Bucknall Streets Past & Present

Bucknall is a residential district in the eastern part of Stoke-on-Trent, situated between Werrington Road and Bentilee.

The area developed from a rural village and surrounding farmland into an expanding suburban community during the 19th and 20th centuries, as the city grew eastwards and residential development spread into the surrounding countryside. 

Its growth was shaped by a combination of local industry and its position on routes linking the Potteries settlements, leading to a gradual blending of older village features with newer housing estates. 

Today, Bucknall is a largely residential district with a mix of established neighbourhoods and later developments, forming part of the wider eastern urban area of Stoke-on-Trent.

 


See also: Stoke-on-Trent street renaming index (covers citywide changes, including the 1950s renaming programme

Street name Street renaming  
Abbey Court    
Alan Road    
Angus Close    
Ashcott Walk    
Atlam Close    
Barry Avenue    
Bayham Walk    
Bevin Street  originally Hill Street - was renamed in the early 1950s location unsure 
Beverley Drive    Dividy Road To Kipling Way
Birchgate    
Birchgate Grove    
Brackenfield Avenue    
Braemar Close    
Brassington Way    
Brecon Way    
Brewester Road    
Brixham Close    
Brookhouse Lane    
Broughton Road    
Bryant Road    
Cairn Close    
Causeley Gardens    
Causeley Road    
Central Avenue    
Chapel Street    
Christine Street originally Frederick Street - was renamed in the early 1950s  
Cliveden Road    
Clowes Road    
Corneville Road    
Cranford Way    
Davy Close    
Dean Street    
Deaville Road    
Dickens Street originally Victoria Street - was renamed in the early 1950s  
Dividy Road originally Longton Road - was renamed in the early 1950s  
Dorset Close    
Eastdean Avenue    
Eaves Lane    
Ellington Close    
Elmhurst Close    
Exeter Green    
Farleigh Grove    
Fellbrook Lane    
Fenlow Avenue    
Fenton Road    
Finney Green    
Foxlands Close    
Freshwater Grove    
Fullwood Walk    
Gaskell Road    
Gladwyn Street originally Heaton Street - was renamed in the early 1950s  
Glenroyd Avenue    
Godfrey Road    
Graham Street    
Granville Road    
Gratton Road    
Grendon Green    
Guy Street originally New Street - was renamed in the early 1950s  
Haddon Place    
Hammerton Avenue    
Hammoon Grove    
Heath House Lane    
Heming Place    
Hereford Grove    
Holbeach Avenue    
Holbrook Walk    
Hopwood Place    
Hyndley Close    
Jack Street originally John Street - was renamed in the early 1950s location unsure 
Kendal Grove    
Keyworth Walk    
Kilburn Place    
Langford Road    
Latimer Way    
Leaford Walk    
Leicester Place    
Lillydale Road    
Little Eaves Lane    
Longford Walk    
Lovage Grove    
Maidstone Grove    
Malcolm Drive    
Malthouse Road originally Ubberley Road (part) - was renamed in the early 1950s  
Mary Rose Close    
Marychurch Road originally Church Road - was renamed in the early 1950s  
Merevale Avenue    
Merevale Avenue Spur Rd    
Mews Close    
Mews Close    Back Road To Rear Of Debenham Crescent And Keyworth Walk
Millet Road originally Mill Street - was renamed in the early 1950s location unsure 
Millward Road    
Moldcroft Road    
Mulliner Close    
Neale Place    
Northfleet Street originally North Street - was renamed in the early 1950s  
Norwich Road    
Oakham Way    
Peebles Green    
Pennell Street originally Baker Street - was renamed in the early 1950s  
Piggott Grove    
Pooley Street originally Pool Street - was renamed in the early 1950s location unsure 
Reading Way    
Redlands Drive    
Renown Close    
Robertville Road    
Runnymede Close    
Ruthin Road    
Ruxley Road originally High Street - was renamed in the early 1950s  
Slapton Close    
Sorrel Close    
Southall Way    
Spalding Place    
Staveley Close    
Stevenson Road    
Strand Close    
Sundorne Place    
Tansey Close    
Taunton Way    
Tenbury Green    
Tewkesbury Grove    
Theodore Road    
Thornham Green    
Rockcliffe Street originally Cliff Street - was renamed in the early 1950s probably a residential path off Werrington Road 
Toney Place    
Topham Place    
Townsend Place    
Trentway Close    
Trimley Way    
Trinity Place    
Trowbridge Crescent    
Truro Place    
Tulley Place    
Turnock Street originally Adams Street - was renamed in the early 1950s  
Twigg Street originally James Street - was renamed in the early 1950s  
Ubberley Road    
Wallis Place    
Welbeck Place    
Wellfield Road    
Werrington Road    
Westacre    
Westfield Road    
Willeton Street originally William Street - was renamed in the early 1950s  
William Birch Road    
Winchester Avenue    
Winslow Green    
Winston Place    
Woolliscroft Road    
Worcester Place    
Wrighton Close    
 

 


 



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