Granville - Origin of Street Names

Name

Origin & Meaning

Source

A'Beckett Street

Named as the street runs parallel to A'Beckett's Creek.

SLNSW. (1877-1937). Granville subdivision plans

Albert Street

Street named based on a royal naming theme with neighbouring streets in the area being Duke Street, Victoria Street, Albert Street, Prince Street.

Alfred Street

(c1883). Acknowledging Sir Alfred Stephen, Chief Justice and former Lieutenant Governor of NSW, in family members and legal friends street naming theme. Sir Alfred being after the father of subdivider, Solicitor S.A.Stephen.

Parramatta Council (199-) Suburban names review, part 1.

Alma Street

Street name theme based on the Crimean War with the Battle of the Alma River on 20 September 1854.

Arthur Street

"Acknowledging Arthur A. W. Onslow, husband of the Macarthur grand-daughter, Elizabeth, who had inherited the estate which was sold to subdividing solicitor S .A Stephen."

Parramatta Council (199-) Suburban names review, part 1.

Bill Hoare Lane

Previously a sealed dead-end lane that was unnamed at Gray Street and proceeds northerly to A’Beckett Street, between Onslow Street and Alfred Street, Granville. On 19 July 2004, by Resolution of Parramatta City Council, the name was proposed and went on exhibition for community consultation in March-April 2005. The lane is named after the late Bill Hoare who lived at 50 Onslow Street, Granville. He had previously resided on Arthur Street, Granville for over 60 years. Bill was a shoemaker since the age of 14 and in the last 12 years of his working life became a cleaner at the Rydalmere psychiatric hospital.

Bold Street

Gazetted in 19 August 1887 (folio 5462). In 1977, the Bold Street bridge collapsed as part of the tragic Granville train disaster.

Boundary Street

Previous name: Prince's Road in the Municipality of Granville, south ward running from the Sydney Water supply pipe line easterly to the Duck River. Renamed on 1 February 1921.

Municipality Of Granville. (1921, February 4). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales

Bridge Street

Named in reference to the overhead bridge that crosses the railway line from Carlton Street and Railway Parade and continues south-east of the rail line at Bold Street. It is a functional designation and common usage may be behind the naming of this street name.

Church Street

Continuation of Church Street from the suburb of Parramatta. It was named Church Street as it led to St John's Church in 1790. The street was 143 feet wide. As there were several such families living there, Church Street was originally known as Quaker's Row. When Quaker's Row was extended to run to St. John's Church, it was renamed Church Street by Governor Macquarie. Church Street became an important section of the colonial road system, linking Sydney with the farms of the Hawkesbury district along the Sydney Road - Church Street - Windsor Road axis.

Cowper Street

Charles Cowper of Narellan, member for The County of Cumberland elected 1830. Cowper turned the first sod of the extension of the line from terminus of the railway to Blacktown in vicinity of present Parramatta Station.

Jervis, J. (1961). The cradle city of Australia: a history of Parramatta 1788 - 1961.

Crown Street

Street named based on a royal naming theme with neighbouring streets in the area being Duke Street, Victoria Street, Albert Street, Prince Street.

Duck Creek

Possibly functional designation of street name which was a common practice derived from the names given to the earlier tracks which the then newly laid out streets followed.

Duke Street

Previous name: Elizabeth Street. Renamed Good Street when realigning the street names in Granville. Street named based on a royal naming theme with neighbouring streets in the area being Duke Street, Victoria Street, Albert Street, Prince Street.

East Street

Descriptive.

Good Street

The name 'good' appears to have been selected for real estate marketing purposes.

Parramatta Council (199-) Suburban names review, part 1.

Gray Street

Part of the Elizabeth Farm estate subdivided in 1883.

SLNSW. (1877-1937). Granville subdivision plans

Hamilton Street

Named after the famous Australian explorer Hamilton Hume (1797-1873).

Ermington West Public School. (circa 1988). The growth of Ermington.

