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local area names replied on: 8/10/2004 5:49:21 PM The Puzzle, or, to give it its full name, "Packman's Puzzle," was the name given to the blocks of terraced houses that made up Regent Street, Orchard Street, West Street, and Hampden Street, off North Street, Langley Mill. The explanation I have heard is that the numbering of the houses was so complicated (perhaps deliberately?), that it was a puzzle for callers (especially debt collectors and the like) to find where they wanted to go. Packman will have been the name of the builder and owner of the block. In the same way, at the top of North Street, was Pender's Row, the proper name for which was East View Terrace. This subject has got me thinking of a new page for the main web site, so if anyone would like to contribute some other local area names, please feel free!

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