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local area names replied on: 12/14/2004 6:40:11 PM Ah but then you are so much younger than me! Penders Row(which is what I always knew East View Terrace as)was possibly not called after the builder, but the number of Pender families who lived there-I haven't any proof of this- but it seems to be something that was done in yesteryear. In Mapperley Village Coronation Rd was known (and still is to old villagers) as Walkers yard, Part of Lodge Rd was Moons yard-so called after the families who lived there. Also Manor Farm(and the road leading to it) was called The Pool-because at one time there was a pond there where all the local farmers brought their livestock to drink-no Pool there now-just big puddles when it rains. It's a shame some of these nicknames die out-the reasoning behind them is usually a little piece of lost local history.

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