Suffixes In Use |

Suffix	Definition	First Street	First Year Used	Total Occurences
Drive	Originally a private road that led to a large house. Now frequently given to a longer road in a residential area, especially one that leads to a main road (Buchanan Drive, Luton)	Hart Hill Drive	1905	54
Road		New Bedford Road	1832	419
Close	Originally an enclosed area, now often a quiet residential road with no outlet	Oakley Close	1928	430
Crescent	semi-circular or curving street	Stockwood Crescent	1890	26
Way		Hurst, River, Willow	1934	77
Street		Castle, Chapel, Church, George	1830	100
Avenue	Broad way lined with trees	Gladstone Avenue	1891	95
Link	Shortish road connecting two others	Wetherne Link	1950	3
Gardens	originally designated a square or street near or alongside gardens in suburban London. Much looser now	Cranleigh Gardens	1935	52
Parade		Archway, Nursery, Putteridge		3
Place		Spring Place	1855	19
Green		Farm Green	1947	29
Wood		Moxes Wood	1974	2
Lane	Distinguishing feature is its narrowness. May well have been widened in later times	Barbers Lane	1858	28
Rise		Crescent Rise	1881	14
Dell	Geographical feature?	Pinford Dell	1980	4
Path		Mussons Path	1914	7
Grove	Properly a small wood or plantation	Cardiff Grove	1890	12
Croft	Was a small enclosed field	Little Wood Croft	1975	3
Vale		Whitehorse Vale	1983	2
Acre	Refers to the land measure?	Bramhanger Acre	1970	1
Mead	Archaic word for meadow	High Mead	1830	7
Viaduct		Chapel Viaduct	1970	2
Hill	Usually found for a street that ascends or descends or is in an elevated locality	Richmond Hill	1915	13
Denes	Geographical feature	Deep Denes	1960	1
Mews	Originally a road lined by houses converted from stables	Drapers Mews	1992	3
West		George Street West	1859	2
End		Grove End	1954	2
Court	Was a courtyard, now often a block of flats	Power Court	1971	6
Walk		Windsor Walk	1891	5
Ring		Hockwell Ring	1946	2
Field		Rowelfield	1952	3
Square		Market Square	1960	7
Terrace		Oban Terrace	1969	6
Rails		Red Rails		1
Heath		Fernheath	1983	1
North		Santingfield North	1947	1
South		Santingfield South	1947	1
Grange		Swanston Grange	1985	1
Passage				2