'Rude' street names hit house prices

Well, I live in a road called Jekil's Bank. It is amazing how many people spell it 'Jekyll's Bank', as if Mister Hyde lived there. As for the reference to Slag Lane and the residue left after iron smelting, I wasn't far out. The wrong sort of slag, maybe, but still a residue none the less. Some street names are smart, yet others dim. For example, Barrington Gate sounds rather spiffing, doesn't it. Other names like 'The Sidings', or 'The Paddocks' give an image of an old railway station or horse fields. Two roads near where I used to live are 'Titchfield Park Road' and 'Branewick Close'. Even though they are adjacent to each other, and offer similar properties, the price differential is quite alarming. Strange that people will pay over the odds for a property in 'Titchfield Park Road' while declining the same size property in 'Branewick Close'. (I know someone who paid £10,000 more for a thee bed semi in TPR, than a four bed detached in BC). Names are everything. If you don't feel comfortable with a street name, it will put you off a purchase, even if the property is perfect for your situation.

Have to agree with amwell44. One of the most expensive areas in S.E.London/N.W.Kent is called Pratts Bottom!

CuNNaXXa said [I]Prices aside, who thought of these names in the first place, and why?[/I] That's an easy one to answer. In many cases the streets are named after a person who once lived there, or who owned the land on which the street stands. In your example the street at one time led to a house where Fanny Hands once lived. I found an odd one called Black Boy Road. This was probably a road where there was once a tavern or an inn of that name. Sometimes a street might have been the site of a village that could have been pulled down sometime in the 17th century, but the name still remains. But who cares? It works both ways. If the vendor loses out, the buyer wins, and gets more house for his money. Is it really worth scouring the country looking for delightful and quirky names to change just because some cretin thinks it'll put the price of his house up?