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.).
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.
Grovefield Way, The Reddings. 1995 naming of section of new relief road west of Reddings and Up Hatherley.
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).
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).
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.
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).
Gutterfall, Charlton Kings. See Glenfall.
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).
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.).
Gwernant Road, Warden Hill. Named thus at suggestion of Housing Committee, 1951 (General Purposes and Watch Committee, Feb.). Welsh theme.
Gyde('s) Terrace. Original name of Grosvenor Street, which see.
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.
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.
Hales Road Approach, Charlton Kings. Former name (1858) for Battledown Approach (O'Connor, p. 12).
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).
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.
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).
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.
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.).
Halland Road, Leckhampton. Off Leckhampton Road. Two builders active in this road, 1906 (plans approved by Streets and Highways Committee, Aug.)
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.
Hallmead Close, off Bushy Way, Hayden Road. Development of c. 1980s.
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.