Luton Street Names - Suffixes Used

Suffixes in use for Luton Streets

Suffix	Description	First Luton example	Year	Count in Luton
Close	originally an enclosed area, now often a quiet residential road with no outlet	Oakley Close	1928	413
Road		New Bedford Road	1832	404
Avenue	broad way lined with trees	Gladstone Avenue	1891	90
Street		Castle, Chapel, Church, George	1830	81
Way		Hurst, River, Willow	1934	74
Drive	originally a private road that led to a large house. Now frequently given to a longer road in a residential area, especially one that leads to a main road (Buchanan Drive, Luton)	Hart Hill Drive	1905	53
Gardens	originally designated a square or street near or alongside gardens in suburban London. Much looser now	Cranleigh Gardens	1935	49
Green		Farm Green	1947	28
Crescent	semi-circular or curving street	Stockwood Crescent	1890	26
Lane	distinguishing feature is its narrowness. May well have been widened in later times	Barbers Lane	1858	18
Dale	geographical feature?	Sunningdale	1957	17
Place		Spring Place	1855	16
Hill	usually found for a street that ascends or descends or is in an elevated locality	Richmond Hill	1915	14
Rise		Crescent Rise	1881	14
Field		Rowelfield	1952	13
Grove	properly a small wood or plantation	Cardiff Grove	1890	10
Mead	archaic word for meadow	High Mead	1930	9
Court	was a courtyard, now often a block of flats	Power Court	1971	7
Croft	was a small enclosed field	Little Wood Croft	1975	5
Path		Mussons Path	1914	5
Dell	geographical feature?	Pinford Dell	1980	4
Gate	In south has normal meaning. In north and east often means street or road	Honeygate	1953	4
Wood		Moxes Wood	1974	4
Acre	refers to the land measure?	Bramhanger Acre	1970	3
Heath		Fernheath	1983	3
Link	shortish road connecting two others	Wetherne Link	1950	3
Parade		Archway, Nursery, Putteridge	Not known	3
Square		Market Square	1960	3
Walk		Windsor Walk	1891	3
Brook	proximity to small stream?	Seabrook	1958	2
Drift	lane or road along which horses or cattle were originally driven	North Drift Way	1947	2
Mews	originally a road lined by houses converted from stables	Drapers Mews	1992	2
Ring		Hockwell Ring	1946	2
Terrace		Oban Terrace	1969	2
Vale		Whitehorse Vale	1983	2
Viaduct		Chapel Viaduct	1970	2
West		George Street West	1859	2
Approach	leading somewhere, for example an airport	Airport Approach Road	1967	1
Denes	low sand hill near the sea?	Deep Denes	1960	1
Down	geographical feature?	Chalkdown	2000	1
End		Grove End	1954	1
Grange		Swanston Grange	1985	1
North		Santingfield North	1947	1
Rails		Red Rails		1
South		Santingfield South	1947	1

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