Buckden - a Huntingdonshire Village

APPENDICES 222 Buckden - A Huntingdonshire Village Appendix B Street Names Street Origin or Supposed Origin of name Aragon Close After Katherine of Aragon Bakers Lane It was a turning off Church Street where School Lane is now. It contained workshops and some cottages and led to a field of Hoo Farm. That Lodge Farm was known as Bakers Farm before 1961 may be the origin. Beaufort Drive After Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509), mother of Henry VII and founder of Christ’s and St. John’s colleges, Cambridge. She visited Buckden. Bishops Way After the Bishops of Lincoln Brampton Road Next village of Brampton Buckden Hill The part of the Great North Road between Diddington Brook and Stirtloe Lane. Burberry Road Wm. Burberry in 1558 set up a charity for the poor of Buckden Charles Court Possibly after Prince Charles ? Church Street St. Mary’s-the Parish Church, and later the Methodist Church. College Green Location uncertain but is probably the present Green at Hunts End. Referred to in Kelly’s Directory from 1898 onwards. Copes Close The Cope family owned the farm on which the close is built Cranfield Way and Close Mr. W.W. Cranfield and his sister gave the village the Rifle Range (q.v.) which they owned. A farmer, generous benefactor and sports enthusiast. Falcon Way After the Falcon public House in Mill Road closed in 1999 and called Crown Cottage for an unknown reason. Field Close After Field House in Silver Street George Lane After the George (and Dragon ) Inn in the High Street. Once known as Pond Lane after a very large family that lived there. See Perry Road Glebe Lane The land was once Glebe land tithed to the vicar Great North Road It was the main road from London to “The North(East)”. Greenway After the Green family (see the sons’ memorial in the High Street). And Bishop Green of Lincoln. Hardwick Lane Hardwick - a hamlet attached to Buckden High Street - Hoo Baulk See Silver Street. (Baulk : a ridge left unploughed) Hoo Close After the Hoo in Church Street. Hunts End and Hunts End Court Unknown. Ivelbury Close After Ivelbury House which stood on the site King George Court Called King George Court to differentiate it from the George Hotel behind which it was built. Lark End Another bird between Swan and Falcon! Leadens Lane In 1901 Market Gardener John and wife Elizabeth Leaden were living here with their seven children with ages ranging from 2 months to 8 years. Lincoln Close After the see of Lincoln in which Buckden was situated until 1838 Lion Yard After the Lion (and Lamb) hotel nearby Lucks Lane Thought to be named after a family? It was not an uncommon name in the area but it does not appear in any Buckden census. Manor Gardens & Close After the Manor House in the grounds of which part of them was built Mayfield A story recently circulated is that a previous lady owner with a cut-glass accent on hearing a discussion on its ownership stopped the talk by saying : ‘But it’s m(a)y field’. No native has ever talked of, e.g., May-pole dancing here. Mere Lane This was and is an unpaved track classed as a bridleway on the northern boundary of the parish. The name may be unused now. Mereing: the definition of a boundary in relation to topographic features on the ground at the time of survey (e.g. "one metre from the road edge"). Mill Road The road leads to Offord and Buckden Mill. It was Mill Street on the 1900 OS plan. In earlier times it also led to the ford below the mill. Monks Cottages Possibly because someone thought that Monks had lived in the Bishops’ Palace at one time? Morris Close After Dr. Michael Morris who was G.P. in Buckden for many years Park Road After the Park of Buckden Palace