The Street
The name “Street” or “The Street” is rumoured locally to come from a Roman road that ran along here, but actual evidence other than the name and a “Causeway” name a little further north is sparse. The name however, does fit as in the more famous example “Watling Street”, which runs not far away. According to M.D. Smith the house was occupied in 1534 by an Alexander Street. The grand house was re-developed in the 1990s into “luxury apartments”. Another possibly interesting feature is an earthwork down below the house which could be a “rampart” or archery butts, but could alternatively be modern.
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