Inkerman Street

Street name theme based on the Crimean War with the Battle of the Inkerman on 5 November 1854 between the allied armies of Britain and France against the Imperial Russian Army.

Wikipedia. (2021). Battle of Inkerman

Kemp Street

Possibly named after Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (1816-1878), one of Sydney's leading businessman who rose to prominence in the colony through his many commercial ventures and pastoral enterprises. Mort was behind initiatives such as weekly wool auctions and the refrigeration of food. He was involved in moves for the first railway in New South Wales, and was also one of the founders of the AMP Society.

Marsden Street

"Acknowledges the Reverend Samuel Marsden who was the first chaplain to the Parramatta District, holding this office from 1795 until his death in May 1838. He was also a large landholder and farmer, made several missionary trips to New Zealand, and was, at time, one of the local Parramatta magistrates.

Parramatta Council (199-) Suburban names review, part 1.

Meehan Street

Named in honour of the emancipist surveyor James Meehan, who owed his position to Governor Macquarie.

Mort Street

Previous names: Sydney Road. Parramatta Road began as a convict made bush track between 1789 and 1791 connecting the settlements of Parramatta and Sydney. In 1797, the "road to Parramatta” was laid out under the direction of the Surveyor-General Augustus Alt. It became one of the colony's most important early roads, and for many years remained one of Sydney's principal thoroughfares. It was named based on destination.

Onslow Street

Possibly named after Elizabeth Onslow, grand-daughter of the Macarthurs.

Parker Street

Most likely named in honour of Phillip Parker King (1791-1856), the son of Governor Philip Gidley King and his wife Anna Josepha, née Coombe.

Australian Dictionary of Biography. (2006). King, Phillip Parker (1791–1856)

Parramatta Road

Previous names: Sydney Road. Parramatta Road began as a convict made bush track between 1789  and 1791 connecting the settlements of Parramatta and Sydney. In 1797, the "road to Parramatta” was laid out under the direction of the Surveyor-General Augustus Alt. It became one of the colony's most important early roads, and for many years remained one of Sydney's principal thoroughfares. It was named based on destination.

Charles, M.  (1988). Old Parramatta: Pictorial Memories.

Pitt Street

Originally built as a dirt track by early settlers to join the original redoubt and a nearby bridge. It was originally called Bridge Street.

Prince Street

Street named based on a royal naming theme with neighbouring streets in the area being Duke Street, Victoria Street, Albert Street, Prince Street.

Quince Lane

(2014). Previously an unnamed lane between Gray Street and A'Beckett Street, Granville parrallel to Good Street and Kemp Street. The lane was renamed after an application was submitted to Parramatta City Council requesting the lane be named in memory of the late World War One veteran John Frederick (Fred) Quince who passed away in 1960 and his family who resided at 76 Good Street, Granville since 1927 and in the Granville area for around 100 years. Fred Quince was twice injured at the Battle of Bullecourt in France on 3 May 1917. He later worked as a steam train driver for nearly 40 years and would use the current Quince Lane as his daily pedestrian path to commute to Clyde railway station to start work.

Railway Street

Named for real estate selling purposes indicating the advantages of being close to railway station facilities.

Parramatta Council (199-) Suburban names review, part 1.

Rowell Street

Previous name: Kemp Street South (North Ward). On 18 August 1920, L. N. Sharp, Town Clerk of the Municipality of Granville placed a public notice of Council's proposal to the Minister for Local Government for their approval the the alteration of certain names of roads including Kemp Street South running southerly from the then Parramatta-Sydney Road to the Great Western Railway Line.

Tiara Place

Formerly part of Holroyd Council.

Victoria Street

Street named based on a royal naming theme with neighbouring streets in the area being Duke Street, Victoria Street, Albert Street, Prince Street.

Western Motorway

Constructed during the 1960s, this motorway (also known as the M4) stretches across 51.5 kilometres from Homebush to Penrith.

Wikipedia. (2021). M4 Motorway (Sydney)