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The most popular theme chosen
by the council in this area are the names of campaigns and battles many
of them involving the Royal Norfolk Regiment who had their
barracks on Mousehold.
If you know the story of your own road please
send it to us at the address below.
For example
Towards the end
of the century, the ‘Sisters Roads’ were built on land acquired by Mr
Bugg Coaks from the Harvey estate and named after his daughters, Ethel,
Ella, Marion, Florence, Beatrice and Primrose.
There are some much more recently famous people
celebrated by our street names. Perhaps you live in or know about one. |
The names include generals and
admirals, events and places as well as campaigns and battles.
Some are obvious some less so. For example Morse
road is not named after the inventor of the Morse code but George Morse
the first man to be Mayor and then Lord Mayor of Norwich. He was a
Brewer by trade, a director of Stuart & Pattersons and in his spare time
a mountaineer of some repute.
In the book 'Memories of Thorpe Hamlet' you can read about the scandal
that surrounded Mr
Bugg Coaks and his clients. |
