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Have you ever seen a Potters Bar road name and wondered how on earth they came up with it?
Here are some names with a deeper meaning
Byng Drive - The Byngs of Wrotham Park
Chase Road - Enfield Chase
Cotton Road - named after Joseph or Thomas Cotton (?)
Darkes Lane - Surrounding land once belonged to Darkes Farm | See Map
Dugdale Hill Lane - Road leading to Dugdale Hill
Elmfield Road - Former site of residential house 'Elmfield'
Forbes Avenue - Mrs Forbes lived at Oakmere House
Green Meadow - Former site of 'The Meadow House'
Hudsons Court, Darkes Lane - Former site of Hudsons Garage
Kimptons Mead - A field called 'Kimptons Mead' once existed here
Oakmere Lane - Road once led to Oakmere Farm
Osborne Road - Osborne Hall once located on Hawkshead Road
Potters Court, Darkes Lane - Former site of the Potters Bar Public House
Ritz Court, Byng Drive - Nr to site of the Ritz Cinema
Rushfield - A field called 'Rushfield' once existed here
Salisbury Close - Former site of Salisbury House
Shillitoe Avenue - Councillor Horace Shillitoe
St Johns Close - Former site of St Johns School
Tempest Avenue - Where the Zeppelin crashed, shot down by Lt Tempest
The Walk - The footpath or "The Walk" from the village to the train station
Wain Close - Former site of 'The Wainhouse'
Watkins Rise (Ladbrooke Site) - Rev Watkins who funded Ladbrooke School
Wulstan Park - After Wulstan Tempest who shot down the Zeppelin
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