Old Names

I was thinking this morning about old street names within the village that are no longer in use. As we have mentioned in an earlier post from last year, all the roads around what is now Coach Road were known collectively as Lily Lake until the late sixties. Sadly, none of them remained under that name, and from memory, the residents were never consulted on the name change. King Street was more popularly known as Back Lane well into my lifetime and the small track that runs from Silverdale towards Pigs Park was known as Forden Lane. The lane that runs from Newcourt Road to Exeter Road was Balls Lane and Church Terrace was still known by older residents as Navigators Row after the Navvies who lodged there either during the construction of the new Tiverton road that bypassed the village (1832 ?) or the construction of the Exe Valley line later in the nineteenth century, perhaps graham Parnell can put us straight on that one. Then of course there was High Bullen at the top of High Street, site probably of the Bullring from the days when Silverton was a market town. Finally we have School Road which was also known as Welsh Road at one time.

If anyone knows of any others let us know.

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