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| Butts Road - was probably called this because of archery
butts erected for practicing the art of the bowman, the earliest reference to
this name was in 1551. Canada Lane - the road by the Infants School was known as Canada until in the middle of the 19th century it became Gas Lane or Gas House Lane because the Gas Works were built there. After the demolition of these works it reverted to its name of Canada Lane. Canada, being a country far away, was often used for an area on the outskirts of a town to indicate it was quite a way from the centre. Ferndale Street - the road now known as Ferndale Street was known for many years as Back Street as it ran along the back of London Street. When the Faringdon Union Workhouse was built on it the name was changed to Union Street and when that was pulled down in 1968 it became to be called Ferndale Street after some cottages that were called Ferndale Cottages. Skinners Alley - was originally Colliers Lane or Row and as such was referred to in deeds of 1689. The family name of Collier was in the town during the 16th and 17th centuries so presumably they had a business there or owned the land. The name was changed in the late 19th or early 20th century and called Skinners Alley after Skinner's Bakery which was located at the junction of this lane and Union Street. Tuckers Road - a Nursery which was owned by the Tucker family was on this site. Robert Tucker was Chairman of the FRDC from 1958 to 1960. Volunteer Way - in the late 19th early 20th centuries there was a place to the left of Butts road where there was a volunteer rifle range called the butts, this was used by a detachment, 'K' Company, of the 1st Volunteer Battalion Princess Charlotte of Wales Regiment (Royal Berks). * indicates streets and names no longer extant. |
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