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Putnoe Road Names

Below is a list of the following:

  • All the known named roads in Putnoe,
  • An approximate date of when the road first existed,
  • A likely source or theory about the road name,
  • The original 18th Century field name in which the road is located.

To view a .pdf file of the 18th Century field boundary map of Putnoe click here (You will require Acrobat Reader to view this).

Street Name

Year

Name Source

Original Field Name (18th Century)

Putnoe Street

Pre 1778

Putnoe

Putnoe Street

Putnoe Lane

Pre 1778

Putnoe

The Thoroughfare

Green Acres

1955

Description of the farm land that previously existed here?

Mead Close and Bedford Newfields

Arrow Leys

1955

Mead Close

Putnoe Heights

1955

Putnoe

Cloth Pightle and Mead Close

The Furlong

1955

Anglo Saxon for quarter of a virgate (Small holding)

Home Close

Uplands

1955

Home Close

Queens Drive

1957

Queen Elizabeth II

Mead Close and Godso Close

Queens Crescent

1957

Queen Elizabeth II

Mead Close and Godso Close

Braeside

1955

)

Mead Close

Fairholme

1957

) Descriptions of some sort?

Godso Close and Goldinton Newfields

Furzefield

1957

)

Goldington Newfields

Leasway

1957

)

Goldington Newfields

Poplar Avenue

1957-59

Trees

Home Mead and The Thoroughfare

Willmers Close

Not known, possibly named after Willmers Corner which used to be at the end of St.John's Street.

The Thoroughfare

Nursery Gardens

After Laxtons Nursery previously located here in 1920s.

The Thoroughfare

Orchard Close

After the Orchards which existed in LAxtons Nursery in this area?

Bedford Newfields

Aspen Avenue

Tree (Populus Tremula - A Poplar)

The Thoroughfare

Stanhope Road

Place in County Durham?

Home Mead

Elm Close

Tree

Home Mead

Pax Hill

Home Mead

Gilwell Close

Some thing to do with Scouting? Place near Chingford

Home Mead

Rowallan Drive

Activity centre in Scotland

Home Mead and The Thoroughfare

Foxlease

Activity centre in Hampshire

The Thoroughfare

Hartshill

Bedford Newfields

Stancliffe Road

Covingtons Ground and Bedford Newfields

Pentland Rise

Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Scotland

Covingtons Ground

Cheviot Close

Hill in Pennines

Little Healands

Pennine Road

Hills

Little Healands

Chiltern Avenue

Hills

Covingtons Ground, Little Healands, Smead Healand and Mead Healands.

Mendip Crescent

Hills

Great Healands

Quantock Close

Hills in Somerset

Great Healands

Haylands Way

Named after 'Healands' field name?

Great Healands and Goldington Newfields

Brendon Avenue

Smead Healand

Langdale

Smead Healand

Selsey Way

Selsey is a place in West Sussex

Smead Healand

Hartop Close

Farming family at Putnoe Farm from 1903 to 1967

Wheathouse Pightle

Harrington Drive

1971

The Thoroughfare

Brecon Way

Hills - Brecon Beacons in Powys

The Thoroughfare

Birkdale Road

Golf Course

The Thoroughfare

Troon Close

Golf Course

The Thoroughfare

Parkstone Close

Golf Course

The Thoroughfare

Wentworth Drive

Golf Course

The Thoroughfare, Little Aldens, Lower Woods and Top Putnoe Field.

Tweedsmuir Road

1971

In Peebleshire in Scottish Borders

Upper Woods

Repton Close

1973

An Abbey?

Upper Woods

Waltham Close

1973

Abbey in Essex

Upper Woods

Prinknash Road

Abbey in Gloucestershire

Upper Woods

Beaulieu Way

Place in Hampshire (with Car Museum)

Upper Woods

Hailes Close

Upper Woods

Pershore Close

Place in South Worcestershire

Upper Woods

Fountains Road

Upper Woods

Little Headlands

Putnoe Old field name

Top Putnoe Field

Godso Close

Putnoe Old field name

Top Putnoe Field

Wheathose Close

Putnoe Old field name

Top Putnoe Field

Aldens Mead

Putnoe Old field name

Top Putnoe Field

Harlech Road

Castle in North Wales, Gwynedd

Top Putnoe Field

Dunvegan Way

Castle in NW Skye, Scotland

Top Putnoe Field

Manorbier Road

Castle in Pembrokeshire

Top Putnoe Field

Threave Close

Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway

Top Putnoe Field

Restormel Close

Castle in Cornwall

Top Putnoe Field

Dover Crescent Top Putnoe Field
Somerton Close Top Putnoe Field
Tamworth Road Top Putnoe Field
Clare Road Top Putnoe Field
Farnham Way Top Putnoe Field
Devises Avenue Top Putnoe Field
Colchester Way Top Putnoe Field

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If you have any information relating to the source, description or history of a Putnoe Street name please email me. We are also interested in any photos of the road before or during construction.

 

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