A. M. Hall, on part of former Cleevemount estate. Name chosen by council at the builder's request (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June 1937). The brook in question is Wyman's Brook."
"2319","Overbury Street, Charlton Kings. Links Cudnall Street and London Road. Shown as built on 1884 map. The street crossed land belonging to Overbury family of Cudnall (personal communication Mrs Mary Paget)."
"2320","Overton Gardens, off Overton Road. Developed by Western Estates (Lawes Cherry) Ltd (agreement of Sept. 1969)."
"2321","Overton Park. Area between St George's Road and Parabola Road. Overton Park appears as area/estate name on 1884 map; no house of that name evident. Apparently first listed in 1886 dir, though development there appears to have been slow. An Overton Lodge listed in or off St George's Road 1926. Name apparently arbitrary."
"2322","Overton Park Road, off St George's Road. Existing but unnamed in 1896 (Borough Surveyor proposing improvements, Mar. Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Listed 1936."
"2323","Overton Road, off Malvern Road. Named 1876: road from Elmfield to Malvern Road, road from Parabola Road to Elmfield, and continuation, recently declared highway, to be named Overton Road (Streets and Highways Committee, 27 June). Development slow; no houses listed in 1883-4 dir."
"2324","Oxford. Names with this element were seen by Goding (p. 298) as commemorating a distinguished visitor (presumably Lady Oxford, who attracted the attention of Byron: see Hart, p. 162). She lived at Georgiana Cottage on the banks of the Chelt in Bath Road. However, the situation of several of the Oxford names on the direct route to that city, and the interest (via the Pate's charity) of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in various parts of the town, must also be factors. Earliest instance seems to be Oxford Lodge, noted in 1810 (Chronicle, 5 Apr.), and marked on 1820 map, just east of Keynsham Bank."
"2325","Oxford Buildings. Terrace of 4 houses, i.e. present nos. 2-6 London Road (by traffic lights), plus corner house now entered from Hewlett Road. First noted 1817 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 7 May); described in Dec. 1817 as completed since the last season (Chronicle, 4 Dec.). Probably on the building plots fronting London Road and east of Hewlett Road auctioned 1815 after bankruptcy of Edward Hall (Chronicle, 27 Apr.). On maps from 1819. Building certs. for a further 8 houses here, 1825-7, probably refer to neighbours to east."
"2326","Oxford Close. Private cul-de-sac off Oxford Street, named c. 1990."
"2327","Oxford Parade, London Road. 12 imposing houses set back from main road, now nos. 26-36 and 38-48 London Road, either side of junction with Oxford Street. The latter 6 are earlier, being the only ones shown on 1819 map. Little (p. 60) says the parade was nearly complete by 1817, but this can only refer to the first half-dozen. What was evidently the future site of nos. 26-36 was advertised 1821 (Chronicle, 18 Jan.): 'eligible building ground near new range of buildings called Oxford Parade, lots 21ft wide and 200ft deep . . . intended for erection of a row of houses similar to those in Oxford Parade . . . entitled to the advantage of the new Road [i.e. Oxford Street] running along western part of Oxford Parade'. 7 months later, no. 1 [now no. 26] was for sale: 'delightful freehold stone-built residence, recently completed without regard to expense' (Chronicle, 30 Aug. 1821). Building still in progress 1824-7 (building certs.). Intended site of railway station on proposed direct Cheltenham-Swindon line, 1852 (Goding, p. 597)."
"2328","Oxford Passage, off St Margaret's Road (now taxi rank). Formerly went right through to High Street, emerging between nos. 152 & 153 [now 243-5]. Previously known as Counsellor's Alley or Passage, which see; had present name by 1830 (directory). From Oxford House, listed 1841 Census and shown on Old Town Survey as on west side of passage, facing east, about half-way between High Street and Back Street. See also Trafalgar Place."
"2329","Oxford Place, London Road. Terrace of about 15 houses, in front of Avenall's Parade, i.e. present nos. 81-107 London Road (no. 79 demolished to widen junction with Old Bath Road). Several different periods and styles; begun by 1819 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 20, p. 33); shown as partially completed on 1834 map. Listed as part of Pate's charity estate (Henney pamphlet), suggesting in this case the name reflects the Corpus Christi College connection."
"2330","Oxford Street. 1820 map; noted in Paving Commissioners' Minutes same year (6 Dec.); see also Oxford Parade above. Building certs. for 5 houses here, 1825-7, including nos. 9 & 10. Declared highway July 1906 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"2331","Oxford Street, Charlton Kings. Listed 1841 Census; from context, somewhere near Bafford; possibly an enumerator's error."
"2332","Oxford Terrace, Charlton Kings. 3 houses in London Road, all built 1828 (building certs.). Oxford Villas, London Road. 3 villas, now nos. 31-5 London Road, on western corner of Corpus Street. Shown (unnamed) on 1820 map, the last buildings on the south side of the High Street, and perhaps completed at about this time: no. 3 Oxford Villas advertised 1821 (Chronicle, 28 June). Land part of Pate's charity estate (Goding, p. 406)."
"2333","Oxford Way, Warden Hill. Listed by 1959; cathedral city theme."
"2334","Oxstalls Lane. Name mentioned 1816 in deeds to Woodlands Cottage (Rodney Road). Sampson (Scene Again) suggests identifying with Imperial Lane, but this was at that time undeveloped and probably too close to the Chelt to offer much of a track. The route now named Rodney Road, which see, is older, and a more likely candidate; Rawes 6, p. 26, identifies Oxstalls Ground, also known as Cambray Close, as a strip of land on the Rodney Road alignment."
"2335","Paddocks Lane, Marle Hill. Developed by Alfred Robinson (agreement of Sept. 1963). After paddocks on opposite side of Swindon Lane, perhaps identical with those referred to in Place Names of Gloucestershire: the Paddocks, Prestbury, first seen 1575 as le Parrock, i.e. park or enclosure."
"2336","Paddy Gates. Unexplained informal name for railway crossing in Alstone Lane, current since 1930s or earlier (pc; noted also by 'Odd Man Out', Cheltenham News, 2 Feb. 1995)."
"2337","Page's Court, Portland Street. 1827: building certificates for nos. 1-6 granted to William Page. Also described as '6 cottages adjoining North Street'."
"2338","Page's Entry, 'opposite to Mrs Barrett's house'. To be supplied with a streetlamp, 1812 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 4 Feb.). Modern equivalent not yet determined, but house reference is probably to the widow of William Barrett, whose property stood on eastern corner of High Church Street entry off High Street (pc J Lacock)."
"2339","Page's Row (1), Lower Alstone. 3 houses; listed 1844 directory. Exact location unclear."
"2340","Page's Row (2), Fairview. South side of York Street. Possibly in existence by 1826 (building cert, Aug.). Listed to no. 8 in 1844 directory. Cited as having only one privy for 8 tenements in 1849 Cresy report."
"2341","Painswick Lawn. Listed in 1830 directory. Originally 2 large villas on eastern side of curved (northern) end of Painswick Road, marked on 1834 map; the more southerly villa was Casino, later Haldon House; the more northerly is Painswick Lawn House. Name later applied to 3-storey stone-faced terrace, now nos. 5-19 Painswick Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Certs. for 5 of these, 1836. Listed as 7 houses by 1841 directory."
"2342","Painswick Lawn Cottages. At back of Painswick Lawn; listed 1911 and probably older."
"2343","Painswick Mews. Behind nos. 35-7 Painswick Parade; premises of a fly proprietor in 1847 directory. Burned down 1990s (pc J Rawes)."
"2344","Painswick Parade, Painswick Road. 5 mid-19th-century houses on east side, from Jolly Brewmaster to Andover Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock); now nos. 29-37 Painswick Road."
"2345","Painswick Place. Reference in 1841 Census suggests site near Suffolk Road."
"2346","Painswick Road. Line of present road, now mainly residential, is clearly laid out on 1834 and 1835 maps, with projected villas on the former, but anonymous. Named as 'the Painswick Road' on building certs. in 1828 and 1836. Listed as a site of current building, Oct. 1834 (Cheltenham Looker-On survey). Northern section formerly known as Painswick Lawn, which see. Cheltenham Looker-On survey of Oct. 1835 refers to 'another entirely new row building at back of Suffolk Square, fronting Painswick Lawn and Casino', which appears to be part of this road. The present road is but one section of a new turnpike to Painswick, formed 1820s. Some of the earliest refs. to Painswick Road relate to the northern end of this route in the Montpellier area (see Painswick Turnpike Road below), See also Cloverdale Lawn, St James's Place (1), Southend Villas."
"2347","Painswick Terrace, Andover Road. On south side near Park Place, from Painswick Road to lane leading through to Ashford Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). 1841 Census; 4 houses 1847 directory."
"2348","Painswick Turnpike Road. Present Montpellier Street and Lypiatt Road formed the urban termination of this route, north from present Painswick Road. It appears to have been a spur off the new route to Bath completed in 1822 (see Bath Road). First ref. to this part of the route may be that of Griffith, 1826 (p. 26), who notes an entrance to the old well from 'the new Painswick Road'. Probably the same as 'the Painswick Road' for which Mr Thompson sought additional lights in 1827 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 6 Apr.). On 1829 map (Gloucestershire Record Office, QSRh 1829/C182), this Painswick Road is shown as crossing end of Lansdown Road route. Lypiatt Road shown as Painswick Turnpike Road on 1870 covenant at Lypiatt House Hotel."
"2349","Pakistan House, Marsland Road. 1960s flats; Commonwealth theme."
"2350","Palmer's Lane, Arle. 1722 and 1739 refs. to close in Arle called Cockley, lying 'between Palmer's Lane and land late of Walter Buckle' (Manor Court Books). Location uncertain; Cockley not in Arle fieldnames listed by Rawes."
"2351","Panmure, Prestbury. Noted in Place Names of Gloucestershire; name of a house in Swindon Lane (1911). Perhaps some connection with Lord Panmure, secretary of state for war in the Crimean period, and distributor of Sebastopol cannon to Cheltenham and other towns, locally including Stroud and Minchinhampton."
"2352","Pantile Row, between New Street and High Street. Existing by 1834 (Davies, Appendix VI). 1857 ref. to no. 10. 12 houses here were subject of adverse report to Public Health Committee, July 1901: 'these small insanitary houses stand in the way of a possible through street being opened up from New Street to High Street, a portion of one side of such a new street having already been built, and bearing the name of Station Street at the present time'. Pictures of condemned cottages here in Glos. Graphic, 20 June 1903. Pantile Row seems to have been in, or perhaps the southern part of, Elmstone Street; exact relationship unclear. Tiled roofs uncommon in Cheltenham at this period, which may explain the adoption of this name."
"2353","Parabola Close, Bayshill. Off Parabola Road. Line marked on 1884 map, but anonymous until residential development of 1961-2 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 23 May 1962)."
"2354","Parabola Lane. Rear access for Parabola Road; named by Cheltenham Borough Council 1996, following development there."
"2355","Parabola Road, Bayshill. Anonymous, and only partially developed, on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Plain The Parabola on 1840 map, but listed under present name in 1882 directory and on 1884 map. The name is a reasonably accurate description of its line; apparently unique in England."
"2356","Paradise. Described by Goding (p. 10) as a few cottages in a hollow surrounded by a bank, near the Chelt, reached from Old Workhouse Lane; therefore probably on Jessop's Gardens/ St James's Station site. Probably same as Paradise Row, referenced 1834 (Sawyer, p. 177); listed as 4 houses in 1841 Census, and as 7 houses and the old workhouse in 1844 directory, off south side of New Street."
"2357","Paradise House. Situated somewhat beyond the north end of Fleece Lane. Listed 1800 directory, when occupied by Wadley, auctioneer; mentioned 1806 (Ruff)."
"2358","Paragon Buildings, Bath Road. 6 houses on east side, between Cedar Court Road and Paragon Terrace, i.e. present nos. 126-36 Bath Road. Building certs. for 6 houses here, 1826-7. Noted in Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 18 May 1827. On 1834 map, Paragon Buildings comprise 2 adjacent terraces each of 6 houses, but the more northerly six (nos. 114-24) are more properly Paragon Parade (slightly later). Perhaps echoing Paragon Buildings in Bath (1769-71: RCHM/BAT), Paragon Buildings in Bristol (1809-14: Ison, p. 235) or a fashionable redevelopment of this name at Blackheath, London, of similar date."
"2359","Paragon Buildings Road. Probably the service road in front of the above terraces, and possibly not a formal name. Ref. in 1899 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes to repairs."
"2360","Paragon Parade, Bath Road. 6 houses, now nos. 114-24, adjoining Paragon Buildings, which see. 2 building certs., each for 3 houses here, issued 1833. 1834 map; Rowe 1845."
"2361","Paragon Terrace, off Bath Road, opposite Eagle Star tower. 3 houses listed by 1830 directory, and shown on 1834 map. Building certs. for 3 further houses, 1837, and all 6 listed 1844 directory. Shown as now on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2362","The Park. Place Names of Gloucestershire quotes a 1606 ref. to le Parrock (see Old Park, above), but there is no clear connection with the 19th-century Park Estate. The latter was bought by Thomas Billings in 1831. By 1833-4 he had laid out what were briefly to be the Gloucestershire Zoological, Botanical and Horticultural Gardens. Houses were also built, but 'none of the houses hitherto erected there have as yet found tenants' (Cheltenham Looker-On, 25 Oct. 1834; see also Park Promenade below). By 1838 the zoo enterprise had failed, and the land was sold to the architect Samuel Whitfield Daukes, who converted it into public pleasure grounds, and developed villas round the perimeter (Sampson & Blake)."
"2363","Park Buildings. 1841 Census; location uncertain."
"2364","Park Crescent. An unrealised development within the central area of The Park. Named and shown in outline on 1834 map."
"2365","Park Drive, i.e. the loop road round The Park. Thus on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; 1884 map. Also known as the Outer Circle."
"2366","Park Estate (1), Cheltenham. See The Park."
"2367","Park Estate (2), Prestbury. Former name (from at least 1928 to at least 1950) of Park Lane, presumably so called because it backs on to Prestbury Park (now the racecourse)."
"2368","Park Farm, Charlton Kings. Apparently within Charlton Park; listed 1841 Census. Possibly enumerator's error for Park Cottage, as there was no farm in Charlton Park by this date (pc J Sale)."
"2369","Park Gate. At the gate to The Park; a listed building, now no. 61 St Stephen's Road."
"2370","Park Lane, Prestbury. At western end of Shaw Green Lane; until c. 1958 known as Park Estate."
"2371","Park Mews, Leckhampton. Off Moorend Park Road."
"2372","Park Place (1), Bath Road. Prosser's timber yard located at Park Place, Bath Road 1829 (Chronicle, 26 Mar.); no. 20 listed, 1830. Exact location uncertain."
"2373","Park Place (2). The main approach to The Park. The name was allocated by 1824: land 'now marked out and � intended to form a row of buildings to be called Park Place'; at least 2 houses existed by 1825, but development slowed in the 1825-6 slump (deeds to no. 10; pc S Blake). Occupied by 1831 (Gloucestershire Record Office, CBR Rating List); building certs. for 4 houses here 1831-3. Listed up to no. 36 by 1839 directory."
"2374","Park Place (3). Original or early alternative name for Suffolk Lawn. Ref. 1825: lamps to be placed between Old Well Lane (now Montpellier Street) and Park Place (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 4 Nov.). Further ref. 1827, and again 1834 (Cheltenham Looker-On building survey, Oct.). Very probably influenced by The Park, but evidently renamed to avoid confusion with previous entry."
"2375","Park Place (4), Charlton Kings. 1840 map; 1841 Census. Seemingly short-lived name for at least some of the houses then in (Upper) Park Street."
"2376","Park Promenade. 2 houses near entrance to The Park from Park Place. 'No. 1 Park Promenade' listed as one of the only two houses yet occupied on the Park Estate in 1835 (Cheltenham Looker-On, 24 Oct.). Both are shown on Leckhampton 1835 tithe apportionment map."
"2377","Park Prospect, Charlton Kings. 1841 Census; 3 houses apparently in London Road near Beaufort Arms."
"2378","Park Street (1), off Hales Road. Earlier name for Upper Park Street, which see."
"2379","Park Street (2), between Lower High Street and Knapp Road. Existing by 1826 (building certs.). Named on 1834 map. Not obvious which park if any this street is named after; perhaps from a personal name, or modelled on Grove Street nearby."
"2380","Park View, Tivoli. 8 houses in Albany Road (first 6 listed in 1883-4 directory), and apparently at one time (1891-2 directory) an alternative name for this road. From The Park."
"2381","Park View Terrace, Naunton Park Road. 8 houses, existing by 1911."
"2382","Park Villas, between Tivoli Road and St Stephen's Road. Some 9 houses, listed up to no. 7 by time of 1842 directory."
"2383","Parkbury Close, off Rowanfield Road."
"2384","Parker's Cottages. 3 houses in or off Rose & Crown Passage, between nos. 31 and 33. Listed 1844 directory."
"2385","Parker's Swimming and Bathing Place. This lay at the west end of present Exmouth Arms Garden. Arthur Parker of Bath Terrace was a builder, active in area between Bath Road and Painswick Road in 1820s, as well as nearer town centre (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). The swimming place was 'newly made' in 1821 (Chronicle, 17 May); about this time Parker suffered a financial crisis, but 'enabled by the kindness of friends to repurchase', he re-opened the bathing place in June 'in a far superior state' (Chronicle, 14 June). Premises still functioning 1825 (Bettison's Guide), and listed 1830 directory, but later fate unknown. Parker was active until at least 1834 (building certs.)."
"2386","Parkland Road, Charlton Kings. Off Sandy Lane; developed by Little & Thompson (agreement of Mar. 1964)."
"2387","Parkwood Grove, Charlton Kings. Off Bafford Approach; developed by Brixbur Builders (agreement of Feb. 1964)."
"2388","Passport House. Unlocated; residence of Capt. Phillips, 1820 directory. Possibly spurious."
"2389","Pate Court, St Margaret's Road. 1980s office building on site once occupied by Livorno Lodge. Site successively occupied by Pate's Grammar School for Girls and the Richard Pate School, hence the name."
"2390","Pate House, Albion Street. See Almshouses."
"2391","Pates Avenue, off Alstone Lane. 1933 Cheltenham Borough Council development on the site of early 19th-century house called Alstone Lawn; intended to house families displaced by Swindon Place/Swindon Passage clearance scheme. Named after Alderman John Poytress Pates, chairman of Housing Committee in that year (Housing Committee, Jan.-Oct. 1933; General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov. 1933)."
"2392","Patesian Avenue. Name recommended in 1929 by General Purposes and Watch Committee for new road to be built from Hewlett Road to Whaddon Road, but discarded by full council in favour of Skillicorne Avenue, in turn dropped in favour of Whaddon Avenue (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, June 1929). The form suggests a connection with Pate's Grammar School (alumni known at least in some sporting contexts as Patesians) rather than Councillor Pates (see Pates Avenue)."
"2393","Patterdale Close, Arle. Off Glynbridge Gardens; c. 1960s."
"2394","The Pavilions, corner of Bath Road and Sandford Road. 1980s development of flats on site of old Cheltenham College combined cadet force huts."
"2395","Peacock Close, Fiddler's Green. By Westbury Homes Ltd (agreement of Jan. 1988)."
"2396","Pear Tree Lane, Prestbury. Name in use since 1930s for route from Noverton Lane to Mill Lane (pc R Beacham). Otherwise Leg of Mutton Lane."
"2397","Peel Close, Charlton Kings. Off East End Road; behind the police station. Police housing, of c. 1960s, hence the naming after Sir Robert Peel."
"2398","Pegasus Court, St Stephen's Road. Built c. 1970s for Pegasus Retirement Homes, who have similarly named developments elsewhere, e.g. Barnwood, Glos., Bourton-on-the-Water, Glos., and Broadway, Worcs."
"2399","Pelican Inn. Probably existing by 1690: ref. to 'a parcel of dung at the Pellican' in inventory of John Banaster (Sale, p. 56); specified as an inn, 1729 (Hart, p. 117). A 1743 reference (Manor Court Books, 18 Apr.) to land in or near Lord's Mead (Royal Well area) being bounded in part by 'the Pelican Inn land' suggests an inn of this name on south side of High Street, not so far documented elsewhere. Perhaps a Pate's charity connection: the pelican appears on the arms of Corpus Christi College, and is used to mark various of its properties in the Lower High Street area."
"2400","Pembridge Close, Charlton Kings. Off Glenfall Way; developed by Leonard Desmond (agreement of Dec. 1972; adopted May 1990)."
"2401","Pembroke Road, Up Hatherley. Possibly by Bryant Estates. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Feb., no. 1288). Welsh county theme."
"2402","Pembroke Villas, Leckhampton. 2 houses in Moorend Crescent; c. 1880s."
"2403","Pendil Close, Wyman's Brook. 1970s development. Racehorse theme: Pendil started favourite for Cheltenham Gold Cup two years running: placed 2nd in 1973, also ran in 1974."
"2404","Penharva Close, off Alstone Lane. Built on nursery/market garden land formerly attached to 1903 house called Penharva, now no. 157 Alstone Lane. Name looks Cornish, but not confirmed; there is a Penhalveor south of Redruth."
"2405","Pennine Road, Lynworth. Existing by 1950. English hills theme."
"2406","Pennington Court, Hester's Way. Recent development, named after Cllr Andrew Pennington."
"2407","Pennsylvania Avenue, off Arle Road. Approaching completion in May 1952, and named to commemorate the visit of Harold Pike, Township Manager of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, and to mark ties between the two towns (Housing Committee, May, no. 116)."
"2408","Penrith Road, Up Hatherley. Lake District theme."
"2409","Pentathlon Way, Wyman's Brook. Developed by J. A. Pye (agreement of Sept. 1972; adopted June 1977). Apparently inspired by the nearby sports ground."
"2410","Peregrine Road, Leckhampton. Developed by Western Estates Ltd (agreement of Mar. 1961) and W. Bullingham (Dec. 1961)."
"2411","Perry's Mill. Possibly in Alstone Spa area; one ref. in Goding, p. 597."
"2412","Pesfurlong, Alstone. Furlong name seen in 13th century (Cirencester Abbey Cartulary)."
"2413","Peter Pennell Close, Springbank. Developed c. 1980; after a councillor."
"2414","Pheasant Lane, from Fiddler's Green Lane to Golden Valley. Road shown on 1884 map but unnamed. From the Pheasant Inn, existing by 1826 (Bettison) and still there."
"2415","Philadelphia Street, Fairview. Early name for Columbia Street (personal communication Dr Steven Blake); Philadelphia seems to have been a field or close name; it is marked (with Coneygree) north of Fairview Road in MS on Bailey Donaldson copy of 1806-10 map."
"2416","Phoenix Passage, between High Street and St Paul's Road. Formerly also known as Fountain Passage. 1855-7 Old Town Survey shows Phoenix Inn at no. 221 [latterly 405] High Street."
"2417","Piccadilly Way, Prestbury. Recent development at Noverton; named after Piccadilly Farm, in existence by this name by 1768 (Victoria County History, p. 76)."
"2418","Pickering Close, Leckhampton. Off Pickering Road; developed 1956 by Leckhampton Estates Ltd, who proposed the name Long Orchards. Borough Surveyor countered with a choice of Long Orchards Close or Pickering Close (Market and Watch Committee, Oct. 1956, no. 685). See next."
"2419","Pickering Road, Leckhampton. Off Moorend Park Road. Name approved 1953 (Market and Watch Committee, Nov., no. 956). After a former borough surveyor."
"2420","Piggy Lane, Charlton Kings. Unofficial name of 'many years' for what in 1994 became officially James Drove. On part of route anciently known as Strowdes Lane, which see (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 32)."
"2421","The Pieces, Prestbury. Path and cycle track alongside St Mary's School, from Bouncer's Lane to Finchcroft. Otherwise known as School Lane."
"2422","Pilford Avenue, Leckhampton. Off Old Bath Road; listed from 1928."
"2423","Pilford Close, Leckhampton. Off Old Bath Road, and of similar date to preceding."
"2424","Pilford Lane, Charlton Kings. A section of what is now the Old Bath Road; marked (Pillford Lane) on 1776 map. Place Names of Gloucestershire notes Pilfold Lane and Pilford as fieldnames in 1778; earliest reference is to Pyllifordeweye, before 1290 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 23, p. 28); part of the old route known as the King's Highway, which see. The meaning is simply 'ford over the pill or stream' (see Pill below)."
"2425","Pilford Road, Leckhampton. A 'new street' in 1910; so named by council resolution, in preference to the original proposal of Upper Pilford Road made by the developers, Webb Bros of Battledown. (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Mar. 1910)."
"2426","Pilgrove Bridge. Where eastern end of Hayden Road crosses the river Chelt. 1835 Pilgrove, 'copse where shafts were obtained' (Place Names of Gloucestershire); preserves name of Pilgrove Coppice, 'coppice with straight-shafted pollards for making arrows etc' (Rawes 6, p. 13); in this case the origin is not pill, 'stream', but pil, 'arrow'."
"2427","Pilgrove Close, off Pilgrove Way. Development of c. 1995."
"2428","Pilgrove Way, off Hayden Road. Leads to Arle Farm development of 1995-6."
"2429","Pill. Stream, now culverted, originally the dividing line between Naunton and Charlton Kings, and flowing north from near Daisybank through Pilley. Originally it may have merged with the Westal or Nolty Brooks, but at some point it was channelled to follow the line of the Old Bath Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock), to join the Chelt at Sandford Mill (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 9, p. 37). Still open in 1874 when steps were taken to 'cleanse out the ancient watercourse abutting the highway leading from Pilley down the Old Bath Road and by the side of Mr Jordan's field' (Streets and Highways Committee, 28 July). Pill is Old English for 'stream'."
"2430","Pilley. Area name in Leckhampton. First seen c. 1300 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 7, p. 48). Probably meaning 'clearing by a stream' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Pilley Mead close, 1670 (will of William Chestroe; Sale, p. 13)."
"2431","Pilley Crescent, Leckhampton. Off Pilley Lane. Council development on land bought from Norman, Hick and Barrett in mid-1929. Plans for 104 houses agreed by Town Planning Committee in July 1929; street named by General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct. 1929, when the layout was still being planned."
"2432","Pilley Lane, Leckhampton. Off Old Bath Road; present, but unnamed, on 1835 enclosure award map. Named on 1884 map."
"2433","Pine Close, Charlton Kings. Part of early 1950s Ewen's Farm estate. Named about 1952; there is still tall pines at its northern end."
"2434","Pinetrees, Charlton Kings. Off Moorend Road; developed by Costain Homes Ltd on site of former Moorend Park hotel (agreement of Apr. 1980; adopted Nov. 1985)."
"2435","The Pitch, Swindon Village. See Manor Road."
"2436","Pitman Road, St Mark's. Name proposed by Housing Committee and endorsed 1953 (Market and Watch Committee, Sept., no. 600). Not apparently fitting with the poets theme of this area."
"2437","Pittville. A major estate, in effect a complete new suburb to the north of the town, stretching into Prestbury parish, projected by Joseph Pitt MP (1759-1842) from the early years of the 19th century. Development began in 1824-5. Though the original grand plan is largely intact, development proceeded much more slowly than expected, only 216 houses being completed by 1860 (against a projected total of 600). Remainder of estate bought by council in 1890. History detailed in Blake 1988. The form of the estate name parallels such models as the London Pentonville, developed c. 1773 by Henry Penton, also an MP."
"2438","Pittville Circus, Pittville. Developed by Edward Cope on land bought from Pitt in 1839 and laid out 1839-40 (Blake 1988, pp. 42, 56). Appears on 1843 map by this name, but was originally to have been Albert Circus; though 1864 map has The Circus."
"2439","Pittville Circus Road, also developed by Edward Cope. Thus on 1843 map, but often referred to in the last century as (The) Circus Road, e.g. on 1864 map. Probably originally not a through route, but thus by 1844 when referred to as 'new road to Pittville' from Hewlett Road."
"2440","Pittville Court, off Albert Road. Recent development on site of a house of the same name, shown on 1884 map."
"2441","Pittville Crescent, off Albert Road. Simply The Crescent on 1834 map (as yet undeveloped), and on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Full name on 1884 map."
"2442","Pittville Crescent Lane, behind Pittville Crescent. Line present on 1834 map. On 1884 map, unnamed. Informally Pittville Crescent Back Lane in e.g. 1953 when Marshalls (Charlton Kings) Ltd sought planning permission for bungalows there (PC, Oct., no. 887). After residential development, Market and Watch Committee approved the name Scoriton Road, after a house called Scoriton in Pittville Crescent itself (Market and Watch Committee, Oct. 1957, no. 722). The developers and a resident complained that Scoriton Road was 'most unsuitable'; despite the fact that three nameplates had already been bought and erected, the council agreed to alter to the present name (Market and Watch Committee, Mar. 1958, no. 1504). It is unclear why Scoriton was so unpalatable."
"2443","Pittville Gate(s). At south entrance to Pittville estate from Winchcombe Street. Named thus on 1834 map."
"2444","Pittville Lawn. Part of original Pittville estate. The name originally applied to the three terraces now forming nos. 29-37, 45-53, and 59-67. The first of these was built 1826-7 by John Forbes (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). Name in use by 1834 (building certs., and Davies p. 159); development continued to 1849. Roadway originally known as The Central Carriage Drive. Present nos. 1-15 originally known as Segrave Place (Blake 1988, p. 68), and thus on 1834 map. See also Clarendon Villas."
"2445","Pittville Mews, off Clarence Road. Old service road, named c. 1980."
"2446","Pittville Nursery Gardens. At the south-west corner of Wellington Square; 1844 directory."
"2447","Pittville Parade, Evesham Road. The earliest construction (begun 1825) of the Pittville estate, and about two-thirds complete on 1834 map; named 1834 (Davies, p. 159). Building certs. for 11 houses 1831-7 (up to no. 15), almost all built by Abraham Tyler. Complete on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, which shows 17 houses, now nos. 2-34 Evesham Road (Blake 1988, p. 27)."
"2448","Pittville Park. Formally opened 25 Apr. 1894, a few years after Cheltenham Borough Council had bought the Pittville estate."
"2449","Pittville Place. Original name for part of Pittville section of Prestbury Road, present nos. 62-6 (Blake 1988, p. 73) 1834 map."
"2450","Pittville Pump Room. Foundation stone laid 1825; not completed until 1830."
"2451","Pittville Street. Partly formed 1824 from widening of Portland Passage, which see (Blake 1988, p. 13). Described in July 1826 as 'in progress' (Witts, Diary, p. 26); by Oct. of that year he noted it as a 'handsome street � in considerable forwardness'."
"2452","Pittville Swimming Baths and Tea Gardens, Prestbury Road. Marked on 1834 map, situated on Wyman's Brook. A 2-acre site in existence by 1829 (Cheltenham Journal, 6 July); nearby was the Pittville Inn (later known as the Pittville Hotel or Arms); seemingly not long-lived (pc M Grindley)."
"2453","Pittville Terrace. Original name for houses on south side of what is now Clarence Road (Blake 1988, p. 57). Thus on 1825, 1835 building certs., and on 1834 map."
"2454","Pittville Villas. Original name for part of Pittville section of Prestbury Road (Blake 1988, p. 73). 4 building certs. 1839-40; 17 houses by 1860."
"2455","Playhouse Passage, from High Street to Bath Street. Formerly at side of (old) Playhouse, but now extinguished. Shown on 1819 map. The Garrick's Head pub, which dates from at least 1855-7 (Old Town Survey), reflects the theatrical link. See also Theatre Royal on earlier playhouse."
"2456","Plofeldes. Name of a messuage in Cheltenham, 1476 (Rhodes, p. 190, note 3)."
"2457","Plough Gardens, St Paul's. North of St Paul's Road, including site of Crabtree Place; shown on 1884 map. Name still current at time of council development in 1930s (e.g. Housing Committee, 1931)."
"2458","Plough Hotel, High Street. The main coaching inn for many years; dating back under this name to at least 1555 (ref. in ecclesiastical court case, 14 Jan.; probably the basis of Verey's remark). Goding (p. 259) notes a 1727 ref . Demolished c. 1982 to make way for Regent Arcade."
"2459","Polefield Gardens, off Hatherley Road (Lansdown end). Development by Leckhampton Estates Ltd (PC, June 1956, no. 367), consisting of 6 houses in grounds of 19th-century house called Polefield (listed 1853 directory). The house itself was converted into 9 flats."
"2460","Poole Way, from High Street to Royal Mail sorting office. Section of Inner Ring road, formed c. 1980 after demolition of properties to west of Swindon Passage. After Councillor Les Poole."
"2461","The Poor's Grounds, Prestbury. Off Bouncer's Lane, adjoining the cemetery. About 15 acres; dating from at least 1763 (Goding pp. 261, 419), and supporting a charity founded by Mr Malwin of Swindon Village (Bettison, p. 48)."
"2462","The Poorhouse, St Paul's. Marked thus on 1843 map; more formally known as the Union Workhouse. Site latterly occupied in part by St Paul's maternity hospital."
"2463","Pope's Alley, New Street. Scheduled for repairs, 1900 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes); no other reference noted. The surname Pope was current in Cheltenham by the 18th century (Bigland)."
"2464","Pope's Close, off Swindon Road. Bungalows for elderly on site of The Elms, which see. Named by 1954. After Councillor J. W. O. Pope, who died 1961 (served on borough council from 1949, and Glos. county council from 1946)."
"2465","Pope's Elm, Prestbury. 5 enclosures marked thus on 1838 tithe apportionment map. Named from family of Sarah Pope 1663, according to Place Names of Gloucestershire, but no evidence shown."
"2466","Pope's Elm Cottages, New Barn Lane, Prestbury. Approximately opposite where Art College now stands. 1884 map."
"2467","Poplar Passage. Listed between nos. 3 & 4 Devonshire Street in 1844 directory; no doubt after Poplar Cottage, to which it led."
"2468","Poplar Place, Leckhampton. 2 houses in Shurdington Road, first listed 1883-4 directory."
"2469","The Poplars (1), Swindon Village. Short-lived named for Smythe Road, which see."
"2470","The Poplars (2), off Up Hatherley Way. Mid-1980s (possibly by Westbury Homes); named by parish council following tree theme of this phase of Greatfield Park development, a row of poplars having formed the eastern boundary of Greatfield Park (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"2471","Portland. Directly or indirectly, all the Cheltenham Portlands probably commemorate Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, twice Prime Minister (1783 and 1807-9), who died 1809. The earliest occurrence in Cheltenham is Portland Place (1), existing by 1800; Portland House (1804) appears next. Cheltenham usage possibly influenced by Bath examples, such as Portland Place, 1786 (Little 1961, p. 73), or Bristol, which has a Portland Square of 1790 (Ison, p. 26)."
"2472","Portland Cottages. 6 houses in Portland Square, listed 1926 but probably much older: listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"2473","Portland House, Albion Street, next to Masonic Temple. This house existed by 1804 (auction notice, Glos. Journal, 18 Oct.), and still stands. Shown on 1820 map."
