tabbyoddsocks 28 Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 Our U3A has a project to find out the origin of our street names. Has anyone any idea why Bakerdale Road in Bakersfield is so called? I think it was build in the early 30's. Could it be something connected to the windmill (flour - baker)? I have asked at the library, the Archives and Notts City Council but no one seems to know, or have any idea how to find out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 In Bakersfield, there are at least 16 or 17 roads called xxxxdale Road. The answer is probably that when that area was built and named in the 20s-30s, the council decided on a theme and simply stuck another word in front of Dale. Looking at some of the others, was there holly on Hollydale, or ferns on Ferndale, was it sunny on Sunnydale, roses on Rosedale etc etc. I think you're looking for a significance which doesn't exist ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tabbyoddsocks 28 Posted June 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, Cliff Ton said: Looking at some of the others, was there holly on Hollydale, or ferns on Ferndale, was it sunny on Sunnydale, roses on Rosedale etc etc. Wonder if there was a baker on Bakerdale? The next road is Watson Avenue. Maybe there was a baker called Watson. lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilborough Girl 31 Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 We lived on Greendale Road and then on Bentley Avenue in Bakersfields between 1970 and 1988. My father-in-law grew up on Swains Avenue in the years before WW1 in the house built by his father who ran a milk delivery business. From what he told us of the area in those days it mainly consisted of fields belonging to someone whose surname was Baker.... the origin of the name is as simple as that! After WW1 the land was sold off to developers or individuals to build housing. My parents-in-law as newlyweds in the 1920s wanted to buy a plot on Oakdale Road but couldn't afford it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 Funny how over the years the area has gone from being called Bakersfields to Bakersfield. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 I'm not sure what is the correct version of the name, or who would know. As you say, most modern maps give it as Bakersfield (all one word); but it first appears on Ordnance Survey maps in the early 1950s and they always call it Bakers Fields (two words). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilborough Girl 31 Posted November 18, 2018 Report Share Posted November 18, 2018 We always called it Bakersfields when we lived there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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