Brookford Place in Westmorland and nothing on the library website. Most streets here are named after places in Cumbria but I couldn’t find anywhere in the UK with this name. It is possible that the street got it’s name from being built over a stream. Most houses were built in 1990s plus a couple built in 2015. It is a pleasant street with a lovely wee reserve near the end of the street. There is a stream that runs through this street with a couple of bridges over it. I thought that there was another street here as there was a signpost saying Privt Row. It was actually the driveway to a couple of houses and one of these houses was huge but I didn’t get a proper photo.

Petworth Place in Westmorland – nothing on library website yet the houses here were built in the 1980s and 1990s. The streets in this suburb are mostly named after places in Cumbria but Petworth is a place in Sussex which is nowhere near Cumbria. My book of British Place Names gives the meaning of Petworth as enclosure of a man called Peota.

Papers Past mostly had ads for sections in the 1980s plus a couple of death notices. I liked this street and there were houses that I liked. Good views and at the end of the street there is a walkway to Woodside Common.

Pembridge Lane in Westmorland – Named after Pembridge, a village in North Herefordshire. Named to continue the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after places in historic Westmorland in England, since 1974 part of Cumbria. First appears in street directories in 1995.

A small amount of information from the library website and whoever named the street needs to brush up on their geography knowledge. I couldn’t find a Pembridge village in Cumbria and the one in Herefordshire is nowhere near Cumbria.

Most houses were built in the 1980s with a couple built slightly later but some had a much more modern look. I couldn’t find anything on Papers Past about Pembridge Lane but there were sections for sale in the 1980s under the name Pembridge Row. When I looked on street view the sign post in 2019 said Pembridge Row but the photo that I took says Pembridge Lane.

Millbeck Place in Westmorland – Named after Millbeck, a small hamlet just north of the town of Keswick. Named to continue the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after places in historic Westmorland in England, since 1974 part of Cumbria. Named in 2013.

A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. The houses here have been built in the last couple of years and too modern for me to like. Good views which is probably why the houses resemble glasshouses.

Lulworth Lane in Westmorland – nothing on library website yet the oldest house here is from 1920. The rest of the houses are from the 1980s. Not many entries on Paper Past and there were sections for sale in 1984 and at least one house for sale in 1989. I found two places in the UK called Lulworth and one was in Dorset and the other was near Liverpool. Couldn’t find one in Cumbria and most streets in the suburb are named after places in Cumbria. I also couldn’t find out any information about the 1920s house and suspect that it would have been this property that got subdivided in the 1980s.

Because it was a narrow private lane with signs saying No Access I didn’t walk it but now regret this now that I know there is an older house here.

Langholme Lane in Westmorland – Probably named after Langholme Mill Cottage, a 17th century former corn mill, near Lowick in Cumbria. Named to continue the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after places in historic Westmorland in England, since 1974 part of Cumbria. Named in 2013.

A small amount of information from the library website. There are several places called Lowick in the UK and the one in Cumbria is near Langholme Beck. Langholme possibly means long island.

This was a tiny private lane with only four houses with great views. I walked so many streets and lanes yesterday that I took photos of signposts to remind me of the order that I walked the streets. The signpost photo was the only one that I had for this street.

Hawkshead Way in Westmorland – Named after Hawkshead, a village halfway between Coniston Water and Windermere near the northern edge of Esthwaite Water. Named to continue the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after places in historic Westmorland in England, since 1974 part of Cumbria. Named in 2013.

A small amount of information from the library website and Hawkshead means mountain pasture of a man called Haukr. I was expecting it to be about the bird.

The houses were built between 2016 and 2023 with houses still being built. There is a reserve at the top of the street where Penruddock Rise turns into Hawkshead Way. There is also a walkway opposite the reserve which leads to Worsleys Rd. The street hasn’t been developed enough to have any character.

Hadleigh Lane in Westmorland – Named after Hadleigh in Suffolk. Named to continue the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after places in historic Westmorland in England, since 1974 part of Cumbria. Named in 2005.

A small amount of information from the library website and whoever decided on the name for this street needs to brush up on their geography.

Most houses were built in 2010 with a couple built a bit later. A pleasant street and for some reason all the letterboxes were at the beginning of the street.

Gosforth Way in Westmorland – Named after Gosforth, a village and civil parish in the Lake District, in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria, England.Named to continue the theme in the subdivision of naming streets after places in historic Westmorland in England, since 1974 part of Cumbria. Named in 2013.

A small amount of information from the library website and Gosforth means ford frequented by geese. My book A Dictionary of British Names has been very useful for the Westmorland streets. I have visited the UK Gosforth and found three geocaches in a forest on the outskirts of the village.

This street only has three houses built in the last couple of years. There are still empty sections on this street. Good views here but the houses were ugly.

Francis Mill Grove in Westmorland – Named after Colin Francis (d. 2012). Francis was project and sales manager for the Westmorland subdivision. Named in 2013. Information supplied by Lindsay Dove in an interview with Margaret Harper in 2015.

A small amount of information on the library website and nothing that I can add about the name. Only 5 houses here plus some empty sections. I only liked one house as the rest were ugly but great views. There is also a memorial plaque to Colin Francis on a stone wall at the beginning of the street.