Street names

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Wed 24 Sep, 2008 12:31 pm

Ben Turpin

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Wed 24 Sep, 2008 3:24 pm

Fartham! pronounced as in Farthing! lolAye, Simonm, Ben Turpin,crosseyed comedian of thesilent films! No,his dad wasn't Randolf the boxer!

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Wed 24 Sep, 2008 4:32 pm

arry awk wrote: Fartham! pronounced as in Farthing! lolAye, Simonm, Ben Turpin,crosseyed comedian of thesilent films! No,his dad wasn't Randolf the boxer! Aye, I've seen him, not in person I hasten to add. I had to laugh cos I remembered his face when you mentioned him.

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Wed 24 Sep, 2008 6:02 pm

A friend of mine still chuckles about knowing a girl who lived on Burchett Grove!!

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Sun 28 Sep, 2008 4:33 am

raveydavey wrote: rangieowner wrote: the battle you mentioned was at cock beck near john smeaton school 'the battle of winwaed' hence the names of the streets refering to penda : pendas way and the penwells in stanks named after a well from which king penda drank!! Thats what Mr Etherington (my old history teacher) taught me, too.In fact, the area of Stanks gets it's name from the whiff of dead bodies following the battle. Which is nice. urgh!!!! I live in Stanks! thanks for that Davey!!

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Sun 28 Sep, 2008 4:36 am

Trojan wrote: There was an item on Radio Leeds this week about unusual West Yorkshire street names, apparently there are streets called "Solid" and "Cake" in Huddersfield.This set me wondering about "Branch End" at Gildersome - at the junction of Asquith Avenue and Gelderd Road, and where the name originated.For that matter I live in the Troy area of Morley which also seems fairly unusual. There's a Troy area in Horsforth too F.Y.I. !

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 28 Sep, 2008 11:20 am

rangieowner wrote: Trojan wrote: There was an item on Radio Leeds this week about unusual West Yorkshire street names, apparently there are streets called "Solid" and "Cake" in Huddersfield.This set me wondering about "Branch End" at Gildersome - at the junction of Asquith Avenue and Gelderd Road, and where the name originated.For that matter I live in the Troy area of Morley which also seems fairly unusual. There's a Troy area in Horsforth too F.Y.I. ! Doesn't answer the question though does it? Why? We have no Greeks besieging us. We have no inpenetrable walls. We have no wooden horse (just a few cats) I suppose we have a Helen somewhere. Having said that I think that there's a Troydale area in Pudsey. there certainly used to be a textile group called Troydale - most of the mills in Morley belonged to it.

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Mon 29 Sep, 2008 12:51 pm

Ay but we do have a Trojan! lol!

kierentc · Post by **kierentc** » Mon 29 Sep, 2008 8:34 pm

bit of a long shot but does anyone know the names of the rows of streets (and indeed where they are) where the initial of each street spells out 'HARRISON' (after john i assume?)and i believe they're at right angles to a street with a lady's name that was the name of his wife?i think i read this in the YEP yonks ago but have forgotten any more info

simong · Post by **simong** » Tue 30 Sep, 2008 12:41 am

Lilysmum wrote: Also in Yeadon is "Worlds End"just behind the Albert pub on the High st. Would be interesting to know how that street name came about. We also have Enfield and Harper Rock (well, that's a row of houses on Harper Lane but it has a sign). Someone had fun when they got the crayons out to design the town.As for World's End, this is just a guess but at one time it probably would have been the edge of the village. The former abattoir across the road is the same age but was there when my house on Albert Square was built. My back yard is historically a right of way which would have continued across Cemetery Road and along World's End, probably a drover's path.