Many of the old areas, back alleys and side streets which were recorded in the various censuses, Civil Registration records and church and chapel registers, have long since swept away during the slum clearances and redevelopment of the early to mid 20th century, or have disappeared beneath the many car parks and new road developments of the second half of the last century.

Perhaps the most significant development relating to Ilkeston’s street system was the construction of the town centre relief road, Chalons Way, during the early 1990s which resulted in the destruction and clearance of many streets and houses.

This section is designed to assist the researcher in their quest to locate the approximate or even exact birthplace or residence of a person or an ancestor. This contains information relating to whether these streets or areas still exist at the time of writing or if extinct, can be found relative to the Ilkeston of today.

With the use of a modern street map, this guide and a little leg-work it is relatively easy to locate many of the places mentioned in the records.

Much use has been made of Ilkeston Reference Library’s extensive collection of Ordnance Survey Maps, especially those produced to a highly detailed scale of 1:500 dating from around the early 1880s. Other sources include Maps and Plans of Ilkeston 1588-1885 by Peter Stevenson (published 1975) and The Street Names of Ilkeston by Margaret Brown (published 1983).

A

Abbey Street	Extant.
Albany Street	Extant.
Albert Street	Extant.
Albert Villas (Station Road)	Extant.
Albion Place	Extinct thoroughfare which once linked Bath Street with Burr Lane. The site is now occupied by the Albion Shopping Centre.
Anchor Row	Extant though containing no original dwellings. The name may originate from the presence of the original Anchor Inn which stood at its western end.
Andrew Avenue	Extant.
Awsworth Road	Extant.
Ayres (Eyres) Gardens	Extant and containing a number of original Victorian dwellings.

B

Back Lane	Extant.
Baker Street	Extant.
Baptist Chapel Yard	Extinct. Formerly off Queen Street.
Bath Street	Extant.
Bath Terrace	Extinct – originally adjacent to Club Row and Mount Street.
Bell’s Yard	Extinct. Formerly off Evans Row and named after the keeper of the Traveller’s Rest public house, William Bell.
Belvoir Street	Extant.
Bethel Street	Extinct.
Bindage Meadow Road	Ancient name for Longfield Lane.
Blake Street	Extant.
Boat Inn	also known as The Jolly Boatman.
Botany Bay	Extinct area now occupied by Bridge Street, Cotmanhay. So named due to its isolated position in relation to Ilkeston proper. (Botany Bay was the first convict settlement in Australia).
Bower Hill	Extinct area east of present Norman Street.
Brewery Cottages	Extant dwellings on Wilmot Street. Adjacent to Bourne Cottages and Spring Cottage public house.
Brewery Row	Extinct dwellings believed to have stood off Burr Lane.
Brick Lane	Extinct.
Bridge Inn (Awsworth Road)	Former public house, now site of the ‘Canal Vue’ Nursing Home.
Bright’s Terrace	Extinct thoroughfare linking Gladstone Street and Extension Street.
Brook House (Heanor Road)	Extinct dwelling possibly standing towards the lower end of Heanor Road.
Brook Street	Extant.
Browns Yard (Burr Lane)	Extinct.
Brussells Terrace	Extant in part.
Burns Street (off The Market Place)	Extant.
Burr Lane	Extant and probably the oldest street in the town. Contains many original Victorian dwellings. The name may originate from the Anglo-Saxon word Burgh meaning fortified settlement.
Burrow’s Lane	see Burr Lane.
Byron Street	Extant though partly cleared during development of Chalons Way.

C

Cambridge Cottages	Extinct row of dwellings off Belvoir Street.
Canal Side	Extinct area lying along the Erewash Canal between Awsworth Road and Station Road.
Carr Street	Extinct. Formerly off lower Bath Street.
Chain Row	Row of dwellings which once stood opposite the Three Horse Shoes pub at the top end of Derby Road, demolished 1980.
Chapel Lane	see Chapel Street.
Chapel Street	Extant though partly cleared during development of Chalons Way. Lower Chapel Street contains a number of original Victorian buildings.
Chapel Street East	see Lower Chapel Street.
Charlotte Street	Extant.
Chaucer Street	Extant.
Chrichley Street	Extant.
Coal Pit Lane	Former name for Awsworth Road.
Club Row	Extinct terrace of dwellings lying behind the west side of Bath Street. Site now occupied by Club Row car park.
Commercial Terrace	Extinct terrace of dwellings off Awsworth Road.
Common, The	see Ilkeston Common.
Common Gardens	Extinct area of the Common turned over to allotments following the enclosure of the common at the end of the 18th century.
Cotmanhay	Extant area north of Ilkeston proper. In more ancient times only the area north of the present Church Street was known as Cotmanhay. The name probably derives from the Anglo-Saxon cott mann haeg – meaning the enclosed land of a cottager.
Cranmer Street	Extant.
Cricket Ground	Extinct area originally behind the former Anchor Inn off Market Street.
Critchley Street	Extant.

