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Iceboy53	History behind the street/road names Langley mill replied on: 10/1/2005 10:36:03 PM well it's like saying which came first,the chicken or the egg,i meant did the canal come first or the road.or was they built at the same time.i'm well rusty with these things,and it just made me wonder.
RMMee Moderator	History behind the street/road names Langley mill replied on: 10/1/2005 8:27:19 PM quote: when you say cromford to nottingham robert,would that be including the canal name as well. Not sure what you mean with this one Ice. The turnpike road preceded the Nottingham Canal and the Cromford Canal by more than twenty years. It isn't, of course, a coincidence that the roads and canals went between the same places - Cromford was a very important centre for manufacturing, and Nottingham was a major outlet.
RMMee Moderator	History behind the street/road names Langley mill replied on: 10/1/2005 8:24:29 PM Dunstead (this cropped up in another thred too didn't it?) - earliest known usage of the name is in 1687. Gladstone Street - named after William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister 4 times between 1868 and 1894. Argyle Street - Argyle is a local name, and the street may be named after a founder member of the Heanor Board of Health, John Argyle. Campbell Street - possibly named after Colin Campbell, who was a national hero with the army during the Indian Mutiny. Bank Street - a bit of a tricky one! Probably just named after a landscape feature - a bit of a bank at the top of the slope from Cromford Road.
Iceboy53 This message was updated on 10/1/2005 8:11:38 PM by Iceboy53	History behind the street/road names Langley mill replied on: 10/1/2005 8:08:37 PM is there any dates of these road namings anyone.because the more we find about the road,someones name or a place turns up who they name after,which leads us in to another bit of local history.and it's nice to know how many years they have been there.is any roads round here a roman road by any chance.when you say cromford to nottingham robert,would that be including the canal name as well.is gladstone etc named after prime minister and queen,argyle named after the forces or people who fell in some war.
suzard Researcher	History behind the street/road names Langley mill replied on: 10/1/2005 6:26:35 PM BRIDGE ST-I assume it was called this because of the Iron Bridge at the top of the Street. EAST VIEW TERRACE-the view from the front of the Terrace is to the East-over the (at one time) brickworks and railway line-known locally as "Penders Row" (when I was young, anyway)-the terrace was built by Mr Pender-whether it was ever officially called Penders Row, I don't know? WESLEY ST-probably named after John Wesley-and of course the Weslyan chapel was on the corner of the st UPPER/LOWER DUNSTEAD ROAD-this area was called Dunstead-and there was Dunstead house GLADSTONE, ARGYLE, CAMPBELL , QUEEN ST-these were named after notable people of the day-but what about the St which runs across the top of them BANK ST? Who or what was that named after?
RMMee Moderator This message was updated on 10/1/2005 8:18:37 PM by RMMee	History behind the street/road names Langley mill replied on: 10/1/2005 6:05:22 PM So named because it was part of the Cromford to Langley Mill turnpike road, which was itself part of a larger Cromford to Nottingham turnpike (1766). So, for the same reason, Nottingham Road at Codnor is so named, as is Cromford Road at Ripley.
Iceboy53	History behind the street/road names Langley mill replied on: 10/1/2005 5:12:24 PM does anyone have any information on the history of street and roads names of langley mill. what is behind cromford roads name?.

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