DaveN 1,118 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 How some suburbs got their names. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/how-nine-nottingham-suburbs-names-167451 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Another great find Dave,thanks for posting Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Just seen in a book I've got that says "Locally are names such as Peas Hill which described thatpart of the hill where pease grows". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Pretty obvious really. They must have lived on peas in St Ann’s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 And the residents of Cow Lane lived on beef apparently. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 And they smoked a lot on Park drive (Carni) Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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carni 10,094 Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 HaHa, You could be right there plantfit. I bet that a big proportion of people smoked at the time when most of these suburbs and roads were built. We have a thread on NS somewhere about unusual road names, we could add a few place names of interest to it, I do enjoy reading how places got their names. Thank you for the link DaveN, Very interesting again, I have just scanned through it, and will read in depth when I've mashed me morning cuppa. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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