D

Dale Street	Extant.
Dale Villas	Location unknown.
Daykin’s Row	Extinct area at rear and west of Bath Street and opposite Chapel Street.
Deakin Row	see Daykin’s Row.
Derby Road	Extant  – previously known as Moorbridge or Moorsbridge Lane.
Derby Street	Extant though only partly.
Dicken’s Yard	Extinct and possibly relates to Daykin’s Row.
Dorothy Cottages	Extinct row of dwellings off Pimlico.
Drummond Road	Extant.
Duke Street	Extant.
Durham Ox	Extant public house on Durham Street.

E

Earl Place	Extinct area off lower Bath Street.
East Street	Extant and containing several original 18th and 19th century dwellings.
Ebenezer Street	Extant.
Essex Street	Extant.
Evans Cottages	Extinct – exact location unknown at present. May relate to dwellings off Evans Row.
Evans Row	Extinct thoroughfare off south side of White Lion Square.
Evans Shops	Extinct – exact location unknown. May relate to dwellings etc on Evans Row.
Extension Street	Extinct street originally off Market Street.
Eyres Gardens	see Ayres Gardens.

F

Factory Lane	Extant.
Field House	Extinct. Formerly the home of Matthew Hobson. Site now occupied by Morrison’s supermarket and modern housing, formerly by South-East Derbyshire College.
Fenns Hollow (Station Road)	Extinct, exact location unknown. The House Ferns Hollow exists at the side of the Canal.
Fishpond Cottages	Extinct dwellings probably lying alongside the Erewash Canal.
Flinders Row	Extinct row of 5 dwellings leading off Chapel Street.
Florence Row / Square	Extinct. Site now occupied by Florence Court off Station Road.

G

Gallows Inn	Extant area lying at the south end of Nottingham Road. Pub of the same name, for a time officially known as the Horse and Groom.
Gladstone Street	Extant though partly cleared during development of Chalons Way.
Graham Street	Extant.
Granby Street	Extant though partly cleared during development of Chalons Way.
Grass Lane	Former name of Norman Street.
Green’s Court	Extinct, originally adjacent to Hunger Hill Yard.
Greens Lane	Extant.
Gregory Street	Extant.

H

Hais Lane	Extinct. Possibly an earlier reference to Hallcroft Road.
Hallam Fields	Extant area containing a number of original Victorian dwellings.
Hallcroft Place	Extinct area later the site of Hallcroft and Gladstone Schools.
Harefields (Derby Road)	Extinct area at the east end of the present Derby Road..
Harrow Hotel (Bath Street)	Extant public house, the Old Harrow or just the Harrow and at one time called the Roundhouse.
Havelock Street	Extant.
Havelock Terrace	Extinct terrace off Chapel Street. Now the approach to a car park.
Heanor Road	Extant.
High Holborn	Extant.
High Street	Extant, but apart from Dalby House (Erewash Museum) contains no original dwellings.
Highfield House	Extant dwelling on Wilmot Street.
Hobson Drive	Extant.
Hope Street	Extant.
Hunger Hill	Extinct area lying between the Needlemaker’s Arms and the local store, formerly the White Cow public house.
Hunger Hill Yard	Extant, though containing few original dwellings.
Harts Yard	Extinct area off Awsworth Road between Slade Street and Springfield Terrace.