"2474","Portland Mews. Off north-west side of Portland Street; listed 1891-2 directory. Ref. in 1899."
"2475","Portland Parade, Prestbury Road. 4 houses on south side between Albert Place and Pittville Circus. In 1841 Census and 1844 directory."
"2476","Portland Passage. Running between High Street and Portland Street, and shown on 1819 map. Until 1808 known as Coffee House Yard; appears to have been the paving commissioners' first deliberate renaming of a Cheltenham street: 'ordered that the passage heretofore called Coffee House Yard be henceforth called Portland Passage and that the surveyor do immediately affix up that name accordingly on a board to be affixed in the street across the passage and fastened to the houses of Mrs Wills and Mr White' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 7 June). The renaming was perhaps due to the creation of a through way to the developing Portland Street. This narrow passage was widened at Joseph Pitt's proposal in 1824 to form the new Pittville Street (Blake 1988, p. 13); clearance work here had been specifically enabled by Cheltenham's 1821 Act (section 78, quoted by Griffith, p. 96)."
"2477","Portland Place (1). Single ref. in 1800 directory, where it is listed on south side of High Street, close to the churchyard and the Eight Bells. Perhaps related to Portland Row, which see."
"2478","Portland Place (2). In existence by 1810 (ref. in Miles/Glos. Journal, 27 Sept.). On 1820 map, a terrace of 6 houses on opposite side of road to, and south of, Holy Trinity Church. Demolished 1970s. Probably named after Portland House (see Portland Street, below)."
"2479","Portland Place (3). 10 houses at southern end of Prestbury Road, running up to Sudeley Arms, are wrongly identified on 1855-7 Old Town Survey as Portland Place; properly Winchcombe Place (pc M Grindley)."
"2480","Portland Place (4). Link road between Portland Square and Albert Place. Thus since Jan. 1958 (previously regarded as rear (southern) side of Portland Terrace (pc M Grindley)."
"2481","Portland Row. Not firmly located. The materials of nos. 1 & 2 ('lately occupied') were offered for sale to builders 1819, suggesting they were older properties about to be demolished (Chronicle, 18 Jan.); this would support identifying this row with Portland Place (1) above, rather than the up-and-coming Portlands on the Pittville side of town."
"2482","Portland Square. Laid out on former farmland by Joseph Hughes, a butcher, who intended to parallel on the east side of Prestbury Road what was being developed in Pittville. He bought the land in 1824, and built no. 1 (now Sudeley Arms) in 1825. He went bankrupt in 1827, and his original plan was abandoned. The intended garden in the middle of the square was turned over to housing plots, with many builders sharing in the development, generally of more modest houses (personal communication Dr Steven Blake); multiple building certs. issued for at least 32 houses in period 1827-36. See also Beaufort Buildings, Beaufort Place, Belmont Terrace."
"2483","Portland Street. On 1806-10 map (section between present Albion Street and Fairview Road), partly built on east side. Construction apparently began 1809: ref. to demolition of old house 'in Portland Street' (Chronicle, 14 Dec.). No. 7 offered for sale 1810 (Chronicle, 1 Feb.). Under active development still in mid-1830s (building certs. for 14 houses). Renumbered 1933 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, May). Probably named after Portland House. See also Blenheim Terrace, Trinity Terrace."
"2484","Portland Tabernacle. Converted in late 19th-century from private dwelling built 1817; possibly by G. A. Underwood. Later No. 25 Portland Street; demolished 1970s (pc OB)."
"2485","Portland Terrace. 12 houses, some in Prestbury Road (now including shops by pedestrian crossing), extending round corner into present Albert Place. No. 6 listed 1830 directory. 1834 map; listed among areas of construction in progress, 1834 (Cheltenham Looker-On survey, Oct.); 2 building certs., 1835; shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Its split nature was found confusing, and the borough surveyor proposed in 1957 that the Prestbury Road part be renumbered as part of Portland Place, with the remainder renumbered as Albert Place (Market and Watch Committee, June, no. 204)."
"2486","Portman Street. From c. 1837 to 1845, an alternative but eventually superseded name for some or all of Great Norwood Street, which see. Advt. for no. 14 Portman Street 'late Great Norwood Street' in 1837 (auction of properties of late Benjamin Chapman: Cheltenham Looker-On, 14 Oct.). Building certs. for 4 houses in Portman Street, 1837; Great Norwood Street still ref'd in same year. 1845 Rating List. Perhaps echoing fashionable London associations, such as Portman Square (begun 1764)."
"2487","Portman Terrace, Upper Bath Street. 3 houses on south side; 1841 Census, 1844 directory. Later 7 houses. At the Great Norwood Street end, and evidently connected with Portman Street."
"2488","Porturet Cottages, Charlton Kings. 2 houses in School Road, listed 1911; see following."
"2489","Porturet Way, Charlton Kings. Off School Road; from Porturet House, at corner of London Road and School Road (house shown on 1884 map), in turn from the family of Jacob Porturet, a Huguenot fan painter who came to Charlton Kings from London c. 1720 (pc J Sale) and who owned land in nearby Spring Bottom in 18th century (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 2, p. 6; 8, p. 57). Porturet Close mentioned 1863 as place where sand and gravel were extracted (Cheltenham Copyhold Inquiry)."
"2490","Post Office Lane. Service road behind former main post office (now Hoopers etc), south from Imperial Circus. Named thus from at least 1883 (directory). The post office had moved from Clarence Street to this site in 1874; the building had earlier been occupied by the Imperial Hotel and Club."
"2491","Post Office Yard. Off north side of High Street. 1800 directory places it 2 houses west of Meekings' Passage, i.e. near present Pittville Street. After an earlier post office; may equate to present Albion Walk."
"2492","Postlip Way, Benhall. Part of Benhall Farm development by Geo. Wimpey & Co. (agree-ment of July 1959). Name agreed 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1588). Cotswold village theme."
"2493","Poultney Street. A projected but unrealised street, approximately on line of present St Luke's Road, shown and named on Griffiths' 1825 map. Name presumably chosen for Bath associations (the road would have branched off the Bath Road), after Pulteney Bridge in Bath (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 10, p.4). The latter was the work of an 18th-century developer, Sir William Pulteney, later Earl of Bath. Note also P(o)ulteney Villa(s), Winchcombe Street, listed in 1820 directory. See also Cambray Parade (2)."
"2494","The Pound Farm. At (or beyond) the top of Post Office Yard, according to 1800 directory."
"2495","Powell's Cottages, Grove Street. Probably of 19th-century origin; nos. 2-3 declared insanitary Sept. 1922 (Public Health Committee); nos. 1-3 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"2496","Powers Court. In 1712 described by Atkyns as one of the two good houses in Cheltenham; it lay west of Cambray Farm, separated from it by a lane which is now Rodney Road (Hart, p. 122). The site must have been approximately that now occupied by Rodney Lodge (see Rodney Road), with grounds including future site of Rodney Terrace. First ref. noted 1573 (Manor Court Books); Norden's Survey (1617) noted a Powers Manor, probably the same. Likely to be from a personal name: a William Power was assessed for 4s. 1�¼d. in the 1327 Lay Subsidy Roll, his being the second highest assessment in the town of Cheltenham (P. Franklin, Taxpayers of Medieval Glos., 1993). See also following."
"2497","Powers Court House, High Street. A later property, named after the original Powers Court but on a slightly different site, adjacent to Assembly Rooms (now Lloyds Bank, corner of Rodney Road). First noted 1810 when offered for auction, named thus and also numbered as no. 343 (sic) High Street (Chronicle, 29 Mar.). Noted in 1821-2 Paving Commissioners' Minutes. Same property still standing 1856, though by then no. 390 [now 132] High Street."
"2498","Prescott Walk. Footpath to Priors Road from no. 269 Prestbury Road. Named 1951 on recommendation of Housing Committee (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Apr.). Perhaps continues the hill theme of nearby roads, Prescott near Winchcombe being the site of a noted hill climb for sports cars."
"2499","Prestbury. Village and parish abutting Cheltenham to the north-east; absorption of the south-west portion of the parish into 'urban' Cheltenham began with the Pittville estate, and has continued ever since. First recorded in 899-904, as Preosdabyrig, meaning 'the priests' fortified place' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). See Victoria County History for fuller history."
"2500","Prestbury Brook. A 1739 ref. (Manor Court Books, 19 Oct.), in context of land in Cheltenham Lower Field, suggests this is to be equated with Wyman's Brook."
"2501","Prestbury Court, Prestbury. 1995-6 infill development by Beaufort Homes on/near site of Morningside, Idsall Drive."
"2502","Prestbury Garden Village estate. Term current 1957-8 (Cheltenham Borough Council), apparently referring to Linden Avenue and neighbouring roads; latterly revived by residents' association."
"2503","Prestbury Gate. Turnpike gate on Prestbury Road at junction with present Whaddon Road; shown on 1834 map."
"2504","Prestbury Green Drive, Prestbury. Adjacent to house in Prestbury High Street called Prestbury Green. Leads to a small number of c. 1970s houses."
"2505","Prestbury Park, Prestbury. Now generally synonymous with the racecourse, but formerly extended further west to include land now separated by the Evesham Road. Formed by 1136, as a hunting park, by John, Bishop of Hereford (Victoria County History, p. 68); recorded as parc' de Presteburye, 1464 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). The bishops' country residence at the park ceased to exist about 1600; its site was from then until about 1800 a farm (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 3, p. 1). In the 19th century the park was owned by Lord Ellenborough (Blake & Beacham, p. 49). See also Rosehill."
"2506","Prestbury Park Homes, Prestbury. Mobile home site off New Barn Lane, north side, near racecourse; established c. 1970s."
"2507","Prestbury Road. The oldest and most direct route from Cheltenham centre to Prestbury. Named thus on 1820 map. Pittville section developed 1827-41: nos. 8-30 originally Leamington Place; nos. 34-60 Pittville Villas; nos. 62-6 Pittville Place (Blake 1988, p. 73). See also Cakebridge Terrace, Finsbury Place, Oakland Cottages, Oakland Terrace, Oakland Villas, Portland Parade, Portland Place, Portland Terrace, Roland Terrace, Selkirk Parade, Selkirk Place (2), Stratford Cottages, Union Row, Winchcombe Road."
"2508","Prestbury Way. Old term for the Prestbury Road route; thus in 1743 (Manor Court Books)."
"2509","Pretoria Terrace, Arle. 11 houses off Arle Road, 1911; later part of Alstone Croft."
"2510","Prichard's Passage. See Pritchard's."
"2511","Primer's Passage, High Street. 1860 ref; location unclear."
"2512","Primrose Lawn, Pittville. Somewhere near Blenheim Parade; 1841 Census."
"2513","Prince's Cottages. Top of Duke Street; 3 houses, first mentioned 1876 directory. After adjacent Prince's Street."
"2514","Prince's Place, Duke Street. Passage off top (east) end, behind Marlborough Place (1885 map). Ref. in 1900 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes. 4 houses, first listed in 1877 directory."
"2515","Prince's Road, Tivoli. Declared a highway 1876 (Examiner). Almost fully built (though unnamed) on 1884 map. See also Tivoli Terrace. Judging by its royal neighbours, very probably after Prince Edward, later Edward VII."
"2516","Prince's Row. Somewhere near St George's Square: ref. 1810 to unfinished cottage near St George's Square and Prince's Row (Chronicle, 1 Nov.)."
"2517","Princes Street, from Carlton Street to Victoria cricket ground. At time of 1855-7 Old Town Survey, extended only slightly north beyond Duke Street; first listed in 1857 dir, though there may have been earlier development: 1844 directory lists the area as 'Gyde's field, top of Duke Street', with a tailor, gardener and market gardener living there. Present St Edward's Cottage (east side) may have been home to one of these. Remainder developed by executors of William Gyde, who in 1868 asked the town to adopt the portion north of Duke Street (Streets and Highways Committee, 27 July). This part probably built early 1860s: sewer laid 1863 (MS addition to Old Town Survey). Once had a pub at its northern end, called the Prince of Wales' Feathers (or Prince's Plume: 1926)."
"2518","Prince's Terrace, in Prince's Road. 17 houses, existing by 1872."
"2519","Princess Elizabeth Way. A new arterial road from the Tewkesbury Road to the Gloucester Road had been planned since the late 1920s (Housing Committee, 1930). It began to be realised as part of the post-war Hester's Way development, and was originally termed 'the Spinal Road' (Housing Committee 1950). Had largely assumed its present form by 1952, except for the section from Grevil Road to Tewkesbury Road, which was the subject of prolonged negotiations with Whitehall (see e.g. Housing Committee, July 1953, no. 431), and not completed until 1957. Council applied in 1952 to the Queen through the Home Office, 'her constitutional adviser on such subjects', to name the road Princess Elizabeth Way, in commemoration of the royal visit of 16 Mar. 1951. Name approved in August (Housing Committee, Aug. 1952, no. 559). A tree and plaque at the Gloucester Road end mark the visit."
"2520","Print Box Lane, Tivoli. Service lane, rear of Tivoli Street (1975 directory). After a firm Prinbox (sic), no longer trading, which printed boxes for Dowty and other companies. A building still carries the sign Prinbox Works (2003)."
"2521","Priors Court, flats in Priors Road. Part of Lynworth estate; built 1950 (Housing Committee, Sept. 1950, no. 874). Near site of former Priors Lodge, 19th-century house."
"2522","Priors Farm estate, off Priors Road, north side of Oakley. Site of the council's first post-war temporary housing scheme, begun late 1945 (Housing Committee, 1945) and eventually providing 173 pre-fabs. Streets prosaically named (North, South, East, West, Central Avenues) by the borough surveyor. Redeveloped in the 1960s, with street names following Gloucestershire Regiment battle honours theme. Renamed Prior's Estate in 1952 to avoid confusion with the farm itself (Housing Committee, Sept., no. 701)."
"2523","Priors Road. Named thus in 1935 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Feb.), having earlier been Cemetery Road; the change came when private residential development (parallelling council development of nearby Whaddon Farm estate) was getting under way. Adoption of this name for the northward continuation of the road into the post-war Lynworth Housing estate was recommended in 1945 (Housing Committee, Dec. 1945, no. 357). From Priors Farm, which stood north of Oakley Farm, adjacent to what is now the cemetery. Farm marked on 1884 map. Rawes (6, p. 7) suggests that Priors may indicate original ownership by Llanthony Secunda, Gloucester, which is known to have been granted land at Oakley in the 12th century."
"2524","The Priory. A substantial house, once standing on western corner of present junction of Priory Street with London Road. Probably dating from the turn of the 19th century: not listed in 1800 directory, but marked on 1806 map (as 'Cox's Cottage, now C. Gray'); apparently developed from or replaced an earlier building called The Cottage (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 16, p. 26). 'Stupidly demolished in 1968' (Verey); 1970s offices replaced late 1990s by apartment block emulating style of previous house. Named after supposed 8th-9th century priory (Hart, 2nd ed, pp. 13, 18), more plausibly located in the Cambray area. 1820 map also has a Priory Cottage nearby. The house was notably the residence of Mr Marshall, Master of Ceremonies, and Wellington stayed there in 1828 (Hart, p. 190). By 1903 in use as part of the teacher training college."
"2525","Priory Avenue. Building cert. issued 1833 for stables and coachhouse here. Unlocated, but perhaps a mews off Priory Street or nearby."
"2526","Priory Buildings. Terrace of 3 houses, now nos. 8-12 London Road, between east end of Oxford Buildings and (the site of) The Priory. Not on 1809 or 1819 maps, but from their appearance cannot be much later. All 3 listed 1830 directory. 1834 map."
"2527","Priory Cottages. 3 houses at east end of Hewlett Place, north side. One house listed 1830 directory; 3 by 1844 directory."
"2528","Priory Parade. 4 houses, present nos. 18-24 London Road, abutting western half of Oxford Parade. 4 houses listed 1830, though building certs. not issued until 1834; on 1834 map."
"2529","Priory Place, London Road. Opposite Priory Street. Existing, though unnamed, on 1820 map; was probably formed originally as access to the very substantial riverside 'cottage' known as Brookbank (marked on 1820 map), residence of Capt. Brook Kay. Named on 1834 map."
"2530","Priory Street, between London Road and Carlton Street. Numerous building certs. for houses here, 1825-40; streetlighting arranged 1826 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 2 June). 12 houses listed 1830; no. 14 existing by 1832 (deed). 1834 map shows about half existing development present."
"2531","Priory Terrace. 1834 map shows southernmost 5 of existing terrace present. Several building certs. issued 1834-40, and probably complete by the latter date. At one time known as John Street, if 1864 map is to be believed."
"2532","Priory Walk, connecting Priory Street and Priory Terrace. Present (unnamed) on 1834 map. Pritchard's Passage, off High Street. Near Hereford Place, between nos. 211 & 212 [latterly 385-9] opposite Grove Street. Ironically described in 1839 as 'a locality of no mean notoriety of everything modest, genteel, pure and virtuous that is to be found in Cheltenham', when Mr Pritchard himself brought an unsuccessful charge of keeping a disorderly house against a resident and her daughter (Examiner, 24 July). 6 dwellings (including that of Thomas Prichard) in 1841 Census, 1844 directory."
"2533","The Promenade. The main axis of fashionable Cheltenham, supplanting the Well Walk, the original Regency north-south parade, from c. 1820 onwards. From an early stage, acquired a residential and later also commercial character which the old Walk never had. Laid out in 1818 (some work begun in 1817) as a tree-lined ride, connecting the Imperial Spa (opened 1818; the new name of the second Sherborne Well/Spa) to High Street. At first called Sherborne Walk (Sherborne Rides on 1820 map; or the Sherborne (or Imperial) Promenade, (1818 plan in Blake & Beacham 1982, p. 40). It became a prime site for private residences in the 1820s, many of these subsequently being converted into shops (Blake 1982, p. 35). Building certs. issued for houses in Lower Promenade (which see) 1824-31; in 'Promenade' 1834-38; and in 'East Promenade' 1835-36. Styled as now from about 1823 (e.g. Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 13 Oct.: streetlamps to be erected). Named thus on a map in 1825, where Promenade is apparently applied only to the section opposite present municipal offices (north of this being Colonnade, which see, and south still being Sherborne Rides and Walks). Before the laying out of the Sherborne Walk, the site of the Promenade had been 'a swampy and scarce passable lane' (Hart, p. 149), although the northern end, known as Colonade Road in 1807 (extending perhaps as far as the Chelt) was probably in better condition. In 1809, following earlier negotiations for an acceptable route south from the High Street towards the developing spa area, a committee was formed by the town commissioners 'to treat with Mr Harward for purchase of a right of road from the bottom of the present Colonade Road to communicate with Mr Thompson's Rides in a direct line' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 10 July). A deal was struck the following month, though in the event the right was sold back to the Harward family a few years later (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 4 June 1817). The whole line is still marked as Colonnade on 1817 map. In its early days the Promenade was reserved for the use of subscribers (Hart, p. 192). The Colonnade was subsumed into The Promenade in a renumbering scheme of 1930, in advance of the 1931 Census (General Purposes and Watch Committee, May). See also Cambridge Villas, Harward's Buildings."
"2534","Promenade Place. Now part of Clarence Parade; 1834 map shows it about half-built on eastern side. In 1904, nos. 1-3 Promenade Place were renumbered at residents' request as nos. 28-30 Clarence Street (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Sept.)."
"2535","Promenade Rooms. 3 houses or units on northern end of future Cavendish House site, existing by 1836 (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 3, p. 6)."
"2536","Promenade Terrace. 11 houses; the terrace south of St George's Road and opposite Imperial Gardens, now nos. 99-119 Promenade. First listed 1837 directory. Site formerly occupied in part by Constitution Row. See also Imperial Promenade."
"2537","Promenade Villas. Former name for properties on east side of Promenade, from present County Court Road to Imperial Square. Nos. 2, 5 & 8 listed 1830 directory. Building certs. for nos. 2 & 3 issued 1834; named in Davies 1834 (p. 160), 'all of them well built'. Illustrated in Rowe, p. 14. Refs to nos. 10-24, 1837 directory."
"2538","Prospect Place (1), Leckhampton. Some 11 houses at corner of Moorend and Hall Roads. Listed 1841 Census."
"2539","Prospect Place (2), Fairview Street. Developed 1827-8 by Valentine Hosking (pc S T Blake); listed in 1841 Census."
"2540","Prospect Terrace (1), Great Norwood Street. Listed in 1841 Census."
"2541","Prospect Terrace (2), off northern end of Fairview Street, eastern side. 1841 Census; present 8 houses listed 1844 directory, though shown as only 4 buildings on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2542","Prospect Villas, St Paul's. 2 houses in Marle Hill, first listed 1883-4 directory."
"2543","Providence Chapel, north side of Naunton Parade. Strict Baptist (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2544","Providence Cottages (1), Great Norwood Street, near Casino Place. 1841 Census. Accessed 'from 6 Providence Terrace', 1926. Nos. 1-5 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.)."
"2545","Providence Cottages (2), Andover Road. 2 houses, separate from preceding, on south side, facing east at right angles to the road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2546","Providence Place (1), Sherborne Place. 2 small terraces at north end, 1819 map; ref. in 1820 Paving Commissioners' Minutes (1 Mar.)."
"2547","Providence Place (2), Portland Street. 8 houses 1844 directory; 5 small houses on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, behind Portland Street. Nos. 2, 4 & 5 condemned and to be demolished, 1927 (Public Health Committee, Jan.)."
"2548","Providence Place (3), Upper Norwood Street. First noted 1858 directory."
"2549","Providence Place (4), Charlton Kings. 1841 Census, 1844 directory. Context suggests it was off Horsefair Street, not far from Emily Place."
"2550","Providence Place (5), row of 4 stone cottages up a lane off Moorend Road, Leckhampton, now nos. 23-9 Moorend Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2551","Providence Square, Fairview. Originally 2 terraces of 6 houses either side of narrow lane between Victoria Place and School Lane, built c. 1836-7 by Urch & Seabright (Blake, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 3, p. 16). Nos. 1-6 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.). A couple of houses remain, accessed by a footpath between Victoria Place and Fairview Close. Put up by Urch & Seabright for their employees, and no doubt providential for the latter, but the frequency of the name suggests some more general origin. Examples occur elsewhere, e.g. 1831 and 1846 in Leicester."
"2552","Providence Terrace, Great Norwood Street. 6 houses on east side (now nos. 30-40), near St James's Schools (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Listed in 1841 Census."
"2553","Pruen's Row (1), Cheltenham. Unlocated; 2 building certs. issued 1826, each for 1 house in 'Mr Pruen's Row'."
"2554","Pruen's Row (2), Charlton Kings. A court of mean houses off Church Street pulled down in 1938 (Paget, p. 55). Built by the Revd Richard Pruen. Ref. in 1844 directory."
"2555","Pulteney Villas, Winchcombe Street. Thus in 1857 directory, but earlier seen as Poulteney Villas, 1820. See Poultney Street."
"2556","Pump Square. Moreau's 1793 Guide (pp. 35-6) refers to the Pump-square, presumably the area immediately surrounding the Old Well, identical with or succeeding the 'yard' built by Skillicorne and mentioned in the latter's diary, 1740 (Goding, p. 250). A pump-room was erected 1775 by Skillicorne and Miller."
"2557","Pumphrey's Court, Charlton Kings. Off Horsefair Street; developed by Clifton Homes (agreement of July 1990)."
"2558","Pumphrey's Road, Charlton Kings. Off Cirencester Road; existing by 1911. A corner house on Cirencester Road is also called Pumphrey's; the original house so called (after its c. 17th-century owner) was on a slightly different site nearer Croft Road (personal communication Mrs Mary Paget). Note also 2 small closes called Pomfreys Piece at southern end of Leckhampton, on edge of common."
"2559","Purbeck Way, Prestbury. Bungalows, developed mid-1950s. One of a group of Dorset names."
"2560","Purton Cottages, Swindon Road. 3 houses, first noted in 1891-2 directory."
"2561","Pyrton Mews, Up Hatherley. Off Runnymede; developed by Westbury Homes/JJH Builders; named by parish council in 1984, following tree/countryside theme adopted for first phase of Greatfield Park development, Pyrton (a village in Oxfordshire) being composed of Old English elements meaning pear enclosure."
"2562","The Quadrangle, off Princess Elizabeth Way. 2001-2 development on former Monkscroft Secondary/Pate's school site."
"2563","Quat Goose Lane, Swindon Village. Name in use probably since 19th century. Quat may derive from Old English cwead 'mud' (compare placenames Quatt and Quatford in Shropshire); or from 'quot' meaning sated, hence perhaps meaning a specially-fattened goose (Rawes 7, p. 6)."
"2564","Quebec House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Cheltenham Borough Council flats; name proposed by Housing Committee 1953 (Dec., no. 1156). Commonwealth city theme."
"2565","Queen Street, between Swindon Lane and Tewkesbury Road. Possibly begun in 1824, when a 'new street' was going up in a field belonging to the builder Robert Williams adjoining Tewkesbury Road (building cert. Aug. 1824). Named by 1826; under active development in 1826-8: several building cert., covering at least 25 houses (including a block of 8 by Charles Horlick), going as high as no. 52; Williams was among the builders. First ref. in Paving Commissioners' Minutes is 12 June 1826, to no. 8. 1834 map. The Queen's Head Inn, at the Tewkesbury Road end on 1834 map ('Queen's Hotel' on Old Town Survey), appears to have been contemporary, and is possibly the source of the name."
"2566","Queen's Buildings (1). 14 houses off north side of High Street in Wellington Passage. 1819 map. First home of the School of Industry, later the Cheltenham Female Orphan Asylum, founded under the patronage of Queen Charlotte in 1806 (J. S. Duckworth, in TBGAS 117, p. 141) and probably so named on this account. Referred to in 1820 Paving Commissioners' Minutes (1 Mar.). Home to an 'academy' in 1826 (Bettison). Probably also accessible from Albion Street, under which it is sometimes listed (1847 directory)."
"2567","Queen's Buildings (2), in Queen's Road opposite railway station. 4 houses, listed 1911."
"2568","Queen's Circus, Montpellier. By Queen's Hotel. Shops are of c. 1838 (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). 1841 Census; first listed 1841 directory. Illustrated in Rowe."
"2569","Queen's Court, off Queen's Road. 48 flats, developed by Milcel Ltd (agreement of Aug. 1964) and Maidment & Brady. Name proposed by latter firm, and approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, 6 June)."
"2570","Queen's Hotel, Imperial Square. Erected 1837, from designs by R. W. Jearrad; opened July 1838. Building certs. call it Liddell's Hotel, and during its development it was also known as the Royal Victoria and the Royal Gloucester Hotel (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). Present name fixed on at about the time Victoria was crowned."
"2571","Queen's Lane. Formerly anonymous service lane to rear of Queen's Parade; named by Cheltenham Borough Council 1996, following development there."
"2572","Queen's Parade. At top (south) end of Bayshill Road. Sometimes known as Royal Circus (Cheltenham Borough Council road register). Largely built 1839-46; nos. 1-8 first listed 1849 dir. Not completed until mid-1980s (Sampson & Blake)."
"2573","Queen's Parade Lane. Service road to rear of Queen's Parade."
"2574","Queen's Passage. Referred to in building certs., 1827-31. Perhaps near Queen Street."
"2575","Queen's Place, southern side of Tewkesbury Road, opposite Queen Street. 1834 map. Building cert. for 3 houses here, 1840. 9 houses in 1844 directory, and terrace of 9 on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2576","Queen's Retreat, off Gloucester Road. Once also applied to the houses now listed as Queen's Retreat Road (see following), but now refers only to the pedestrian lane."
"2577","Queen's Retreat Road, off St George's Road. Existing by 1840 (building cert. for 3 houses). Until at least 1884 listed simply as Queen's Retreat. 10 houses by 1844 directory. 2 terraces each of 12 houses, 1883 OS map 1:500. Declared highway, June 1898 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"2578","Queen's Road. Formed as a grand approach to Lansdown Station by the Birmingham & Glos. Railway, following the line already taken by the Leckhampton tramroad from Westal Green to Gloucester Road (Bick 1987, p. 32). On 1840 map and evidently named after the new queen (Victoria's accession was in 1837). The Queen's Road on 1864 map. See also Osborne Villas."
"2579","Queen's Terrace (1), Lower Alstone. 2 houses, listed 1844 directory. Context places it somewhere near Midland public house, so probably named after Queen's Road."
"2580","Queen's Terrace (2), Wellington Passage, High Street. Listed as 4 houses, 1872 directory."
"2581","Queen's Villas, northwest of junction with Christ Church Road, south side, 1884 map. 6 houses on left hand side of Queens Road, towards station; first listed 1883-4."
"2582","Queensland, St Mark's. Villas on south side of Gloucester Road, first listed 1883-4 dir."
"2583","Queenwood Grove, Prestbury. 4 houses 1911. After Queen Wood, on the hill above, existing by 1826 (Griffith, p. 70) and probably a much older name."
"2584","The Race Course, Prestbury. The lease for Cheltenham steeplechase course dates from 1823 (Place Names of Gloucestershire); present Prestbury Park racecourse was opened 1831 (Blake & Beacham, p. 49). Annual 3-day event established by 1819, though venue changed over time (Hart, p. 193)."
"2585","Radnor Road, Up Hatherley. Developed by Bryant Estates Ltd, 1957-9. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Feb., no. 1288); Welsh county theme."
"2586","Ragley Cottage. Unlocated; listed 1820 directory as residence of Benjamin Newmarsh, gent."
"2587","Rail Road. The first such was the horse-drawn tramway running from Gloucester, mostly parallel to the contemporary new Gloucester turnpike, and opened July 1810 after an Act of Parliament had been obtained by Lord Sherborne the previous year. A subsidiary line ran from the quarries at Leckhampton down the new road to Bath as far as present Norwood pub, thence down Norwood Street and across Park Place to join the main line in the lower High Street by the coal wharf (Hart, p. 147). Clearly shown on 1834 map."
"2588","Railway Buildings, Leckhampton. In Norwood Road near St Philip's Street. First listed 1870 (5 houses). Overlooked the tramroad; centre building was the Railway Inn, now Nearly New shop (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2589","Railway Embankment Road, leading to The Reddings. Possibly an unofficial name; mentioned in 1904 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes."
"2590","Railway Lane, off Great Norwood Street. Cul-de-sac accessed from no. 6 Providence Terrace and containing 5 houses (Providence Cottages). Named thus by 1926 to 1961. After the Leckhampton quarry line."
"2591","Railway Wharf, Gloucester Road. Named thus in 1820 directory, and presumably established within the previous decade."
"2592","Ram Inn. Once a substantial inn on north side of High Street at junction with present Henrietta Street, west side. Thus on 1787 map (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Maps 42). Apparently gone by 1800; buildings replaced by new shops in 1819 (see Henrietta Street). The 'Ram lease' of Pate's charity lands included this plot and several others in the town."
"2593","Randall's Cottages, Prestbury. 12 early 1930s houses in Bouncer's Lane (now nos. 7-31), between the original (and much older) Randall's Cottage and the Beehive Inn. A Randle or Randall family was resident in Prestbury by the 18th century (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 8, p. 3)."
"2594","Randolph Close, Charlton Kings. On Chancel Way estate; developed by Ladbroke Group Homes Ltd (agreement of Apr. 1980; adopted Oct. 1990)."
"2595","Ravensgate Hill, Charlton Kings. Indicated on 1806-10 map; named 1830 map. Ravensyate first documented in 1500s, but incorporating a much older personal name, i.e. `Hraefn's gate' (Place Names of Gloucestershire; Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 30). Accessed via Ravensgate Lane; thus 1742 (Manor Court Books, 22 Oct.)."
"2596","Ravensgate Road, Charlton Kings. Off Beeches Road; developed by Geo. Wimpey & Co. Ltd (agreement of July 1956). Fully built by 1959."
"2597","Raymond Terrace, London Road. Eight houses just west of junction with Sandford Mill Road, i.e. present nos. 109-23 London Road (next to no. 109 is an unfinished shell in the same style, bearing the date 1994). First listed 1844 directory (no. 4), though possibly earlier. Probably connected with Raymond House, London Road, occupied in 1848 by George Engall. There is also a Raymond Cottage in Upper Park Street, nearby."
"2598","Reaburn Close, Charlton Kings. Off Glenfall Way; developed by Central & Provincial Properties (agreement of May 1971; adopted Mar. 1980)."
"2599","Red Acre Piece. Piece of land roughly equating to present Montpellier Gardens, its eastern side forming part of the town limits agreed by the paving commissioners, 1806 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 11 Nov.). This Westal fieldname was in use by 1699 (Manor Court Books)."
"2600","Red Rower Close, Wyman's Brook. 1970s; Cheltenham Gold Cup theme: Red Rower won the race in 1945."
"2601","The Reddings. Area name, current by 1617 (Hart, p. 88). Estate put up for sale in mid-19th century: `a very improvable freehold estate late the property of W. Newman deceased called The Reddings, situate in the parishes of Cheltenham, Staverton, Badgeworth and Boddington, adjoining the line of the new railroad' (about 306 acres). Latterly also the name of the westward extension of Reddings Road, beyond junction with Butts Walk."
"2602","Reddings Farm. Marked on 1884 map."
"2603","Reddings Park, off Reddings Road. Developed by JJH (Building Developments) Ltd (agreement of Apr. 1983; adopted July 1984)."
"2604","Reddings Road. Known thus by 1868, when it was suggested that part of it should be adopted (Streets and Highways Committee, 28 Sept.). Present but unnamed on 1884 map."
"2605","Redgrove Cottages, Hatherley Lane. 8 houses at Arle Court end, now in a spur to east of roundabout. On east side of road are 3 identical pairs in checkerwork brick, 1876, by D. J. Humphris (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock); shown on 1884 map. On the west side, a slightly different pair, of somewhat later construction."
"2606","Redgrove Manor. Name of a tithing, west of Westal (Rawes 6, p. 4). Name first appears in historical records about 1160; manor remained in possession of Llanthony Priory until the Dissolution. Over time, name replaced by Harthurst (Rawes 6, p. 19)."
"2607","Redgrove Park, Benhall. Development by Arle Court Developments, 1993-4 (in progress), on part of grounds of present Arle Court and generally on site of former Redgrove Manor."
"2608","Redgrove Road, off Princess Elizabeth Way. One of the first batch of Hester's Way estate roads to be named, 1952 (Housing Committee, July, no. 593)."
"2609","Redthorne Way, Up Hatherley. Off Greatfield Lane; part of Meadow Lane development by Bryant Homes, approved 1986 and completed c. 1989. Name continues tree theme set by parish council for earlier phases (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"2610","Redwood Court, Fiddler's Green. 1980s; tree theme."
"2611","Reform Place, Exmouth Street. 5 houses, existing by 1872. Nos. 1-5 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb. ). Probably commemorating, and perhaps as old as, the 1832 Reform Bill. Site now occupied by nos. 49-51 Exmouth Street (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2612","Regency Court, Up Hatherley. 1994 development by Beazer Homes."
