Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Who is responsible for putting up road nameplates? | |
Posted by: | Bernard Allen | |
Date/Time: | 17/01/20 10:18:00 |
Before the coming of the pits this was a quiet unvisited place of orchards and market gardens on parcels of land with drowsy names like Buggs Field, Upper Slip and Poyntons. There might lie the origin of "Sleepy Valley" the affectionate nickname for the Alexandra estate just beyond the railway. Small gravel pits were not unknown in this part of Chiswick. Nearby Cubbits yacht basin was formed out of an old flooded pit. The first barge to call there for gravel was the Trafalgar - and the earlier name for the basin was Trafalgar Dock. Which was redevelop into Chiswick Quay in early seventies |