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Kilkivan Lane in Broomfield – Named after Kilkivan graveyard near Campbeltown, Kintyre Peninsula, Argyll, Scotland.In Stage 6 and 7 of the Kintyre Estates subdivision, where streets are named after names and features in the locality of Kintyre in Scotland. Named in 2015. A small amount of information from the library website. It was a narrow …

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Amdale Ave in Broomfield and nothing on library website. I am surprised that there wasn’t information on the library website as most houses were built in 1990. Because this street runs off Kintyre Drive I expected it to be part the Kintyre subdivision and be named after a place in Scotland. I checked google maps …

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Kilbrannan Close in Broomfield – Named after Kilbrannan Sound. It separates the Kintyre Peninsula of Scotland from the island of Arran.Named to continue the Scottish theme of the adjoining Kintyre subdivision. In the Masham Park subdivision. Named in 2009. A small amount of information from the library website. The houses here were built in 2010 …

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Davaar Crescent in Broomfield – Named after Davaar Island or Island Davaar, located at the mouth of Campbeltown Loch off the east coast of Kintyre in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Named to continue the Scottish theme of the Kintyre Estates subdivision. Named in 2012. A small amount of information from the library and the valuation …

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Dunaverty Place in Broomfield – Named after Dunaverty, a golf course in the Kintyre Pensinsula area in Scotland. Named to continue the Scottish theme of street names used in adjoining subdivisions. In Stage Two of the Masham Park subdivision by Enterprise Homes. Named in 2010. A small amount of information on the library website. The …

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Carradale Ave in Broomfield – Named after Carradale, a village on the east side of the Kintyre Peninsula.In Stage Two of the Masham Park subdivision by Enterprise Homes. Named to continue the Scottish theme of street names used in adjoining subdivisions. Named in 2010. A small amount of information on the library website. Most of …

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Bowmore Lane in Broomfield and nothing on library website. I was surprised that there wasn’t any mention on the library website as the houses here were built in 2012 and 2013. It would have been part of the Masham Park subdivision. I googled Bowmore and it is a town on the island of Islay. The …

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Filly Place in Yaldhurst and nothing on library website. This would have been part of the Noble subdivision. No houses or footpath and it just leads to the back of a petrol station.

Saddlers Lane in Yaldhurst and nothing on library website. This would have been part of the Noble subdivision. The houses were all built in 2017 and most look exactly the same. A square box with a small square of lawn and space to park a car. A couple of houses had a few shrubs but …

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Stirrup Lane in Yaldhurst – 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 standardbred horses. Named in 2011. A reasonable amount of information from the library website considering that the street doesn’t exist. There is no information on …

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