"2613","Regency Gardens, Up Hatherley. Off Jasmin Way; 1994 development by Wimpey, near preceding (advt., Glos. Echo, 24 Jun)."
"2614","Regent Arcade, between High Street and Regent Street. Retail development, opened on site of Plough Hotel 1985. Name chosen for general `Regency Cheltenham' associations and to reflect nearby Regent Street."
"2615","Regent Avenue. Thus in 2 building certs., 1833. Location and subsequent name uncertain."
"2616","Regent Baths. Existing by 1826 (Griffith, p. 55)."
"2617","Regent Buildings. In or near Regent Gardens; no. 4 was the address in 1820 of Mr Heynes, who advertised Regent Garden Cottage for sale or let (Chronicle, 9 Nov.). Described as `nearly completed', 1826 (Griffith, p. 14)."
"2618","Regent Chambers, Regent Street. 4 premises at northern end, east side; listed thus in 1911."
"2619","Regent Circus. A feature in or near Regent Gardens; mentioned in building cert., 1828."
"2620","Regent Cottages, Orchard Place. 5 dwellings; listed 1841 Census, 1844 directory. A single Regent Cottage noted 1830 (directory); possibly same location."
"2621","Regent Gardens. First noted 1812 (Miles/Chronicle); mentioned in 1820 directory. Numerous building certs. issued for properties here 1824-8, including one for a fire-engine house. See Regent Street below."
"2622","Regent Lane. Mentioned in one building cert, 1830; identity not established."
"2623","Regent Parade. 1820 map; a short narrow opening on site of High Street end of present Regent Street, leading to Regent Rooms."
"2624","Regent Place, off Orchard Place. On north side of present Swindon Road, between Dunalley Street and DIY store, opposite corner from brewery. First shown on 1820 map. Some 11 properties by 1844, including a Regent House (directory). Sometimes listed as being in or near St George's Street (e.g. 1847 directory), or off Henrietta Street (1858 directory). Now demolished."
"2625","Regent Street. Existing by this name in 1825 (building cert., Mar.). In 1826, Paving Commissioners' Minutes ordered additional streetlamps here (3 Nov.). Numerous building certs. issued 1825-38, covering some 30 houses. 1834 map shows it nearly fully developed along both sides from High Street as far south as Ormond Place, beyond which the premises are still known as Ormond Terrace. The tail at the south end, joining to Rodney Road, was formerly private, but in 1834 the then owners turned it over to public ownership (Miles/newspaper, 19 June). Widening of the High Street end from its former 7 or 8 ft was one of the first road improvement acts of the new Cheltenham corporation in 1877. The immediate source of the name was from the former use of part of the site of present street as the Regent Gardens (see above) and Ballroom, the origin of which was in Ruff's Subscription Library (later known as the Regent Library: personal communication Mr Roger Beacham), opened 1805; ornamental gardens opened behind the Library in 1809 and a music room was added in 1810, the whole then acquiring the Regent/Regency name. Gardens very probably named in honour of the Prince Regent's 1806 visit to the town, the occasion of a celebrated ball (Goding, p. 309). The London Regent Street, which may have served as an example, was built 1813-21. See also Stamford Terrace."
"2626","Regent Terrace. Shown on 1834 map as short cul-de-sac off Swindon Road, possibly equating to north end of present St George's Street. Building certs. for 6 houses here issued 1835-6, though only 2 houses listed in 1844 directory. Listed under St George's Street, 1858 directory."
"2627","Regent Yard. Listed `opposite the George', i.e. near or off Regent Street, 1820 directory."
"2628","Regina Place. 4 small houses once at north end of Orchard Place, in western angle of present Swindon Road and Dunalley Street; 1844 directory. Sometimes listed as being in Regent Place (e.g. 1857 directory). Name suggests a date soon after Victoria became queen in 1837."
"2629","Regis Close, Charlton Kings. Off Newcourt Road; 1980s, the name being from the Latin form Charlton Regis."
"2630","Rehoboth Place, Swindon Road. Existing by 1887, when four tenements there sold for �£280 (Miles/Examiner)."
"2631","Renton Villas, Marle Hill Road. Pair of houses first listed in 1895 directory."
"2632","Retreat Place. Former name (directories, 1830-72) of Montpellier Retreat."
"2633","The Retreat. Off north side of Tewkesbury Road, close to railway (1844 directory). 1857 directory."
"2634","Rhodesia House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Flats; named by Housing Committee, Dec. 1953 (no. 1156). Commonwealth theme."
"2635","Richards Road, spur off Swindon Road at Maud's Elm bend. Line present on 1806 map (cul-de-sac); it would have been part of the ancient Sandshards route north of the High Street. Developed 1958 as part of the Maud's Elm estate; name recommended by Housing Committee (Market and Watch Committee, Sept. 1958, no. 513). Older development here included Dovey's Cottages."
"2636","Richardson's College, High Street. Formerly on site now occupied by no. 340. A Pate's charity holding, known by this name in 1787 (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 18, p. 40). Richardson occupied the freehold property adjoining to the west."
"2637","Richmond Cottages, Sherborne Street. 4 19th-century houses; listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"2638","Richmond Drive, off Hales Close, Hales Road. Named 1960 (Market and Watch Committee, June, no. 84)."
"2639","Richmond Terrace. 4 houses in White Hart Street, 1876 directory."
"2640","Ridgeway. A route forming a land boundary in Cheltenham Upper Field: refs. e.g. to `2 sellions in Upper Field shooting upon Ridgeway' (Manor Court Books, 19 Nov. 1734 and 12 Sept. 1763, inter alia). Not further identified at present."
"2641","Riga House. Shown on 1883 OS map 1:500, opposite Rutland House, in present Swindon Road (site approximately at in-gate to DIY store). Between two timber yards, and probably named after the Baltic port on this account."
"2642","Rindburna, Charlton Kings. See Rungebourne."
"2643","Rippledale Close, off Hatherley Road. Developed by J. A. Pye, 1958; name approved Apr. 1958 (Market and Watch Committee). After a house called Rippledale, listed 1911 and still standing."
"2644","Rissington Close, Benhall. Developed by Bryant Homes Ltd on Granley Field estate (agreement of June 1966). Cotswold village theme; name suggested by developer and approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, 2 June)."
"2645","Rivelands Road, Swindon. 1970s. From Rivelands, a field name in use by 1839 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Meaning uncertain; perhaps `land belonging to the King's reeve' (Rawes 7, p. 5)."
"2646","River Leys, off Hayden Road. Development of c. 1990. Near the river Chelt."
"2647","Riverside Close, Charlton Kings. Off Glenfall Way, and also near the Chelt."
"2648","Riverview Way, off Glynbridge Gardens. Again, near the Chelt."
"2649","Roadway Lane or Road. Former name for part of ancient route from Gloucester to Stow-on-the-Wold, applied to section between Agg's Hill and Brockhampton. Also known at least in part as Sandshards. Rodeway (apparently applied to a field adjacent to it) noted in mid-13th-century deed (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 9, p. 49; 10, p. 6). Rodway lane, described as `alta via regia', was in great disrepair and overgrown by trees in 1629 (Manor Court Books). In 1789 the trustees of Cheltenham District of Roads planned to remove`a gate called Rodway Lane Gate' (Miles/?Glos. Journal, 31 Mar.). Seemingly still current until turn of 19th century: referred to on Billings's 1798 map, which shows a direction `to Roadway Road' from the site of the present Six Ways junction in CK. Also refs. in early 1800s (e.g. 1806 map), as well as to fieldnames Upper and Lower Rodway, abutting Agg's Hill to south (Manor Court Books, Apr. 1785, and Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 5, pp. 15-9)."
"2650","Robert Burns Avenue, Benhall. The main road on the southern half of Geo. Wimpey & Co. development of the Benhall Farm estate. Named 1959, and the only non-Cotswold new name on the estate. The president of the Cheltenham Scottish Society had written to the council in early 1958 asking for the commemoration somewhere in the town of the poet's local connections to coincide with the bicentenary of his birth in Jan. 1959 (Market and Watch Committee unreported minutes of 5 Feb. 1958, 7 Jan. 1959). The poet's two sons, Lt Col. William Nicol Burns and Major James Glencairn Burns, had arrived in the town in 1846, the latter remaining till his death in 1865 (Goding, p. 476)."
"2651","Roberts Road, Noverton, Prestbury. Development apparently dating from early 1970s. After an arable enclosure, Roberts Mear, marked on 1838 tithe apportionment map. Perhaps in turn recalling one Robert of Prestbury, a colourful figure of the 14th century."
"2652","Robins Close, off Whaddon Road. After Cheltenham Town Football Club (`The Robins'), whose ground is nearby."
"2653","Rochester Close, Warden Hill. Of c. 1950s; cathedral city theme."
"2654","Rochford Terrace, Tivoli. Nos. 1-6 Alexandra Street; first noted 1891-2 directory."
"2655","Rock House, Vittoria Walk. A large cottage orné in stone faced with black and white rock. `A unique component of the Regency fabric, scandalously demolished in 1973' (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2656","Rockingham Villas, Prestbury Road. 2 houses, first noted 1872."
"2657","Rodney Hall, Rodney Road. Forms rear aspect of Cambray Baptist Church."
"2658","Rodney Place. 6 houses in Rodney Terrace. First noted in 1839 directory."
"2659","Rodney Road. Line present but unnamed on 1806-10 map. Initially known as Engine House Lane, which see. Prior to 1825, south end also known as Mr De la bere's Road, and before that Mr Thompson's Road (Gloucestershire Record Office, D245 I 75). See also Oxstalls Lane (1816). Listed by present name in 1841 Census; name evidently taken from Rodney Cottage (now Rodney Lodge, house with portico projecting into street), shown on 1820 map. Rodney Lodge, built c. 1806 by Robert Hughes (Hart, p. 267), a local solicitor who took pride in his kinship with the Rodney family; Lord Rodney (d. 1842: Cheltenham Looker-On, 25 June) was long a resident of the town. See also Keynsham Bank. Renumbered 1930 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Dec. 1930), to include Rodney Terrace. The Rodney Hotel, at the south end, was demolished 1964 to make way for UCCA building, in turn replaced by a more sympathetic 1990s development. See also Cambray Parade, Essex Place, Harley Place, Tavistock Place."
"2660","Rodney Street. Proposed name for what became Imperial Lane."
"2661","Rodney Terrace. Former name of 2-storey terrace on west side of Rodney Road, now nos. 15-55. Stands in what had been the lengthy grounds attached to Rodney Lodge, running right back to the Chelt (Sampson); site had previous history as Powers Court, which see. Mainly built 1825-8: numerous building certs., with Thomas Broomfield and Charles Hale (see Hales Road) being the most prominent of several developers. On 1834 map."
"2662","Rod(e)way. See Roadway."
"2663","Roebuck Cottages. Once 10 houses between nos. 215 & 216 [now 393-395] High Street, west of Hereford Place; listed thus in 1926; probably same as following. Nos. 1, 2, 6-8 listed in 1934 slum clearance programme no. 1 (Housing Committee, Jan.). Remainder now form part of Hereford Place."
"2664","Roebuck Passage, public footpath from High Street (north side) to Hereford Place 1841 Census. Ran between the Roebuck Inn (no. 215 High Street) and no. 214. The inn and no. 216 High Street were reported as ruinous and dangerous in 1876 (Streets and Highways Committee, 26 Sept.)."
"2665","Roland Terrace. Row of 6 houses off north-west side of Prestbury Road, just north of Fox & Hounds; now nos. 148-58 Prestbury Road. Late Victorian brick-built; shown on 1901 OS map 1:2,500. Proposals in 1953 to improve this cul-de-sac as a means of access from the Cleevemount estate to Prestbury Road were not proceeded with (Streets and Highways Committee, Feb. 53, no. 1562), though a footpath through still exists."
"2666","Rolleston Way, off Alma Road. Developed by Robert Hitchins (agreement of Sept. 1986)."
"2667","Roman Hackle Avenue, Wyman's Brook. 1970s; Cheltenham Gold Cup theme: Roman Hackle won the race in 1940."
"2668","Roman Hackle Road, Wyman's Brook. Also of 1970s."
"2669","Roman Road, Rowanfield. Name in use by 1883-4. Formerly sometime known as Vulcan Terrace Road. Appears to be the`newly formed road to the Midland Railway station on Gloucester Road' for which lamps were sought by S. Randle and others, 29 Nov. 1869 (Streets and Highways Committee). Roman Villas, St Mark's, listed in 1884; presumably in Roman Road. Name unexplained; possibly connected with other `ancient' names nearby, including Briton Terrace and Vulcan Terrace. Though straight, it is not unique in Cheltenham on that account."
"2670","Rooke's Ballroom. Shown on 1787 map on south side of High Street, apparently on site later occupied by the new Assembly Rooms, opened 1816, which see. The proprietor was probably Harry Rooke, the first clerk to the paving commissioners; he was preceded as owner by Baynham Jones (Moreau, p. 43)."
"2671","Rookery Lane. Ref. 1896 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, Sept.); perhaps linked to notorious lodging house called The Rookery in Milsom Street, which see."
"2672","Roosevelt Avenue, Charlton Kings. On Ewen's Farm estate. Listed by 1959, and obviously linked with neighbouring Churchill Drive."
"2673","Rope Walk. Off Swindon Road between St George's Street and Henrietta Street. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; site now part of car park. Possibly connected with business of Tinkler's rope and basket shop, long established nearby at no. 168 [latterly 285] High Street"
"2674","Roper's Row. 10 houses off New Street; listed 1844 directory. Also seen as Roper's Walk (1841 Census)."
"2675","Rose Terrace. Unlocated, unless a variant of Rose and Crown Passage; single 1812 ref. to desirability of lamp at corner of Rose Terrace (Miles/Chronicle)."
"2676","Rose and Crown Passage. The passage with two entrances onto the High Street, opposite the Famous. A narrow unnamed lane on this line present on 1806-10 map, not built up. 1841 Census. Ref. 1816 as Rose and Crown Yard, being part of the site for proposed new market (Paving Commissioners' Minutes 7 Aug.), and eventually developed by Lord Sherborne: clearance work was specifically enabled by Cheltenham's 1821 Act (Section 78: Griffith, p. 96). Market opened 1822-3. 1819, 1820 maps show it as Rose and Crown Court (latter cited in 1849, Cresy). Houses were being built in Rose and Crown Yard in 1826 (2 building certs.). Current name in use by 1830 (building cert.). The inn from which all these take their name is first noted in 1741: `house on north side of Street now known by the sign of the Rose and Crown' (Manor Court Books, 14 Apr.; transfer from Lawrence Price to Thomas Pope). The phrasing implies either recent establishment or change of name. Pub demolished c. 1980."
"2677","Rose Cottages (1). The earliest ref. to a Rose Cottage is in 1815 (Williams); probably to be identified with what were later some 4 cottages formerly in or near present Dunalley Street, just north of the school, and apparently replaced by late 19th-century housing. Ref. 1820 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Mar.), and shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Also sometimes seen as Rose Cottages, Bannister Lane (e.g. 1841 Census, 1858 directory); or as Rose Cottage, Regent Place (1830 directory) or Henrietta Street (1847 directory)."
"2678","Rose Cottages (2). 3 houses in Rowanfield, listed 1872 directory."
"2679","Rose Cottages (3). Cudnall, Charlton Kings. 2 houses, listed 1883-4 directory."
"2680","Rose Cottages (4). 2 houses, now nos. 248-50 Bath Road. Existing by late 19th century."
"2681","Rose Villas. Pair in Leckhampton Road, first listed 1872 directory."
"2682","Rosebank Villas. Pair in Leckhampton Road. First noted 1866 directory."
"2683","Rosedale Villas. Pair in King's Road, now nos. 24-6. First listed 1872."
"2684","Rosehill, Prestbury. A house, shown on 1834 map and occupying north-east angle of Evesham Road junction with New Barn Lane. Originally a Papworth design of c. 1850-5, but extensively remodelled c. 1870 in a distinctive Franco-Italianate style, and renamed Prestbury Park. Reverted to Rosehill under ownership of Cheltenham & Glos. College of Higher Education (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock, OB). Demolished; site redeveloped 1993 as Gulf Oil offices."
"2685","Rosehill Street, off Hales Road. One of several new streets established on the southern part of Coltham Field in the 1830s. Laid out by Thomas Dangerfield on land purchased in 1832; building had begun by 1836; it did not originally join Coltham Lane directly, this probably happened after 1847 (Blake in Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 4, p. 33 and 17, p. 32). Named in 1844 directory. Nos. 1-24 listed on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Not connected up with Haywards Road until 1959 (HWC, no. 50). Perhaps after a house or feature called Rose Hill (one such listed in 1841 Census). See also Brecon Terrace, Springfield Cottages, Springfield Place, Stretton Terrace."
"2686","Rosehill Terrace, Hales Road. Listed 1911; 6 houses `in Coltham Fields', 1926 directory."
"2687","Rosehip Court, Up Hatherley. Mid-1990s development by Beazer Homes."
"2688","Roseland Terrace, St Mark's. 4 houses in Rowanfield Road, first listed 1891-2 directory."
"2689","Rosewood Villas, Gloucester Road. First noted 1863 directory."
"2690","Rosina Garden. A nursery garden near the London Road tunrpike, 1826 (Griffith, p. 82)."
"2691","Rosslyn Villas, south side of Shurdington Road from Bath Road. 6 houses; first listed 1868."
"2692","Rothermere Close, Up Hatherley. Off Caernarvon Way; part of Justicia development by Westbury Homes, approved 1989 and completed c. 1994 (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"2693","Rothleigh, Up Hatherley. Off The Poplars; named 1984 by parish council, Rothleigh being formed from Old English elements roth[er] (cattle) and leigh (clearing); coined by Cllr D. J. Hall (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"2694","The Rotunda, Montpellier (now Lloyds Bank). Erected 1825-6; architect John Papworth (Hart, p. 178). The third and most enduring of the buildings erected on the Montpellier Spa site (Davies, p. 41)."
"2695","Rotunda Buildings. 2 shops at north end of Montpellier Walk, 1844 directory."
"2696","Rotunda Circus. 3 shops at north end of Montpellier Walk, 1844 directory."
"2697","Rotunda Terrace, west side of Montpellier Street. The 19 houses or shops currently including sub post office. The original developer, William Swain, bought the land from the Bays Hill estate, and had begun building by 1844. He went bankrupt in 1847, leaving others to complete, which was done by 1851 (Blake, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 1, p. 18)."
"2698","Rowan Way, Up Hatherley. Off Rothleigh; part of Greatfield Park Phase II, by Westbury Homes (approved 1986 and completed c. 1990); named by parish council following tree theme adopted for this area (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"2699","Rowanfield. Usually Rowenfield in 19th century and earlier. It was one of the 3 original open fields of Alstone tithing (Rawes 6, p. 16). Appears as an area name on 1884 map, mostly orchard. Name in use by 1606 (Rewenfield; `aftermath field': Place Names of Gloucestershire). Preliminary layout of the council's post-war estate at Rowanfield approved in late 1946 (Housing Committee, Dec., no. 442). Because the plot was rectilinear, generally straight roads were preferred. Site preparations began in 1948, and in 1949, as building started, it was decided to adopt a theme of southern counties for street names (Housing Committee, Feb., no. 2870)."
"2700","Rowanfield Road, Rowanfield. In existence (though unnamed) by 1869, when Revd G. P. Griffiths of St Mark's asked for additional lamps to be placed in `the road from Libertus Estate to Westfield' (Streets and Highways Committee, 25 Oct.); further call for lamps in the `newly-formed road [at] Rowenfield from Alstone', 29 Nov. Being referred to as `the Rowenfield Road' by Oct. 1872 (Streets and Highways Committee), though still unnamed on 1884 map. Development under way by 1911, when borough engineer was proposing widening to 36ft (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, Mar.). See also Magdala Cottages, Roseland Terrace."
"2701","Rowe Court. Flats of c. 1970 in St George's Road, on site of a Victorian house, Wyborne. Name commemorates George Rowe, artist, who had a stake in the Bays Hill Estate Co."
"2702","Roxton Drive, The Reddings. Off North Road; of 1960s-70s appearance."
"2703","Royal Cheltenham Spa. This title had already been claimed for the town soon after George III's visit of 1788: see post-1788 printings of Moreau's engravings (Blake, Views of Cheltenham 1786-1860). It does not seem to have gained any general currency. In March 1915, Mr F. Forty wrote to the borough council enclosing a list of past royal visits and suggesting that the borough should adopt this style. The council took the view that such a change would require royal prerogative, and that `the present [was] not an opportune time for making such application'. There was apparently no move to revive the suggestion after the war. The obvious model would have been Royal Leamington Spa, which gained its honorific in 1838, two years after the successful visit there of the then Princess Victoria."
"2704","Royal Circus. See Queen's Parade."
"2705","Royal Court, off Fiddler's Green Lane. Developed by Cheltenham & District Housing Association (agreement of Feb. 1989)."
"2706","Royal Crescent. Intended as first-class lodging houses, the crescent was begun in 1805 by Joseph Pitt, and was his first substantial development in Cheltenham. He had bought the land, once Church Meadow, from the Earl of Essex in 1799. Design by a Bath architect, Charles Harcourt Masters. Still described as `intended new Crescent' in Aug. 1806 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes), the work made only gradual progress; by 1820, only 14 of the present 18 houses were built (personal communication Dr Steven Blake), with completion c. 1825. There is some evidence that the original plan called for a matching crescent opposite, to make a full circus (personal communication Dr Steven Blake), but this must have been abandoned once the Colonnade/Promenade plans developed. It did much to set the standard for Regency architecture in the town (Blake 1982, p. 70). On 1820 map it appears as just Crescent (ditto 1834); the change from Crescent to Royal Crescent occurred in early 1842 (Cheltenham Looker-On, Mar.). Royal Crescent in Bath (1767-75) was the first street in the country to have the name crescent (Room, p. 6); another spa offering Cheltenham a model was Buxton, whose own The Crescent was erected 1780-4, by the 5th Duke of Devonshire."
"2707","Royal Crescent Mews. Named on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; at northern end of Royal Crescent."
"2708","Royal Hotel. Once stood on site now occupied by Beechwood Place (High Street entrance)."
"2709","Royal Oak. An inn (shown on 1834 map), latterly no. 332 High Street and renamed the Irish Oak in the 1990s. A Royal Oak is referred to in the 17th century (Atkinson, p. 35), but continuity with the later establishment has yet to be confirmed."
"2710","Royal Oak Mews. 1994 infill development in New Street, by Britannia Homes; situated to the rear of the preceding."
"2711","Royal Parade. Eastern side of Bayshill Road from Queen's Parade, south end. Generally of 1845-50, though one deed is of 1841 (personal communication Dr Steven Blake)."
"2712","Royal Parade Mews. Behind Royal Parade."
"2713","The Royal Road. Appears on 1840 map; partly what is now Queen's Parade and Parabola Road, partly never built as planned on map. Ref. in 1850 guide book. Probably so named because it was to have included the original Fauconberg House, where George III had stayed in 1788."
"2714","Royal Spa, near Bayshill Lodge. Thus on 1806-10 map, where it is marked `shut'; also known as King's Well (e.g. 1820 map), but anonymous by time of 1834 map."
"2715","Royal Well (1). Alternative name for the spa more often called the King's Well (or Old Spa), site now beneath Ladies' College. The Royal Well Pump Room was purchased jointly by George Rowe and Samuel Onley in 1848. They rebuilt it in Corinthian style, opening in 1850 to serve as theatre and music hall as well as pump room. Acquired by Cheltenham Ladies' College and finally demolished 1897."
"2716","Royal Well (2). A terrace in Bayshill `now erected' in 1843 (Hart, p. 180)."
"2717","Royal Well Lane (1). Name until 1936 for Royal Well Road, which see."
"2718","Royal Well Lane (2). Formerly anonymous service lane crossing St George's Place, southern end."
"2719","Royal Well Place, diagonally linking St George's Road to St George's Place. Named thus by time of 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2720","Royal Well Road, rear of Municipal Offices. Until 1936, known as Royal Well Lane; a change of name was sought by Messrs Cornelius & Boulter (estate agents in the Promenade), and the council resolved on the present form (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June 1936)."
"2721","Royal Well Terrace. West side of St George's Road, between Royal Well and St George's Place (nos. 15-27). Built 1837-40 (Sampson & Blake), but perhaps using or adapting an 1825 Papworth design for another (unidentified) site. First listed 1841 directory."
"2722","Roydon Buildings. Three largish houses at the north end of St James's Street, west side; 1820 map. Connected with, and probably named after, Roydon Cottage, listed as residence of Mrs F. Hughes in 1820 directory."
"2723","Ruby Place, Charlton Kings. 2 houses, existing by 1841 Census; 1844 directory. In Cudnall. Probably named after or connected with the Ruby Cottages listed in 1830 directory."
"2724","Rungebourne, Charlton Kings. Old name (also seen as Rindburna), probably for the upper reaches of the Chelt at Dowdeswell, or a tributary brook thereby, and later applied to closes in this area. Mentioned in charter of 759, and thus second oldest recorded name in Cheltenham area, after Arle (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 23, p. 29). Over and Nether Rungborne noted in 1629-30 (Manor Court Books). Survived in a modified form to the 19th century: Thomas Joynes, farmer, listed in 1844 directory at Ransbourne, Charlton Kings."
"2725","Runnings Road, Swindon Village. Route existing 1839, though unnamed (tithe apportion-ment). At first known as The Runnings, probably acquiring present name in 1957 (personal communication Major A C Cropp). The Runnings was originally a field name, in use by 1839 (Place Names of Gloucestershire); i.e. `land where cattle are run for pasture, especially by a stream', in this case Wyman's Brook (Rawes 7, p. 4)."
"2726","Runnymede, Up Hatherley. Part of Greatfield Park Phase I development by Westbury Homes/JJH Builders; named by parish council in 1984, tenuously following tree/countryside theme, Runnymede (Surrey) being composed of Old English elements meaning council-island meadow (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"2727","Rural Cottage. House near York Hotel, erected by Mr Sheldon in 1826 (building cert.)."
"2728","Rushworth Close, Fiddler's Green. Developed by the Schoolmasters' Association Ltd (agreement of Feb. 1973; adopted July 1980)."
"2729","Rushy Mews, Prestbury. Developed late 1980s, next to Rushy House (flats, built 1960s). Rusina Cottage. Somewhere near Thompson's spa. Auctioned 1810 (Chronicle, 31 May)."
"2730","Russell Court. Mentioned 1820, as home of a watchman (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Mar.). Probably in or near Russell Place or Street. Perhaps to be linked with Russell Cottage, noted in 1815 (Williams); not located but seemingly distinct from the plural cottages which follow."
"2731","Russell's Cottages. Location uncertain but perhaps near one of following. Listed 1830 directory. In 1834 no. 3 was occupied by G. Russell, Superintendent of Police (Davies, p. 148). Listed 1839 directory; one occupied by G. Russell, another by W. Russell."
"2732","Russell's Passage, High Street. Off north side, midway between St Paul's Street South and King Street. Some 5 houses, first listed 1844 directory."
"2733","Russell's Place (1). Adjacent to preceding; 2 houses and businesses listed here in 1844 directory."
"2734","Russell Place (2), between Swindon Road and Tewkesbury Road. 1855-7 Old Town Survey. 7 houses, 1857 directory. On 1864 map, where it runs only between Tewkesbury Road and Russell Street."
"2735","Russell Street, off Tewkesbury Road. 8 residents in 1844 (directory). Mentioned in 1849 Cresy report as not yet completed, with houses `recently erected'. 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Developed on both sides by time of 1884 map. A Mr Russell was the Town Surveyor in 1827 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes)."
"2736","Russet Road, Arle. Off Orchard Way; one of four apple variety names recommended by Housing Committee 1951 for some of the first roads to be completed in the post-war development of Hester's Way (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Sept.)."
"2737","Rutherford Way, Swindon Village. On Runnings Industrial Estate, c. 1980s. Possibly after the developer."
"2738","Rutland Place, St Paul's. 4 houses accessed from south side of present St Paul's Road, just east of junction with Brunswick Street. 1841 Census. Listed at south end of Rutland Street, east side, 1844 directory. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2739","Rutland Street, St Paul's. Now part of Brunswick Street. Artisan housing, the first major development in what was to become the St Paul's area, built 1806 by Robert Cox (Blake & Beacham, p. 70). Became a notoriously crowded slum area, stated in 1871 to have no fewer than 7 courts running off it, varying from 18-35 yds long, 4-23 ft wide, poorly paved and drained (Streets and Highways Committee, 29 Aug.). Nos. 1-3 listed in 1934 slum clearance programme no. 1 (Housing Committee, Jan.). Perhaps to shake off an unwanted reputation, 37 residents signed a `memorial' the next year asking for a renaming to Brunswick Street South, which the council agreed to (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Apr. 1935). The South seems not to have stuck for long. Almost certainly named after Rutland Lodge (on 1806 map), a substantial house on a site equating to north end of St George's Street, facing DIY store car-park. The same house seems at various times also to have been known as Rutland Cottage (thus by 1818: Chronicle, Dec., described as 8-bedroom house), and Rutland House (Ruff, 1806). See also Sussex Street."
"2740","Ryburn Villas. 4 houses in Rowanfield Road, existing by 1911."
"2741","Rydal Walk, Up Hatherley. Initially developed 1948-9, as part of the Alma Road estate, which see). Lake District theme."
"2742","Rye Avenue, off Hayden Road. 1980s; cereal theme."
"2743","Rye Villas. 3 houses in Selkirk Street, first noted 1891-2 directory, when one resident is H. T. Ryland, builder."
"2744","Ryefield Gardens, Prestbury. East of Bouncer's Lane; name seen as Rifield before 1290 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 23, p. 28); Riefield 1575 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Two market gardeners listed (in Ryefield Gardens and Upper Ryefield Gardens) in Bouncer's Lane, 1928. Developed for housing mid-1980s, with Whitethorn Drive following the line of the former access road. Self-explanatory, `rye-field'."
"2745","Ryeworth, Charlton Kings. Area name, first noted in 1255 as Rywrthe; meaning `enclosure for growing rye' (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"2746","Ryeworth Drive, Charlton Kings. 5 houses off Ryeworth Road; name adopted mid-1950s; houses previously listed as part of Ryeworth Road."
"2747","Ryeworth Lane, Charlton Kings. Thus on 1884 map; now Ryeworth Road."
"2748","Ryeworth Road, Charlton Kings. This road was cut across Ryeworth Field c. 1770; the earliest ref. is 1778 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 1, p. 19; 3, p. 15); marked as Ryeworth Lane on 1884 map; Road by 1921 OS. Some development of late 1920s was by Charles Oscar Dickins, local tobacconist (see Gadshill Road). May once have been known, at least in part, as Ham Lane. See also Clifton Place."
"2749","Ryeworth View, Charlton Kings. 4 houses in Ryeworth Road, existing by 1926."
"2750","Sackville Approach, Marle Hill, off Albemarle Gate. Developed by Milcel (agreement of Oct. 1965)."
"2751","Saddlers Lane, service road off Tivoli Walk. No documentary evidence; nameplate looks unofficial; known to some older residents as Prinbox Lane. Perhaps associated with a former grocer and wine merchant business, Sadlers, of Tivoli Buildings nearby in Andover Road."
"2752","Sadler's Court, Old Bath Road. Housing association development of flats at west end of Avenall's Parade; c. 1980."
"2753","Sadler's Wells, formerly at 67-9 St George's Place. On 1806-10 map. Established 1795 as a puppet theatre by Samuel Seward of Bristol (Listed building application, 2000). Clearly named after the London attraction: 'Mr Seward has for several years now visited Cheltenham with his Sadler's Wells in miniature' (Ruff, 1806). An initial structure was apparently replaced by that of The Wooden Houve (which see), transferred here c. 1810-20 (Griffith, p. 12). A further house on the site perpetuated the name; described 1868 as 'lately known as Sadler's Wells' (Streets and Highways Committee, 30 Mar.)."
"2754","St Alban's Terrace, Hewlett Road. 2 houses at junction with Duke Street. 1870 directory."
"2755","St Albans Close, Warden Hill. late 1950s development. Cathedral city theme."
"2756","St Anne's Close, off Pittville Circus Road. Developed by Bob Chick Ltd (agreement of July 1972; adopted Sept. 1974). Built in grounds of St Anne's, former Gloucester Diocesan Retreat house, opened 1935, in what was previously St Anne's Nursery College. Before arrival of latter from its previous home in Pittville Circus, the house was named Inholmes, and had housed a convent school. Also had several other previous names (PC RB)."
"2757","St Anne's Promenade. Parade of some 7 shops near eastern end of Albion Street, to junction with St Anne's Road. The laconic datestone above the centre unit reads 'St Anne's Prom 1923'. Erected by Alfred Miles, former coachbuilder and county councillor, on land attached to his house, St Anne's (see following). Planning permission (for 8 lock-up shops) in June 1922 (MTC)."
"2758","St Anne's Road, Fairview. Laid out c. 1874 (MS additions to Old Town Survey), after the sale of St Anne's House and a large field to J. McIlquam in 1869 (Examiner, 10 Mar.). The field, on the Hewlett Road side of the house, had been known as the Hustings or Nominations Field (Miles). Road apparently not named until c. 1891-2, when it included Kenilworth Villas and 7 other houses, on the Hewlett Road leg; the Albion Street leg may have remained private for longer. Plans for it to be made up, 1896 (MTC). Named after St Ann(e)'s Cottage (later House); property described 1817 as 'newly built, late the property of Charles Hawkins deceased' (Miles/?Chronicle., 18 Sept.); up for let Oct. 1820 (Chronicle); shown on 1820, 1834 maps; like several other 'cottages' of this period, it was in fact a substantial house, part of it now Potter House (British Legion) in St Anne's Road."
"2759","St Anne's Terrace, Fairview, between Fairview Road and Hewlett Road. Earlier usually St Ann's. Present as unnamed lane or track on 1820 map. Existing by 1839, when building cert. issued for no. 4; listed to no. 12 by 1844. Made good and declared a highway 1876 (Streets and Highways Committee). After St Anne's Cottage (see above). See also Denmark Villas."
"2760","St Ann's Villas. 2 houses in Hewlett Road. 1874 directory."
"2761","St Arvan's Court, Evesham Road. Near West Approach Drive; flats of c. 1960s, on site of house named St Arvan's (marked on 1884 map). After a place near Chepstow, Mon."
"2762","St David's Close, Warden Hill. Listed 1959; cathedral city theme."
"2763","St Edward's Walk, Charlton Kings. Off north end of Cirencester Road; developed by Ladbroke Group Homes Ltd (agreement of Apr. 1980; adopted Oct. 1990). Name reflects previous ownership of site by convent."
"2764","St Francis Place, Bath Road. Probably erroneous ref. to Francis Place."
