George Noble Rd in Yaldhurst – Named after George Bennett Noble (1898- 1983). Noble was the head trainer at the Roydon Lodge stud. In the Noble Village subdivision developed on the former Applefields land in Yaldhurst Road. The property has historical connections with the breeding and racing of standard breed horses. Named in 2011.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. I searched Papers Past but only got details of every horse he rode or trained. He did live and work at Roydon Lodge but it looks like he eventually had his own stables as George Noble Stables was mentioned on Papers Pat. His son John Bennett Noble worked with him. Ancestry website didn’t give me much information and I am not sure if the various family trees are correct. Looks like he was born in Australia and he married in 1928. His occupation in Australia was architect which is a bit different to riding and training racehorses. I couldn’t find any record of him between 1937 and 1954. His son appears in the 1960s and is living with his father. George’s wife stayed in Australia and there is no evidence that he remarried. His stables were at 483 Yaldhurst Rd which is directly behind George Noble Rd. Not many houses here and most were built in 2000s with a few built in the last couple of years. The road is shaped like an E without the middle bit and also shaped like a T. Are you confused. Most houses are on the shorter sides. The few houses on the rest of the street are on fairly large sections. There is a community library / book exchange that was set up by a resident on this street and I left books in it.
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