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Cheylesmore info
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Showing the district of Cheylesmore which is located on the south side of the City Centre of Coventry, UK. It bounds Whitley, Styvechale, Earlsdon and Coventry city centre.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.3883&lon=-1.5063&zoom=14&layers=M.
If you have any further information, please email me on cheylesmore atsymbol rainsbrook dot co dot uk.
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Road Names
Daily Telegraph, 1935 - How the streets in Cheylesmore were named
| Place Name | Information |
|---|---|
| Mile Lane | |
| The Martyrs' Close | 12 Protestant martyrs who were burned to death at the stake under Henry VIII between 1510 and 1555 In “Little Park” (Little Park Street) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A30652616) (See also Laurence Saunders Road in Radford) |
| Thomas Landsdale Street | One of the 12 Protestant martyrs |
| Wrigsham Street | Master Wrigsham, one of the 12 Protestant martyrs |
| Hockett Street | Robert Hockett, one of the 12 Protestant martyrs |
| Joan Ward Street | one of the 12 Protestant martyrs |
| Glover Street | Robert Glover, one of the 12 Protestant martyrs |
| Silksby Street | Robert Selkeb or Silksby, one of the 12 Protestant martyrs |
| Cornelius Street | Cornelius Bongey, one of the 12 Protestant martyrs |
| Litchfield Road | One of the locations of John Grace's sermons |
| Queen Isabel's Avenue | Named after Queen Isabel, a royal owner of Cheylesmore Manor. |
| Hermit's Croft | |
| John Grace Street | A Dominican monk associated with the Lollard Movement |
| St Christian's Close | |
| St Christian's Road | |
| Lollard Croft | see Lollard Movement above. |
| The Mount | |
| Purefoy Road | William Purefoy, http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/purefoy.htm |
| Galeys Road | |
| Baron's Field Road | |
| Courtleet Road | Court Leet - an ancient body made up of the High Bailiff, the Low Bailiff and the Court Leet Jury, http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/about-us/history.asp |
| Frankpledge Road | frankpledge was a form of collective responsibility for good conduct, (The Oxford Companion to British History), system by which each member of a tithing was responsible for every other. (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology) |
| Calder Close | |
| Daventry Road | The road leading to Daventry |
| Quinton Road | |
| Franciscan Road | Monastical Order |
| Benedictine Road | Monastical Order |
| Carthusian Road | Monastical Order |
| The Hiron | |
| Stoney Road | |
| Humphrey Burton's Road | Landowner, 1647, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16011 |
| Townends Road | |
| Orchard Crescent | |
| Asthill Grove | |
| Asthill Croft | |
| Adare Drive | |
| Cecily Road | Possibly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_Neville,_Duchess_of_York |
| Montalt Road | |
| Crecy Road | Battle in the Hundred Years War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crecy) |
| Agincourt Road | Battle in the Hundres Years War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt) |
| Black Prince Avenue | Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward,_the_Black_Prince) |
| Troyes Close | |
| Kent Close | |
| Eltham Road | |
| William Bristow Road | Henry William Bristow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_William_Bristow) |
| Seneschal Road | |
| The Park Paling | Named after the original medieval paling fence surrounding the Cheylesmore Estate. |
| Esher Drive | |
| Rosegreen Close | |
| Woodstock Road | Possibly Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince. |
| Ebbw Vale Terrace | |
| Poiters Road | Battle of Poitiers, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poitiers |
| Arundel Road |
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