"2765","St George's Avenue (1). 9 houses between nos. 321 and 321a [now 286-8] High Street, near St George's Square. First noted 1860. All 9 listed in 1935 slum clearance programme no. 2 (Housing Committee, Feb.)."
"2766","St George's Avenue (2). Suggested feature of Cheltenham Spa Campaign's 1976 proposals for redevelopment of St James's station site."
"2767","St George's Close, off St George's Road. Post-1970 development."
"2768","St George's Crescent. Unrealised and as yet unlocated early proposal for part of the Bayshill estate; 1837 reference (personal communication Dr Steven Blake)."
"2769","St George's Drive, off Queen's Retreat. Developed 1937 by D. G. Melville (Town Planning Committee, July) on site of former St George's Nursery, existing there by 1884."
"2770","St George's Mews. Opening off St George's Place, just north of Bayshill Inn. Premises now derelict (lately used by Cheltenham Shopfitting Co.). Shown on 1884 map; possibly once part of Fagg's Mews, which see."
"2771","St George's Parade. Former name for continuation of St George's Place south of river Chelt. 1841 Census; 1864 map; some 17 houses. Now numbered as part of St George's Place."
"2772","St George's Place. A route reckoned to be of 17th-century or earlier origin, and in 18th century known as Still's Lane (which see). Concurrent with usage of Still's Lane is a further name, Kent's Lane, which see. Was the only vehicular thoroughfare on the south side of the High Street until the 19th century (the opening is marked on 1776 map), and loosely known as The Coach Road. The first significant development was a block of 4 large Georgian houses built on the eastern side of Still's Lane by one Thomas Burges on a site bought from William Meekings in 1788. Building probably in progress soon after the land sale, the site already being known as St George's Place. At the time of their completion they ranked among the most impressive houses in the town, and their name St George's Place was soon applied (e.g. 1800 directory) to the whole of the developed part of the street (Blake & Beacham, pp. 25, 69; SGP, p. 4). Nos. 6 and 8 (Jenner House) were demolished 1969; replicas erected 1994 by a housing association. In view of the date of construction, it may probably be concluded that the name reflects George III's visit of 1788. St George's, Hanover Square, London, was named thus as a polite gesture to George I (Field 1980, p. 125)."
"2773","St George's Retreat. Formerly to north side of St George's Mews, off St George's Place, near Bayshill Inn and opposite rear of Royal Crescent. 2 houses listed 1844 directory. 1883 OS map 1:500 shows it was also accessible via a passage from St George's Place. Listed for demolition in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"2774","St George's Road (1). Occasional early term for St George's Place, or perhaps its southerly extension beyond the houses of St George's Place itself (e.g. Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 16 Feb. 1808). See St George's Street (1)."
"2775","St George's Road (2), from Promenade to Gloucester Road. Under formation by early 1837: regret was expressed at the removal of elms from the end of Old Well Walk nearest the brook for 'the new road lately formed [by the Bays Hill Estate Co.] across Bays Hill . . . connecting it with the public highway running from the Crescent' (CLO, 28 Jan.). Residential development by the Company from 1838 onwards (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). Projected form shown on 1840 map, the western end forming a loop back round to the top of Bayshill Road (this form probably frustrated by the advent of the railway). The eastern end of the road, where it joins the Promenade, may be traced to 1807, when Samuel Harward sold to the town commissioners the right to make a road over his land just south of the Chelt, linking the Colonade Road (predecessor of Promenade) with the route to the Old Well (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 17 Jan.). Appearance of eastern end in 1845 well illustrated in Rowe, p. 20. Though known by its present name by 1838 (personal communication Dr Steven Blake), and on building certs. in 1839, the name does not seem to be officially recognised in directories till the 1860s, probably because most houses were in the once separately listed Bayshill, Calcutta, Royal Well and York Terraces, which see. 5 cast-iron nameplates (among the first in the town) erected 1870 (Streets and Highways Committee); two of these survive, on the railway bridge and the Calcutta Inn. Named after St George's Place. See also Bayshill Parade."
"2776","St George's Square. Mainly built c. 1805-10 on a piece of land known as Rack Close (Blake & Beacham, p. 70), though building in progress before then: '4 newly built houses in St George's Square or otherwise by the name of Humfrey's Lane' advertised in 1804 (Miles/Glos. Journal, 13 Feb.). First ref. to St George's Square in Paving Commissioners' Minutes is 3 Feb. 1807; May 1809 ref. to 'newly built dwelling house' (Chronicle); no. 6 noted 1815, no. 10 in 1818. 1834 map shows west side and part of south side built (east side a chapel). Named after St George's Place."
"2777","St George's Street (1). A short-lived name probably for the road now known as St George's Place, before the name of the initial terrace was applied to the street as a whole. 2 building certs. for houses and workshops here, 1801-5. Manor Court Books entry for Jenner's purchase in 1804 of his house at no. 8 St George's Place is given initially as no. 8 St George's Street (Saunders, p. 5). 1809 ref. to 4 small dwelling houses 'in St George's Street, leading to the new Square called St James's Square'. 1810 ref. to Mr Williams, stonemason, in St George's Street (Chronicle, 9 Aug.). Possibly also known as George Street, which see. Name probably completely superseded well before its revival for next entry."
"2778","St George's Street (2), between High Street and Swindon Road. Laid out in 1835: ref. in to 'formation of the new street, lately opened from the High Street, opposite St George's Square into the Swindon Road' (CLO, 24 Oct.). The east side of St George's Street was in 1781 a formal garden stretching back to Swindon Road (Miles, V, p. 224); its ornamental layout still evident on 1834 map. 4 building certs. issued in 1837, and others in 1838. Shown as a lane on 1840 map, though apparently fully developed by 1844 (directory). Much of site originally owned by a Miss Wells (d. 1815: Goding, p. 429)."
"2779","St George's Terrace, off St George's Place. The southern 'side' of St James's Square. Existing terrace shown on 1834 map; perhaps then only recently built, as a further building cert. was issued in 1837."
"2780","St Gregory's Avenue. Suggested feature of Cheltenham Spa Campaign's 1976 proposals for redevelopment of St James's station site."
"2781","St Gregory's Church, Clarence Street. Designed by Charles Hansom and completed in 1857, replacing earlier Roman Catholic church built in 1810 after the arrival of refugees from the French Revolution (Hart, p. 239)."
"2782","St James's Church, Suffolk Square. Built 1825-30 in the Gothic style by John Papworth and Edward Jenkins (Hart, p. 182, Blake 1979, p. 14), on a site donated by the Suffolk estate developer, James Fisher."
"2783","St James's Cottages. In or near St James's Square; 1841 Census."
"2784","St James's Parade, St James's Square. 1860 directory, but no houses listed. 6 houses by 1872."
"2785","St James's Passage. Existing by 1841 (Census) . 4 dwellings here in 1844 directory, which places it between nos. 67 & 68 [now 51-3] High Street, north side, i.e. 2 doors west of St James's Street."
"2786","St James's Place (1), off Great Norwood Street. 1841 Census. 14 houses on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, in an L shape. Sometimes referred to (e.g. 1858 directory) as being off Painswick Lawn. The original nos. 1-7 are still numbered the same, but nos. 8-14 have become 18-28 Painswick Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). After St James's Church."
"2787","St James's Place (2), Ambrose Street. 1858 directory; not further identified."
"2788","St James's Promenade. Suggested feature of Cheltenham Spa Campaign's 1976 proposals for redevelopment of St James's station site."
"2789","St James's Square. Projected sometime before 1809 (map shows planned north, east and west sides, with north side partly built), but the complete square was never realised. Development perhaps inspired by the nearby St George's Square, which appears just slightly earlier. Building in progress 1809 (advertisements for the 'remaining lots in a spacious square intended to be called St James's Square' and 'an oblong square upon which buildings are already set up' (Chronicle, 25 May, I June). Progress seems to have slow: 1819 map shows workhouse (somewhat west of the building lately a nightclub) but no sign of a square, while 1820 map names the square and shows three sides of roadway with grass in middle, and limited further building. No 1 St James's Square, a 'new and elegant mansion' was offered to let in Feb. 1819 (Chronicle); this was not necessarily the first house completed. It was commented in 1832 that St James's Square 'promises ere long to become a place of some importance; at present, however, it is in a very incomplete state' (Davies, p. 126). 1820 map also shows a St James's Villa and Cottage nearby; date of these at present uncertain. Origin of name unclear, but probably in imitation of a fashionable model elsewhere, such as the London St James's, or the St James's Squares in Bristol (of 1707-16: Ison, p. 21) and Bath (of 1790-3). Fashionable Regency London names were widely copied ââ?¬â?? e.g. in Leicester, site of a further St James's Square, a Grosvenor Street, and others (Cox, Place-Names of Leicestershire, 1998, p. xv). Cheltenham's fair was held on St James's day (personal communication Mr Michael Greet). See also St James's Village."
"2790","St James's Station, St James's Square. Terminus of the GWR service; came into use Oct. 1847, having been authorised by the GWR Act of 1844. The original terminus was at the end of Workhouse Lane; it was later rebuilt, closer to St Gregory's (PC KMP). Demolished 1966, and site now occupied by Jessop Avenue car park, offices etc."
"2791","St James's Street, off upper High Street. On 1806-10 map, partly built on both sides; Mr Billings of Albion Cottage was offering a 'substantial dwelling house' and several building lots there in 1809 (Chronicle, 1 June). It appears fully developed on 1819 map; nos. 26 & 27 were for sale in that year (Chronicle, June). Though a long way from St James's Square, it was developed at about the same time, and its naming may have a similar origin."
"2792","St James's Terrace, Suffolk Parade, near St James's Church. 1841 Census. 6 houses on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, though no. 6 apparently incomplete."
"2793","St James's Village. 1809 advertisement refers to 'newly built modern villa in St James's Village . . . situation is one of the pleasantest in St James's Village, both sides of the houses looking over gardens and fields uninterrupted by buildings', and another house 'near the upper end of St James's Village' (Chronicle, 4 May) This seems to have been a transient name, probably for part of the original development plan for St James's Square, the description is slightly more apt for this than for St James's Street, also in progress at this time."
"2794","St John's Avenue, part of mid-1980s Inner Ring, crossing old rugby and athletic ground (itself formerly market gardens) from Fairview Road to Albion Street. At east end is St John's School and nearby is the site of the former church from which the street is named (see following)"
"2795","St John's Church, Berkeley Street. Completed 1829; designed by J. B. Papworth (Hart, p. 182). Ecclesiastical parish formed 1866 (the church was formerly a proprietary chapel). The building demolished in 1967 was a Victorian rebuild of Papworth's structure."
"2796","St John's Cottages, Alstone Lane. 6 houses, listed 1926 but probably earlier."
"2797","St John's Terrace, Hewlett Road, somewhere between Hewlett's Close and Duke Street. 1841 Census, 1844 directory. Listed in 1857 as 2 houses in Hewlett Road."
"2798","St John's Villas, Berkeley Street. Pair of houses, first noted 1863 directory, diagonally opposite former site of church. Now called St John's Villa and Saxthorpe Villa."
"2799","St Jude's Walk, Charlton Kings. Part of Chancel estate. Developed by Ladbroke Group Homes Ltd (agreement of Apr. 1980; adopted Oct. 1990). Name reflects former ownership of site by convent."
"2800","St Julia's. Name of a house and cottage, now gone, in or near Oxford Passage. Existing by 1809: ref. to new house adjoining St Julia's Cottage (Chronicle, 1 June)."
"2801","St Leger's Lane. An earlier name for Winchcombe Street, which see; marked thus on 1787 map (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Maps 42). Ref. to paving thereof in 1787 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 12 Dec.). An 1832 ref. to houses in Winchcombe Street claims that 'a back entrance also might be had from St Leger's Lane, which bounds the premises on the west side' (Cheltenham Chronicle, 27 Sept.); this either suggests the old name was transferred to a service lane, or that in fact Winchcombe Street cut a new line (pc M Grindley). From local family of this name, first noted 1680 (will of Thomas Weston; Sale, p. 24). William St Leger, barber, sold a substantial part of Lord's Mead in 1743 (Manor Court Books)."
"2802","St Luke's Church, College Road. Site bought by Revd Francis Close 1851. Designed by Frederick Ordish, built 1853-4, and consecrated 7 Nov. 1854. Ecclesiastical parish formed 1855. Originally to have been dedicated as All Saints (Blake 1979, p. 32)."
"2803","St Luke's Place, St Luke's. Road present on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Anonymous until at least 1868 (complaints at state of road, Streets and Highways Committee, 27 Jan.; and again 1873, where it is noted as a private road). 8 houses, 1872; built on both sides by 1884 map. Adopted as street name by 1926, subsuming St Luke's Place, Magenta Place, Ferndale Terrace, which see."
"2804","St Luke's Road, St Luke's. Line present (unnamed) on 1834 map, running straight through from Bath Road to future site of College Road. Present tuning fork shape either side of church appears (no houses, unnamed) on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Officially named in 1867 (Streets and Highways Committee). See also College Road, Dovedale Villas, Otago Terrace."
"2805","St Luke's Terrace. 7 houses in St Luke's Road, existing by 1872."
"2806","St Margaret's Cottages, North Place/Warwick Place. 6 houses in 1872 ('formerly Dodd's Cottages'). Listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.); demolished 1938 (Streets and Highways Committee, Nov.)."
"2807","St Margaret's Parade. 6 houses at northern end of Bennington Street, first listed 1886 directory."
"2808","St Margaret's Road. On 1820 and 1825 maps this part of the Back Road is marked as Margaret Street (lack of St possibly erroneous); it is not separately identified on 1834 or later inid-century maps. Also sometimes listed in 1870s simply as St Margaret's. Officially given present name in 1874, when it was resolved that 'the name of the street between North Place and Henrietta Street be St Margaret's Road' and 2 nameplates fixed, one on the garden wall of Livorno Lodge (site now Pate Court) and another (still in place) on Mr Gardner's malthouse at the top of Henrietta Street (Streets and Highways Committee, 14 Aug.). After St Margaret's Terrace (see below), though the name on 1820 map would have been directly from St Margaret's Villa."
"2809","St Margaret's Street. Thus in e.g. 1830 directory. See Margaret Street."
"2810","St Margaret's Terrace, St Margaret's Road. A terrace of 6 imposing houses, larger than any others then In this part of town, built 1819-25 by the Hon. Katharine Monson (see Monson Avenue). She bought the site, adjacent to her own house and garden, from Theodore Gwinnett in 1813 (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). Terrace named thus by 1823; after St Margaret's Villa, the second house of Miss Monson and built by her c. 1805 on land bought from Francis Welles (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). After the fashion of the day, this large house had earlier been known as St Margaret's Cottage (to be repaired . . . 'crossing in the Back Road, leading from Counsellor's Alley to St Margaret's Cottage' (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 5 Oct. 1814). It was later the offices of the Black & White Coach company, but was bombed c. 1940 and demolished."
"2811","St Mark's. Area name in use since about 1862, when the parish of this name was formed. The church, under construction from 1860-66, was dedicated in this year. It was erected on plots that were part of the Libertus estate, which see. Naming of the original roads on this estate took some time to become official. Revd Griffiths of St Mark's had in 1872 sought the adoption of what were then termed 'the St Mark's Road', 'the Church Road', 'the Hillfield Road' and 'the Midland Road' (Streets and Highways Committee), but they are still anonymous on the 1897 map."
"2812","St Mark's Emporium, Gloucester Road. Parade of 5 shops opposite Lansdown Station. Probably of late 1860s, and still extant. In 1869, Frederick Tovey complained at the state of the footpath outside 'his premises known as St Mark's Emporium' (Streets and Highways Committee, 28 Jun). Still only 2 of the 5 occupied by time of 1870-1 directory."
"2813","St Mark's Place. First listed in 1883-4 directory, and on 1884 map; 18 houses at southern end of what is now Granley Road, including former Garden View, Holly Villas and St Mark's"
"2814","St Mark's Villas. 2 villas in what became Granley Road, first listed 1883-4, as being off Gloucester Road; now demolished."
"2815","St Matthew's Church. Clarence Street. Present building (replacing a temporary structure) erected 1879, architect Ewan. Christian (Hart, p. 237). Spire removed 1952, tower further reduced 1971."
"2816","St Michael's Road, Warden Hill. Existing by 1961."
"2817","St Nicholas' Drive, off Swindon Lane. After St Nicholas's Church, built 1969."
"2818","St Paul's Church. Built 1829-31 by Revd Francis Close as a free church for artisans; architect John Forbes, who had earlier worked in Pittville (Blake 1982, p. 35). The plot was contributed by Joseph Pitt (Hart, p. 182). Ecclesiastical parish formed 1846."
"2819","St Paul's Cottages. Western end of Larput Place. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey as two terraces, one of 6 and one of 3 houses. Apparently also known as Victoria Square, 1870."
"2820","St Paul's Crescent. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; apparently a single house, with a crescent profile, at north end of St Paul's Street North, on corner with present St Paul's Road."
"2821","St Paul's Cross. Not precisely located; home to a chimney sweep in 1847 directory."
"2822","St Paul's Lane, up east side of college. Existing under this name by 1884 map."
"2823","St Paul's Parade, St Paul's Road, opposite Dunalley Parade. Existing by 1870 (Streets and Highways Committee). Listed as 20 houses by 1872."
"2824","St Paul's Road. Line present, though unnamed, on 1820, 1834 maps; present name in use for at least the central section near the church by 1847 (directory) though not recorded on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. It follows the line of a very old east-west route known in part as Sandy Lane, which see. Western end known as Maidenhorn Lane to the turn of the century; the eastern end from Dunalley Street to Clarence Square (containing Knowsley Parade and Hawarden Parade) was unnamed and privately owned (by Henry Dean and others) when repairs were made in 1872 (Streets and Highways Committee). See also Brunswick Place, Westbourne Terrace."
"2825","St Paul's Street. Thus on 1834 map. Shortly afterwards split into St Paul's Street North and South: see following."
"2826","St Paul's Street North. In 1835 described as a new street 'christened St Paul's Street North' with houses of 'nearly the same size as those of Suffolk Parade', though 'the situation and neighbourhood necessarily render them wholly unfit for the same class and description of occupants; still their appearance is neat, and the street being wide, forms an excellent approach to the church' (Cheltenham Looker-On, 24 Oct.). By then it consisted of some 80 new houses, of which 50-60 had already been roofed in. Largely developed by Messrs Blizard and Lane, whose 'efficient sewering' of the street was praised in the 1849 Cresy report. It was intended to offer a vista of St Paul's Church, but the effect was constrained by the shape of the 1806 enclosure award plots (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. See also Limekiln Row."
"2827","St Paul's Street South. Not in 1839 directory; in 1841 Census; 16 houses listed 1844 directory; Old Town Survey."
"2828","St Paul's Terrace (1). 5 houses in Dunalley Street (running from pub on comer)."
"2829","St Paul's Terrace (2 ). 11 houses in St Paul's Road, first listed 1872."
"2830","St Paul's Terrace (3). 4 houses in St Paul's Street North, west side, listed 1926."
"2831","St Peter's Buildings, Tewkesbury Road. 6 houses, first noted 1872. Named after the following."
"2832","St Peter's Church, Tewkesbury Road. Designed by S. W. Daukes, and consecrated 1849 (Hart, p. 236). The dedication to St Peter is mentioned in Francis Close's submission to the ecclesiastical commissioners in 1844 (Sampson & Blake, p. 30); ecclesiastical parish formed 1845."
"2833","St Peter's Close, off Tewkesbury Road, near the church. Developed by Barratt Bristol Ltd (agreement of Aug. 1985)."
"2834","St Peter's Cottages, Tewkesbury Road. Listed in 1858 directory."
"2835","St Peter's Place, Swindon Road, west of Stanhope Street. 1858 directory. Nos. 1-4 purchased by council 1925-6 for demolition, as part of Stanhope Street clearance scheme (Slum Areas Clearance Committee)."
"2836","St Peter's Square, off Tewkesbury Road. Part of the Moors estate developed by the council in 1934-5. Named on recommendation of Streets and Highways Committee (General Purposes and Watch Committee,. Nov. 1934) after the nearby church."
"2837","St Philip' s Church, Painswick Road. Built 1844, by Edward Shellard. Demolished 1882, replaced by present church of SS Philip and James (Hart, p. 236). Ecclesiastical parish formed 1869."
"2838","St Philip's Parade, Leckhampton. First listed 1864 directory (5 houses). 8 houses by 1872."
"2839","St Philip's Place, Gratton Road. Shown on 1883 OS map 1:500; now nos. 24-6 Gratton Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2840","St Philip's Street, between Norwood Road and Bath Road. Previously Charles Street, of which the southern side was built by 1834. Probably renamed soon after the church was built; present name in use by 1847 (directory). See also Dove Cottages (2)."
"2841","St Philip's Terrace. 14 houses in Gratton Road, first listed 1872."
"2842","St Stephen's Church, St Stephen's Road. Built 1873-83 to design of John Middleton (Blake 1979, p. 38). Ecclesiastical parish formed 1884."
"2843","St Stephen's Close. Recent development off St Stephen's Road."
"2844","St Stephen's Place. Extension of Bethesda Street, named 1956 (Market and Watch Committee, Sept., no. 505)."
"2845","St Stephen's Road, off Andover Road. Entrance to this then planned but unnamed street off present Andover Road appears on 1834 map. Shown full length on 1840 map, and marked as 'road to the Zoological Gardens'. First known as Hatherley Place (which see), after the original 13 houses on the eastern side. Current name first seen 1883-4 directory and 1884 map, i.e. very shortly after completion of St Stephen's Church, and confirmed 1891 by Leckhampton Local Board (Examiner, 14 Oct.)."
"2846","Salamanca Road, off Priors Road. Gloucestershire Regiment battle honours theme; after the Peninsular War engagement of 1812."
"2847","Salem Chapel, Clarence Parade. Baptist; opened 1844 (Hart, p. 238)."
"2848","Salisbury Avenue, Warden Hill. In existence by 1959; cathedrw city theme."
"2849","Salix Court, Up Hatherley. Mid-1990s development by Hitchins. Flower/shrub theme."
"2850","Salopian Villas. Pair of houses, first listed in 1839 directory. Possibly same as properties later listed as Salopian Cottages, Tivoli, 1857."
"2851","Salubrious Cottage. The apparently shortlived name of a 'very desirable' house advertised 1819, 'within a few minutes' walk of the wells' (Chronicle, 19 Aug.), so probably in Montpellier area."
"2852","Sandbridge. Possibly a locality in Arle. One ref. (address of a labourer) in 1844 directory."
"2853","Sandfields. Once an open field centred on area now between Arle Road and Alstone Lane, west of railway; first seen as Sand(e)field(e) 1575 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Named thus on 1884 map, and still so on 1949 OS map 1:25,000. Plans by F. E. Jenkins for 3 new streets on Sandfield estate rejected by Streets and Highways Committee in Feb. 1912, though by May of same year Jenkins was in discussion with council about sewers and water on Sandfield Building estate (outcome unclear)."
"2854","Sandfield Bridge. Bridge of c. 1930-40 in Arle Road, crossing railway."
"2855","Sandfield Place, Arle Road. 4 houses listed in 1926 but probably earlier."
"2856","Sandfield Road, Arle. Name prior to 1908 of Arle Road, which see."
"2857","Sandford. Settlement name first seen in 1216, as Saunfford; with Naunton and Westal, formed one of the Cheltenham tithings. Meaning 'sandy ford' (Place Names of Gloucestershire), at the place where the old route ultimately leading to Bath crossed the river Chelt. Sandford, together with Naunton, numbered just 5 houses in 1712 (Atkyns). The most significant building was Sandford Mill (see below); by the 1820 map the name Sandford is also applied to a farm, a cottage, and a house, as well as Sandford Place."
"2858","Sandford Bridge. Now scarcely noticeable, but once a recognised feature on the route now called Old Bath Road, replacing the earlier ford (see preceding entry). Existing under this name by 1480s: ref. to carriage of wagon-loads of stone to Sandford Bridge from Brockhampton (Gloucestershire Record Office deed D1637/M26; pc M Greet). Further ref in 1629 (Manor Court Books)."
"2859","Sandford Croft. Arable land here referred to in 1716 will of Elinor Higgs (Sale, p. 145)."
"2860","Sandford Fields. Formerly occupying the area between Thirlestaine Road and the Chelt. Thus by 1617 (Norden); marked on 1776 map."
"2861","Sandford Lane. One occurrence noted 1827, in certificate for house 'near Montpellier Spa', built by a Mr Cook. Perhaps referring to what is now Back Montpellier Terrace."
"2862","Sandford Lido, Keynsham Road. Open-air swimming pool designed by the borough engineer, Gilbert Gould Marsland, and opened 1935."
"2863","Sandford Mead Road. Road across the field Sandford Mead, from the river Chelt to Sandford Terrace, declared a public highway in 1875 (Streets and Highways Committee, 26 Jan.). Now forms southern end of Keynsham Road."
"2864","Sandford Mill Close. Modern development off Southgate Drive."
"2865","Sandford Mill Lane. Alternative name for Mill Road, i.e. the original access from Old Bath Road to the mill; partially stopped up after improvements to Sandford Mill Road in 1923 (Streets and Highways Committee, Apr.)."
"2866","Sandford Mill Road, from London Road to Old Bath Road; part of A40 trunk route. Created in 1839 by Charles C. Higgs, skirting the mill and intended to enter Old Bath Road through what is now known as Cox's Meadow. Southern end of present road crosses line of former Mill Road (also known as Sandford Mill Lane), a short lane along north bank of Chelt leading from Old Bath Road to mill, shown (unnamed) on 1834 map. This last southern stretch was laid out by 1855-7 (Old Town Survey) but not made up until early 1920s (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 21). Sandford Mill shown on 1776 map."
"2867","Sandford Park. Public park between Bath Road and Keynsham Road. Opened 1928 by Duke and Duchess of Beaufort."
"2868","Sandford Place. 1819 map shows 3 pairs of very large villas on western side of Bath Road, facing College site. Nos. 1-4 were latterly Nazareth House orphanage; demolished 1969 after Nazareth House moved to London Road, Charlton Kings; their site now occupied by Linotype-Hell offices. The remaining pair, nos. 5-6 (now nos. 105-7 Bath Road), were once the Irving Hotel, which developed from Madame Irving's girls' school of c. 1937. The owner was mother of the late Sir Charles Irving, MP (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2869","Sandford Road. Present as unnamed track on 1806-10 map. 1834 map calls both the present Sandford Road and the parallel Thirlestaine Road by this name; this source of confusion was first solved by calling them Upper and Lower Sandford Road respectively. Sandford Road was apparently improved by James Wood in about 1835 (Blake, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 4 p. 52). Goding p. 585 also notes 'road from Bath Road to the new Hospital improved and widened' by private subscription, Feb. 1850. Sandford Road named as now on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2870","Sandford Street, between St Luke's Place and Bath Road. A narrow unnamed lane present on this line on 1834 map, leading to Mitre Inn. Building certs. for houses here 1834-40. On 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Fully built up by 1884 map. A Sandford Street is shown on 1823 map, but applied to what is (and was) Bath Mews. This may have been an intended renaming, to accompany the projected Cambray Parade and Poultney Street, or simply misplaced. See also Springwell Place."
"2871","Sandford Terrace, southern end of Keynsham Road, to Sandford Road. Probably the present nos. 70-90 Keynsham Road. Building in progress 1840: certs. for 7 houses, including nos. 7, 8 & 9. Nos. 1-11 marked on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2872","Sandhurst Road, Charlton Kings. Between Ryeworth Road and London Road; existing by 1911."
"2873","Sandhurst Villas, Sandhurst Road, Charlton Kings. Existing by 1911. 1884 map shows two sandpits nearby."
"2874","Sandiland Hills. Probably a garbled reference to hills above Sandy Lane, Charlton Kings. Mentioned as a beauty spot approached from the (Old) Bath Road, in an account of George III's visit in 1788 (Humphris & Willoughby, p. 68)."
"2875","the old Sandy Lane or Sandshards. An old east-west route, probably a drift way, from the Cotswolds to the Severn at Gloucester; represented locally in current terms by Aggs Hill, top of Hewlett Road, St Paul's Road, and Swindon Road as far as Maud's Elm. Within Cheltenham, it follows the higher ground between the river Chelt and Wyman's Brook; some remains of the route across Fairview can still be detected. Name Sandy Lane current 1712 (Manor Court Books). Sandshards as a name was in use by 1709, and until at least 1767 (Manor Court Books). Its probable westward continuation, through Swindon, appears as 'the Sandy Way' in a deed of 1250 (Calendar of Records of the Corp. of Gloucester, item 478). Route implicitly referred to by Moreau 1793 (p. 189). Probably fell into disuse as a through route with the northward expansion of the town around 1800: there is an 1804 reference to 'late road or way, formerly called the Sandshards', and an 1815 reference to 'the old Sandy Lane' (Cox). Sandpit Lane, also in Cheltenham Upper Field (Manor Court Books, Oct. 1767), may be synonymous. The shard element suggests Old English sceard 'gap', but this has no obvious local relevance."
"2876","Sandy Lane, Charlton Kings. Sanddy Lane in 1545 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 28, p. 42); also once known as 'the Windarse' (see Windlass Hill)."
"2877","Sandy Lane Road, off Sandy Lane. Private road; listed by 1928."
"2878","Sandybank Farm, Cheltenham. Listed by Place Names of Gloucestershire, but not further identified."
"2879","Sappercombe, south-east of Charlton Kings. Place Names of Gloucestershire quotes 1605 occurrence, Sapcombe, and explains as 'soapmaker's valley', probably reflecting medieval activity there (Paget, p. 26)"
"2880","Sappercombe Lane, Charlton Kings. Off Little Herberts Road. Officially thus only since 1950s, but long known by this name: it is the route to Sappercombe."
"2881","Saville Close, Marle Hill. Off Albemarle Gate; developed by Milcel (agreement of Oct. 1965) and A. Lloyd Ltd. Name suggested by latter and approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, 2 Sept.)."
"2882","Savory('s) Court, Duke Street. Probably the houses for which Richard Savory was issued building certs. 'M 1838; at least 3 dwellings. Listed as Savoury's Yard in 1841 Census. Noted as insanitary in 1900 (MTC), and apparently now demolished."
"2883","Saxham Villas, Pittville. Last pair on western side of Evesham Road, near Pittville Park. Listed by 1858."
"2884","Saxon Way, off Hales Road. On Battledown Industrial Estate. Name approved 1962 (Market and Watch Committee, 19 Dec.); developed by Webb Bros (agreement of Jan. 1965). Follows Saxon theme established by King Alfred-Way, which see."
"2885","School Lane (1), Fairview. Spur off northern side of present Fairview Road; developed c. 1835 by James Fisher (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 3, p. 13). Named on 1884 map, which shows an infants' school at its northern end. Since redevelopment in 1980s, renamed Fairview Close."
"2886","School Lane (2), off Albion Street. On south side, between Grosvenor Street and Grosvenor Terrace on 1884 map, where a boys' and girls' school is marked. Now Highbury Lane."
"2887","School Lane, (3), Prestbury. Path and cycle track alongside St Mary's School, from Bouncer's Lane to Finchcroft. Otherwise known as The Pieces."
"2888","School Mead, off Rowanfield Road. Developed by Faberfield (agreement of Dec. 1990; adopted July 1993)."
"2889","School Road, Charlton Kings. Listed thus by 1911, though southern part shown on 1884 map as Mill Lane; northern part unnamed."
"2890","Scop Street, Prestbury. Noted 1398; unlocated but possibly indicating shops and therefore perhaps near the Burgage (Victoria County History, p. 77)."
"2891","Scoriton Road, Pittville. Shortlived name (late 1957-early 1958) for Pittville Crescent Lane, which see."
"2892","Scott House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Designed by G. H. Ryland, c. 1950 (Verey). After the Antarctic explorer."
"2893","Scott's Farm, Swindon village. Ref. in 1844 directory, but not otherwise identified."
"2894","Seabright Terrace. Early alternative name of houses on north side of Victoria Street (1), developed 1830s by John Urch and William Seabright (Blake, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 3, p. 14)."
"2895","Seacome Road, off Marsland Road, Monkscroft. Name adopted 1953 (Housing Committee, Jun, no. 198). Freeman theme: Robert Owen Seacome, Town Clerk 1903-41, was admitted an honorary freeman 23 July 1937; d. July 1946 (Cheltenham Borough Council minute no. 1741, 1946)."
"2896","Sebastopol Cannon. Formerly positioned outside the Queen's Hotel. These pieces were taken in the siege campaign of 1854-5, and were two of several distributed by Lord Panmure to interested towns up and down the country. The single plinth remaining in front of the Queen's Hotel is perhaps the smallest listed building in Cheltenham (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Together with Alma and Sochi, one of a handful of Russian names in use in Cheltenham."
"2897","Sedgewick Gardens, Up Hatherley. Part of Manor Farm development by McAlpine and Bovis, approved 1986 and completed c. 1989 (Up Hatherley Parish Council). Apparently after Sedgewick in Westmoreland, but connection unexplained."
"2898","Sefton Place, Lansdown. Present Douro Road is named Sefton Place on 1840 map; no confirmed evidence of development under this earlier name."
"2899","Sefton Walk, Up Hatherley. Off Chargrove Lane; part of Manor Farm development by McAlpine and Bovis, approved 1986 and completed c. 1989. Named following tree theme established for earlier phases, Sefton being a variety of pear-tree (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"2900","Segrave House, High Street, opposite Ambrose Street. Used as a general hospital from 1839 to the opening of the present General Hospital in Sandford Road in 1849 (Hart, p. 235). l,ater known as Idmiston House, and now as Normandy House, headquarters of Vacances Franco-Britanniques."
"2901","Segrave Place, Original name of present nos 1-15 Pittville Lawn (Blake 1982, pp. 55, 68). Named in 1827 deed of covenants and general regulations for Pittville. Thus on 1834 map; 5 houses recently, built there, 1834 (CLO survey, Oct.), and building certs. for nos. 1-4 issued in that year. 6 houses, 1839 directory. Col. William Berkeley, one of the leading society figures in Cheltenham in the early 19th century, was created Lord Segrave in 1831 (see Berkeley Place). Building cert. for no. 1 Segrave Place Villas, 1835."
"2902","Segrave Villas, The Park. Site now Mercian Court, Park Place."
"2903","Selby Cottages, Swindon Road. Between Marsh Lane and Gardner's Lane; 8 houses, listed by 1888 directory."
"2904","Selkirk Close, off Pittville Circus Road. Previously Gwernant Close, which see. Present name from 1955, after Selkirk Villa."
"2905","Selkirk Gardens, off Pittville Circus Road. Site of one of Cheltenham's post-war temporary housing schemes, of 28 pre-fabs (Housing Committee, 1946), sometimes known as the Selkirk Gardens estate."
"2906","Selkirk Parade, Prestbury Road. Opposite Pittville Villas, so presumably including present shops at pedestrian crossing. No. 8 noted 1847 directory; 12 houses 1860. See Selkirk Place (2)."
