On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

> In article ,
> 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.

That would certainly explain it. Thanks!

tom

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