crich area community news
What’s in a name?
This is a photograph of mine taken in the snow on Crich Chase. It is a view of the footpath from Chase Road over Top Hag. According to an old tythe map, the footpath ran to, and beside, "Swine cote close".
In subsequent years it became known as "Swanny-coat Lane," but then changed to "the Chase" when new houses were built in the 1930s. Sadly, the Royal Mail, assisted by some residents, re-named it Chase Road.
I came across this evidence of Chase Road being called Swanney-coat in a drawn plan amongst a neighbour's deeds. However, I have found no-one locally, even amongst older residents, who have ever heard of it. Perhaps some readers may know of other local roads, lanes and paths that have undergone a name change over the years.
Maureen Griffiths