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Whats in a name, here we take a look at some of the street names in the Borough of Scunthorpe & neigbouring town of Bottesford, we'll also take a look at how some have been misspelt.

The name Redbourn is derive from the site of the Redbourn Hill Iron & Coal Company. The company was named Redbourn, not after the village of Redbourne (with an e) but by the name locals gave to the area where the Redbourn Works were built as it had red sandy coloured hillocks people called the area Red Burn Hills, where the 'o' in burn comes from to me at least is not known. In 1917 the Redbourn Hill Iron & Coal Company was taken over by Richard Thomas & Co (later Richard Thomas & Baldwins). In 1918 this company obtained 330 acres of land in Frodingham and Brumby and under the name of the Redbourn Village Society planned to build 11,000 houses in the Cottage Beck Rd area, only one-fifth were ever built by 1923.
Hence the name Rebourn Way.
It is of interest to note that in the passage of time when the name plates where changed an 'e' was added to the name so now the street is incorrectly signed as Redbourne Way.

New Frodingham Streets

In his efforts to house some of the population coming into the area to work in the fledgling iron industry Rowland Winn planned the township of New Frodingham but this was only partially built, probably due to land owners being responsible for the poor, if the iron fields ceased the out of work labourers living on Winns land would drive up the local Poor Rate. The New Frodingham Village consisited of 193 houses on the six streets that were eventually built, they were originally called 2nd Street North (William St), 3rd Street North (Winn St), 4th Street North (Lindsey St), 5th Street North (Redbourn St), 3rd Street South (Trent St) & 4th Street South (Cliff St). It was circa 1913 that the numbering ceased and the current street names were given. Although where the derivation of William Street is not known to me the other street names come from ironworks whoes employees they housed. Frodingham Ironworks were own by Joseph Cliff and known locally as Cliffs.

Redbourn Way with a misspelt name plate.
There are four name plates along this street, 2 have the 'E' white washed out but can still be seen on close inspection.

Whilst it's known that all the streets on the Riddings Estate are named after villages of Linconshire and some from the Nottinghamshire area all ending in 'by' apart from Morley Rd, one particular street name stands out. Angerstein Road; the section from Messingham Rd to the brow of the hill was constructed in the 1930s with houses being built in the 30s & 40s the lower section from the brow of the hill down to Willoughby Rd was layed during the construction of the Riddings Housing Estate during the 1950s. So where does the name come from? It is the surname of John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823) who after the Ashby in Bottesford Enclosure Act of 1801-1809 was awarded a Special Allotment as Lord of the Manor of some 35 Acres & 2 Roods. Mr Angerstein was born in St. Petersburg Russia, his family were of German origin, he emigrated to England and settled in London in 1749. He became a Lloyd's underwriter by the age of 21. He became close friends with William Pitt the younger, Prime Minister for over 25 years. He became a distinguished patron of the arts and built up quite a collection. Indeed on his death the government purchased his collection of artworks, some 40 in total, for £60,000 and handsome sum, these formed the nucleus of the National Gallery.

John Julius Angerstein 1735-1823

Redbourn Street with misspelt name plate.

Named after Bolingbroke Castle the birth place of King Henry IV in 1366; eldest son of John of Gaunt and the only English King to be born in Lincolnshire. Bolingbroke means 'the home by the brook of Bulla's people' and is a fifth or 6th century Saxon name, refering to the stream that still runs through the village of old Bolingbroke today. Bolingbroke castle was constructed around 1220-1230 with the earliest reference to it being in 1232. It was built by Randulph de Blundeville, Earl of Cheshire (& Earl of Lincoln from 1217).

Rochdale Road runs from Messingham Road down to Bottesford Road. Although Messingham Road was originally named Gainsborough Rd when it was constructed during the Ashby in Bottesford Enclosure act 1801-1809, its old name and current name are really self explanatary; they lead to the village of that name. Again, the origin of the name Bottesford Road also constucted during the Enclosure Act is self explanatary; it leads to Bottesford, so where does the name Rochdale Road come from as it doesn't lead to Rochdale?
The answer lies with the Co-oprative Society. In brief, the Scunthorpe Co-operative Society began life in 1874 under the leadership of Enoch Markham. The Society had begun the pratice of building houses to sell to its members in Brumby in 1894. The houses from the top end of Rochdale Road to approximately 1/3 down where constucted by the Co-oprative Society in the 1940s for sale to its members. The road name was given in respect of The Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society, although not the first Co-operative society they put together the ideas and practices that led to the Co-operative principles which were adopted by people forming Co-operative societies throughout Britain. Indeed Rochdale was the model society that others looked to emulate as 1/4 of the population were members.

The name was originally to be Caister Avenue, after Stephen Caister who had left money for the poor of the Parish of Bottesford. his burial took place around 1706. It's uncertain as to why the spelling was changed tho one reason given was that it's though the name of the town had been misspelt so the alteration was made.

Named after Arthur Howden who was born at West Rasen c1818. He came to Frodingham and became one of the early local schoolmasters of the time, head of a school opposite Frodingham Vicarage (which now forms part of North Lincolnshire Museum). One of his daughters later became the school head. Arthur Howden lived in a cottage close to St. Lawrences church and thus when the bridge was opened on Sunday 17th July 1927 it became known as Howdens Hill.

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