Squeezing all the world’s streets into one

SIR – Nelson, in Lancashire, has Every Street (Letters, September 11).

I had a problem getting to Burnley one day when I saw a sign advising: “Every Street closed to through traffic”.

Alan Catley

Tynemouth, Northumberland

SIR – I often wonder how long it took Derby town council (as it was in the Thirties) to decide upon Traffic Street. Anton Rippon

Derby

SIR – Driving into Grimsby some years ago, I noticed Grime Street.

The name was accurate – but that wasn’t enough to put me off living nearby for a few years. Simon Esberger

Manchester

SIR – This part of Yorkshire has its share of wonderful street names.

Kingston upon Hull has not only the well-known Land of Green Ginger, Whitefriargate and Blackfriargate (named after orders of friars), but also the evocative Rotenhering Staithe – while nearby Beverley has Old Waste.

John Warden

Driffield, East Yorkshire

SIR – I live alongside Pudding and Dip Lane. This name has been in existence for at least 150 years – but research into its origins has found nothing.

Ken Atkinson

Doncaster, South Yorkshire

SIR – I live in Picklepythe Lane. Beat that – or determine its derivation. Frank Wood

Beenham, Berkshire

SIR – The other day, while cycling into a headwind of torrential rain and hail, I rode past Labour in Vain Drove in Billinghay, Lincolnshire. Martin Criddle

Boston, Lincolnshire