New Blackpool.

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Tue 30 Aug, 2011 10:41 am

buffaloskinner wrote: Strange names. I live in what is called Nova Scotia, what the connection is I have no idea Is this the part of Chapel Allerton named after provinces of Canada.

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Tue 30 Aug, 2011 11:26 am

buffaloskinner wrote: Strange names. I live in what is called Nova Scotia, what the connection is I have no idea I don't know the reason behind the name but I have come across Nova Scotia in Middleton in the 1851 census

simong · Post by **simong** » Tue 30 Aug, 2011 1:10 pm

There's New Scarboro in Yeadon, it's signposted at the roundabout on the High Street but it now seems to be a housing estate on the other side of the A65.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Tue 30 Aug, 2011 1:30 pm

jim wrote: Steep wooded hillside, threaded by winding narrow roads, stream, vivid imagination, property agent? So that's all it is then? Just because of one steep wooded hillside, threaded by winding narrow roads and a stream?

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue 30 Aug, 2011 2:17 pm

Hi Chrism. No idea, the question mark is to indicate wild guess/shot in the dark/pure supposition!

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 30 Aug, 2011 2:29 pm

Chrism wrote: jim wrote: Steep wooded hillside, threaded by winding narrow roads, stream, vivid imagination, property agent? So that's all it is then? Just because of one steep wooded hillside, threaded by winding narrow roads and a stream? Yes it seems so Chris, someone will have likened the area to some alpine part of Switzerland many years ago, the name will have stuck over the years.There is no definite link to Switzerland, just the visual comparison. Gledhow Lane, with its combination of hairpin bends, narrowness,steep gradient and high stone walls in a sylvan setting.An early view of the home of Sydney Kitson, possibly from the early 1900s, situated on Gledhow Lane. The area was formerly known as Little Switzerland.This road is still known by local people as Little Switzerland as it very much resembles a Swiss mountain road. It has a fairly steep gradient & a harpin turn very much like many roads in Switzerland. The house in the picture is situated on the harpin of the road & since this picture was taken has had a crash barrier installed infront of the front door. The house in the picture is now devided into flats. Photo, caption, and comment taken from the Leodis website herehttp://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIde ... OMMENT=YES