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Main roads radiating from the Town Centre were numbered (e.g., First Avenue, Second Avenue).",{"name":70,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":71},"Where did many Harlow field names originate?",{"text":72,"@type":64},"Many field names arose from the Tithe Awards drawn up in the 1840s parish by parish, which included numbered maps and schedules describing owners, tenants, field names, use, and acreage.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":75,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":77,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":79,"site_id":7},415387,1791715820,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":83},"success",{"doc_id":79,"user_id":84,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":85,"doc_module":4,"category_id":26,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":86,"file_id":87,"file_url":88,"file_type":89,"file_size":90,"view_count":55,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":91,"language":92,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":93,"faqs":94,"seo_title":95,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":96,"read_time":97},962090760266,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_276721f389ce27ea32af1340a28f341c","71       arlow  \n2  \nPamphlsZatton Mi4  \n# urchgate StreetPLACE NAMES\n\nHarbwTye  \nHoufeham22MOF  \nod HouseHARLOW21MCormpiled by S.W.Chance  \nMagdaleRosPRICE 2/6420MvgOTW9?  \n.2671  \n\n|  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  | ESSEX   |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  | COUNTY   |\n|  |  | LIBRARY   |\n|  |  | REFERENCE ONLY   |\n\nPSL 1695  \nFORLB2ARYUSENOTFOR LO  \nC.L.12.  \n\n|  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  | ESSEX   |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |\n|  |  | COUNTY   |\n|  |  | LIBRARY   |\n| FoR    |  | RGS5RENCE ONLY   |\n\nC.L.12.  \nPSL 1695  \nEO082856249001  \nB 9680o6880  \nhttps://archive.org/details/placenamesofharl0000unse  \nT H E P L A C E N A ME S  \n0 F H A RL0 W  \nS.W。C H A N C E  \n# HARLOW MUSEUMS ADVISORY COMMITTEE\n\n1968  \nCover Map from Chapman &André,1777.  \n口G3029.1  \nE HARI 929  \nPublished by the Museums Advisory Committee of Harlow Urban Distrlct Councll and prlnted byStevenage Printing Limited,Stevenage,Herts.(TU)  \n## INTRODUCTION\n\nIn naming the housing areas and in some cases buildings,the Harlow DevelopmentCorporation and the Harlow Urban District Council have in the majority of areas chosennames which perpetuate those connected with the designated area or with areas just,outside its boundaries.  \nThe one exception to this general rule are the names given to spine roads,they haveeither been selected from the Index in the Place Names of Essex or pioneers of townplanning.In the case of the main roads radiating from the Town Centre these have beennumbered i.e.First Avenue,Second Avenue,etc.  \nIn each neighbourhood area spine roads have been based on a given initial,M in the MarkHall and Netteswell areas,Pin the Great Parndon areas and T in the Tye Green area.Thesehave no connection with Harlow.  \nThe basis of the field names has been the Tithe Awards drawn up in the 1840's parish byparish.They give a list of the owners,tenants,field names,use and acreage.The Awardsare in two parts,a detailed map of the parish with each dwelling,field and road numbered,and a schedule giving the relevant information corresponding to the number on the map.Not all the names used by the authorities can be found in Tithe Award field names;Chapel Fields in Potter Street was built on two fields known as Meeting House Meads,land adjacent to the meeting house of the Baptists in Potter Street.The Chapel built in1756 has been used as the name.  \nField names have arisen from various sources,the type of crop,plant or tree grown,as inClover Field,Barley Croft,Walnut Tree Field,the natural lie of the field to the dwelling,Westfield,Upper Field,the relation to the terrain in Hilly Pastures or Stony Field.Oftenthey bore nicknames in the same way that people who are tall are called 'shorty'.That of2 rods ten perches in Great Parndon -a sixth of the size of an allotment -had theimposing name of Hundred Acres,Penny Mead is another reference to a small field.Broadfield,Longfield,Horseshoe Field are indications of the shape.  \nWhere personal names are involved these are often difficult to trace although in someinstances this has been possible and where it is known the approximate dates are given.This also applies to fields having a connection with a trade which has long since died out,  \ni.e.Felmongers-tanning,and Fullers Mead--wool.  \nIn the parish of Latton there were a number of fields bearing the name of Ward Hatch.These are associated with the ancient custom of guarding the Wardstaff,a draped staffwhich symbolised the King.In Latton this custom apparently existed until the 16thcentury,whilst the field name continued until recent times.A fuller account of thiscustom is listed in the sources.  \nMany field names have disappeared completely with the advance of housing and industrialareas,perhaps some time in the future research will be carried out into the origin of thesenames,for in Netteswell several fields bear the name of Beggars Hall.Did this Hall exist? 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