Anybody know the origin of this earlier name of Derby Rd.?

where did you get that from chris

There's a reference to that name in "Sidelights on Tranmere" and on the tithe maps, two parcels of land on Derby Rd., on the Borough Rd. side are called Yolk of Egg and Further Yolk of Egg.

Hmm, could of been a private rd at one point and the name could of been named that by the chicken farmer?

Ste; in those days, there wouldn't have been chicken farmers, every farm just had a few chickens running around the farmyard. Interesting to see from the O.S. maps that it didn't go through to Whetstone Lane until some time between 1875 & 1910. Oh, and it didn't end at Further Yolk of Egg; there were two fields beyond that.

What a strange name for a road, couldn't begin to figure out that one.
Reminds of of a road in Lincolnshire, got the name plates up and everything so it is genuine, "Toil In Vain Lane", it's still there.

As Chris will verify, in Shrewsbury town centre there is a well signed Grope Lane. A book I'm reading at the moment on the history of the Ordnance Survey reveals the original name was Grope C*nt Lane !

* insert the letter "u"

I'm saying nuffin' !

ooo er!

How rude.

Dreadfully coarse I know. I've scrubbed the keyboard with Carbolic Soap!!

Grope Cnut? Who'd wanna grope King Cnut?? He's been dead for years...

Yolk of Egg is the name of four enclosed fields in Tranmere. It's a fairly common name for a field in Cheshire and represents an area in a township which has the highest quality soil...i.e the best part of the field/egg.

Hope this helps!

Thanks, Deano; that would explain it.
I've now found the four fields, but two of them have the same name; yolk of egg. The other two are lower yolk of egg and further yolk of egg. Do you know of any others in Cheshire?

There's one in Thornton Hough, One in Spital, Tarvin, Prestbury, Wybunbury.

These four fields would have all been just one area prior to the Enclosures Act in the 19th Century.

Thanks again, Deano. Most interesting.

Just found the one at Spital. Plot 108 on the tithe map, next to Poulton Hall, just West of Bromborough Rake station.