Tag Archives: 1940

Eldertree Place

A cul-de-sac off Eldertree Way, with 16 houses, accessible by footpath only.

1952 OS map

The houses are numbered odd on its left side, from 1 to 15, and even on the right side from 2 to 16. Royal Mail website says the houses all have the postcode CR4 1AH.

Possibly built around 1930/1. There is an Electoral register for 1932, whose occupants were:

1, Arthur and Violet NEAL
3, Norman Henry and Emily STEVENSON
4, John and Constance Victoria TOWNSON
5, William and Margaretta THOMAS
6, George Albert and Florence Louisa BENNETT
7, Harry Henry and Harriet Eliza TIBBLES
8, Thomas James and Violet May CUMPPER
9, Alfred and Elizabeth TIMMS
10, Frederick and Ann Norah Ellen HOOK
11, Thomas Henry and Dorothy RICHARDSON
12, Alfred Herbert and Annie Rebecca FREEMAN
13, William and Catherine THURSTING
14, Reginald and Doris WOOD
15, George William and Laura Alice COOPER
16, William and Kate Leila THOMPSON


Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

Manton Way

Manton Way was a short road off the west side of Galpins Road, where Berkshire Way is today.

From the 1939 register there were four houses and the OS map of 1940, shows two houses on either side of the road.

1940 OS map

Occupants in 1939
No. 1
William KNIGHT, 51, professional musician
Edith E. KNIGHT, 44, housewife
Marjorie E. KNIGHT, 16, dressmakers apprentice

No. 2
Ena Elsie LANE, 42, civil servant at the Ministry of Health

No. 3
Thomas BOLTON, 57, butcher
Annie BOLTON, 50, housewife
Robert BOLTON, 19, commercial artist
Nancy V. BOLTON, 16, switchboard operator

No. 4
Alfred William ALLEN, 45, scaffolder
Elsie May ALLEN, 45, housewife
Alfred Robert ALLEN, 14

After WW2, the Pollards Hill Golf Course was developed for housing and the roads were named after counties. Manton Way was extended westward and renamed Berkshire Way.

1954 OS map


Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.