"2907","Selkirk Place (1). Listed 1872 under Selkirk Street, near Pittville Circus, but probably to be equated with present nos. 78-88 All Saints Road."
"2908","Selkirk Place (2), Prestbury Road. Terrace of 13 houses in Prestbury Road (now nos. 47-71). First noted 1848 directory. Renamed Selkirk Parade by 1849, presumably to avoid confusion."
"2909","Selkirk Road. Earlier name for Back Albert Place; thus on 1864 map."
"2910","Selkirk Street. Under development by 1840: building cert. for 2 houses here issued to Edward Cope, so perhaps to be counted as on the Pittville side of the Fairview/Pittville border."
"2911","Selkirk Terrace, Selkirk Street. Continuation of Selkirk Place. Probably under construction in 1844, as only one house (no. 6) is listed. 10 houses 1872."
"2912","Selkirk Villa, off Prestbury Road, approximately within angle formed by Prestbury Road, Pittville Circus and present Selkirk Close. Formerly residence of dissenting minister Dr Thomas Snow, and briefly licensed as a place of worship in 1817. Sale of effects there, Feb. 1826 (Chronicle). Still standing in 1884."
"2913","Selkirk Villas. Precise location uncertain; 4 houses, 1872."
"2914","Selworthy, Up Hatherley. Off Rothleigh; part of Greatfield Park Phase II development by Westbury Homes, approved 1986 and completed c. 1989. Selworthy is an Exmoor village near Minehead, Devon, the choice reflecting Devon origin of Cllr David Hall (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"2915","Seneca Way, Wyman's Brook. Developed by Geo. Wimpey Ltd (agreement of Feb. 1973; adopted Nov. 1975). Perhaps a racehorse name."
"2916","Serpentine Walk. Continuation of Well Walk southwards beyond the Old Well. Mentioned 1781: 106 yds long (Goding 273)."
"2917","Sevelm, Up Hatherley. Off Rothleigh; part of Greatfield Park Phase II development by Westbury Homes (approved 1986, completed c. 1989). One of the few examples in Cheltenham of an original made-up name, the elements being Sev for (vale of) Severn and elm for the tree theme already established on this development (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"2918","Seven Arches. House in Lansdown Parade, 1936; term still current. Possibly what in 1891 was Eckington Villa (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"2919","Seven Post(s) Alley, Prestbury. From Burgage to Prestbury Road; the seven posts at the New Barn Lane end stood until the 1950s."
"2920","Severall Close, Prestbury. Also known as Green Close. Mentioned in 1666 will of William Church (Sale, p. 13)."
"2921","Severn Hill, Gloucester Road. 15 houses between the river Chelt and the Albion Inn, i.e. present nos. 28-56. Origin obscure: any hill up from the Chelt at this point is close to imperceptible. Probably begun early 1880s: only 8 shown on 1884 map."
"2922","Severn Road, Whaddon. Name chosen 1935, before construction had begun. Part of the mid-1930s Cheltenham Borough Council development of the Whaddon Farm estate (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct. 1935). English rivers theme."
"2923","Shackle's Pike, at the foot of Harp Hill. Site of a tollgate on the old turnpike road to London. Shackel's Pike on 1828 OS map 1""; Shackle's Pike in 1841 Census. Presumably from a personal name."
"2924","Shakespeare Inn or Tavern, Lower High Street (no. 388). Not marked on 1787 map, and therefore probably recent when first noted 1800 directory."
"2925","Shakespeare Road, St Mark's. 'Resolved, that the central road leading from Milton Road to Tennyson Road be called Shakespeare Road' (Housing Committee, Jan. 1924); roadway built 1925. 2 houses only in 1926. Part of the land was formerly known locally as Aeroplane Field, which see. An extension through to the new Princess Elizabeth Way was made about 1954 (Housing Committee,Nov. 1953). English poets theme."
"2926","Shamrock Villas, St Mark's. 2 houses in Granley Road, listed in 1891-2 directory; later increased to 5 houses."
"2927","Shaw Green, Prestbury. Thus by 1692 (personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott: Accounts of Overseers of Poor), and Place Names of Gloucestershire quotes a Shawe in 1575. From Old English sceaga, 'copse'."
"2928","Shaw Green Cottages, Prestbury. 10 houses in Shaw Green Lane, existing by 1911."
"2929","Shaw Green Lane, Prestbury. Marked thus on 1884 map. The road is an ancient one, leading from the former manor house in Spring Lane to the hilltop pastures (personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott). Some older houses, but most residential development began in first decade of 20th century."
"2930","Sheepscombe Close, Benhall. Part of Geo. Wimpey & Co.'s Benhall Farm estate; name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee.Apr., no. 1588). Cotswold village theme."
"2931","Sheep's Head Row, Leckhampton. 4 cottages formerly west of Kidnapper's Lane, south end. On 1778 enclosure award map (Andrew)."
"2932","Shelburne Road, from Lansdown Road to Hatherley Road. Perhaps recently formed in 1869, when additional lamps were ordered to be set up 'in the Shelburne Road' (Streets and Highways Committee Dec.). 1884 map. Originally owned by Dean Close School (which opened 1886). Road described as 'rendered traversable' in June 1886 (Examiner), perhaps after cessation of school building works. Negotiations in progress 1898-9 to allow public use (MTC). Name probably connected in some way with Shelburne House, former name (1855-7 Old Town Survey) of house in Lansdown Road, about opposite present police HQ."
"2933","Sheldon's Court, Fairview. 7 houses off Sherborne Street, opposite west end of Jersey Street. 1844 directory, 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"2934","Shelley Avenue, St Mark's. Existing by 1936. See following."
"2935","Shelley Road, St Mark's. Name adopted 1928 on recommendation of Housing Committee (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct.). English poets theme."
"2936","Shepherds Close, off Willowbrook Drive in estate off Hayden Road. Developed by JJH (Building Developments) Ltd (agreement of May 1983; adopted Nov. 1985)."
"2937","Sherborne. Name element common in Fairview, but also seen elsewhere in the town. In 1628 the manor of Cheltenham was purchased outright from the Crown by John Dutton of Sherborne, Glos. It was to remain in the possession of this family for over two centuries, until sold to James Agg-Gardner (Hart, p. 91)."
"2938","Sherborne Cottages, Sherborne Street. 3 houses listed in 1844 directory under Sherborne Terrace. 1860."
"2939","Sherborne Court, Fairview. Off western side of Sherborne Street, between nos. 6 & 7, listed 1844 directory, when it was home to 4 people."
"2940","Sherborne Passage. 3 dwellings on eastern side of Sherborne Street; 1844 directory."
"2941","Sherborne Place. off Albion Street; Developed by 1812 (Blake & Beacham, p. 70); laid out on 1819 map, though unnamed there. Named on 1825 map. Various building certs. for houses, stables etc issued 1824-33. See also Grosvenor Cottages, Little Sherborne Place."
"2942","Sherborne Promenade. The Promenade is termed thus in building certs. for 5 houses, 1833."
"2943","Sherborne Spa. Built 1818 by the Harward brothers on the site where the Queen's Hotel now stands. 'Foundation stone for Sherborne Well laid Tuesday last' (Chronicle, 22 Jan. 1818). About a decade later, renamed Imperial Spa, which see."
"2944","Sherborne Street, established 1806 by the grocer William Gyde (Blake & Beacham, p. 70), though pace of early development unclear. Nos. 1, 4, 5 & 6 (adjacent to Winchcombe House) described in 1815 as built about 4 years previously (Chronicle, 25 May). Much building here in mid-1820s (Certs.). See also Richmond Cottages, Sheldon's Court."
"2945","Sherborne Terrace, Fairview Road. Westernmost 6 of terrace still surviving on north side of present street, opposite Bence's. Nos. I & 5 listed 1830 directory. Building cert. for alteration of no. I issued 1831. 1834 map."
"2946","Sherborne Villas. Unlocated; building cert. for no. 7, 1831. A possibly separate Sherborne Villa was part of Freeman's Hvdropathic Establishment in Sherborne Place (1844 directory)."
"2947","Sherborne Well. Sunk 1809 by Dr Jameson 'at the top of [Badgeworth] Lane' (Griffith, p. 27); conceivably a reference to the future Lansdown Road."
"2948","Sherborne Walk. The first name for the avenue that later became the Promenade (Hart, p. 149); building certs. for houses here, Oct. 1826. Quoted 1830 as address of Ware's Nursery (directory), suggesting it included the area which by 1834 had become Imperial Square."
"2949","Shophouse. Noted 1763 (Manor Court Books) as name of tenement in Arle. A later Manor Court Books ref. (1783) may be to the same, though the unclear context may suggest in or near High Street. Place Names of Gloucestershire explains another Glos. instance of this name (Newland, Forest of Dean, 1840) as 'sheep-house'."
"2950","Short Street, Leckhampton. Off Moorend Street. No trace on 1834 map, but present (marked simply as 'lane') on 1835 Enclosure Award map. Marked as an arm of Little Norwood Street on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; present name on 1884 map."
"2951","Shrublands, Charlton Kings. Off Pinetrees, Moorend Road. Developed by Costain Homes Ltd (agreement of Apr. 1980; adopted Nov. 1985) on part of site of former Moorend Park Hotel. Seemingly unrelated to Shrublands, 1940s housename, Leckhampton Hill."
"2952","Shurdington Place. Terrace on east side of Bath Road, between the Five Alls pub and Hermitage Place, now nos. 218-32. 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Probably named after following."
"2953","Shurdington Road. A new route, surveyed by Charles Baker of Painswick and opened 1823, striking off from the point where the then recently built Bath Road met an angle in the tramway line, i.e. at present Norwood Arms roundabout (pc JM). Known thus by 1847. See also Edward Place, Norwood Parade."
"2954","Sidney Parade. See Sydney Parade."
"2955","Sidney Place. Described by Ruff (1806) as 'in the Coffee-house Yard', i. e. what became Portland Passage and later Pittville Street; it may thus have been near Sydney House (see following)."
"2956","Sidney (earlier sometimes Sydney) Street, east of and parallel with Hewlett Road, off Hewlett Place. Originally referred to (e.g. on 1820 map) as Sydney Parade; by then already a dozen or more small houses. Still under development in 1825 (several building certs.). Ref. to no. 27 Sidney Street, 1826 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 12 June). 1834 map. 31 houses by 1844 directory. Older directories suggest the anonymous footpath now connecting Sidney Street with Hewlett Road was also called Sidney Street. Possibly commemorates a notable visitor (Goding, p. 298). There was also a Sydney House in Albion Street, a 'substantial brick house' auctioned 1811 (Miles/Glos. Journal, 19 Sept.); see also Sidney Place, above. House gone or renamed by 1844. Bath had a Sydney Gardens (equivalent of London's Vauxhall Gardens), of c. 1795 (RCHM/BAT)."
"2957","Sidney Terrace. Apparently part of Sidney Street; building cert. for 3 houses here, 1827."
"2958","Silverthorne Close, Leckhampton. 1960s-70s development, off Shurdington Road."
"2959","Silverton Buildings. Business premises in Great Norwood Street, now nos. 41-3. Of c 1880, they are the youngest buildings in the street (pe KMP)."
"2960","Silverwood Way, Up Hatherley. Off Greatfield Lane; Westbury Homes development approved 1988 and completed c. 1990; named in accordance with tree theme established for earlier phases of this development (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"2961","Sinclair Villas. 2 houses in or near Pittville Circus. Listed 1844 directory, when no. 1 was occupied by the builder Edward Cope, who was active in this area."
"2962","Sion Row. Row of 4 smallish houses south of St Mary's Churchyard, apparently on site of east side of present Well Walk. Marked thus on 1817 map of Harward estate, but no other reference noted. Possibly influenced by a speculative development of the same name in Bristol, of c. 1785 (Ison, p. 25). Note also that the manor of Cheltenham was held by the nunnery of Sion, Middlesex, from the 15th century to the Dissolution."
"2963","Sir Matthew Wood's Road. Now College Road, which see. Had this name in 1851, when the site of St Luke's was purchased (Blake 1979, p. 32); and marked as Wood's Road on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Goding (1863) still refers to it as Sir Matthew Wood's Road '"
"2964","Sissinghurst Grove, Up Hatherley. Part of 1993-4 development at Brizen House Farm; by Wimpey Homes."
"2965","Six Chimney Lane, opposite Lower Alstone Mill. Former name, from at least 1884 to 1938, for present Arle Avenue. After Six Chimney(s)/Chimnies Farm, Arle Road, named thus on 1806-10 map and still extant 1911."
"2966","Six Ways, Charlton Kings. Informal name for junction of Greenway Lane, Ryeworth Road, Copt Elm Road and Cudnall Street with London Road."
"2967","Skew Close, Prestbury. Mentioned in 1712 will of William Church (Sale, p. 112)."
"2968","Skillicorne Avenue. Name adopted by council in June 1929 for new road (then as yet unbuilt) across part of the former Whaddon Farm land sold by Miss Skillcorne. However, though 'appreciating the intention of the committee to perpetuate the connection of her family with the town', Miss Skillicorne was unwilling, and by Oct. 1929 the General Purposes and Watch Committee had settled for Whaddon Avenue. See also Patesian Avenue, an earlier choice."
"2969","Skillicorne Mews, off Queen's Road. Formed c. 1970s on site occupied from 1870s by James Cypher's Nursery. Commemorates a family whose connection with the town stretched from Henry Skillicorne (d 1763; see Hart p. 124) to Alderman William Nash Skillicorne, who died in 1915 in his fourth term as mayor."
"2970","Skittle Alley. First noted reference in Cheltenham is in 1768: 'all that little parcel of ground inclosed with a brick wall and formerly and at this time used as a garden but lately called the Skittle Alley' (Manor Court Books, 22 Apr.). Context suggests it was near Coffee House Yard, i.e. somewhere near present rear entrance to Marks & Spencer off Albion Street."
"2971","Sly's Cottages, Cambray. Two cottages 'at the back of 407 High Street' (today, no. 94), existing by 1824. After Joseph Sly, described 1802 as a maltster, or the doubtless related Joseph Sly, gent., who sold a parcel of properties including these in 1824 (deeds; pc J Jefferies)."
"2972","Smithes Hill, Alstone. Furlong name, noted 1629 (Manor Court Books)."
"2973","Smithwood Grove, Charlton Kings. Off Bafford Approach; developed by Brixbur Builders (agreement of Feb. 1964)."
"2974","Smythe Road, Swindon Village. Off Church Road; small development of bungalows built on site of The Poplars in 1960s. Road originally The Poplars but renamed 1965 in recognition of work done by Lt. Col. A. C. Gordon-Smythe late of Swindon Manor and Lord of the Manor, who died 1464 (personal communication Major A C Cropp)."
"2975","Snelus's Passage. Named as reference point for Enumeration District 20 in 1841 Census, though no dwellings listed there; context suggests it was near Swindon Place, which see. Perhaps what later became Swindon Passage, tenements in which were built by Snelus family, property owners in this area since the 1780s (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1787 terrier; Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 7)."
"2976","Snow's Chapel, Grosvenor Street. Built 1817-8 for the Revd Thomas Snow. After Snow's departure, became the first Highbury Chapel (Blake 1979, p. 9); now youth club hall."
"2977","Sochi Court, Princess Elizabeth Way. 1950s; named after one of Cheltenham's twin towns, on the Black Sea coast of Russia."
"2978","Soho Place, off Tewkesbury Road. 1841 Census. 7 houses, 1844 directory. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey as a terrace of 8 cottages in the Coach Road, near gas works. On the opposite side of the road a Soho Cottage is shown (also in 1844 directory). Demolished 1869 to make way for gas company extension (Examiner, 14 Apr.)."
"2979","Solway Road, Springbank. Developed by R. Hitchins Ltd (agreement of Dec. 1965); name suggested by developer and approved 1965 (Market and Watch Committee, 1 Sept.)."
"2980","Somergate Road, estate off Hayden Road. Developed by Westbury Homes (Severnside) Ltd (agreement of Sept. 1983; adopted Nov. 1985; and further by the same firm, Jan. 1986, adopted Oct. 1990)."
"2981","Somers Place. Part of following, fronting onto Tewkesbury Road; outlined but apparently unbuilt on 1834 map."
"2982","Somers Town. 1834 map. Block of three streets off Tewkesbury Road west of Townsend Street, shown on 1834 map as a projected development, and largely realised as Russell Place, Cleveland, Albert, and Russell Streets. It is not clear whether Townsend Street was part of this grid, or simply its eastern baseline. Term still in use until at least 1847 (directory; twice as Somers and once as Sommers); same directory indicates that a Union Street also formed part of it. Earl Somers was among the notable visitors present on the occasion of the Duke of Wellington's second visit, 1828 (Goding, p. 316), which might explain the name. The 5th Baron Somers had been a Cheltenham grammar school pupil; family said to have had numerous connections in the town (d. 1899 aged 84: obit., Cheltenham Looker-On, 7 Oct.). Somers Town in London (near Euston and St Pancras; land owned by the same Somers family) had grown up as a working class area in the late 18th century, and may have been in some sense a model. Summertown in Oxford began c. 1820 as Somers Town, then became Summerstown c. 1822, reportedly because of its pleasant location (Marriott)."
"2983","Somerset Avenue, Rowanfield. Developed 1949-50. Southern county theme."
"2984","Somerset Cottages, Charlton Kings. Listed in 1891 census, under Horsefair Street. 5 houses in 1936 directory."
"2985","Somerset Passage, from Clarence Street to St James's Square, behind Shaftesbury Hall. Presumably after Somerset House (see following)."
"2986","Somerset Place, at west end of what is now Clarence Street, including Catholic Church. Mentioned by Ruff (1806) as 'next to the Meeting House'. Advt. 1810 for '2 neat and convenient houses, nos. 1 & 2 Somerset Place' (Chronicle, 5 July). 1820 map. Evidently named after the nearby Somerset House, which is listed 1800 directory and shown on 1806 map. The house of the same name in Knapp Street today is on generally the same site, but is recent. Probably associated with a notable visitor (Goding p. 298), Somerset being the family name of the Dukes of Beaufort. Bath has a slightly earlier Somerset Place, of c. 1790."
"2987","Somerset Villas, Leckhampton Road. 2 houses, first listed 1883-4 directory. Possible ref. to same, 1882 Cheltenham Looker-On."
"2988","Somme Road, off Priors Road. 1960s; Gloucestershire Regiment battle honours theme."
"2989","South Africa House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Named 1953 (Housing Committee, Dec., no. 1156). Commonwealth theme."
"2990","South Avenue. Part of post-war Priors Farm estate, the first pre-fabs to be erected in Cheltenham (late 1945). Replaced by 1960s development."
"2991","South Parade. Early name of Montpellier Terrace, which see. Lodging houses listed here from at least 1820 (directory). Building certs. for further houses here issued 1825-6."
"2992","South Park, Up Hatherley. Listed in Place Names of Gloucestershire, but actually a house-name (existing by 1911)."
"2993","South Town. Former name for artisan area centred on present Bath Road shops. At the start it had some genteel pretensions (see e.g. Bath Terrace). Development of the area had begun before 1820 (Sampson & Blake). First reference to this name is 1825: sale of dwelling in Grafton Street, South Town (Chronicle, 8 Dec.). Also seen in 1826 (Griffiths) (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock, who also notes it is odd that such an apt name fell into disuse)."
"2994","South View, Charlton Kings. 4 houses in London Road; listed 1911."
"2995","Southview Way, Prestbury. Noverton Park. Listed by 1959. After a house named Southview, a small property (named on 1923 OS 1:2500) in Finchcroft Lane."
"2996","Southam Road, Prestbury. The B4632, which skirts Southam on its way to Winchcombe."
"2997","Southampton Place, High Street. Originally 3 houses, i.e. present nos. 32-6 High Street ' the taller 3 opposite Belle Vue Hotel/Irving Court. Nos, 2 & 3 listed as lodging houses' in 1820 (directory); marked on 1834 map. The name was extended to include the slightly later nos. 28-30 High Street."
"2998","Southcourt Close, off Southcourt Drive. Developed by Lovell Housing Ltd (agreement of Dec. 1981; adopted June 1985)."
"2999","Southcourt Drive, off Leckhampton Road. Developed by Western Estates (agreement of Nov. 1958); name approved by Market and Watch Committee same month. Extension by same firm (agreed Oct. 1972; adopted Sept. 1974). After Southcourt, house named on 1835 enclosure award map."
"3000","Southend Villas. 3 houses, now nos. 30-4 Painswick Road, at junction with Andover Street; shown on 1883 OS map 1:500 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"3001","Southern Road, Leckhampton. Near top of Old Bath Road. A residential cul-de-sac, developed by G. A. M. Hall from 1935 (Town Planning Committee, Nov. 1934; Streets and Highways Committee, Oct. 1935). Originally intended to be the start of a southern by-pass (hence the name, agreed in 1934) through to Sandy Lane and Cirencester Road (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov. 1934). The by-pass plan was still alive in 1940 (Town Planning Committee, Apr.); by 1952 no longer on the development plan, though the Street and Highway Committee felt it could still be a useful link road (Nov. 1952; no. 1065)."
"3002","Southfield, Charlton Kings. Shown on 1806-10 map, though probably considerably older. 1828 OS map 1"" shows Southfield Farm, which existed by 1800 (Gray, no. 640); 1884 map has Southfield Manor and Southfield Brook. The land was part of the Charlton Kings lower field until early C18 when it became part of Charlton Park estate. Previous names included Hill Farm (1746) and Field Farm (1785) (pc J Sale)."
"3003","Southfield Approach, Leckhampton. Off Everest Road; developed by Coldrick, Little & Thompson (agreement of Aug. 1963). Name agreed with Charlton Kings UDC 1962 (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 29 Aug.)."
"3004","Southfield Close, off Everest Road. Developed by Coldrick, Little & Thompson (agreement of Jan. 1963). Named 1962 (as above)."
"3005","Southfield Manor Park, Charlton Kings. Recent residential development."
"3006","Southfield Rise, off Everest Road. Same date and developer as preceding."
"3007","Southfield Villas, Old Bath Road. 2 houses, first listed 1844 directory."
"3008","Southgate Drive, off Sandford Mill Road. Developed by Wheeler & Mansell Ltd (agreement of Oct. 1964)."
"3009","Southwood Lane, Montpellier. Originally mainly a service road, and unnamed until about 1960. Named after Southwood, house in Lypiatt Road, for a time the location of a Cheltenham College boarding house of the same name (the college has applied the name to several different buildings), the origin being a former headmaster, Revd Thomas Southwood, who died 19 Sept. 1885 (obit., Cheltenham Looker-On, 26 Sept.)."
"3010","Sower (or Sowre) Furlong. A furlong in Cheltenham Lower field. Seen e.g. in 1715 will of Robert Hyett (Sale, p. 127). Presumably indicating 'sour' land."
"3011","Spa Buildings, Montpellier. 14 houses, now nos. 10-36 Montpellier Spa Road. 'No. 3' in existence by 1847 (directory); thus on cast-iron nameplate (1870s), and to at least 1926, but also sometimes known by the fuller form Montpellier Spa Buildings."
"3012","Spa Place, Montpellier Spa Road. The 4 westernmost houses; first noted on 1855-7 Old Town Survey though probably rather earlier."
"3013","Spa Street. One of several early names for Clarence Street. Thus on 1827 deed: 'lately made by Thomas Harward' (Gloucestershire Record Office, D855 5 p. 64)."
"3014","Spackman's Cottages. Initially 4, later 6, houses in or off Portland Square. Listed 1844 directory, adjacent to old no. 30 Portland Square, occupied by Charles Spackman, plasterer and builder. In 1890s renamed Portland Cottages (pc M Grindley)."
"3015","Spenser Avenue, St Mark's. Name adopted on recommendation of Housing Committee in 1928 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct. 1928); building began not long afterwards. English poet theme."
"3016","Spenser Road, St Mark's. First house in existence by Oct. 1924; name agreed same month (Housing Committee). Plans to make up the road 1925 (Housing Committee. Oct.)."
"3017","Spinal Road. Planning name, up to 1952, of Princess Elizabeth Way."
"3018","The Spindles, Leckhampton, off The Lanes. Development of c. 1990 off Kidnapper's Lane."
"3019","The Spinney, Pittville. Off Hillcourt Road; of c. 1990."
"3020","Spread Eagle Terrace. 6 cottages off south side of Lower High Street, between the Spread Eagle pub and no. 259 [now 422] High Street. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey, near old cemetery. Still extant 1926."
"3021","Spring Bottom, Charlton Kings. On 1884 map, east of School Lane and south of the Chelt; 4 springs shown."
"3022","Spring Bridge, Charlton Kings. On 1923 OS map 1:2,500; referring either to where the A40 London Road crosses the river Chelt, or to a small footbridge nearby."
"3023","Spring Grove Villas, London Road, between Oxford Parade and Keynsham Bank. 4 houses. First listed in 1859 directory (nos. 3 & 4)."
"3024","Spring Lane, Prestbury. The tail end of Bowbridge Lane."
"3025","Springbank. Area on western edge of Cheltenham; from Springbank, a cottage built c. 1880 beside a spring, now on lane signposted to Hope Farm (History of Hester's Way)."
"3026","Springbank Close, Springbank. Developed by R. Hitchins Ltd (agreement of Nov. 1966)."
"3027","Springbank Drive, Springbank. Same developer (agreement of Jan. 1970)."
"3028","Springbank Grove, Springbank. Same developer (agreement of Jan. 1970)."
"3029","Springbank Road, Springbank. Same developer (agreements of Oct., Nov. 1965; adopted Dec. 1969; further agreements of Feb. 1968, Jan. 1970)."
"3030","Springbank Way, Springbank. Developed by R.Hitchins Ltd (agreement of Nov. 1966), and Bryant Homes Ltd (agreement of May 1978; adopted June 1982)."
"3031","Spring Field. Unlocated; residence of Robert Crump, gentleman, in 1820 directory. Possibly the origin of one of the following."
"3032","Springfield Close, The Reddings. Off North Road; of 1960s-70s appearance."
"3033","Springfield Cottages, Rosehill Street. 7 houses, existing by 1911."
"3034","Springfield Court, Up Hatheriey. Off Greatfield Lane; c. 1980s."
"3035","Springfield Place, Rosehill Street. 12 houses, listed 1888 directory."
"3036","Springfields. Area name proposed by residents 1996 for housing association development, on Arle Farm site off Pilgrove Way (Glos. Echo, 2 May 1996)."
"3037","Springwell Place, Sandford Street. 2 houses on south side, 1844 directory, 3 houses 1876 directory, and 18 by 1891-2 directory."
"3038","Stamford Terrace (sometimes seen as Stanford), south end of Regent Street. Building cert. issued ('the late carpenter's yard') 1835. 2 houses listed 1844 directory. Stamford House, listed 1841 Census; still standing, next to Regent Arcade car park."
"3039","Stampersgat Walk. Mid-1990s naming of a path in Sandford Park; commemorating municipal friendship with town in Netherlands."
"3040","Stancombe Grove, Up Hatherley. Mid- 1990s development by Wimpey Homes."
"3041","Stanford. See Stamford."
"3042","Stanhope Street, off Tewkesbury Road, on line of present Hope Street. Under development in early 1820s (1826 ref. to house in this street having been built 5 years earlier (Gray, no. 621). Ref. 1821 to 6 new-built freehold cottages on east side of Stanhope Street (Chronicle, 3 May), with further lots advertised in June. Various parcels of land on east and west sides for sale, 1824 (Journal, Dec.). 1826 ref. to no. 32 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 12 June). 1834 map. Cresy 1849 claimed that its residents 'appear to gain their livelihood by the collecting of ashes and manure, which are retained in heaps in front of the houses'. Decaying by 1920s, when over a dozen houses were recommended for demolition (Public Health Committee, Feb. 1922, Oct. 1923). The council set up a Slum Areas Clearance Committee in Jan. 1924, to draw up an improvement scheme centred on this street, using powers under the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890. Arrangements to buy up numerous properties were in hand by Nov. 1925 (Slum Areas Clearance Committee). Initially the scheme called for 32 new houses to be built, in Elm and Malvern Streets, and Swindon Road, but this figure later dropped. (MTC, Slum Areas Clearance Committee; Dec. 1924, 1925) In 1925, of 174 houses placed in the slum category by a 1917 report of the MOH, 60 remained to be dealt with. The change of name to Hope Street (Oct. 1928, Slum Areas Clearance Committee/General Purposes and Watch Committee) was almost certainly to signify the new start. The celebrated Lady Hester Stanhope, known to have visited the town early in 1800s, may have inspired the original name."
"3043","Stanley Place, off Hester's Way Road. Part of 'Stage 14' of the Hester's Way estate development; name recommended 1955 (Housing Committee, Aug., no. 563). Colonial/Commonwealth theme."
"3044","Stanley Road, Battledown. First laid out in 1861 (then known as Diagonal Road, also as the Harp Road or Battledown Road); present name by 1901. It matches the other names on Battledown, but takes its name from Stanley Lodge (1884 map; or Villa, 1897 map) (house now known as Avalon), rather than continuing the tree theme (O'Connor, 10, 54)."
"3045","Stansby Park Homes, The Reddings. Mobile home site off The Reddings."
"3046","Stanton Way, Benhall. Part of Geo. Wimpey & Co. development of the Benhall Farm estate. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee Apr., no. 1588). Cotswold village theme."
"3047","Stantons Drive, Swindon Village. Developed early 1960s, and named 1963; after Mr J. C. M. Stanton, d. 1938, once of Brookville (now named Old Swindon House). By his will of 1931 he had left allotment land for the use of the parish; a continuation of Stantons Drive leads to these allotments (personal communication Major A C Cropp)."
"3048","Stanway Road, Benhall. Developed by Geo. Wimpey & Co. (agreement of July 1959). Cotswold village theme."
"3049","Stanwick Crescent, Wyman's Brook. Developed by R. Hitchins Ltd (agreement of June 1972; adopted Sept. 1975)."
"3050","Stanwick Drive, Wyman's Brook. Same developer (agreements of June 1972 and July 1973; adopted Sept. 1975)."
"3051","Stanwick Gardens, Wyman's Brook. Same developer (agreement of Aug. 1971); extended by same firm (agreement of July 1972; adopted Sept. 1975). From field or market gardens of the same name, shown on 1884 map."
"3052","Star Hotel, Regent Street. One of very few Cheltenham pubs to survive in continuous use from the 1820s; name recently changed to J. D. Pepper's (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"3053","Starve(h)all Lane, Prestbury. Unofficial name for lane leading off south side of New Barn Lane to Starvehall (farm shown on 1884 map and still extant). Referred to thus in minutes of Town Improvement Committee, Nov. 1911, in discussion about rights of access from west side of this lane onto New Barn Lane and Evesham Road. Land had been sold by Joseph Pitt in 1840. Starveall Lane also used by some in reference to New Barn Lane itself (Glos. Echo, 2 Jan. 193 1). Starveall is a common name for bad ground (Grundy); 'the name of half-a-score farms in Glos.' (Kelly's County directory, 1902). Until at least 1902 there was a Starveall Lane in Gloucester (Done)."
"3054","Station Street, off New Street. In 1886 a 'newly-erected cul-de-sac' (Cheltenham Mercury, 27 Nov.); first listed in 1893 directory. Possibly originally projected as a through road to High Street (see Pantile Row). From the nearby GWR station at St James'."
"3055","Station Yard, off Leckhampton Road. 1926; by the former Cheltenham South railway station."
"3056","Steel's Alley, Charlton Kings. Between East End Road and London Road; after William Steel, late ]9th-century owner of an adjacent plot (CKLHB 13, p. 17)."
"3057","Sterling Court, off Arle Avenue. Developed by Alstone Development (agreement of July 1969)."
"3058","Stews Lane, Charlton Kings. Name until 19th century of present Brookway Road a Stewe family was present in Charlton Kings in 16th century (Paget, p. 48), and one Richard Stew's house in this lane burned down c. 1635 (Paget, p. 85)."
"3059","Still's Lane. Former name of St George's Place, which see. Name first noted 1730: surrender of a house on western side of Still's Lane (PRO C116/144). Current to at least 1787 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes). From a personal name: various members of a Still family were involved in property transactions in Cheltenham and Charlton Kings, in 1703, 1709 and 1712 (Manor Court Books)."
"3060","Stockton Close, Charlton Kings, off Bafford Approach. Developed by Brixbur Builders (agreement of Feb. 1964)."
"3061","Stone House. Stood at top of Henrietta Street, probably not far from the site of the now demolished Stonehouse Inn (corner of Dunalley Street and Swindon Road). First noted in 1806 (Ruff). Also in sale advt. 1810 (Chronicle, 9 Aug.); and in 1817 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Jan.)."
"3062","Stoneleigh Close, Leckhampton. Off top of Old Bath Road. Of c. 1970. Perhaps recalling Stonley or Stanley, a close name first recorded in 13th century (Andrew)."
"3063","Stoneville Street, off north end of Gloucester Road. After 1864 map; not listed before 1883-4 directory; on 1884 map. Declared a highway in 1907 (Streets and Highways Committee, Nov.). Very probably named after the nearby stoneyard and wharf (see 1820, 1834 maps) at the head of the rail road from Gloucester."
"3064","Stow Court, off Gloucester Road. Modern infill development near former Co-op store."
"3065","The Strand. Place Names of Gloucestershire notes a 1605 ref. to Stronds, i.e. the 'bank' (of the river Chelt); exact location in this reference is uncertain. Current use (variable, sometimes including the entire length of the High Street from Bath Road to Boot's Corner) is relatively modern, and follows a deliberate renaming at the request of High Street shopkeepers of the stretch between the Belle Vue Hotel and Rodney Road, after a new lighting scheme was introduced (Change agreed by General Purposes and Watch Committee, Feb. 1928; 1930 Guide). The intention was to evoke the smart London Strand, itself ultimately reflecting a similar river-bank origin."
"3066","Stratford Cottages, Prestbury Road. Seen as Stratford's, 1806 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). 3 cottages just south of Cakebridge Place. 1844 directory, 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Apparently increased to 5 by 1884. Now demolished."
"3067","Stratford Mews, Southwood Lane. Infill development of 3 houses, 1960s/70s, to rear of former Stratford House, now no. 27 Suffolk Square."
"3068","Stretton Terrace, Rosehill Street. Present nos. 43-59; 9 houses of Edwardian appearance; existing by 1911."
"3069","Strickland Road, off Hales Road. Developed by Marshall (Charlton Kings) Ltd (agreement of Oct. 1955); name suggested by Market and Watch Committee, Mar. 1956 (no. 1542). Named after Strickland almshouses, adjacent in Hales Road. Externally dated 1914; plan by trustees of Strickland Cottage Homes for 5 'cottage-homes' in Hale's Road considered by Streets and Highways Committee, Sept. 1913)."
