Street names in Cambridge

[koster]

Does anyone know where these streets in Trumpington, Cambridge, got there names? They were bulit around the same time, so I imagine there's a connection.

Beverley Way
Scotsdowne Road

Other streets nearby are Anstey Way, Paget Road and Alpha Terrace.

[Count-A-Strong]

This lot might be able to help
http://www.cambridgehistory.org/

http://www.trumpingto...esources_archive.html

Beverley and Scotsdowne both have horse racing courses but other than that.....

[Andyvon]

Our local council named all the roads around one the new estates in my town after local county councillors, their wives, kids etc. Yuk!

[Buenchico]

The Count might have heard of a Scotsdowne racecourse but I haven't - and neither has Google!

Indeed an advanced search on Google for 'Scotsdowne' (eliminating all references to 'Scotsdowne Road' and 'Scotsdown') effectively draws a blank. It doesn't appear, for example, as someone's surname or as the name of a stately home. There are simply no meaningful references.

In Ipswich (where I was raised) the councillors have named estate roads after racecourses, poets and lots of other themes (with no apparent reason other than 'it seemed a good idea at the time'). In other towns there are sometimes more meaningful connections to local history. (Where I live now has a series of roads named after former head teachers of the local primary school).

In Trumpington, the councillors appear to have possibly named a group of roads after cathedral towns. (Ely, Salisbury, Beverley and Exeter). However the local history society accepts that 'Beverley' might have simply been the surname of a prominent local resident:
http://www.trumpingto..._connection_Hall.html

However there appear to be few clear pattern in Trumpington's street naming:
http://www.trumpingto...roup.org/streets.html

Chris

[dotty.]

I had a look at these areas on the 1851 - 1901 census and there was an Anstey Hall which was just like Downton Abbey by the sound of it except smaller as there were only 6 house servants, though one was a Butker.
Alpha Terrace is on all the census returns too and so that must be quite old,

[fredpuli47]

Like Beverley, the name Paget has a connection with racing. Dorothy Paget was a very successful, and rich, racehorse owner. A lesbian, when she kissed a winning horse some bystander said "That's the first time she's kissed a male" only to receive the riposte "Yes, but he's a gelding !" Note; this passed for wit in racing in the 1950s.

[koster]

Thank you everyone for your answers, it's really interesting.