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Burton St Associated with the Burton family who owned Fauld Hall and a house in Tutbury called Burton Hall.  Oliver Burton was steward of the Manor of Tutbury in the time of Richard ll (1377-99). 

William Burton was standard bearer to Henry Vl during the French wars.
Portway The turnpike road between Tutbury and Burton, so called because it was the pack road over which mule trains carried wood and other goods.  (French porter = to carry).

Called ‘The Street’ in 942AD, supporting the argument that this follows the line of a Roman road, which by tradition ran from Branston, by way of Castleway Baulk in Shobnall and across the Horninglow Moors.

The Portway Cross stood at the junction of Dodslow Lane, Portway and Longhedge Lane.  Crosses marked boundary points where no natural landmark was available. In the 18th cent the toll gate stood at Burton St and Ironwalls Lane.
High St High street High indicating ‘most important’.
Formally Market St after the medieval market held here on a Tuesday.

 

Cornmill Lane After the Mill - Formally Mill Lane.
Lower High St Formally Cheapside – with a connection with the market (in Old English, ‘ceap’ means to barter).  Previously Dove St.
Little Bridge Over the Fleam.
Weir Lane Leads from Bridge St to the weir – now a footpath
Bridge St Leads to the bridge.
Monk St Reference to the monks at the Priory.  Sometimes called Back St.
Church St Nearest street to the Church.
Duke St Formally Duck St. – reference to ducks on pond.  Previously Brook St.
Castle St Castle Street Nearest street to the Castle.
Babington Lane After Anthony Babington, instrumental in the plot to rescue Mary Queen of Scots.
Holts Lane
Letter

Letter from Aubrey Bailey
Assumed to be named after John Holt, Vicar of Tutbury.  In 1478 he was sued for releasing his own cattle (that had strayed on unfenced common land) from the pound at Hanbury without paying the fine - a serious offence at the time.
Park Lane Reference to Park Pale or Castle Hay Park.
Ludgate St Formally Lydgate Street because it ran to the ‘Lyd’ Gate in the town wall.  Very narrow and typical of a medieval town street.
Ironwalls Lane Runs along the line of the Iron Age Walls.
Green Lane  
Forest Road Leads to Needwood Forest.
Red Hill Lane  
Castle Hay Lane Castle Hay ( = The Hay of the Earl) owned by Robert de Ferrers around 1139.
Set aside as a breeding ground for war horses, previously bred on top of one of the castle baileys.  The Tutbury Stud provided horses for the Kings of England for several hundred years.
Clay Pit Lane  
Cock Shoot Lane  
Barn Close Lane  
Woodingway Lane  
Bushton Lane Leads to Bushton
Belmont Lane Now Belmot Road, leading to Belmot Common, Gate and Farm.
Fauld Lane Leads to Fauld, formally Woodhouse Lane.

Tutbury Woodhouse was a manor in its own right in 1200.  Now, Woodhouse Farm is all that remains.

Owned by the Gresley family until 1600, Mosley until 1901 and then sold to King Edward Vll, so it returned to the Duchy.
Mill Way Baulk The Baulk (or Cornmill Baulk) and now a footpath to Burton St.

Part of the continuous path around outer walls and possibly the oldest footpath in England.
Hilly Field Lane  
Rolleston Lane  
Rolleston Park Lane  
Fiddlers Lane  
Pinfold Close A pound for stray cattle.
Priory Close Commemorates the Priory.
Lancaster Drive Reference to House of Lancaster.
Norman Road Reference to Norman Lords.
Queen’s Rise Reference to Mary Queen of Scots.
The Park Pale  
Elm Lane The old house was 'The Elms' on this site, opposite was the stables.
Silk Mill Lane Near the former silk mill.  

Rapid change from silk to cotton in the 1780s forced many silk mills to close down.  In 1793, 4,000 looms were shut down in Spittlefields (London) alone.
Wakefield Ave  
Needwood Court Reference to Forest of Needwood.
Fishpond Lane Medieval fishpond here – formally The Croft.
Ferrers Ave After the De Ferrers family, first Norman Lords of the Manor.