"3070","Strowdes Lane, Charlton Kings. An ancient public right of way from near Balcarres to Little Herberts and Sappercombe Farm. Part still in use as James Drove/Piggy Lane. References in 1597 and 1635 (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 32). Perhaps from a close called Strowd, which adjoined it; noted e.g. 1629 (Manor Court Books)."
"3071","Studland Drive, Prestbury. Listed by 1959. In a group of Dorset names in Noverton Park."
"3072","Sturmy's ford, Alstone. Reference point in presentment for scouring ditches, 1680 (PRO C116/137)."
"3073","Sudeley House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Flats, c. 1960."
"3074","Sudeley Place, Winchcombe Street. Originally terrace of 6 houses; marked on 1834 map. Listed as 8 houses including Cooper's Arms, 1844 directory. Site now occupied (1996) by Westgate Furniture. After Sudeley Castle, in Winchcombe."
"3075","Suffolk Church. Occasional early name of St James's, Suffolk Square (Davies 1834 p. I 11)"
"3076","Suffolk estate, Developed by James Fisher, from 1823, on land originally bought from the De la Beres by the Earl of Suffolk in 1808. The only existing building, Gallipot Farm, was remodelled for the new owner by Joseph Rainger c. 1804 (pc OB), and is shown on 1809 map as 'Earl Suffolk's House'. Later known as Montpellier House, but by 1824 renamed Suffolk House, site now where flats of the same name stand (by Eric Cole). This house perhaps same as Suffolk Lodge, noted 1820 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes). The Earl of Suffolk died 1820, and James Fisher, a hotelier, bought the estate. The Cheltenham Journal of 2 June 1823 reported that 'a splendid range of building is about to be erected in the form of a crescent on that beautiful and picturesque property lately belonging to the Earl of Suffolk, with a spacious and elegant pump room'; present Suffolk Square is most of what was actually realised of this scheme."
"3077","Suffolk Lane. Named in a building certificate, 1838. Not identified; possibly a service road in the Suffolk Square area."
"3078","Suffolk Lawn, east side of what is now Lypiatt Road. 4 large houses, originally known as Park Place. Architect Edward Jenkins. Possibly begun by 1826; first firm ref. 1827 (lighting required, Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 6 Apr.). Nos. 1, 2 & 3 listed 1830 directory, though building cert. for no. 2 not issued until 1834. If the trees in the plate in Davies 1834 (p. 16 1) are a good guide, the development was well-established by this date."
"3079","Suffolk Mansions, Suffolk Square. 7 houses on eastern side, named thus by 1926."
"3080","Suffolk Mews. At north end of what is now Andover Street; 1834 map."
"3081","Suffolk Parade. Name now applies to whole street from Montpellier Terrace to Suffolk Road, but originally designated a terrace of 13 houses on the eastern side, southern end. Under construction in 1820. Building cert. for no. 4 in 1824. All 13 marked on 1834 map; southern 6 survive as nos. 27-32 (now mostly antique shops etc)-, some of northern 7 may survive, but site partly taken over by former Daffodil cinema. Several more houses erected in a second wave, perhaps elsewhere in this street, 1835-39 (building certs.)."
"3082","Suffolk Place, Montpellier. Short length of road (now stopped up) to rear of Midland Bank at top of Montpellier. Name originally referred to the terrace of 4 houses, which existed by 1820 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Mar.; map)."
"3083","Suffolk Road. Follows line of an old route from Westal to Charlton through the open field system (Rawes 6, p. 1); present but unnamed on 1806-10 map. First named Commercial Road (which see); thus on 1834 map. Building certs. for present name, 1838-40. 1872 directory indicates both names valid, though marked as Suffolk Road on 1884 map. Renumbered 1933 (Housing Committee, Jan.); and again in 1958-9 to include houses in Andover Place, Tivoli Circus and other properties as far as 'the new traffic island' that followed demolition of Crossways, Tivoli Circus (Market and Watch Committee Sept. 1958, no. 513). See also Norwood Place."
"3084","Suffolk Square. Developed 1820s by James Fisher (Sampson & Blake, p. 15); building cert. for 2 houses in his name, Sept. 1826. Ref. to western side, 1827 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 5 Jan.). In Oct. 1828 'as yet boasts but two or three finished houses' (Witts, Diary, p. 76). May briefly have been known as Montpellier Square, which see. The north side terrace, of which only 4 houses appear complete on 1834 map, is probably by Edward Jenkins (personal communication Dr Steven Blake; not Papworth as suggested by Verey). In 1834, was 'as yet unfinished, but advancing rapidly towards completion' (Davies, p. 161). Building continuing 1835 (Cheltenham Looker-On, Oct.). See also Suffolk estate."
"3085","Suffolk Street. Between Bath Road and Gratton Road. Development still in early stage on 1834 map."
"3086","Sullivan House, Brooklyn Road. Post-1945 flats. English composers theme."
"3087","Summerfield Close, Arle. Off Glynbridge Gardens. Development of c. 1960s-70s."
"3088","Sun Inn. Listed at western end of High Street, north side, in 1800 directory; starting point for the Tewkesbury carrier. 1844 directory shows it between Swindon Passage and White Hart Row."
"3089","Sun Street, off Tewkesbury Road. Possibly the unnamed 'street adjoining Queen Street' mentioned in building cert. of Apr. 1826 for 3 houses by John Ward. Named in 1830 directory. Shown and named on 1834 map, where it is a cul-de-sac off Tewkesbury Road, developed along most of its western side. By 1884 had been developed along both sides to full length. 8 houses listed for demolition in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.). Nos. 1-4 Sun Street Retreat declared unfit for human habitation 1926 (Public Health Committee, Nov.). Some little way from the Sun Inn, which see, yet the latter seems the obvious origin of the street-name."
"3090","Sunningend. Originally a housename in the High Street, corner of College Road, where H. H. Martyn was active. In 1908, H. H. Martyn & Co. took over Letheren's Vulcan Iron Works, west of Gloucester Road, and the Sunningend name was transferred there. (Whitaker, p. 18)."
"3091","Sunnyfield Lane, Up Hatherley. Named thus by 1930s."
"3092","Sunrise Cottages, Old Bath Road. 7 houses at southern end, existing by 1911."
"3093","Surrey Avenue, Rowanfield. Developed 1949-50. Southern county theme."
"3094","Sussex Avenue, Rowanfield. Developed 1949-50. Also southern county theme."
"3095","Sussex Place (1). Ref to no. 1, 1830 directory. Later listed as 2 houses, in what is now Swindon Road, between Rutland Street and St Paul's Street North. In 1844 includes residence of Thomas Blizard, builder active in St Paul's."
"3096","Sussex Place (2). Terrace of mixed styles on west side of Hewlett Road, now nos. 6 to 26, between fencing materials yard and Albion Street. Existing by this name 1858 directory; from their appearance, some of the houses may date from the early stage (1820-30s) of what was then Hewlett Street, which see."
"3097","Sussex Street, St Paul's. Alternative name for at least part of Rutland Street. Mentioned in 1845 Rating List. Paving tenders sought for 'Rutland Street otherwise Sussex Street' 1848 (Examiner, 15 Nov.). Name still current 1860. This and other early Sussex names perhaps commemorate the visit of the Duke of Sussex in Sept. 1809 (Goding, p. 3 10), but the link seems tenuous."
"3098","Sussex villas. Original name of present nos. 8-10 Clarence Road (Blake 1988, p. 57); listed in 1839 directory. 1855-7 Old Town Survey. A singular Sussex Villa was 'lately built but still unfurnished' in Oct. 1835 (CLO Survey). 3 houses by 1844."
"3099","Swallowtail Close, Fiddler's Green. Developed by Westbury Homes (agreement of Jan. 1988). Butterfly theme."
"3100","Swan Lane. Late 18th-century name for lane extending north beyond the then short built-up section of Winchcombe Street, at least as far as present site of Pittville Gates. 1789 ref. to this as a route out of town towards Prestbury (Moreau). Paved 1794 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 2 July). A Swan is marked on 1806 map at the Pittville Gates bend; this is probably to be interpreted as 'Swan Lane turnpike', as this was the site of a gate set up when the road to Winchcombe and beyond was piked c. 1791. The name comes from the former Swan Inn (distinct from the Old Swan Inn, renamed 1995, which see); this stood on the High Street corner of what was to become Winchcombe Street, nearly opposite the Plough. Built in 1725, says Goding (p. 245-6), yet described 1751 as a 'new, large, handsome and commodious Inn of his own building, opposite the market house' by Thomas Harvey, the landlord (Glos. Journal, 1 Jan.); perhaps this was a re-build. The Swan still existed as an inn when it was sold in 1791 and again in 1792 (Miles), but it is not listed in 1800. At 1725, and with a more central location, the Swan seems substantially earlier than the Old Swan (first ref. 1775), and the paradoxical naming of the latter remains to be explained."
"3101","Swanscombe Place, Up Hatherley, off Rothleigh. Part of Greatfield Park Phase 11 development by Westbury Homes, approved 1986 and completed c. 1989; named following trees-cum-rural theme adopted by Parish Council for this development, Swanscombe (actually a place in Kent) meaning 'camp of the swineherd' (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"3102","Swanswell Drive, Benhall. Developed by Bryant Homes Ltd on Granley Field estate (agreement of June 1966). Name suggested by developer and agreed 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, 2 Sept.). Cotswold village theme."
"3103","Swilgate. Small river, fed by among others Wyman's Brook and Hyde Brook, flowing from northern part of Swindon parish to join Severn at Tewkesbury. Known thus by 1540; name perhaps indicating some form of flood-gate at its western end (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Name also applied by some to Mill Brook, Prestbury."
"3104","Swindon (Village). Parish and village adjoining Cheltenham to the north-west, and now part of the borough. Appears in Domesday Book (1086) as Svindone, meaning 'hill where swine were kept' (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"3105","Swindon Brook. Old alternative for (part of) Wyman's Brook , 1617 (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 1, p. 3)."
"3106","Swindon Close, off Swindon Road. Developed by Kendrick Homes (agreement of July 1990; adopted June 1992)."
"3107","Swindon Cottages. 4 houses in Swindon Road, at junction with Stanhope Street. 1844 directory."
"3108","Swindon Lane. Part of a long-established route from Prestbury to Swindon; formerly known at least in part as Marle Hill Court Road. Since about the early 1950s the name has officially applied to the whole length from Evesham Road to Wyman's Lane. Earlier, Swindon Lane was loosely applied to some other routes into the village, including present Manor Road (personal communication Major A C Cropp)."
"3109","Swindon Parade, Swindon Road. Between Worcester Street and Elm Street; listed 1841 Census. 10 houses in 1844 directory."
"3110","Swindon Passage. Footpath between Swindon Road and Lower High Street. Some flexibility between this and Swindon Place, but latter tends to refer to the houses, and the former to the lane. See also Snelus's Passage."
"3111","Swindon Place. Properties behind no. 231 [latterly 429] High Street, built c. 1819-26. Rarely for Cheltenham, some were back-to-backs. The insanitary condition of the 38 houses here was already attracting unfavourable comment in 1849 (Cresy). Cleared as slums in the 1930s, some residents being rehoused in the newly-built Pates Avenue. Site now occupied by Royal Mail sorting office in Poole Way (CHLSJ 7)."
"3112","Swindon Road. In 1606 Swyndones waye (Place Names of Gloucestershire). The road from Cheltenham to Swindon Village. Named as now in index to 1820 map, though map itself says just 'To Swindon'. Swindon Road on 1834 map. Name formerly applied only to the stretch from the Union (more recently occupied by St Paul's maternity hospital) westwards (thus in 1872), but in 1874 it was formally resolved that the whole stretch from St Margaret's Road to the parish boundary should be termed Swindon Road (Streets and Highways Committee, 14 Aug.). See also Cullen Place, Rehoboth Place, St Peter's Place, Selby Cottages, Sussex Place, Swindon Parade, Swindon Terrace, Tulloch Cottages."
"3113","Swindon Road North. A distinction noted in 1911 directory, perhaps for the section north of the Maud's Elm corner."
"3114","Swindon Street, off Swindon Road, to Lower High Street. 1884 map; 4 houses built"
"3115","Swindon Terrace, Swindon Road. 6 houses; listed 1844 directory. Named on 1855-7 Old Town Survey (between Townsend Street and Baker Street)."
"3116","Swiss Cottage, Bayshill. Listed 1844 directory, when it was occupied by T. Newman, grotto builder. The Swiss style was fashionable with Regency romantic architects in the 1820s-30s. The original London Swiss Cottage was of c. 1826, and more locally a 'little artificial Arcady' of 7 Swiss Cottages (thus in Davies, 1834) was built by 1826 at Cranham, Glos., by a Mr. Todd (Witts, Diary, p. 50.)."
"3117","Sycamore Court, Fiddler's Green. Of c. 1970s. Tree/shrub theme."
"3118","Sydenham estate. Termed thus in 1868, when building land on the estate was being offered for sale (Examiner, 19 Feb.). Comprises approximately the block east of Carlton Street and north of the London Road. Development appears to have been rather slow, extending into the 1900s (with more modern infill). Term still in use in 1898: ref. to 'all the Sydenham Estate roads' June 1898 MTC, i.e. Sydenham Road, Sydenham Road South, and Sydenham Villas Road. A Sydenham Cottage and Sydenham Lodge listed on east side of Hales Road in 1870 directory may perhaps predate the main development. Name presumably intended to evoke the London Sydenham, which became a fashionable suburb after the construction of the Crystal Palace in 1854; though a more local origin (e.g. from Sydenham in Upton St Leonards parish) is also possible. This could suggest a thematic link with neighbouring Cranham Road."
"3119","Sydenham Road. Eastward extension of Carlton Street, to Hales Road. First noted ref. is 1871, to gullies in 'the Sydenham Road' (Streets and Highways Committee, 31 July). In early references, often Sydenham Road North (thus 1872; 1884 map). MS additions to Old Town Survey show sewers laid in stages 1866 (bottom), 1868, 1873 (top). Being considered for adoption 1906 (MTC)."
"3120","Sydenham Road South, off Hales Road. Named, 1884 map; sewer installation 1881-4 (Old Town Survey additions) suggests main development about this time. Declared highway 1906 (MTC)."
"3121","Sydenham Villas, 16 houses in Sydenham Villas Road. Built from c. 1859 to 1866 (directories)."
"3122","Sydenham Villas Road, from London Road to Sydenham Road. Named by 1867 (Streets and Highways Committee, 29 July). 1884 shows layout as now, but only southern end built. Sewers installed in three stages: 1868 (south), 1885, 1903 (north), presumably matching pace of building development. Declared highway 1906."
"3123","Sydney Avenue. Location uncertain; building cert. for no. 1, 1827."
"3124","Sydney Parade. Part of what is now Sidney Street. Ref. to Exmouth Lodge, Sidney Parade, 1815 (Miles/?Chronicle 16 Dec.); marked on 1820 map."
"3125","Sydney Place. First noted 1839 directory. Former name of Hewlett Place."
"3126","Sydney Street, off Hewlett Road. Originally (and now) spelled Sidney Street, which see."
"3127","Synagogue Lane, off St James's Square. Officially thus by 1946 (PC, May), though probably the name is rather older. The Cheltenham synagogue, to which it leads, was consecrated in 1839 (Hart, p. 239)."
"3128","Talbot Inn (1). Formerly the first inn on south side of High Street approaching from London. Existing by 1735 (Manor Court Books, 2 June); listed in 1800 directory. Gone or renamed by 1820; seems to have been near junction with present Rodney Road; perhaps became the Tavistock Hotel (see Tavistock Terrace)."
"3129","Talbot Inn (2). 1810 ref. to High Street property 'formerly known as the Talbot' (Manor Court Books); no. 120 in the 1820 numbering scheme, east of Counsellor's Alley/Oxford Passage (C. Greet)."
"3130","Talbot Road, off Lansdown Road, next to County Police HQ. Name adopted 1933, when development began (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov.). After Mrs Talbot, a great patron of the theatre, recalled as keeping the grandest carriage in Cheltenham (pc), who lived at Thorncliffe, former house in Lansdown Road (now block of flats). The line of the road is already present on 1884 map, suggesting perhaps some previous intention to extend the line of Christchurch Road southwards."
"3131","Tale's Court. See Teale's Court."
"3132","Tamar Road, Whaddon. Developed in late 1930s. English river theme."
"3133","Tamarisk Close, Up Hatherley. Mid-1990s development, by Beazer Homes."
"3134","Tangent Alley. Alternative name for Somerset Passage (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, May 1896, Oct. 1915). The stopping up the 'North part of the avenue called Tangent Alley adjoining the new Catholic Church' was called for in a letter from the architects Paul and Knight (Chelt. Chronicle, 5 May 1858); it had been 'from time immemorial ââ?¬Â¦ a filthy nuisance'. 1858 deposition in court case: 'as I was going up the Catholic or Tangley Alley on Saturday night' (Cheltenham Mercury, 13 June ââ?¬â?? pc M Grindley)."
"3135","Tanhouse Lane. See Tanner's Lane."
"3136","Tanner's Lane, Arle. Survives as the short unmade westerly continuation of Alstone Lane to Village Road. Shown as Tanhouse Lane on 1776 map; Tanner's on 1884 map, which shows the existing older houses. Nearby in Village Road are Tanner's Cottages. Place Names of Gloucestershire suggests the name comes from the family of Samuel Tanner, mentioned in 1801 parish register. Neighbouring Alstone was home to a tanning industry in the 17th century (Rawes, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 6, p. 16), offering an equally likely origin."
"3137","Tanners Road, off Orchard Way. Developed by Pye Bros, 1939; named 1940 (reflecting Tanner's Lane), after council had asked Pye to reconsider their first suggestion of a further name in the Orchard series (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Feb.)."
"3138","Tasmania House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Flats, existing by 1959."
"3139","Tatchley Lane, Prestbury. Eastern end of New Barn Lane, from Burgage to roundabout; 1884 map, and doubtless earlier. Earliest reference to a settlement here is 1686: 'my house in Tacheley' (will; personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott); apparent variant Tott's Low seen in Civil War period, and in 1767 rendered as Tacklow (pc BE). T(h)atchley Villa is listed in Prestbury Road in 1837 and 1839 directories."
"3140","Tatchley Villas, Prestbury. No. 3 noted in 1844 directory. Now nos. 326-30 Prestbury Road (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 16, p. 47)."
"3141","Tatherlake Lane, Charlton Kings. Medieval (Cirencester Cartulary, Vol. 3); location uncertain."
"3142","Taunton Villas. No. 1 listed as lodging house in 1847 directory. Location uncertain."
"3143","Tavistock Place, Rodney Road. At High Street end, western side. Construction in progress 1825 (building cert.); ref. to no. 4, 1826 (Griffith, p. 40). Listed as 4 houses, 1844 directory. See next entry."
"3144","Tavistock Terrace, Rodney Road. Marked on 1820 map at the High Street end, the name seemingly applied to incomplete row of houses on the eastern side, but perhaps in fact referring to those opposite, i.e. Tavistock Place. Probably after the Tavistock Bath, which seems to have been at the southern end of the present Barclay's Bank site (no. 128 High Street). Tavistock Hotel, probably nearby, was for sale 1821 (Chronicle, 9 Aug.)."
"3145","Tayberry Grove, Up Hatherley. Mid-1990s development by Hitchins. Flower/shrub theme."
"3146","Taylor's Passage, High Street. East of Grove Street, between nos. 281 & 282 [latterly 370-4] High Street on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. No. 5 noted in 1857 directory. Perhaps same as Taylor's Court, cited in 1849 Cresy report."
"3147","Teal(e)'s Court, Duke Street. Teal's Court in 1841 Census; Teile's Cottages in 1844 directory (2 houses). Appears on 1855-7 Old Town Survey as Tale's Court, 5 houses accessed from no. 56 Duke Street. 1900 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes (insanitary). Nos. 1-4 condemned as unfit for habitation by Public Health Committee.,Apr. 1913. Doubtless named after Thomas Teal, builder, active at least 1836-40 (certs.) and described at 1863 Copyhold Inquiry as '71 come Christmas'."
"3148","Teatray Cottage, off Folly Lane. Marked on 1884 map."
"3149","Tebbit Mews, Winchcombe Street. Late 1980s; named after and opened by Norman Tebbit, former MP for Chingford, Essex."
"3150","Telford House, Princess Elizabeth Way. Flats, existing by 1961."
"3151","Telstar Road, Benhall. Name chosen by Cheltenham Borough Council in 2002 for residential road on former government land next to new GCHQ building. After Telstar, an early telecommunications satellite; prompted by 'space-age' appearance of its neighbour."
"3152","Teme Road, off Hewlett Road. Name in use by 1944 (Town Planning Committee, Oct.), but officially generally regarded as part of Hewlett Road until 1950s. After Teme House, 19th-century house formerly called Glenville, renamed after 1913 by the Misses Baker-Penoyre, two of the large family of the Revd Slade Baker-Penoyre of Bewdley, Worcs (associated with All Saints' Church for many years; died 1910: obit., Cheltenham Looker-On, 9 Apr.). House said by present occupant to have been so named by the Baker-Penoyre sisters, who had some connection with Ludlow, as a reminder of the river on which Ludlow lies."
"3153","Templemead, Old Bath Road. Listed as 13 houses in 1911, on western side, south of Charlton Lane."
"3154","Tennyson Road, St Mark's. The first road in the first major Cheltenham Borough Council development, begun immediately after the First World War under Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, and later legislation. By June 1919, the borough had bought some 115 acres off Gloucester Road from Mr H. Unwin, using a loan from the Local Government Board of �£10,500. By August the fledgling Housing Committee had settled the general style of housing, and had provided for 'shrubberies of crescent shape' on the Gloucester Road frontage. First designs had been approved by Nov., with plans for an initial build of 10 houses at the Libertus Road end of the estate (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, 1919). First contracts let in Mar. 1920, to A. C. Billings & Sons, and Collins & Godfrey (10 houses each). The mayor cut the first sod on 22 Apr. 1920. First 10 houses ready for occupation 24 Jan. 1921; by July no. 119 had been built. Further stage of building planned in 1923 (Housing Committee, Nov.). Housing Committee resolved 22 Nov. 1920 that the estate roads should be named after the English poets, and on 29 Dec. 1920 resolved that 'no. 1 Road' should be Tennyson Road. Alfred Tennyson and his mother had lived at 10 St James's Square from about 1845 to 1850."
"3155","Tensing Road, Leckhampton. Developed by Permanent Houses (agreement of July 1976; adopted Apr. 1980). Close to Everest and Hillary Roads; after the Sherpa Tensing, Hillary's companion in 1953."
"3156","Terrace Place, High Street. 1820 map, 1830 directory; near Plough hotel but later equivalence uncertain."
"3157","Terry Ruck Close, off Fiddler's Green Lane. Developed by Westbury Homes (agreement of Jan. 1988. After Councillor Terry Ruck."
"3158","Tewkesbury Road. The road to Tewkesbury; turnpiked in 1726. Named thus by time of 1809 map. Artisan housing in and off this road under steady development for much of first part of 19th century. See also Chosen Prospect, Hereford Parade, Malvern Cottages (1), Moors Parade and Place, Queen's Place, St Peter's Buildings and Cottages, Somers Town, Townsend Place, Victoria Cottages, Wellington Place (3), Worcester Place."
"3159","Tewkesbury Road West, Moors estate. First name for what was soon restyled Yarnold Terrace, which see."
"3160","Tewkesbury Road Yard, in or near Queen Street. Listed in 1841 Census."
"3161","Thames Road, Whaddon. One of the first 3 roads in the 1930s development of the Whaddon Farm estate. Named 1935 (road then still under construction) following the river theme adopted for this estate (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct.)."
"3162","Theatre Royal. At first in Grosvenor Terrace, next to York Hotel. This, Cheltenham's second theatre, was opened in 1782 by John Boles Watson. Originally known as the Playhouse but called the Theatre Royal from c. 1788 onwards, after George III's visit. Prospering, Watson moved in 1805 to a larger site in Bath Street, the first purpose-built theatre in Cheltenham. This also was known as the Theatre Royal; described as 'a neat building fronting Bath Street, and to which there is a passage leading through from the High Street' (Davies, 1834, p. 87), i.e. on or close to the site of the Garrick's Head pub, which commemorated the connection until renamed Slak. This theatre burned down in 1839. The name was revived later in the century for a third Theatre Royal, south of Ladies' College in Well Walk (1884 map)."
"3163","Thirlestaine Road. Line present (unnamed) on 1820; road improved c. 1835 by James Wood, owner of Sandford Field, at which time it was known as Upper Sandford Road (marked as Sandford Road on 1834 map) (Blake, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 4, p. 52). Had present name by 1839 directory, and thus on 1840 map; home to at least three market gardeners in the 1840s (directories). From Thirlestaine House, built c. 1823 for J. R. Scott, whose family came from Thirlstane, probably that in Ettrick, Selkirkshire, rather than that in Lauder, Berwickshire. Thirlstaine Hall, the building at the eastern end of the road now the headquarters of Chelsea Building Society, is slightly later."
"3164","Thirlestaine Lane. North end of present Naunton Lane, which opens into Thirlestaine Road, marked thus on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"3165","Thirlestaine Place, Bath Road. On east side, south of Kew Place. Once 6 houses, of which one (formerly the King William Inn, at least 1844-1937) is now demolished; remainder now nos. 140-8 Bath Road. 1839 directory; next to and south of junction with Clare Parade (Old Town Survey); 6 houses or shops 1872."
"3166","Thirlmere Road, Up Hatherley. Initially developed 1948-9. Lake District theme."
"3167","Thistledown Close, off Hayden Road. Developed by JJH (Building Developments) Ltd (agreement of Apr. 1984; adopted Nov. 1985)."
"3168","Thomond Close, off Windyridge Road. Developed by Geo. Wimpey (agreement of Jan. 1975; adopted Mar. 1978). Cheltenham Gold Cup theme: Thomond was placed second in 1933 and 1935, being runner-up to Golden Miller both times."
"3169","Thompson Drive, Leckhampton. Off Church Road; after Barnard G. Thompson, headmaster of Leckhampton village school 1886-1913 (Stait, pp. 20, 40)."
"3170","Thompson's Baths, Bath Road. Later the Montpellier Baths, now the Playhouse. 1820 map. In these and other Montpellier area instances, the reference is to the original developer Henry Thompson, d. 1820."
"3171","Thompson's Fields. Mentioned in 1831 rating list. Location uncertain, but presumably in the Montpellier area."
"3172","Thompson's Lower Road. 1820; what later became Montpellier Spa Road, which see."
"3173","Thompson's Ride. Referred to thus 1820 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Mar.); possibly same as Thompson's Walk, 1820 directory."
"3174","Mr Thompson's Road. One-time name (before 1825) for south end of Rodney Road, which see."
"3175","Thompson's Upper Road. On 1820 map; what later became Montpellier Terrace."
"3176","Thompson's Way, off Swindon Road. Approach road to recycling centre; somewhat inglorious if referring to Henry Thompson or his son Pearson; perhaps after Cllr Theo L. Thompson, active 1950s."
"3177","Thomson's Cottages. 6 houses in or near Whaddon Lane (now Road). 1844 directory."
"3178","Thornbury Close, Alstone. A recent development, off Alstone Lane."
"3179","Thornbury Place, Christ Church. Road on projected but unrealised estate west of Lansdown, shown on 1840 map."
"3180","Thorncliffe Drive, off Lansdown Road. Name agreed in 1933, before construction had begun (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov. 1933). After Thorncliffe, 19th century house in Lansdown Road (site now occupied by c. 1960s block of flats)."
"3181","Thornhaugh Mews, Up Hatherley. Off Runnymede, part of Westbury Homes/JJH Builders development. Named in 1984 by Up Hatherley Parish Council in accordance with tree theme adopted for phases 2 and 3 of Greatfield Park development, Thornhaugh (a Northants. placename) being composed of Old English elements meaning 'clearing among thorns', and incidentally akin to Hatherley itself (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"3182","Thornton's Baths, Essex Place. Mentioned 1820 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 6 Sept.)."
"3183","Thornton Mews, St George's Street. Residential conversion of former St George's Street Chapel schoolroom, opened by the then mayor, Cllr. Pat Thornton, in Apr. 1997."
"3184","Thornton's Row, Charlton Kings. Off Grange Walk; 1841 Census. 4 houses 1936."
"3185","Three Sisters Lane, Noverton, Prestbury. After three trees (known thus by 1919) on Cleeve Hill (Garrett, pp. 43, 45)."
"3186","Tibberton Grove, The Reddings. Current (1996) development by Westbury Homes."
"3187","Tilney Road, off Albemarle Gate. Name suggested by developer A. C. Lloyd and approved 1964 (Market and Watch Committee, 2 Sept.); it incorporated a section originally to have been separately named Moulton Road. Also involved in development was a second firm, Milcel (agreement of Oct. 1965)."
"3188","Timbercombe Lane, Charlton Kings. Off Cirencester Road; named on 1923 map."
"3189","Timbercombe known by 1549 (Place Names of Gloucestershire), and explained as 'timber valley'. The lane leads through Timbercombe Wood to Vineyards Farm."
"3190","Timbercombe Mews, Charlton Kings. Between Cirencester Road and Timbercombe Lane, south of former railway line. Developed c. 1980."
"3191","Timberyard Place. 4 dwellings off Providence Terrace, east side of Great Norwood Street. 1844 directory."
"3192","Timperley Way, Up Hatherley. Off Runnymede; part of Westbury Homes/JJH Builders development. Named 1984 following theme adopted for first phase of Greatfield Park development, Timperley being composed of Old English elements for 'timber' and I clearing' (Up Hatherley Parish Council). Timperleigh is in Cheshire."
"3193","Tin Tray. Name of council allotments near Folly Lane, existing before WWII."
"3194","Tinderbox Lane, off Leckhampton Road. Opposite Croft Street; shown on 1884, 1897 maps. Former name for what became Fairfield Road, which see. On the south side was a row of some 10 cottages, possibly for workers at nearby limekiln/brickyards (pc JM). Last noted ref. to Tinderbox Lane is in 1904 (Public Health Committee, July). Perhaps named after a particularly small cottage."
"3195","Tinderbox Row. The above 10 cottages; named thus on map in sale particulars for Fairfield House (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock), though earlier they appear simply as Naunton Field (1844 directory)."
"3196","Tinkler's Passage. Late 19th-century name of what was previously Hooper's Passage. After J. Tinkler, basket maker, of no. 168 [latterly 285] High Street. See also Griffith's Gardens."
"3197","Tiverton Close, Springbank. Developed by New Ideal Homesteads (agreement of Aug. 1965), who suggested the name. Approved 1965 (Market and Watch Committee, 6 Oct.)."
"3198","Tivoli. 'A fashionable suburb' (Rowe, 1845), south of Suffolk Road. Name first noted 1833 (Miles/newspaper, 21 Nov.). On 1834 map (as also Tivoli Nursery); On mid-century maps (1834-64) it applies to Tivoli Road. Also specifically applied (e.g. directories 1839 to 1845) to 8 houses later known as Tivoli Villas. Ultimately from Tivoli, site of celebrated gardens and waterfalls near Rome, but route and reason for its arrival in Cheltenham as yet unknown; the name has spread to a number of European and American cities (Pellegrini, p. 3), Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen post-date Cheltenham use. Griffith (p. 55) refers 1826 to an 'artificial' bath on the same plan as 'those at Tivoli, Paris', but this establishment is unlocated and is not obviously the source of the area name."
"3199","Tivoli Buildings, Tivoli. Now 24-30 Andover Road; listed as 4 shops in 1872. Had replaced the former Jireh Cottage by 1871 (Torode)."
"3200","Tivoli Circus, from Lypiatt Road to Andover Road. Even less complete than is usual for a Cheltenham circus. Marked and named on 1864 map, but anonymous on 1884 map, perhaps consistent with its being an unofficial name. In 1919, Mr Henry Rogers of Glenholme suggested that a nameplate be fixed on 'the road leading from Lypiatt Road to Andover Road'; the borough surveyor recommended it be named Tivoli Circus 'as it is already known by that name' (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Mar.). Houses addressed as Tivoli Circus were renumbered as part of Suffolk Road in 1958-9."
"3201","Tivoli Cottages. 2 houses next to Tivoli Villas; 1844 directory."
"3202","Tivoli Lane. Between Tivoli Road and Tivoli Street, off Andover Road. Named since at least 1888. Its route was claimed in an 1857 dispute to have been used as a road for at least 48 years (Examiner, 11 Mar.)"
"3203","Tivoli Place. The terrace on the south side of the A40 section of Andover Road, extending from Tivoli Buildings to Hatherley Street, and numbered nos. 1-24. At one time contained two pubs, the Tivoli Inn (now Tivoli Trading) and the Phoenix (pc KMP). Probably the construction described in Cheltenham Looker-On Survey of Oct. 1834: 'Along the line of the rail road fronting Westhall, an entire new town appears rapidly springing up, and already 15 neat houses are either wholly or in part built'. Building cert. for 'no. 10 Tivoli Place or Street', 1839; and for 4 houses in Tivoli Place, 1840. 1840 map. 1858 directory lists nos. 1-19 as shops and nos. 20-8 as houses."
"3204","Tivoli Road, from Andover Street to The Park. Originally to have been named Marybone Park Place (1831 deeds; pc D Rowles). Simply Tivoli from 1834 to 1857 (maps). Tivoli Road on 1870 covenant at Lypiatt House Hotel, and 1884 map. Name eventually confirmed by Leckhampton Local Board, 1891 (Examiner, 14 Oct.)."
"3205","Tivoli Row. 4 houses at north end of Tivoli Street (extant)."
"3206","Tivoli Street, Andover Road to Princes Road. An opening off Andover Road is present on 1834 map, as also is a planned terrace on eastern side, rather straighter than actual street now is. Named in building cert, 1836. 1855-7 Old Town Survey shows nos. 1-19 and 22-49 built."
"3207","Tivoli Terrace, Tivoli. 10 houses in Prince's Road. Existing by 1836 (building cert.)."
"3208","Tivoli Villas. 10 houses, probably all in Tivoli Road, listed thus on 1846 directory, but earlier (from 1839) known just as Tivoli."
"3209","Tivolian Villas. 2 houses first listed in 1843 directory; to at least 1862. A few doors away from Tivoli Villas."
"3210","Tog(e)well's Paysage, Lower High Street. On north side, approximately opposite Park Street. Entry between nos. 229 & 230 [latterly 425-7] High Street. 1841 Census. 2 dwellings listed, 1844 directory; after John Togwell, baker, at no. 228. He was there by 1820."
"3211","Tom Price Close, off Fairview Road. Developed by Barratt Bristol Ltd (agreements of Dec. 1982, Mar. 1983; adopted Dec. 1984) on part of former Cheltenham Rugby Club ground. Tom Price was the second Cheltenham rugby player to play for England."
"3212","Tommy Taylor's Lane. Continuation of Folly Lane north of Wyman's Brook, to Swindon Lane. Named thus on 1884 map, and seen earlier as Taylor's Lane (cricket field there was venue for St Paul's Sunday School treat, 1875: Examiner, 22 Sept.). Probably after a landowner, but not so far identified."
