Hi, Question about the names of streets in a town. Does anyone know how they do them? Example - Tarcowie - apart from first, second and third street there is Andrews Street, Clark Terrace, Maurice Terrace, Wells Terrace, High and Cross St. Maurice Terrace I assume is named after Price Maurice a significant person in the area back when they planned the town in 1873. Wells Terrace, I thought it could be after explorer and surveyor Lawrance Allen Wells, even though he wasn't really in the area. High and Cross St - I think they are self explanatory But its Clark and Andrews terrace I can't find where it might have come from. Is there anywhere that I can look Regards Tracey

Hi again! >From the web site: http://www.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=197 In 1874, a second surveyor - Thomas Evans - laid out the township and surrounding parklands, and the township of Tarcowie was proclaimed in the Government Gazette on 20th May 1875. At that time, most towns were surveyed to a similar plan, bounded by four terraces and crossed by High and Cross Streets, with a grid of secondary streets numbered First, Second, and so on. Unusually, Tarcowie was plotted on the diagonal rather than due north and south, and thus instead of North, South, East and West Terrace, the terraces are named - Andrews, Maurice, Wells and Clark Terrace. Maurice Terrace is obviously named after Price Maurice, but despite contact with the Department of Lands, it is not known who gave their name to the other three terraces. There is a place called Andrews between Spalding & Clare which may have been named after the same person. On the State Library Website under Place Names you will find: Andrews, Hundred of Nomenclature Richard B. Andrews, MP. General Notes A controversy over the declaration of the Hundred is in the *Register*, 9 December 1864, page 2e. A school of this name opened in 1873 and closed in 1875. Cheers Chris. On 28 January 2011 14:28, Tracey Ives <traceyives@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > Question about the names of streets in a town. Does anyone know how they > do > them? > > > > Example - Tarcowie - apart from first, second and third street there is > Andrews Street, Clark Terrace, Maurice Terrace, Wells Terrace, High and > Cross St. > > > > Maurice Terrace I assume is named after Price Maurice a significant person > in the area back when they planned the town in 1873. > > Wells Terrace, I thought it could be after explorer and surveyor Lawrance > Allen Wells, even though he wasn't really in the area. > > High and Cross St - I think they are self explanatory > > But its > > Clark and Andrews terrace I can't find where it might have come from. > > > > Is there anywhere that I can look > > > > Regards > > > > Tracey > > > > Advertising on AUS-SAGEN is forbidden by Rootsweb Rules. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >