Finchcroft Court, Prestbury. Off Finchcroft Lane; c. 1970s flats.
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).
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.
Finstock Close, Benhall. Developed by Bryant Homes Ltd on Granley Field estate (agreement of June 1966). Cotswold village theme.
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).
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.
Fir Tree Close, Prestbury. Off Prestbury Road.
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.
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).
First Central Cross Drive, Pittville. Original name (to c. 1900) of Wellington Road (Blake 1988, p. 68).
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).
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Flint Road, Up Hatherley. Apparently a Bryant Estates development; name approved 195 (Market and Watch Committee, Feb., no. 1288). Welsh county theme.
Floral Cottages, Naunton Crescent. 2 houses, first listed 1883-4 directory.
Florida Drive, Prestbury. Off South View Way; of 1970s appearance.
Fluck's Elm. Reference point on a route leading towards Shurdington, noted in 1692 road repair order (Manor Court Books).
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.
The Folley, St Paul's Road. College sports ground. Despite different spelling, is almost certainly of same origin as following.
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).