"3213","Tonedale Villas, St Mark's. Nos. 1-2 first listed 1869."
"3214","Top of the Town. A regular name in the late 18th to early 19th century for the point where the eastern end of the town started (e.g. Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 7 Mar. 1788). Roughly, the present London Road-Hewlett Road junction."
"3215","Torquay Villas. Corner of Selkirk Street and Back Albert Place; first listed 1880-81 directory."
"3216","Townsend Orchard. Noted 1834-8. Probably the site of Townsend Street, which see. Probably related to Townsend Field, noted as an Arle fieldname as early as 1692 (Manor Court Books), and as residence of Henry Lucy, surveyor and builder, listed 1820 directory, and active until at least 1834 (building certs.). The orchard was probably so called because it was at the town's end: ref 1787 to properties here being 'below the town' (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 10/2). However, some connection with a person of this name is also possible: a charity founded by George Townsend of Lincoln's Inn (d. 1683) and sustained by rents from small tenements in Cheltenham, provided scholarships and benefited a school in Devonshire Street (Goding, p. 416)."
"3217","Townsend Place, north side of Tewkesbury Road. 1855-7 Old Town Survey shows adjacent terraces of 7 houses between Townsend Street and Albert Street (now Charles Street), and west of Charles Street; no. 19 noted in 1857 directory. Still existing 1898 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes)."
"3218","Townsend Street. Extends line of Gloucester Road north of Lower High Street. The line is shown as an unnamed feature on the 1809 and 1819 maps, with a few isolated buildings at the High Street end. Development probably began about 1833: 'the numerous respectable cottages about to be erected in the field facing the gasometer' (Miles, unspecified source of 21 Nov. 1833), this field was probably Townsend Orchard, which see, the site of building certs. for at least 23 houses 1834-8. Named on 1834 map."
"3219","Townsend Street North, Swindon Road. Refs thus in 1844 and 1858 directories suggest that originally the two ends of today's Townsend Street did not meet."
"3220","Trafalgar Cottages, Oxford Passage. Mentioned (singular) in 1830 directory; plural by 1858. Listed as being in Back Street near Boys' Orphan Asylum, 1860."
"3221","Trafalgar Field. An intermediate name, following Red Acre piece, for the site now called Montpellier Gardens (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"3222","Trafalgar Lane. Early name of Trafalgar Street, which see."
"3223","Trafalgar Place, Oxford Passage. 1834 map. Appears on 1855-7 Old Town Survey to be one large house, driveway opening off west side of top end of Oxford Passage, side of house facing onto present St Margaret's Road. 3 houses 1872. Probably after Trafalgar House, a house demolished 1965 (Glos. Echo, 21 Apr.) to make way for brewery development."
"3224","Trafalgar Row. No. 1 given as address of Joseph Baker, named in advt. for letting of Trafalgar Cottage, 1810 (Chronicle, 20 Sept.). Perhaps forerunner of following."
"3225","Trafalgar Street, behind eastern side of Imperial Square. Line present but unbuilt and unnamed on 1806-10 map. Appears as Trafalgar Lane on 1820 map. Evidently from Trafalgar Field, on 1810 map, i.e. where Montpellier Gardens now lie; in turn commemorating the battle, 1805. Present name in use by 1844. See also Nelson Cottages."
"3226","Treelands Close, Leckhampton. Off Leckhampton Road; developed by Lovell Housing Ltd (agreement of Dec. 1981; adopted June 1985). After The Treelands, house shown on 1884 map (perhaps the present no. 138 Leckhampton Road). A 1932 plan by Mr H. St Clair Hall for houses on Treelands estate off Leckhampton Road appears to have come to nothing (Town Planning Committee, Nov.)."
"3227","Treelands Drive, Leckhampton. Developed by Western Estates Ltd (agreement of Aug. 1966)."
"3228","Trelawn Court, Rodney Road. 4 town-houses of c. 1970, on east side near Cambray Court."
"3229","Trent Cottages, Gloucester Place. Listed 1911."
"3230","Trigmerry Lane, Charlton Kings. Old alternative name (e.g. 1841 Census) for what is now School Road (Paget, p. 55). Also seen as Frigmary Lane. Compare Trigmire Lane (Place-names of Oxfordshire, p. 361), this additional occurrence suggesting that the second element means 'miry'."
"3231","Trinity Church Lane, behind Holy Trinity Church. Listed thus by 1898."
"3232","Trinity School Lane, Fairview. Off Sherborne Street, parallel with Fairview Road. Unnamed on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; named by 1896 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, Nov.)."
"3233","Trinity Terrace, Portland Street. Adjoining north side of Trinity Church. Existing by 1839, when listed as 6 houses (directory)."
"3234","Trowscoed Avenue, Leckhampton. Off Naunton Lane; the first 4 houses were nearly complete in June 1920, when the builder, J. L. E. Bendall, applied for housing subsidy. Road already named at this point, but it was not until July 1920 that Bendall applied for planning permission for it (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Land formerly the orchard of no. 84 Leckhampton Road. Road follows line of drive to Trowscoed Lodge, house in Leckhampton Road, probably of late 1830s: listed 1839 directory (Revd Lloyd). House named after Lloyd's family home, Trowscoed Hall, Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire. Trowscoed is irregular Welsh for 'across the wood' (traws coed). Remaining houses built c. 1960. Trowscoed also seen as the name of a house in Brookway Road, Charlton Kings, 1928."
"3235","Trye's Cottages. 2 houses in Brandon Place, extant."
"3236","Trye's Road, between Painswick Road and Shurdington Road. No more than a hedge or boundary on 1834 map, but line marked out (as 'new road') on 1835 enclosure award. Laid out but still unnamed on 1855-7 Old Town Survey and 1884 map. Name assigned by Leckhampton Local Board 1891 (Examiner, 14-Oct.). Road widened and adopted by council after residential development by G. A. M. Hall in 1933 (Streets and Highways Committee, Apr.). Trye is a personal name associated with later generations of the Norwood family, lords of manor of Leckhampton (detailed in e.g. Goding p. 116 and Blake 1979, p. 30; see also Sampson & Blake, under Brandon House). Surname said to be ultimately from Troyes, France."
"3237","Tudor Lodge Drive, The Park. Line laid out by time of 1834 map, and marked as 'road to circus' on 1835 enclosure award map. Apparently not formally named until after 1940. The original plan for a full circle had been dropped by 1855-7; Old Town Survey shows present semicircular loop. From Tudor Lodge, the house (in Tudor-Gothic style; built 1839, demolished c. 1966) of Samuel Whitfield Daukes, architect (d. 1880: obit, Cheltenham Looker-On), who bought The Park estate in 1839. Tudor Lodge apparently replaced earlier Whitfield House (thus on 1835 map), on The Park, south-west of the Tudor Lodge circus."
"3238","Tudor Lodge Road. Name confirmed by Leckhampton Local Board 1891 (Examiner, 14 Oct.)."
"3239","Tulloch Cottages, Swindon Road. 2 houses, 1844 directory. Presumably same as Tulloch Place, of which no. 2 noted, 1857 directory."
"3240","Turkdean Road, Benhall. Part of Geo. Wimpey & Co. development of the Benhall Farm estate. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1588). Cotswold village theme."
"3241","Turner's Row, Charlton Kings. 3 houses near Brook Place, Cudnall. Residents in 1841 Census include William Turner, mason."
"3242","Turret, Montpellier. Feature marked on 1809 map, between Gothic Cottage and Grove Cottage, i.e. approximately on site at north end of Montpellier Walk lately occupied by NatWest Bank."
"3243","Tylea Close, The Reddings. Off North Road; of 1960s-70s appearance."
"3244","Tyler Court, Hester's Way. 1998 Cheltenham Borough Council development off Shakespeare Road. After Tony Tyler, Cheltenham Borough Council housing development officer, d. March 1998, who was involved in this project (Glos. Echo, 21 Apr. 1998)."
"3245","Ullswater Road, Up Hatherley. Initially developed 1948-9, as part of the Alma Road estate (which see). Lake District theme."
"3246","Umbrella Inn, Orchard Way. Built 1947-8 to design by G. H. Ryland. Distinguished as the only pub mentioned in Verey's 30-odd pages 4 on Cheltenham. The umbrella commemorated is said to be that of Neville Chamberlain (Dunkling & Wright)."
"3247","Undercliff Avenue, Leckhampton. First listed 1928~additional post-1945 development on southern side. After nearby house called Undercliff (shown on 1884 map and still standing), because under the scarp of Leckhampton Hill."
"3248","Undercliff Terrace, Leckhampton. Parallel with preceding, and also first listed 1928."
"3249","Union Cottages. Listed under Union Street (now Upper Bath Street) in 1841 Census."
"3250","Union Row. Row of cottages on west side of Prestbury Road (site now occupied by nos. 24-6), existing in 1800. On 1806 map. Demolished c. 1810, as the future Pittville estate lands were being assembled (Blake 1988, pp. 6, 8). Conceivably named in connection with Pitt's Act of Union (between Britain and Ireland), passed in 1801."
"3251","Union Street (1), off Bath Road. The road now called Upper Bath Street is marked as Union Street on 1834 and 1864 maps; by 1884 it had acquired its present name, and the older name was apparently transferred a few yards: see following."
"3252","Union Street (2), continuation of Bath Terrace to Great Norwood Street. Named thus in 1844 directory (12 houses), and on 1884 map. Sometimes known as Union Street South (1920s directories). Renamed Bethesda Street in 1956, to remove confusion with following (Market and Watch Committee, June 1956, no. 168)."
"3253","Union Street (3), Fairview, off Sherborne Street. On 1834 map, which shows about half the frontage developed, and more planned. Named in building certs., 1835-7. See also Dove Cottages (1)."
"3254","Union Street (4), 'Somers Town' (i.e. ostensibly north of Tewkesbury Road). Two refs (one to a no. 13) in 1847 directory. In view of lack of other evidence for a fourth Union Street, it may be that Somers Town is here an error for South Town. None of the Union Streets was particularly close to the Cheltenham Union Poor House, so some other reference is more likely. Union Street and Row in Swindon (of about 1865) are also unexplained, but Gloucester examples do have a workhouse connection. An Enon Cottage in Upper Bath Street (1827) might somehow be linked."
"3255","Union Street Passage. Location uncertain; reported in bad condition, 1868 (Streets and Highways Committee, 30 Mar.)."
"3256","United Methodist Free Chapel, Chapel Walk. Also known as Royal Well Chapel. 1867 (Hart, p. 238)."
"3257","Unwin Close, off Unwin Road. Development of 1960s-70s. This and following probably commemorate the family of this name once associated with Arle Court."
"3258","Unwin Road, off Hatherley Road. Post-war prefabricated housing; road formally adopted 1955 (Housing Committee, Sept., no. 677). Further development c. 1970 at western end."
"3259","Up End, Charlton Kings. Area at the higher (south) end of the settlement. 1841 Census. 1884 OS map 1:2,500. The former Charlton Kings railway station was here."
"3260","Up Hatherley. A parish made up of little more than scattered farms up to 1945, since then has seen considerable residential development, in several waves. First recorded as Hegberleo in 1022, and as Athelai in Domesday, meaning 'hawthorn clearing' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Up in contrast with Down Hatherley, a separate parish 3 miles further downstream on the Hatherley Brook."
"3261","Up Hatherley Way, Up Hatherley. Spine road on Greatfield Park development, connecting A46 to Coldpool Lane. Named by Up Hatherley Parish Council in 1984 (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"3262","Upper Ball Rooms, south side of High Street, between Plough and Talbot (1800 directory). Perhaps synonymous with Assembly Rooms."
"3263","Upper Bath Place. Noted in 1841 Census, but exact location unclear."
"3264","Upper Bath Road. This term was first applied to the section south of Exmouth Street, namely 7 buildings originally Guernsey Cottages and later 1-7 Upper Bath Road (now nos. 186-98 Bath Road) (M West, Cheltenham's Upper Bath Road, 2000). The whole stretch of the present Bath Road from Thirlestaine Road to the Norwood Arms was named thus by 1908 and numbered separately until the 1930s."
"3265","Upper Bath Street, off Bath Road. First noted 1827 (handbill; personal communication Mr Michael Greet); listed in 1830 directory (address of Parker's Swimming Bath). Partly built on 1834 map, where it is (mis?)named Union Street. Present name by 1837 (building cert.). Upper in relation to the first Bath Street, at the bottom of Bath Road (High Street end). See also Union Cottages, Wakefield Cottages."
"3266","Upper Field Street, Fairview. Early alternative name for Victoria Place, which see."
"3267","Upper Hill Farm, Prestbury. Built late 18th century (Victoria County History, p. 70)."
"3268","Upper Mill Lane, Prestbury. Separately named only recently."
"3269","Upper Norwood Street, Leckhampton. Named thus on 1834 map, where it is about one-third built. From c. 1841 to c. 1872 known as Little Norwood Street."
"3270","Upper Park Street, Charlton Kings. Off Hales Road; formerly just Park Street (as in 1830 directory and on 1834 map, which shows north-east side almost completely built). By 1847 generally Upper, to distinguish it from Park Street off Lower High Street, but usage not consistent. Earliest building is of mid-1820s (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 17, p. 32). Evidently from nearby Charlton Park; the Russell Arms at the bottom of the street is named after the family that once owned the park. Erroneously Park Place on 1840 map."
"3271","Upper Road (1). Earlier name for Upper Sandford Road (see below). 1809 ref. to 'road called the Upper Road leading from Westall Green adjoining the Turnpike Road', i.e. Old Bath Road (Miles/Glos. Journal, 27 Mar.)."
"3272","Upper Road (2), Charlton Kings. Initial name of Ashley Road, Battledown (O'Connor, P. 10)."
"3273","Upper Sandford Road. Early name (c. 1835) for what became Thirlestaine Road, which see. On 1776 map it is marked as Upper way in Sandford field."
"3274","Upper Sherborne Street. In index to 1820 map, but not shown, so may be erroneous."
"3275","Upper Turnpike. Situated at junction of London Road and Old Bath Road; 1819 map."
"3276","Upperfield Road, Swindon Village. On Kingsditch Lane Industrial Estate. 1970s. After the former Upper Field (marked on 1839 tithe apportionment map), now largely occupied by this estate."
"3277","Vauxhall Alley, Elm Street. One reference in 1899 Cheltenham Borough Council minutes (lack of lighting). Probably led to one of the following."
"3278","Vauxhall Cottages, marked between Elm Street and Malvern Street on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"3279","Vauxhall Place, Elm Street. 5 cottages on west side (1855-7 Old Town Survey). Nos. 1-6 were listed for demolition in slum clearance programme no. 1, 1934 (Housing Committee, Jan.). Probably named after the Vauxhall Brewery, formerly at junction of Malvern Street and Tewkesbury Road."
"3280","Verney Close, off Old Bath Road. Non-traditional houses by Span Developments (London) Ltd (PC, Dec. 1960, no. 887), built c. 1962 to designs by Eric Lyons on site of Connellmore, a house demolished c. 1960 (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 9, p. 17). Appears to preserve name of Verney Fircombe, a furlong in Naunton tithing (Rawes 6, p. 23). Verney may mean 'ferny'."
"3281","The Verneys, off Old Bath Road. See preceding. The developers had originally wanted to give this name to the whole site, but the council preferred to see some distinction between the two parts (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 15 Nov., 20 Dec. 1961)."
"3282","Vestry Hall Street, Charlton Kings. Early alternative name for New Street, Charlton Kings (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 1, p. 19)."
"3283","Vernon Place, bottom of Bath Road, leading to Barratt's Mill Lane. 1806 (Ruff). Houses here were once numbered as part of Bath Street, which see. Very probably named after Vernon House, which together with Vernon Cottage is marked here on 1820 map. Vernon House must have predated 1806, as C. J. Fox, who died that year, stayed there (Saunders). Goding (p. 298) suggests the name commemorates a notable visitor."
"3284","Vernon Street. One ref. in 1830 directory; probably identical with, or error for, Vernon Place."
"3285","Victoria. The then Princess Victoria travelled through the town 14 Aug. 1830 (Goding, p. 310). As queen, she passed through only twice, by train, without stopping. This was no bar to the numerous streets and other features listed below attracting her name. Besides the following, most if not all the post-1837 Queen names in Cheltenham refer to Victoria."
"3286","Victoria Baths. At no. 61 [now 391 High Street. Proprietor Thomas Parry; listed 1847 directory."
"3287","Victoria Cottages (1), Bath Parade. In existence 1911, and probably earlier."
"3288","Victoria Cottages (2), Tewkesbury Road. 5 houses, listed by 1926."
"3289","Victoria Cricket Ground. Off northern end of Princes Street. Naming presumably influenced by diamond jubilee: pavilion was opened June 1897, by Dr W. G. Grace."
"3290","Victoria Parade (1), Gloucester Road. 6 houses between St George's Road and King's Arms, now nos. 128-38. Named on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. These houses are set back from the road; their relatively long front gardens are the only visible reminder that Alstone Green once formed the focus of this junction (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"3291","Victoria Parade (2), Moorend Crescent, Leckhampton. 6 houses, in existence by 1911."
"3292","Victoria Parade (3), Victoria Street, St Paul's. 5 houses, 1911."
"3293","Victoria Place (1) off Fairview Road. Road laid out just prior to 1835 by a local developer, James Fisher. Present name first seen July 1838 (building cert.). Houses (nos. 2-24) built 1835-40 (Blake, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 3, p. 13). 1841 Census. Also occasionally known as Field Street or Upper Field Street, because built on part of Cheltenham Upper Field."
"3294","Victoria Place (2) off Bath Road. Occasionally Victoria Place South (e.g. 1838 building cert.). Visible as narrow unnamed lane on 1834 map. Named and under development by Aug. 1838 (building certs. for at least 5 houses). Named 1841 Census. Renamed Victoria Retreat in 1956, to end confusion with Victoria Place (1) (Market and Watch Committee, Nov.-Dec. 1956)."
"3295","Victoria Square, St Paul's. 1843 ref. (Goding, p. 198). 6 houses near Hanover Street. plus St Paul's Cottages (1844 directory). The latter listed under Larput Place in 1870-1 directory, All listed as part of Larput Place in 1926. See also St Paul's Cottages."
"3296","Victoria Retreat, off Bath Road, opposite Kew Place. Thus since 1956; formerly Victoria Place (2), which see."
"3297","Victoria Street (1), Fairview. Eastern end of what has since 1898 been Fairview Road. Laid out just prior to 1835 by a local developer, James Fisher. Houses (now 104-116 Fairview Road) built 1835-40 (Blake, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 3, p. 13). Listed 1844 directory. See also Seabright Terrace."
"3298","Victoria Street (2), off St Paul's Road, adjacent to Albert Street. 1838 ref. (JCLHS 7). Thus on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"3299","Victoria Street (3). Victoria Place off Bath Road is named thus on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; seems erroneous."
"3300","Victoria Terrace, eastward extension of line of Duke Street. Its site is listed as 'Gyde's field, top of Duke Street' in 1844 directory. Developed by the trustees of the late William Gyde, whose representative Alfred Lewis secured permission to 'construct a new street in continuation of Duke Street' in 1870 (Streets and Highways Committee, 28 Feb.). Named sometime after 1872 (listed from at least 1876, 'Victoria Terrace, St John's'), and mostly built by time of 1884 map."
"3301","Village Road, Arle. The main street of the original hamlet, now enclosed by post-1945 development. Formerly called Arle Street (1776 map). Later Arle Road; thus 1884 map."
"3302","Vine Court, western end of St Paul's Road. Developed by Vine Homes (agreement of about 1991)."
"3303","Vine Cottages, St Paul's. 3 houses on west side of what is now Malthouse Lane, marked on 1855-7 Old Town Survey."
"3304","Vineries Close, Leckhampton, south-eastern end of Kidnapper's Lane. After property called The Vineries, shown as extensive glasshouses on 1923 OS map 1:2,500. (Site completely undeveloped on 1884 map.)"
"3305","Vines Cottages, Brunswick Street, St Paul's. Listed in 1841 Census."
"3306","Vineyard Close, Charlton Kings. Off Beeches Road; developed by George Wimpey & Co. Ltd (agreement of July 1956). Perhaps after Vineyards Farm (see below)."
"3307","The Vineyard(s). Place/area in Alstone, opposite former Malvern Road station site. Thus by 1785 (Manor Court Books), where it is noted as a 2-acre 'orchard called the Vineyard'. Listed as Vineyard Place, Alstone, in 1841 Census, and marked as Vineyard Cottage in 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Not named on 1884 map, but marked on other maps up to at least 1949, apparently orchard or market garden. Name now continues as that of small trading estate, entered via a roadway apparently sometimes known as Vineyard Lane next to no. 185 Gloucester Road. Sometimes known as Alstone Vineyards, e.g. 1894 directory."
"3308","Vineyards Farm, Charlton Kings. Name existing by 1599 (le Wyniards), though the present farm building is not this old (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin 7, p. 13)."
"3309","Virginia Water, The Park. Large house with ornamental lakes and grounds, just north of entrance to The Park. Illustrated on 1831 plan of Park estate by T. Billings (pc O Bradbury). 1834 map. House later known as Fernihurst; site now occupied by Park House flats, built round the surviving lake (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Probably after the artificial lake of the same name in Surrey, created 1748."
"3310","Vittoria Buildings. 2 dwellings on north side of High Street, between old nos. 98 & 100 [now 131-7] High Street, approximately opposite Rodney Road. 1844 directory. After the Vittoria Hotel, adjacent, illustrated in Griffith 1826."
"3311","Vittoria Passage. Off High Street, north side, between nos. 102 & 103 [now 142-3]. Listed in electoral roll in 1839 directory. 1844 directory lists a lodging house, cottage and billiard room there."
"3312","Vittoria Place, Bath Road. 1858, 1860 directories. Location unclear; apparently renamed."
"3313","Vittoria Walk, between Oriel Road and Montpellier Spa Road. Thus on 1820 map, and in Paving Commissioners' Minutes of same year (1 Mar.). Named after its first principal building, Vittoria House, today offices occupied by Bailey Donaldson. This had begun life as the developer Henry Thompson's residence, Hygeia House, but was renamed sometime after Wellington's Peninsular War victory in Spain, 1813 (Hart, p. 148). Vittoria House thus on 1834 map. Vittoria Cottage (1820 directory may be the same, though the 1820 map still calls the building Hygeia House."
"3314","Vulcan Terrace, at western end of Roman Road. Listed 1872. Named after the Vulcan Works of Letheren and Randle in Gloucester Road (also known as Central Works; thus on 1884 map). Refs. 1875 (Streets and Highways Committee) to improvements in Vulcan Terrace Road (i.e. Roman Road), but this may not have been a formal designation."
"3315","Wager's Court, Charlton Kings. Called East End Farm until end of 19th century, when it was bought by the Wager family; the present East End Farm is a different property."
"3316","Wakefield Cottages, Upper Bath Street. 1857 directory. Probably same as Wakefield Court; ref. to nos. 1-2 as insanitary. 1898 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Latter were at rear of plot now occupied by no. 16 Upper Bath Street, south side (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"3317","Waldrist Close, Arle. Off Village Road; developed by County Construction Ltd (agreement of Aug. 1989). After a house called Waldrist (listed 1911 and probably older)."
"3318","Walkhamstead Field. Name on 1746 map of Leckhampton Court estate for a large field (divided into strips) extending eastward from Hatherley Brook and centred roughly on what is now the Shurdington Road/Moorend Park Road junction (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"3319","Walkworth Villas. 2 houses in Gloucester Road, first noted 1883-4 directory."
"3320","Walls Passage, High Street. Access to Ragged School at rear of no. 230 [latterly 427] High Street. Marked on 1855-7 Old Town Survey and listed in 1870 directory."
"3321","Walnut Close, off Evesham Road, near Pump Room. Of c. 1960s, with extension developed by W. H. G. Wheeler (agreement of Mar. 1973; adopted Feb. 1976)."
"3322","Walnut Tree Close. Lay immediately west of present Ambrose Street; thus on 1787 terrier (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 1012 & 1014). Listed 1586 among the lands making up the original Pate's charity estate (Henney)."
"3323","Walton Terrace, Roman Road. Some 14 houses; 1884 map."
"3324","Warden Hill. As Warden's Hill, known thus by 1617 (Hart, p. 88). An old field name, possibly signifying a manorial function, i.e. a watch-place (personal communication Mrs Barbara Rawes). Latterly also a farm (1903 OS map 1:2,500), approximately on site of present Warden Hill Close; farm foundations survive m woodland near the open space (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). The hill itself is still partly public open space."
"3325","Warden Hill Close, off Warden Hill Road. Development of c. 1960s; strong candidate for shortest residential street in Cheltenham."
"3326","Warden Hill Road, Warden Hill. On 1884 map, where it ends at the brook. Most development along it took place in early 1950s; extended south towards present Caernarvon Road in 1954 (Housing Committee, May, no. 79)."
"3327","Wards Road, off Hatherley Road. Present (several houses and cottages) on 1884 map. though unnamed. Named by 1936. Later development by Geo. Wimpey & Co. (agreement of June 1966)."
"3328","Wards Row. Unlocated; one reference in 1826 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 12 June)."
"3329","Waresley Villas, Old Bath Road. 4 villas, listed from 1862; first pair initially listed (1860) in Sandford Road."
"3330","Warren Close, off Warden Hill Road. Development of c. 1960s."
"3331","Warwick Buildings. 13 houses in a court off west side of Winchcombe Street, just south of junction with present Inner Ring. Listed 1841 Census and shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Listed for demolition in slum clearance programme no. 2. 1935 (Housing Committee, Feb.). For origin, see Warwick Place below."
"3332","Warwick Cottages, Portland Street. First noted 1858 directory."
"3333","Warwick Crescent, Charlton Kings. Off Glenfall Way. developed by Laing Homes Ltd (agreement of Nov. 1967)."
"3334","Warwick Mews. Unlocated; named in one building cert., 1831. Possibly near following."
"3335","Warwick Place, crosses Portlaad Street north of Fairview Road. Listed (nos. 8-10) in 1830 directory. 1834 map. Connected with, and perhaps named after, Warwick House and Warwick Cottage, shown on 1820 map facing Portland Street, at west end of present Warwick Place. Warwick House dates from c. 1818 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, May). Countess of Warwick was a cousin of Miss Monson, and also active in Cheltenham (personal communication Dr Steven Blake). See also Monson Avenue."
"3336","Warwick Street. Named in building certs., 1827-31. Perhaps identical with above."
"3337","Warwick Villas, Portland Street. First listed 1858 directory."
"3338","Wasley Road, St Mark's. Named after her father, Mr S. J. Wasley, at the suggestion of Mrs C. Hunt (Housing Committee, Apr. 1953). The same or a related Mr Wasley had occupied some of the land bought by the council for this estate in 1919 (Housing Committee, Oct.). Not far away, off Milton Road, is Wasley Copse or Brake, the last remnant of Benhall Wood."
"3339","Wastwater Road. Rejected suggestion for what became Loweswater Close."
"3340","Water Lane, Charlton Kings. Off Glenfall Way. Despite appearances, the name is modern; first listed 1970 directory. The water is the nearby river Chelt."
"3341","Waterfield Close, off end of Kew Place, off Bath Road. Appears (unnamed) on 1834 map, where it is the approach to Clare House."
"3342","Waterloo Buildings (1). 6 houses on east side of Bath Road, immediately north of Hermitage Street. Listed 1844 directory. Now nos. 206-16 Bath Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"3343","Waterloo Buildings (2). 1841 Census. Identified as some 8 houses off Tewkesbury Road, just west of Stanhope Street, 1844 directory."
"3344","Waterloo Passage. Formerly linking High Street to County Court Road. Extinguished 1968 (Glos. Echo, 15 Feb., 1 Apr.). Passage itself existed by late 19th century (map), but no prior reference to name noted."
"3345","Waterloo Place (1), off Tewkesbury Road. Original name for buildings in what is now Waterloo Street. Named by 1834 (Davies, Appendix VI). On 1834 map shown as narrow street between Tewkesbury Road and Swindon Road, only partly built up. Although Waterloo Place still listed 1860 directory, and more specifically as 4 houses in Waterloo Street, 1926. The whole generally known as Waterloo Street from c. 1855-7 (Old Town Survey)."
"3346","Waterloo Place (2), Wellington Street. 4 houses at south end, first listed 1876."
"3347","Waterloo Street, between Swindon Road and Tewkesbury Road; formerly Waterloo Place, which see. Known thus from c. 1855; declared a highway 1870 (Gloucestershire Record Office, CBR Bundle 508C), after request to council from James Sydenham and others (Streets and Highways Committee, 28 Dec. 1869)."
"3348","Waterloo Terrace, Bath Road, opposite St Philip's Street. 1841 Census. 8 houses 1872. Now nos. 206-16 Bath Road."
"3349","Watermoor Close, off Willowbrook Drive, estate off Hayden Road. Developed by JJH (Building Developments) Ltd (agreement of May 1983; adopted Nov. 1985)."
"3350","Watershoot Close, Prestbury. Cul-de-sac off top of Linden Avenue; developed 1994. On or near former fields Plowed Water-shut and Great Watershut, marked on 1838 Tithe Apportionment map north of New Barn Lane. Place Names of Gloucestershire records Watershuttfilde in 1575, the first part meaning 'a rush of water'."
"3351","Watson House, Belmont Road. 1980s; perhaps after Councillor Molly Watson (d. 1994)."
"3352","Weale's Passage, High Street. Off south side, between nos. 320 & 321 [now 284-6], about midway between St George's Square and St George's Place. 1841 Census. 5 dwellings listed here, 1844 directory. A Mrs Weale is listed at no. 280 [now 376], same year."
"3353","Weethley Cottages, Charlton Kings. In Cirencester Road; first noted 1891-2 directory."
"3354","Welch Road, Arle. Off Village Road; 'Road no. 12' on the Hester's Way estate plan, and one of the first batch to be named (Housing Committee, July 1952, no. 393). Named after the family that owned Arle House (demolished c. 1960); the old people's home now so named is built on what was the front garden of the previous property (pc C S Greet)"
"3355","Well Lane. Attested 1586 as boundary for a Pate's charity burgage (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 10/1), and therefore probably on north side of High Street. This would be compatible with statement in Hart (p. 65) that it was an early name for Henrietta Street. Not noted in Manor Court Books."
"3356","Well Place (1). Place Names of Gloucestershire has a reference to the Well Place in 1430, but it is impossible to say where the location might be."
"3357","Well Place (2). Between Christchurch Road and Douro Road; present but unnamed on 1864, 1884 maps. A small Spa Well is shown on the north side on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; two more modern houses on the site have appropriate names."
"3358","Well Walk. The walk south from the parish church to the (Old) Well, the site of which is now beneath Cheltenham Ladies' College; only the northern (churchyard) end remains today. The southern end was generally on line of lower section of present Montpellier Street, though somewhat to the west of the present road. Laid out by Henry Skillicorne or an associate in 1739-40 (Goding p. 250) (or 1743: Griffith, p. 26; Davies p. 36); inspired by Skillicorne's knowledge of a similar avenue at Hotwells, Bristol. As it matured, became one of the notable features of the town, much illustrated. On 1855-7 Old Town Survey; old line still shown on 1897 map. The last remnants of the original walk were to disappear with the building of the Ladies' College. Rowe 1845 notes that the original plan had been to continue the treed walk right through to the churchyard, but that this was frustrated by arguments about property rights in Church Mead. Apparently anonymous at end of 18th century: a 'neat gravel walk' in 1793 (Moreau); 'gravel walk to the well' in 1800 directory. Named as Well Walk on 1820 map, though not long after it was being referred to as Old Well Walk, which see. Rowe says the small avenue leading into the churchyard is 'still called Old Well Walk' (p. 39), though an advertisement in his book shows the present name. An early alternative name was Long Walk (Blake & Beacham, p. 33)."
"3359","Welland Court, off Prestbury Road. Flats on site of Welland Lodge (19th-century house, demolished Aug. 1983)."
"3360","Welland Drive, Prestbury. Off Welland Lodge Road. Developed by Leckhampton Estates (agreements of June 1955, June 1957), on site of house called Springfield or Springfield Lodge. Name suggested by developers and agreed by Market and Watch Committee, 1955. The council proposed that pending further development the initial two lengths should be called Welland Drive South and North; by 1957 building had advanced to the point where the borough surveyor recommended adoption of the present name (Market and Watch Committee, June 1957, no. 204)."
"3361","Welland Lodge Road, Prestbury. First section present (unnamed) on 1884 map, Welland Lodge itself being the only house. Developed by G. A. K. Hall on part of former Cleevemount estate, and named thus by council at Hall's request 1937 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June). The council was unable to agree to a subsequent request from Mrs Selby of Welland Lodge for the name to be simply Welland Road (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Sept. 1937)."
"3362","Wellesley Road. Service road to rear of western sides of Clarence and Wellington Squares. Initially anonymous; named by 1911, adopting the Duke of Wellington's family name."
"3363","Welling Hill, Charlton Kings. Farm of c. 1600, east of Detmore (north side of A40). See also Whistling Hill."
"3364","Wellington. The Duke of Wellington was one of the town's best-known aristocratic visitors, staying on 5 occasions between 1805 and 1828 (Blake & Beacham, p. 60). That of 7-31 July 1816, at Cambray House (afterwards renamed Wellington House or Mansion), was the most celebrated (Goding, pp. 313-5)."
"3365","Wellington Grove. First listed 1874 directory, as 3 houses at back of Wellington Square; 1897 map shows it to be a terrace in what is now Marle Hill Parade."
"3366","Wellington Lane. Service road to rear of properties in Evesham Road. Long anonymous, but named by Cheltenham Borough Council in 1996 following recent development there."
"3367","Wellington Obelisk. Marked on 1820 map; it stood on the south bank of the river Chelt, on cast side of what is now Wellington Street, to the rear of Wellington Mansion; site of latter now occupied by new Eagle Star building. The obelisk was sold by auction 19 Sept. 1843 (Goding, p. 562) and demolished 1862 (Humphris & Willoughby, p. 216)."
"3368","Wellington Passage, leading north off High Street between stationers and eastern side of Beechwood Place. Probably new in 1823 (erection of lamp; Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 13 Oct.). 1834 map. See also Nelson's Buildings, Queen's Buildings, Queen's Terrace (2)."
"3369","Wellington Place (1). Name in use by 1830: ref. to no. 2 in directory. The present Wellington Street seemingly named thus on 1834 map, though probably it refers only to certain of the houses on the western side (2 listed thus In 1844 directory). Partly demolished under 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"3370","Wellington Place (2). 3 houses in Bath Street between Wellington Street and Cambray. 1841 Census, 1842 directory. Apparently distinct from preceding, but there could be some confusion."
