SLHS: Street Names Changed

History

It’s obvious that any town will change over a period of 400 years. Let’s have a look at how the names have changed since the year 1600 (starting at the top of this map)..

Street Name Changes

1. Arden Street was Pound Lane until 1879
   

2. Bancroft Gardens was an open field called Bank Croft and Butt Close
   

3. Bishopton Lane was Sealt Stret (Salt Street)
   

4. Bridgefoot was called The Causey
   

5. Bridge Street had slums down the middle, Middle Row, which were pulled down (link to go here)
   

6. Bull Street was Bull Lane
   

7. Chapel Lane was Walkers Street (which continued all the way to the river)
   

8. Cox’s Yard was much further from the river opposite Swan Gates
   

9. Ely Street was Swine Street
   

10. Evesham Crossing had a pub “The Two Elms”
    

11. Greenhill Street was More Town End
    

12. Grove Road was Back Lane
    

13. Guild Street was Gild Pits (this originally was an open sewer with much effluent from the brewery)
    

14. Hathaway Lane was Shinners Lane
    

15. Loxley Road was Hares Lane
    

16. Lucy’s Mill Bridge was wooden at this time.
    

17. Maybird Centre N (where Tesco is) was called Rathmines Terrace (no apostrophe on doc we have)
    

18. Mayfield Avenue was Burman’s Lane
    

19. Mere Street was Mere Pool Lane
    

20. Narrow Lane (Old Town) was Love Lane.
    

21. New Broad Street didn’t exist (that’s why it’s new)
    

22. Sanctus Road was Sanctuary Lane was Sancty Lane.
    

23. Scholars Lane was Tinkers Lane
    

24. Shipston Road was London Turnpike
    

25. Shottery Road was Berrin’ Row (apostrophe because it’s short for “buried in”)
    

26. Waterside was Bank Croft Side and Butt Lane
    

27. West Street was Cross Lane
    

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Pub Name Changes

1. The Arden Hotel was “The Elm”
   

2. The Encore was The Anchor was The Bear

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Town Centre Grid Layout

Two years before he died John de Coutances decided to set up a town near the “Strait Ford”. However he wisely thought to leave the original Roman garrison, on the South side of the river, and set up his new town on the North side based upon a grid pattern.

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