Blencathra Place in Westmorland – Named after Blencathra in Cumbria, a mountain at the far northern edge of the Lake District National Park. 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. Wikipedia page describes Blencathra as a hill yet it is high enough to be classified as a mountain. It was known as Saddleback for many years but Alfred Wainwight encouraged the use of it’s original name of Blencathra which means summit of the seat-like mountain.

I thought that I had walked this street yesterday but somehow managed to miss it. The houses here were built in the 1990s and they are huge. I suspect that they are well beyond my budget. My map showed a walkway through to Cumbria Lane but it took me a few moments to find as it looked like a private driveway.

Dove Grove Westmorland – Named after Lindsay Allan Dove (1942-).Dove, a real estate agent, was involved with the Westmorland subdivision and sold many of the houses built there. He was also one of the first people to build a home there. Named in 2013. Information supplied by Lindsay Dove in an interview with Margaret Harper in 2015.

A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. It would be almost the only street in this suburb not named after a place name in Cumbria.

The houses here were built between 2015 and 2021 and I didn’t particularly like them. A few toilet block style of houses here but good views from this street.

Cumbria Lane in Westmorland – nothing on library website and the houses here were built in 1990s. The streets in this area are named after places in the county of Cumbria. Cumbria is the latinisation of the OE tribal name Cumbre meaning territory of the Cymy or Cumbrian Britons.

This was a lovely looking street and I did walk it but it was clear that outsiders weren’t welcome. Tempted to hide a geocache here just to be annoying.

Caldberg Close in Westmorland – nothing on library website and as the houses were built between 2016 and 2023 it would be too new for library website. They haven’t updated the street name database in ages. It is a place name in Cumbria and the rest of the streets in the area are named after places in Cumbria. Caldberg Moor is next to Caldbergh and means cold hill.

The houses didn’t stand out for me but there are good views from here. There is a walkway from this street to Worsleys Road.

Caldbeck Lane in Westmorland – Named after Caldbeck, a village in North Cumbria.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. Meaning of Caldbeck is cold stream. Only 4 houses here built in 1990s. I didn’t actually walk this street as it was very narrow with no footpath and seemed to just be a driveway.

Rosthwaite Place in Westmorland – nothing on library website and the houses were built in the 1990s. Rosthwaite is a place name in Cumbria and the rest of the streets in the area are named after places in Cumbria. The word is from Old Norse meaning peak above the clearing with heaps of stones.

I did like the houses here and a couple of the houses almost had an art deco look about them.

Sedbergh Place in Westmorland – nothing on library website. It would have been named after a place in Cumbria as the rest of the streets in the area are named are place names in Cumbria. Sedbergh means flat topped hill.

The houses here were built in the 2000s and they didn’t really stand out for me. There are good views from this street.

Uldale Place in Westmorland – Named after Uldale, a small village 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. First appears in street directories in 1996.

A small amount of information from the library website. My book about British Place Names gives the meaning of valley of a man called Ulfr or one frequented by wolves.

The houses here were mostly built in the 1990s and great views here. There is also a walkway to Happy Home Rd from the street. I ended up having a great chat with a retired wharfie on this street and I didn’t find out his name but he obviously knew many of my relatives.

Thirlmere Lane in Westmorland – Named after Thirlmere, a reservoir in the English Lake District 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. First appears in street directories in 1995.

A small amount of information from library website. Thirlmere means lake at the narrowing. The houses here were built in the 1990s and one house was huge. Wish that I could have got a photo of it. Great views here.

Foxfield Lane in Westmorland – nothing on library website yet the houses here were built in the 1990s. Couldn’t find the council minutes for this street. It will have been named after a village on the West Coast of Cumbria as the rest of the streets in the area are named after places in Cumbria.

This was a private lane with no footpath so I didn’t actually walk it and it runs off Ravensdale Rise.