Mill park estate in Eastham has themed road names of Cheshire villages, namely Delamere, Willington, Kelsall, Kingsley,Ince, and Picton Avenues, Tarvin Road and Stoke and Stanney Closes. Two lake district avenues Ennerdale and Crossthwaite also a few odd ones that I have no idea about.
There's a series of roads off Eleanor Road in Bidston, named after cricket players and grounds: Brearley Close, Statham Road, Washbrook Avenue, Cowdrey Avenue, Edrich Avenue, Lords Avenue, Edgbaston Way, Trueman Close. However, one of the streets is incorrectly named; "Lillie Close", named after Aussie fast bowler Dennis Lillee.
@Chriskay - I was anticipating a revolt about combining the hills and mountains.
@Inanimate1 - I had forgotten about your thread but they are a different aspects, I was just interested in groups of names, not the history of the source.
Thanks to everyone so far.
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@Chriskay - I was anticipating a revolt about combining the hills and mountains.
In fact, my only complaint was describing the roads of Tranmere Hall Estate as Prenton. This jars with me, since my mother used to say we lived in Prenton (because it was posher than Tranmere). Historically, Tranmere extended to Woodchurch Rd. and Storeton Rd. Anyway, most of Birkenhead is Prenton nowadays, thanks to the Post Office. Here's a map from Sidelights on Tranmere, by J.E.Allison.
I started a thread looking for these well over a year ago. leasowe has roads off Reeds Lane named after famous Racecourses, probably due to the horse racing links with the old racecourse that was there...
EPSOM, Newbury, Aintree, Goodwood and Cheltenham.
Not to mention the Rugby links by the Rugby Club as well...
Twickenham & Murrayfield for grounds, and Blackheath after the oldest known club in the world.
I didn't to be honest, I'd got hold of a cheap A to Z of Wirral roads and started to alphabetise them by town, but someone threw away a good couple of weeks of work. I've since moved on to pubs now. The rate they are closing I feel it would be good for future years to try and get a few pictures of local haunts from the outside and hopefully the inside (although I know a lot of landlords might be reluctant for that to happen as it could be a security issue), and hopefully some pictures of the regulars from there as well.
Away from road names though, but still on naming, I am intrigued to find out why the Queensway Tunnel and the Kingsway Tunnel are named as such, seeing as the former was opened by a King and the latter by a Queen
The Birkenhead tunnel, opened in 1934 by King George V, is officially called Queensway. But years ago, the Birkenhead entrance was known as Queensway and the Liverpool entrance as Kingsway.
Calling the Liverpool entrance Kingsway seems to have been abandoned when the Wallasey Tunnel was opened by the Queen in 1971 with the name of Kingsway.
In 1934 when the Birkenhead tunnel was opened by king George V he was accompanied by his wife, queen Mary. It's after her that the tunnel is named. It's thought that when the present queen opened the Wallasey tunnel, she was naming it after her father, George VI, but I don't know if that's true. Anyway, if you've already got a Queensway, I suppose it's logical to have a Kingsway.
It's thought that when the present queen opened the Wallasey tunnel, she was naming it after her father, George VI, but I don't know if that's true.
This is certainly what we were told at the time. I was in the girl guides, we were part of the guard of honour lining the road as the royal entourage emerged from the tunnel, having driven through from Liverpool. 2 hours stood in blazing sunshine in a concrete canyon (we were near the Wheatland Lane bridge), there were a fair few kids hit the deck with heat exhaustion! Just about managed to see a gloved hand giving the "royal wave" as they drove past
When the first Mersey Tunnel was opened as Queensway, to keep the King happy the sections of Dale Street and Manchester Street adjoining the entrance in Liverpool had the designation Kingsway added to their names, and the entrance was officially known as the Kingsway Entrance. In Birkenhead the area in front of the tunnel entrance was officially named King's Square, so we had the King's Square Entrance.
We still have the King's Square Entrance on this side, but the name Kingsway was eventually dropped on the Liverpool side to avoid confusion with the new Kingsway Tunnel to Wallasey. The section of Manchester Street next to the Liverpool end of the tunnel has now been incorporated into Old Haymarket, and the old tunnel entrance officially seems to be either the the Old Haymarket Entrance or simply the Queensway Entrance. This change appears to have been fairly recent as I clearly remember the Manchester Street (Kingsway) sign still being visible when I first started going over to Liverpool regularly around about fifteen years ago, and the earliest A-Z I can find in which Manchester Street has been renamed Old Haymarket is from 2005.
There are roads in Moreton with a Girls name theme, mostly all running off Hoylake road between the cross and Meols. Rosslyn Drive Susan Grove Joan Avenue Francis Avenue Doreen Avenue some of which join onto Douglas Drive and Ely Avenue. There's also a Marian Drive and a Gabrriel close but they're situated off the main group
On the Horse theme there are racehorse name plaques attached to the front of some of the buildings on Moreton Cross that form the bend between Hoylake road and Upton road. I heard the original owner was a race horse keeper and mounted the plaques to commemorate his horses. You may find some have been painted over, but if you look carefully, they're still there.
