Hucclecote

Hucclecote, 1086

Hucclecote is now classed as a suburb but back before its incorporation into the city boundary, it was a hamlet to the nearby village of Churchdown. The name is Hucclecote is Saxon in origin and comes from “Hucela” a personal name and cote meaning cottage. This rather sweet name for a village describes its once quiet and glorious surroundings on Ermine Street. Its character is reflected in its parish church of St. James & St. Phillip’s (Pip & Jim’s) which was built in 1851  for the expanding village population. First recorded in the doomsday book the settlement had 11 villagers & 5 smallholders. The lords of the manor were the Archbishop of York. Previously the manor had been owned by Archbishop Stigand in 1066. Hucclecote is also home to a Roman villa, where a skeleton was found and is now displayed in Gloucester’s Museum. 

Appleton Way 1986-89

Trencherwood Homes. HMLR 21/04/1986

Ashwood Way, Elmgrove Road & Oakwood Drive 1965-68

Built by Moss Estates. HMLR 26/02/1965. Moss Estates were formed in 1939 and took over a 1938 contract for developing housing in Kingscroft Road, originally the contract was to be fulfilled by N. Moss & Son (Oxford). 

Bancre Drive, Gatton Way, Gilpin Avenue & Mayfield Drive

Ideal Homes

Bilbrook Road

Developments have included 2 blocks of cottages and a detached house designed by W. Meek and built by A. Tunley in 1909. 

Bircher Way

Barratt Homes. 

Brookfield Road (Foxall Road)

Originally known as Foxall Road, Brookfield developed during the late 1880s-1900s. 14 semi-detached houses were featured on the OS map from 1894-1903. An additional 14 semi-detached houses were built in the 1920s-30s. Later on, the road was extended to the King George VI Recreation Ground, built by Robert Hitchins in 1966-69. The southern section was adopted by the city council in 1969. 

Burleigh Croft 1961-63

Ideal Homes. HMLR 31/05/1961

Buscombe Gardens 1991-93

JJH Building Developments of Cheltenham. HMLR 13/02/1991.

Camberley Close, Laynes Road, Horsbere Road, Tyndale Road & Collier (half)

Ideal Homes

Carisbrook Road

Adopted by the city council in 1967.

Conway Road

Conway Road (upper section), Camberley Close, Tyndale Close, Zoons Road, Laynes Road (upper section) & Horsbere Road. 

Built by Ideal Homes, HMLR 16/02/1956

Cousley Close 1973-75

Built by J.G. Watts Developments. This road name relates to what the land was original called before the housing. Cousley could be identical with the name the Cowleaze. A name meaning a cow pasture. HMLR 17/09/1973

Dinglewell 

Originally called Dinglewell Road. A dingle is a small stream valley. The suffix "well" tells us that there would have been wells nearby. The Wotton Brook runs parallel to the street which makes topographical sense. The name is first recorded within Hucclecote in 1727. RP2. The estate section of the road was laid out in 1938 by J. Simmonds and probably developed from 1939 onwards until World War 2. Then building continued afterward. 

Erminster Drive, Fieldcote Drive, Millbridge Road, Pinemount Road & half of Porchester Road. 

Newland Properties (Solihull) Ltd. HMLR 26/04/1976. Pinemount Road & Millbridge Road were adopted by the city council in 1968.

Ellesmere Close

Built by J.A. Pye (Oxford) Ltd. HMLR 

Fircroft Close 1986-89

Westbury Homes. HMLR 10/07/1986

Havelock Road

Ideal Homes

Hillview Drive

Built by Ideal Homes, HMLR 18/01/1939. Named as it is given Chosen or Churchdown Hill. 

Insley Gardens, Gilpin Avenue, 

J.A. Pye Homes. 

Kingscroft Road

The road was laid out in 1935 by R. Mahoney, under a layout plan drawn by C.V. Dancey.  Houses began to spring up during 1936 built by Mahoney and designed by Dancey. A few private developers bought plots to develop too. Then houses began to appear from Moss Estates (GC 05/12/1939) and they began to build their own houses to join up with Dinglewell. 

Laynes Road (Bottom Section) 

Built by F.A. Cox (Gloucester) Ltd, HMLR 21/06/1968. A Lain, Layne or Leyns are denoted as "an open tract of arable land at the foot of a hill, somehow connected with cattle pastures". (RP1)

Lynmouth Road 1957-60

Built by J. Simmonds (Gloucester)

Lynton Road 1957-60

Built by J. Simmonds (Gloucester), GC 07/06/1958.

Mayfield Drive

Built by Ideal Homes.

Millfields 1977-79

Built by Percy Bilton Homes. Named after Pitt Mill which once stood close to the entrance to the tree over the Horsbere Brook. 

Parkwood Crescent

Built by Moss Estates (Gloucester). HMLR 26/02/1965.

Pitt Mill Gardens 1963-65

Building & Public Works Construction Co. (Swindon). HMLR 15/03/1963. Named after Pitt Mill which was first recorded in 1543. 

Porchester Road, Jenner Close & Spencer Close

Built by F.A. Cox Ltd. c1964-66

Simmonds Road 1957-60

Built by J. Simmonds (Gloucester) 

The Orchards

Prospect Homes.

Watts Close

J.G. Watts Developments Ltd. HMLR 01/09/1972

References:

RP1 Grundy, G, B. (1935) Saxon Charters and Field Names of Gloucestershire.

RP2 English Place Names Society (2024).