Top Dog
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Street namesWhat do you thing is the best street name in Calne and the worst.
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Kizzy
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Zander Road sounds unusual and quirky - there's not one I don't really like
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Local lass
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Hate the fish themed roads.like bream close.i do like some of the flower ones.
fave name is a lane in trowbridge called pepperache lane.
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GTB
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Don't you mean Pepper Acre lane? :?
Most of the old streets of Calne have the interesting names such as The Pippen, The Knapp, Pig Lane, etc.
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Top Dog
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Where is pig lane?
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Clunk
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between shelbourne road and anchor road
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Top Dog
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Is that its proper name?
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WeAreSTFC
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Saddleback Close is funny
The Glebe
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Local lass
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| GTB wrote: | Don't you mean Pepper Acre lane? :?
Most of the old streets of Calne have the interesting names such as The Pippen, The Knapp, Pig Lane, etc. |
yes sorry :oops:
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Martin Peck
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Was always called Piggy Lane in my day.
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WeAreSTFC
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| Martin Peck wrote: | | Was always called Piggy Lane in my day. |
1604?
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GTB
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Glebe is a name associated with religion. A Glebe house usually belonged to a church or chapel.
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kathy27
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| Clunk wrote: | | between shelbourne road and anchor road |
Thats piggy hill. Now called Brewers lane. Pig lane was between the pipin and oxford road. because its the lane they used to drive the pigs down to harris.
Also Anchor road used to be called cows lane.
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Local lass
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i know where piggy hill is .just off of church hill close?
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kathy27
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yeah, as you go from anchor road through to shelbourne road, or the other way around if your coming off london road :lol:
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