Buxton Path
Probably named after Buxton & High Peak Golf Club, founded in 1887, in Buxton, Derbyshire, England.
The 1896 map shows what was here before the estate. Drag the round handle to compare it with today.
The name
Buxton Path probably takes its name from Buxton & High Peak Golf Club. Its first professional was the Open champion Jack Simpson, hired as its club maker and ball maker.
Where the club's facts come from: Jack Simpson the first Professional at Buxton & High Peak. – Buxton and High Peak Golf Club, the club's own history.
How sure we are of the match: Likely
The estate's streets were named after golf courses. The streets page explains how each match was made.
We have not yet found anything written about this street itself. If you know when it was built or who first lived there, that would help.
Close by
Buildings
- Hayling Road, the first homes 30 m
- Site of Oxhey Place farm 110 m
- All Saints Church 170 m
- Colnbrook School 170 m
- Oxhey Chapel in the estate years 190 m
Ancient woods
- Oxhey Woods, northern part (Old and Young Hangings, Little Furze Field, The Plantation) 330 m
- Ox Pasture Spring (by Gosforth Lane) 450 m
- Pond Wood 540 m
Walk stops
- Hayling Road 30 m
Streets of 1947 to 1953 walk - Site of the home farm 110 m
Farms and lost houses walk - Trevose Way 120 m
Streets of 1947 to 1953 walk
Distances are in a straight line from a point on the street.