"3371","Wellington Place (3). 4 houses in Tewkesbury Road, just west of junction with Russell Place. Listed 1844 directory; shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Probably after the adjacent Wellington Cottage, first noted 1829 ('nearly opposite the Gas Works', sale advt., Chronicle, Mar.). Cottage occupied 1844 by William Gore, builder."
"3372","Wellington Road, Pittville; developed 1826-32; initially known as First Central Cross Drive (Blake 1988, p. 68), but seemingly later anonymous: in 1897 the council approved a suggestion from Mr N. W. Olive that the road should have a name, and be called Wellington Road (Streets and Highways Committee, Nov.)."
"3373","Wellington Square, Pittville. Developed 1831-59 (Blake 1988, p. 63); building certs. 1836-9. Named in schedule to 1827 deed of general covenants and general regulations for Pittville; and on 1834 map."
"3374","Wellington Street, between Bath Street and Oriel Road. Opening at north end present but unnamed on 1809 map. Development had begun by early 1819: 'several lots of building ground immediately adjacent Col. Riddell's newly erected and splendid houses . . . lots situated in new street about t6 pass to Wellington Mansion and Cottage, and by the monument' (Chronicle, 27 May); '2 newly erected dwelling houses built by Col. Riddell at corner of the new street, now about to be carried by Wellington Mansion and called Wellington Street' for sale or let (Chronicle, Aug. 12). Further development 1828-33 (building certs.). See also Waterloo Place (2) and Wellington Place (1)."
"3375","Wellington Villas, Bath Street. 3 houses, first noted 1839 directory."
"3376","Wells Close, Warden Hill. Off Salisbury Avenue; existing by 1959. Cathedral city theme."
"3377","Welwyn Mews, Up Hatherley. Off Runnymede, part of Greatfield Park Phase I development by Westbury Homes/JJH Builders. Named by parish council in 1984 following tree theme, Welwyn (Herts.) being derived from Old English 'at the willows' (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"3378","Wendover Gardens, off Christchurch Road. Developed about 1959; originally The Close, but after borough surveyor had noted the possible confusion with The Close off Hales Road, Wendover Close was proposed, after large house of this name on corner. Developer counter-proposed the present name (Market and Watch Committee, Jan. 1960 no 1101; Feb. 1960, no. 1265)."
"3379","Wentworth Close, Springbank. By New Ideal Homesteads (agreement of July 1966)."
"3380","Wentworth Road, Springbank. Same developer and date as preceding."
"3381","Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, St George's Street. Built 1839-40, on a plot donated by Mr Jonathan Lea (Blake 1979, p.25)."
"3382","Wessex Drive, off Priors Road. Continuation of Hillview Road, developed by Wessex Homes, hence name (agreement of Nov. 1964). Second phase by same firm (agreement Aug. 1973; adopted Sept. 1975). Third phase by H. B. Kingston (agreement of Sept. 1976; adopted Mar. 1981)."
"3383","Wessex Road. Rejected 'Saxon theme' name for what became Athelney Way (Market and Watch Committee, unreported minute, 19 Dec. 1962)."
"3384","West Approach Drive, Pittville. Originally planned as Beaufort Place; laid out as West Spa Approach; developed 1851-4 (Blake 1988, p. 75). Anonymous on 1897 map, and seemingly named sometime in 20th century."
"3385","West Avenue, Prior's Farm estate. Part of Cheltenham's first post-war temporary housing sites. Road so named in 1945 at suggestion of borough surveyor, when construction had just begun (Housing Committee, Dec., no. 357). Replaced by present development in 1960s."
"3386","West Drive, Pittville, up from Clarence Square. Listed thus in 1952, having earlier been referred to as Western Drive (1901, 1911)."
"3387","West End. Alternative name for Lower High Street, adopted 1990s and promoted by some traders aiming to improve its image."
"3388","West Spa Approach. First name of West Approach Drive (Blake 1988, p. 75)"
"3389","Westal (or Westall: spelling fluid, though the etymology of the first recorded form supports a single L). Originally a tithing name. First noted 1201, as Westhal, meaning 'western nook of land' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). It is a long finger of land between Alstone and Leckhampton, its northern boundary following Hatherley Road (Rawes 6, p. 22). In 1712 was a hamlet of 6 houses (Atkins)."
"3390","Westal Brook. Despite some culverting and diversion, still flows east-west from east of Whitecross Square, through Cheltenham College grounds and the surviving large lake; originally through Exmouth Arms garden, then (forniing parish boundary between Leckhampton and Cheltenham) follows through dips in Park Place, Tivoli Road and St Stephen's Road into Hatherley Park lake where it joins the Hatherley Brook (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"3391","Westall Buildings. 4 houses on west side of Bath Road, immediately north of Bath Terrace. Listed 1883-4 directory. Now nos. 145-51 Bath Road (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"3392","Westal Court, off Hatherley Road. Modern development on site of house of same name shown on 1884 map."
"3393","Westall Farm. Extant 1815 (stock sale, Chronicle, Jan.)."
"3394","Westal Green. Shown on 1806-10 map; now little more than a traffic island on the A40. In 1837, was to be enclosed and planted with evergreens, having been 'of late years used almost exclusively for the purpose of beating carpets on, to the serious annoyance of the neighbourhood and the frequent alarm of horses' (Cheltenham Looker-On, 16 Dec. 1837). Mr L. Smith asked Cheltenham Borough Council in 1932 for the 'road off Lansdown Road adjoining Westal Green substation to be named', and Westal Green was adopted (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct.), presumably referring to the south side of the green, leading into Andover Road."
"3395","Westall Lane. Location uncertain; reference in Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 June 1827. Perhaps the route which later became Lansdown Road."
"3396","Westall Parade. 1841 Census; location uncertain."
"3397","Westal Park, off Hatherley Road. Developed by Maxim Construction Ltd (agreements of Aug. 1978 and Oct. 1979; adopted Mar. 1985)."
"3398","Westall Place. Pair of houses on west side of Bath Road, slightly set back; now nos. 123-5 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Advertised 1820: '2 handsome well-built villas, nos. 1-2 Westall Place' (Chronicle, 1 June), and shown on 1820 map."
"3399","Westbourne Drive, off Pittville Circus Road. After house called Westbourne House, existing by 1911 and probably earlier."
"3400","Westbourne Terrace, St Paul's. 7 houses on south side of St Paul's Road, ending at Rutland Street. First listed 1880-1 directory."
"3401","Westbourne Villas. 2 houses in College Road, first listed 1872."
"3402","Westbury Drive, off Old Bath Road. Name approved 1958, for development by J. A. Pye Ltd behind Westbury House, no. 269 Old Bath Road (Market and Watch Committee, Nov., no. 831)."
"3403","Westbury Road, off Old Bath Road. Same date and developer as preceding. ."
"3404","Westdown Gardens, off Hewlett Road. Built on land partly the former Yate's Seed Trial Ground, and partly a section of the Cheltenham Cricket Club ground (sold 1962); developed by Osterley Tudor Estates Ltd (agreement of Oct. 1964; adopted July 1975). Name proposed by developers in preference to original suggestion of Fairview Gardens (Market and Watch Committee, 27 May 1964)."
"3405","Western Avenue. One of several rejected names proposed by Western Estates Ltd for what became Loweswater Road and Langdale Road (Market and Watch Committee, Feb. 1955, nos. 1183, 1321)."
"3406","Western Drive, Pittville, See West Drive."
"3407","Western Gardens. Of same origin as Western Avenue."
"3408","Western Road, between Malvern Road and St George's Road. Laid out but unnamed and undeveloped on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. This 'new road connecting the Bays Hill Estate with that of Christ Church' was dedicated to the public in 1859. It was probably intended to revive the flagging development of both estates, and was hailed as a 'great convenience . . . the Western Road, for so it has been named, will undoubtedly prove an important improvement' (Cheltenham Looker-On, 16 July 1859). First listed in directories in 1861 (no houses). Probably so called because it was the westernmost of three planned parallel roads crossing the Bayshill estate (see e.g. 1864 map); only this one was realised according to plan (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal, 10). Just possibly influenced by the adjacent GWR."
"3409","Western Terrace, Bayshill. First listed 1863 directory."
"3410","Western Villas, Western Road. First listed 1864 directory."
"3411","Westfield, Alstone Lane. Victorian house between level crossing and junction with Rowanfield Road. 1884 map. Now no. 66 Alstone Lane."
"3412","Westfield Villas, Marle Hill. 2 houses, first listed 1883-4 directory."
"3413","Westminster Close, Charlton Kings. Off Southgate Drive; developed by Wheeler & Mansell Ltd (agreement of Oct. 1964)"
"3414","Westmon Cottages, Charlton Kings. 4 houses in Ryeworth, existing by 1911. Probably after the adjacent Westmon House, listed 1926 and probably earlier."
"3415","Weston Cottages, Tewkesbury Road. 10 houses near Russell Place. First noted 1891-2 directory."
"3416","Westwood Lane, Prestbury, Noverton Park. Hill feature theme: West Wood lies over the brow of Cleeve Hill from Prestbury (personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott)."
"3417","Whaddon. Area east of Prestbury Road. First noted as Whaddonfield, 1606. 'Probably a surname, from Whaddon [near Gloucester]' says Place Names of Gloucestershire, but this seems unsupported. As a placename, Whaddon ought to mean 'hill where wheat is grown', but this does not fit the topography (Rawes 6, p. 7). Sometimes seen as Wadden, e.g. Chronicle 19 Feb. 1818 ref. to parcel of 3 acres of pasture land there."
"3418","Whaddon Avenue, between Whaddon Road and Hewlett Road. Named thus by General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct. 1929. This, the council's first development on the Whaddon estate formed mainly from the land of Whaddon Farm, was to be of 92 houses (Town Planning Committee plans, July 1929). Earlier name proposals had been Patesian Avenue and Skillicorne Avenue, which see."
"3419","Whaddon Drive, off Whaddon Road opposite football ground. Developed 1939 by Trigg Bros (General Purposes and Watch Committee, June 1939)."
"3420","Whaddon Farm. 1884 map, on site latterly occupied by school, east of Clyde Crescent. Demolished 1937, during second phase of Cheltenham Borough Council development of the Whaddon Farm estate (Housing Committee, May)."
"3421","Whaddon Lane. Original name of Whaddon Road, see following."
"3422","Whaddon Road, Prestbury. Line of road marked but unnamed on 1806-10 map (about one-third of present length, from Prestbury Road), forming the access to the Berkeley Hunt kennels. These are marked as The Kennel on 1834 map, approximately where Cheltenham Town FC ground now is. Made into through route in early 1920s, probably soon after the apparent plan to 'arterialise' Cleeve View Road (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, 1921). Name first noted 1832, as Wadden Lane (Davies). Present name adopted 1927 (Streets and Highways Committee, 20 Dec. 1926). See also Thomson's Cottages."
"3423","Whaddon Terrace, 4 houses in Malvern Street, off Tewkesbury Road. In existence by 1926. Use of this name on the far side of town from Whaddon is unexplained."
"3424","Whaddon Villas, Whaddon Lane. 4 houses, listed 1911."
"3425","Wharfs. References thus (e.g. Davies 1834) are to wharfs at the end of the Gloucester to Cheltenham railroad."
"3426","Wheatland Drive, estate off Hayden Road. 1980s; from a fieldname in Swindon village."
"3427","Wheeler's Passage. Off north side of High Street, one door west from St James's Street, between nos. 66 & 67. 1841 Census, 1844 directory."
"3428","Wherelands Oak. A reference point named in a road repair order of 1692 (Manor Court Books). Compare Whorelane."
"3429","Whistling Hill, Charlton Kings. Possible variant of Wistley Hill. Seen 1833 in Bell, Poems on Various Subjects, p. 2 (personal communication Mr Michael Greet)."
"3430","Whitcombe. See Witcombe."
"3431","White Hart Lane. See following."
"3432","White Hart Street, off Lower High Street. First ref. 1811, to 6 newly erected tenements there at yearly rents of �£13 and �£14 (Chronicle, 18 July). Sometimes known as White Hall Lane; thus on 1820 map, which shows fairly continuous development on west side. Evidently from White Hart Inn, once situated at end of Lower High Street, south side, west of present railway bridge (site latterly occupied by Regent Components). In mid-1800s alternatively known as (or included) White Hart Row (1825 map, 1831 Rating List,, 1834 map, 1845 Rating List, 1864 map), though Street on 1855-7 Old Town Survey. Site of 6 cottages built by the philanthropic Cheltenham Cottage Co. 1882-4, some of which were later bought by the GWR and demolished 1903 in preparation for the railway embankment (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 1, p. 10). Street cut since 1907 by the Honeybourne line. See also Richmond Terrace."
"3433","White Cross Corner, Leckhampton. Name for junction of Farm Lane, Crippetts Road, Leckhampton Lane and Church Road. Marked on 1746 map of Norwood estate, Gloucestershire Record Office D303/P2 (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock). Thought to be named after a former signpost."
"3434","Whitecross Square, off Naunton Lane. 1841 Census. 9 dwellings listed 1844 directory; 14 houses 1872. More recent development by Bob Chick Ltd (agreement of June 1969). Preserves field or furlong name Whitecross (allusion uncertain) in Naunton tithing (Rawes 6, p. 2; 6, p. 23). White Cross Field still extant 1809 (Chronicle, 24 Aug.). Like several other Cheltenham 'squares', not noticeably of equal sides."
"3435","Whitehill, Prestbury. Farm near Upper Mill (sale advt., Examiner, 1848; personal communication Mrs Beryl Elliott). Noted as le Whitehill 1575 (Place Names of Gloucestershire)."
"3436","Whitehorn, Charlton Kings. Place Names of Gloucestershire notes an 1830 ref."
"3437","Whitemarsh Close, off Hayden Road. Developed by JJH (Building Developments) Ltd (agreement of May 1983; adopted Nov. 1985)."
"3438","Whithorne Farm. Latterly owned by Cheltenham Borough Council (minutes, 1898). Perhaps connected with Whithornes Piece, inclosure noted in Rawes 6, p. 16. The surname Whithorne has been known in Charlton Kings since 17th century."
"3439","Whitethorn Drive, off Bouncer's Lane. Mid-1980s. Road generally follows line of previous access lane to Ryefield Gardens. Name derived from former occupant of part of site, Whithorne Quarrying Co., who had sandpits there between the wars. Adapted, the name sets the 'hedgerow' theme followed on the rest of this development."
"3440","Whittington Road, Benhall. Part of Geo. Wimpey & Co. development of the Benhall Farm estate. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1588). Cotswold village theme."
"3441","Whittle Close, off Edendale Road. Developed by Canberra Developments Ltd (agreement of Sept. 1985; adopted Apr. 1988). Commemorates Sir Frank Whittle (d. 1996), designer of first jet aero-engines, built 1940-1 in garages off Regent Street and Carlton Street."
"3442","Whitville Cottages, Francis Street. 2 houses, first listed 1876 directory."
"3443","Whorelane. Unlocated; ref. in 1692 road repair order: 'and from Whorelane to the house of Thomas Gyles' (Manor Court Books)."
"3444","Wilford Terrace, Cleeve View Road. 15 houses comprising most of development on western side, 1926. Extends to (or possibly originated with) 6 nearby houses in Whaddon Lane (now Road)."
"3445","Wilkinson's Folly. Cruciform building named on 1820 map, between Chapel Street (north end) and what is now Ambrose Street. From lease evidence, probably built c. 1814 (Cheltenham Local History Society Journal, 14, p. 12). Building shown but unnamed on 1825 map. Site apparently redeveloped by time of 1834 map. In the absence of other buildings of any size in Chapel Street beside the chapel itself, it is very probable that Wilkinson's Folly was the 'valuable Castellated House or Building in Chapel Street with a large piece of ground in front, and a neat Gothic Cottage built at the end thereof' advertised 1821 (Chronicle, 22 Mar.). Put up for auction in 1828, being then 'usually known as The Castle' (Cheltenham Journal, 22 Dec.) Its history is otherwise unknown; no other reference by name yet discovered. The only Wilkinson in the 1820 directory is Mrs E. Wilkinson, 'Mistress of the Sherbourn Spa'."
"3446","Willersey Road, Benhall. Part of Geo Wimpey & Co. development of the Benhall Farm estate. Name approved 1957 (Market and Watch Committee, Apr., no. 1588). Cotswold village theme."
"3447","William Gough Close, off Bushy Way. 1980s estate off Hayden Road."
"3448","Williams's Cottages. 4 houses in Alstone Croft, first noted 1926 but possibly earlier."
"3449","Willow Road, Battledown. Off Ashley Road; probably 1970s."
"3450","Willow Road, Charlton Kings. Off Beeches Road, on Sappercombe nurseries site. Developed by J. A. Pye (agreements of Dec. 1964, Oct. 1965). Tree theme."
"3451","Willowbrook Drive, estate off Hayden Road. Developed by JJH (Building Developments) Ltd (agreement of May 1983; adopted Nov. 1985)."
"3452","Willowherb Close, off Bouncer's Lane. 1980s development; hedgerow theme."
"3453","Wimborne Close, Up Hatherley. Off Long Mynd, part of 1950s development of Up Hatherley. Name chosen by parish council (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"3454","Winchcomb(e) Place (1). Parade, now mostly shops, continuing east side of Winchcombe Street from Albion Street to Mountpleasant. Building land here, bounded on north by Sherborne Street and on west by Prestbury Road, auctioned 1811 (Miles/Glos. Journal, 10 Oct.). No. 1 to let, 1818 (Chronicle, Sept.). Named on 1819 map; no. 28 listed 1830. By 1850s, separate references disappear, properties being numbered as part of Winchcombe Street (pc M Grindley)"
"3455","Winchcomb(e) Place (2), southern end of Prestbury Road. 1834 map indicates some development here, but first confirmed ref. is in 1839 (court case ââ?¬â?? pc M Grindley), where it is termed 'little Winchcomb Place', to distinguish it from the grander one nearer the town centre. Billings, acting for Corpus Christi College, erected a row of 'convenient and presentable dwelling houses and shops' here in 1884-5, replacing 'tumble-down tenements' (Examiner, 29 Apr. 1885)."
"3456","Winchcombe Road, Pittville estate. Apparently an early alternative name for Prestbury Road; 3 building certs. for houses here (including no. 9), 1840."
"3457","Winchcombe Street. The road to Winchcombe was piked in 1792 (Victoria County History); by 1795, the small part then built up had become known as Winchcombe Street (Miles/Glos. Journal, 10 Aug.). 8 properties listed in 1800 directory. On 1806-10 map, but built up only as far as Albion Street. An early name for the route was Bell Lane (thus on 1776 map), from the Bell Inn, on east corner of High Street and present Winchcombe Street (now C&G branch). For a time in 1780s known also as St Leger's Lane, which see. From about 1790 to 1810, the then unbuilt section, north of the town centre out to where Pittville Gates now stand, was known as Swan Lane, which see. The spelling has varied, but Winchcombe, Glos. now officially has an -e, and this model is usually followed."
"3458","Winchcombe Terrace. Marked on 1834 map as spur off west side Winchcombe Street, south of junction with Fairview Road, on a site later used for stabling and in the 1990s as an indoor market, now largely converted for chain-store retail. Building certs. 1835-6 for 8 houses, all by James Creed."
"3459","Winchester Way, Warden Hill. Existing by 1959; cathedral city theme."
"3460","Windermere Close, Up Hatherley. Lake District theme. Developed by Tily Estates (agreement of June 1960)."
"3461","Windermere Road, Up Hatherley. Initially developed 1948-9, as part of the Alma Road estate, which see. Lake District theme."
"3462","Windlass Hill, Charlton Kings. 1830; adaptation of earlier Windsarse Hill, 1777 (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Sandy Lane is referred to as 'the Windarse' in early C18, and marked as such on 1746 map (pc J Sale)."
"3463","Windrush Road, Whaddon. Name chosen 1935 (construction had not yet begun) following river theme adopted for mid-1930s development of Whaddon Farm estate (General Purposes and Watch Committee,.Oct.)."
"3464","Windsor Place, Prestbury Road. South-east side, roughly opposite Windsor Street. 1841 Census; 4 houses listed, 1844 directory, i.e. present nos. 75-81 Prestbury Road. Adjacent in 1844 were Windsor House (now no. 83) and Windsor Villa (perhaps no. 85)."
"3465","Windsor Street, off Prestbury Road. Includes the former Windsor Terrace, which see; street first separately named in early 1900s. Not originally a through route."
"3466","Windsor Terrace. Original name of terrace on east side of present Windsor Street. Begun by 1819: '3 Windsor Terrace to let . . . small dwelling house in the cottage style . . . uninterrupted view to Marle Hill Lodge' (Chronicle, July). A pre-Pittville development, which presumably lost some of its westerly outlook when the larger scheme took off. Named on 1834 map; 1855-7 Old Town Survey (12 houses) and in 1872 (17 houses). If normal Cheltenham pattern is followed, the terrace would have been named after Windsor House (see Windsor Place), though the house is not yet firmly dated. Perhaps influenced by the rather grander Windsor Terrace in Bristol, begun 1790 ([son, p. 226)."
"3467","Windyridge Gardens, Wyman's Brook. Developed by Geo. Wimpey (agreement of Nov. 1975; adopted Dec. 1976) and Westbury Estates (agreement of Nov. 1975; adopted Feb. 1981). On site of a farm named Windyridge (for the obvious reason) from mid-1940s, but earlier called Morality Farm."
"3468","Windyridge Road, Wyman's Brook. Developed by R. Hitchins Ltd (agreement of Aug. 1971; adopted Sept. 1975)."
"3469","Winstonian Road, Fairview, between All Saints' Road and Victoria Place. Originally Winstonian Terrace, 'built in contravention of byelaws and in spite of disapproval of his plans' by Charles Winstone (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes, Feb. 1896). Winstone, a Fairview builder, had bought the 4-acre lot in 1886, for �£2,150 (Examiner, Aug. 11). Following removal of a wall separating it from Victoria Place, it became a thoroughfare and by Nov. 1897 was being referred to as Winstonian Road (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes); formal adoption of this name resolved 1900 (Streets and Highways Committee, Apr.). Winstone had died by Feb. 1901."
"3470","Winter Gardens and Skating Rink. A Crystal Palace-style building, by J. T. Derby, which stood from 1878 to 1942 on the present Imperial Gardens."
"3471","Winterbotham Road, Hester's Way. Named by council 1953 (Housing Committee, June, no. 198); honorary freeman theme. Alderman Miss Clara Frances Winterbotham, MBE, JP, retired in 1954 after 36 years on the council, with mayoral terms in 1921-3 and 1944-6 (council minute no. 1489, Mar. 1954)."
"3472","Winton Close, off Warden Hill Road. Probably of same date as following."
"3473","Winton Road, off Warden Hill Road. Developed by Castlefields (Cheltenham) Ltd (agreement of July 1956); name approved Sept. same year (Market and Watch Committee, no. 505)."
"3474","Wisteria Court, Up Hatherley. Mid-1990s development by Hitchins. Flower/shrub theme."
"3475","Wistley Hill, Charlton Kings. On southern border of parish."
"3476","Wistley Road, Charlton Kings. Off Beeches Road; developed by Geo. Wimpey & Co. Ltd (agreement of July 1956)."
"3477","Witcombe Place, off eastern end of Albion Street. Often Whitcombe in 19th-century references. Development probably begun in 1819: nos. 1, 2 & 3 Whitcombe Place, 'wellbuilt dwelling houses, offered for sale Feb. 1820 (Miles/Glos. Journal, 14 Feb.). Line present on 1820 map; lamps installed 1824 (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 3 Mar.). By 1826, it was more than �¾ built, and the owners became liable to get it paved (Paving Commissioners' Minutes, 1 Dec.). 1834 map shows cul-de-sac with terrace houses either side. 17 houses 1872; nos. 1-15 listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.). From Witcombe, Glos., to south of Cheltenham: Sir William Hicks, of a family long established there, owned nearby Belle Vue, the first major house on the north side of the High Street (see Cheltenham Local History Society Journal 10)."
"3478","Withyholt Court, Charlton Kings. Off Moorend Road. C. 1970s."
"3479","Withyholt Park, Charlton Kings. Off Moorend Road; developed by Twyford Property (agreement of Dec. 1964). After Withyholt, originally area name, noted 1605; from Old English widig holt, 'willow wood' (Place Names of Gloucestershire). A house of this name is shown on 1884 map; demolished 1964. The house is shown on 1746 map (as 'Greens's'); later became Home Farm (of Charlton Park) and by 1780s Withyholt Farm (Gloucestershire Record Office D7661; pc J Sale)."
"3480","Withypool, Up Hatherley. Off Rothleigh; part of Greatfield Park Phase II development by Westbury Homes (approved 1986, completed c. 1990). Withypool is an Exmoor village; choice reflecting Devon origin of Cllr David Hall (Up Hatherley Parish Council)."
"3481","Witley Lodge Close, Up Hatherley. Recent development off Greatfield Lane; after a house, shown on 1884 map (there spelled Whitley Lodge)."
"3482","Wodebreche, Alstone. Furlong or close name seen in 13th century (Cirencester Abbey Cartulary)."
"3483","Wodebroke, Alstone. Stream name seen in 13th century (Cirencester Abbey Cartulary)."
"3484","Wolseley Terrace, off Oriel Road. Completed 1833 (building cert. for all 4 houses issued to Revd Sir Richard W. Wolseley); described in same year as an 'elegant row of buildings' (Miles/newspaper, 14 Nov.). As part of the development, Wolseley also gave up a piece of land allowing what became Oriel Road to be widened. 1834 map. Its site was once a I wild and rural locale' (Goding, p. 292), though later occupied by Lindsay Cottage, which see; this house was demolished to make way for the new terrace. Named after Wolseley House or Villa, Sir Richard Wolseley's own residence (site now covered by 1960s telephone exchange). He died 1852, aged 92 (Rowe 1850, p. 82; Goding, p. 292)."
"3485","Wolseley Villa Mews, off Trafalgar Street. Home to a fly proprietor, 1847 directory."
"3486","Wolseley Villas, Swindon Road. Listed as 4 houses; apparently west of Baker Street."
"3487","Wolston Cottages, Francis Place, Bath Road. 2 houses, first noted 1883-4 directory."
"3488","Wood Brook. Unlocated Cheltenham watercourse; ref. in 1688 will of Henry King (Sale, p. 53)."
"3489","Wood Court. 2 or 3 houses off northwest side of Sherborne Street. Probably same as Wood's Passage, listed 1844 directory as 7 houses between nos. 1 & 2 Sherborne Street (west side), and shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey between end of Berkeley Avenue and Sherborne Street. Partly included in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"3490","Wood's Road. See Sir Matthew Wood's Road."
"3491","Woodbine Cottage. First name of what later became North Lodge and now Dunalley House, St Paul's Road."
"3492","Woodbine Cottages (1) Duke Street. No. 1 listed in 1841 Census; shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey between western end of Duke Street and Carlton Street."
"3493","Woodbine Cottages (2) Alstone. Listed 1911, but probably older."
"3494","Woodbine Cottages (3) Fairview Road. Listed 1911; 8 houses, all listed in 1936 slum clearance schedule (Housing Committee, Oct.)."
"3495","Woodbine Cottages (4) Malthouse Lane. Listed thus by 1926. No doubt after former name of nearby Dunalley House (which see), St Paul's Road."
"3496","The Wooden House. A structure moved 'entire' from the High Street to Bayshill during George III's 1788 visit. Afterwards removed to site of Sadler's Wells house (which see); 'long destroyed' by 1826 (Griffith, p. 12)."
"3497","Woodgate Close, Charlton Kings. Off eastern end of London Road; developed by Bryant Homes Ltd (agreement of Feb. 1991)."
"3498","Woodland Cottage. Late 18th/early 19th-century brickbuilt house surviving in Rodney Road, now occupied by Horsley's estate agency. Named after its former surroundings (area described at Wolseley Terrace, above). Situated on the Chelt (now culverted here); some features of the brickwork on its river frontage suggest a possible former mill function."
"3499","Woodland Cottages. 2 houses in Francis Street, first listed 1876."
"3500","The Woodlands. Name still current in 1950s to describe the fields on which Bournside School and Warden Hill now extend. Ultimately from the extensive grounds (23 acres) of a Victorian mansion of this name, the largest and possibly the last (c. 1870s) to be built in The Park; demolished c. 1955 after Gloscat acquired the site (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock)."
"3501","Woodlands Road, Warden Hill. Off Shurdington Road; existing by 1959."
"3502","Woodstock Villas, Marle Hill. 2 houses, first noted 1883-4 directory."
"3503","Worcester Place, Tewkesbury Road. 4 newly-built messuages here offered for sale 1820 (Miles/Glos. Journal, 16 June); and a further two, 1821 (Chronicle, 28 June). Probably near or part of Worcester Street."
"3504","Worcester Row, somewhere off Tewkesbury Road. Property and building lots advertised here 1815 (Chronicle, 25 May); 2 newly-built messuages here for sale 1820 (Miles/Glos. Journal, 16 June). A further 10 newly-built freehold cottages advertised 1821 (Chronicle, 28 June). These perhaps included Worcester Cottages, 7 cottages in Tewkesbury Road, just west of Worcester Street (1844 directory)."
"3505","Worcester Street, St Peter's, near Tewkesbury Road. Begun by 1810, when several lots here were offered for auction: 2 newly-erected dwelling houses; another newly-built house; and building lots 16ft wide and 56ft deep (Chronicle, 22 Nov.). Cresy 1849 notes it was laid out 'about 40 years ago'. Marked erroneously on 1819 map as Gloucester Street. On 1834 map (as also Worcester Villas); and by then well developed along both sides."
"3506","Wordsworth Avenue, St Mark's. Under development 1933; named by Housing Committee, following English poets theme adopted for this estate (Housing Committee, Oct.; General Purposes and Watch Committee, Nov.)."
"3507","Workhouse Lane. 1834 map; renamed Knapp Lane in 1961. Refers to c. 1800 workhouse preceding that built c. 1840 on site lately occupied by St Paul's maternity hospital."
"3508","Workman's Lane. Location uncertain; mentioned in borough surveyor's monthly report, June 1896 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Probably from surname, common in Glos."
"3509","Wychbury Close, Leckhampton. Off Moorend Road; c. 1970."
"3510","Wyman's Brook. A stream for much of its length forming the boundary between Cheltenham and Prestbury. First seen as Wymondsbrook 1606; cf also Wymundesclose 1453; from the personal name Weymund (Place Names of Gloucestershire). Latterly also the name of a 1960s-70s estate, with streets named after Cheltenham Gold Cup winners."
"3511","Wymans Lane, Swindon Village. Formally named thus in 1963; earlier known locally as Kingsditch Lane, of which it is the northerly continuation (personal communication Major A C Cropp)."
"3512","Wymans Road, off Whaddon Road. One of the first 3 roads in the 1930s development of the Whaddon Farm estate, named (1935) in accordance with river theme adopted for this estate; road at that time still being built (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Oct.). It is just south of Wyman's Brook."
"3513","Yarnold Terrace, off Tewkesbury Road, west of railway. In Mar. 1936, the widow of Alderman Henry Thomas Yarnold, who had been councillor for North Ward in 1920s, wrote to the council with a request from residents that his name be perpetuated. It was resolved that these houses on the then new Moors estate fronting Tewkesbury Road (and hitherto known as Tewkesbury Road West) should be renamed (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Mar.)."
"3514","Yatman's Yard, also known as Yatman Street. Off High Street, a few houses west from St James's Street, 1806-10 map. Site probably taken over by Gyde's Terrace, forerunner of Grosvenor Street. Evidently after the Mr Yatman here in 1787 (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Fe 10/2), and listed in 1800 directory. A Thomas Yatman noted in 1763 (Manor Court Books),"
"3515","Yeend Close, off Tewkesbury Road, near Civil Service sports ground; c. 1930."
"3516","Yew Tree Close, Wyman's Brook. Late 1960s or early 70s."
"3517","Yew Tree Cottages (1), Charlton Kings. In School Road, opposite the track which later became Lyefield Road East. Erected c. 1833 for �£25 apiece; added to an earlier stone house of the same name (Paget, p. 49). 1844 directory. Probably the same as Yew Tree Buildings, listed in 1841 Census as some 7 houses."
"3518","Yew Tree Cottages (2), 2 houses on north side of Hewlett Road near Cemetery Road. Listed 1883-4 directory."
"3519","York Farm. Marked on 1897 map, just cast of Hewletts Reservoir."
"3520","York Passage. Pedestrian passage, now anonymous, leading north from High Street to Grosvenor Terrace. 1780s refs to theatre newly built in York Passage (before visit of George III) (Hart, pp. 134, 141). Still thus in 1896 (Cheltenham Borough Council minutes). Named after the adjacent York Hotel, one of the principal inns in the coaching era, still listed 1800 directory; site now occupied by no. 85 High Street."
"3521","York Place (1). Unlocated; perhaps related to above. No. 2 York Place noted in 1820 directory."
"3522","York Place (2) Bath Road, opposite St Luke's Road. Two houses, now Sandford Park Hotel, for which Anthony Major (one of the builders of Oriel Place) received a building cert. in 1827. Both houses listed 1830 directory. Part of a planned longer terrace, shown on 1834 map but evidently never developed further. Goding (p. 298) suggests a name connection with a notable visitor; the Duke of York, second son of George III, could be a candidate."
"3523","York Place (3). 'Near St Paul's Street North', 1858 directory. 'Back Street near St Paul's Cross', 4 houses 1872."
"3524","York Row, Prestbury. 3 cottages in High Street, made over to Prestbury parochial charities in 1950 (Victoria County History, p. 81). One was built round an oak tree."
"3525","York Street, Fairview, off Sherborne Street. 1834 map shows development nearly complete."
"3526","York Terrace, St George's Road. Originally 14 houses, now equating to present nos. 59-87. Italianate style contrasts with classical Bayshill Terrace. 1841 Census."
"3527","York Villas, Bayshill. First noted 1860."
"3528","Young's Passage, Rutland Street. 4 houses off east side, towards north end (1844 directory); one of them occupied by Sarah Young."
"3529","Younginghill, Charlton Kings. Noted 1639 (Manor Court Books); a field in Ham Hill (pc J Sale)."
"3530","Zara Cottages, Fairview. Midway on the shorter leg of St Anne's Terrace. Mentioned in 1849 Cresy report, as 2 cottages facing a large open garden. Shown on 1855-7 Old Town Survey; listed as 4 houses, 1891-2 directory. Nos. 1-2 listed for demolition in slum clearance programme no. 2, 1935 (Housing Committee, Feb,). Presumably after the girl's name (though rare in 19th century), rather than the Adriatic town."
"3531","Zeppelin. Former name of a c. 1900 house, now no. 19 Priors Road. After the German Count; neighbouring no. 21 was formerly Dumont, after Alberto Santos-Dumont, also a pioneer of dirigibles."
"3532","Zoar Chapel. A short-lived Strict Baptist chapel, opened 1909 in Suffolk Street (personal communication Mr Ken Pollock); named after one of the biblical five Cities of the Plain.
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