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twic@urchin.earth.li (Tom Anderson) wrote:

> Speaking of Chesterton, why is there a cluster of caledonian 
> streets there? There's Scotland Road, Edinburgh Road, Kinross Road, 
> Inverness Close, Stirling Close. The road layout makes me think 
> that Scotland Road is quite old, but that the other ones, which are 
> branches off it, are newer; the houses on them are certainly all 
> brand spanking new. My guess would be that Scotland Road was built 
> many years ago, and named that for some reason, and then the new 
> estate was built recently, and the names chosen as a riff on the 
> parent road.

It's known as the Scotland Farm estate, after what was there before the
houses.

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Colin Rosenstiel