Ranelagh Terrace in the suburb of Huntsbury, Christchurch

Ranelagh Tce in Huntsbury – Probably named after Ranelagh, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Named in 1955.

A tiny amount of information from from the library website and it probably is name after the suburb in Dublin but my first thought when I saw the name was Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea. This is because a favourite author is Georgette Heyer.

There are 15 houses here built between 1960s and 1990s. When I checked Papers Past I got rather confused as the street was named in 1955 but then in 1967 and 1970 there is mention of the name being changed to Parklands Drive. There was talk of a road being closed. I checked several older maps and I am still just as confused. Neither Parklands Drive or Ranelagh Terrace show up in maps for 1950, 1958 or 1963. The map for 1977 shows the streets as being exactly the same as today. When I walked Parklands Drive in 2019 I wasn’t doing quite so much research but I was still working then.

From this street I was able to continue walking up Huntsbury Walkway. I did have to pause briefly on Ranelagh Terrace as a dog took a liking to me. I have no idea why dogs like me and thankfully I am no longer terrified of them.

Edited as I found a couple of maps showing a road that went from Centaurus Rd ( note it had a different name those days) to Huntsbury Ave. This road seemed to be where part of the Huntsbury Walkway is and it might explain what they meant when they talked about closing off a road.