Origins of some local street names

Street names have come from many sources:

• Popular figures

  • Local benefactors, dignitaries and other worthies

    • Crossley Street

    • Akroyd Place

    • Wellington Court

  • Heroes of the repeal of the Corn Laws

    • Bright Street – for John Bright

    • Cobden Street – for Richard Cobden [1805-1865]

    • Fitzwilliam Street

    • Wilson Street

    all in the Mount Pleasant area

  • 17th century Puritans and Parliamentarians

    • Cromwell Terrace

    • Hampden Place – for John Hampden

    • Heywood Place – for Oliver Heywood

    • Milton Place – for John Milton

    all in the West View Park area

• Popular events

  • Trafalgar Street

  • Waterloo Road

• Cathedral towns

  • Chester Terrace

  • York Terrace

  • Ripon Terrace

  • Beverley Terrace

  • Salisbury Terrace

  all in the Akroydon area

• Biblical names and places

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