I

Ilkeston Common	Extinct area of some 383 acres of open common ground, enclosed circa 1795 and home to a number of scattered dwellings erected piecemeal during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Ilkeston Common Lock	Extinct area lying alongside the Erewash Canal.
Ilkeston Junction	Extant area off lower Station Road – see also Trueman Street. Originally in Nottinghamshire, it was incorporated into Ilkeston in the 1990’s.
Ilkeston Mill Lock	Extinct area around the present Potters Lock.
Ingleside	Extant Victorian dwelling on Wilmot Street.
Ivy Villa	Extant Victorian dwelling on Wilmot Street.

J

Jackson Avenue	Extant.
John Street	Extant.

K

Kensington	Extant area off Nottingham Road and formerly known as Hunger Hill.
Kensington Street	Extant.
King Street	Extant.
Kirk Hallam Hall	Extinct dwelling demolished in 1973.

L

Larklands	Extant area lying south-east of town centre.
Lawn Terrace	Extinct dwellings off Pimlico.
Leahurst (Gregory Street)	Exact location unknown.
Lees Yard	Extinct. Alternative name given to Albion Place.
Lime Street	Extant.
Little Hallam	Extant area south of Ilkeston proper but part of the old Borough.
Little Hallam Lane	Extant.
Lodge Row	Extinct terrace off Chapel Street and adjacent to Flinders Row.
Lord Haddon Road	Extant. Named after Lord Robert Charles John Manners of Haddon Hall.
Lord Nelson Street	Extant – see Nelson Street, Cotmanhay.
Lower Granby Street	Extant.
Lower Grass Street	Extant.
Lowes Yard	Extinct area off west side of upper Bath Street see also Whites Yard.

M

Market Cottages	Extinct dwellings originally standing between the present Market Inn and Harrow public houses on The Market Place.
Market Place	Extant area in town centre containing several original Victorian buildings.
Market Street	Extant.
Middle Lane	Early/Mid 19th century name given to area later occupied by Charlotte Street, Norman Street and Grass Lane.
Mill House	Extinct dwelling on the banks of the River Erewash.
Mill Street	Extant.
Millfield House	Exact location unknown at present.
Moorbridge Lane	Extant – pre late 19th century name of the present Derby Road.
Moorsbridge Lane	see above. Moor’s or Straw’s Bridge was at the bottom of Derby Road.
Mount Row	Extinct terrace of dwellings adjacent to Club Row. Site now occupied by car park.
Mount Street	Extant.
Mount Terrace	see Mount Row.
Mundy Street	Extant (partly).

N

New England	Former name given to Hallam Fields area.
New Street	Former name given to the western end of Station Road.
Norman Street	Extant.
North Street	Cleared during construction of Chalons Way.
Northgate	Extinct street originally off North Street.
Nottingham Road	Extant. Known as ‘The Bridge Lane’ in more ancient times.
Nutbrook Junction Lock	Extinct area at the junction of the Nutbrook and Erewash Canals.

O

Orchard Street	Extant.
Oxford Street	Extant.

P

Park The	A general area east of the town centre and site of the Park Cemetery.
Park Avenue	Extant.
Park Drive	Extant.
Park Road	Extant. Known as ‘The Millfield Lane’ in more ancient times.
Pedley Street	Extant.
Peewit Wharfe	Extinct area originally lying alongside the Nutbrook Canal.
Pelham Street	Extant.
Pimlico	Extant street off the Market Place though containing no original dwellings.
Pinfold Lane	Extinct lane originally running parallel to Stanton Road from the top end of the present Derby Road and down to Little Hallam. The route is now more or less occupied by Dale View and Derbyshire Drive.
Potteries, The	Extinct area lying alongside the Erewash Canal near to Awsworth Road.
Pottery, The	see Potteries.
Princes Court	Extinct. Originally off east side of Nottingham Road and opposite Hunger Hill Yard.

Q

Queen Street	Extant.
Queens Terrace	Extinct terrace of dwellings to the west and rear of South Street.

R

Red House, The	Extant former private dwelling on Wharncliffe Road.
Regent Street	Extant.
Robey Yard	Extinct, site now occupied by the medical centre on South Street.
Ropewalk	Extant area off lower Station Road.
Rutland Hotel	Extinct hotel and public house at junction of Bath Street and Heanor Road.
Rutland Place	Extinct – location unknown at present.

S

Severn’s Road	see Severns Yard.
Severn’s Yard	Extinct area off High Street.
Shaws Yard	Extinct area between Awsworth Road and Cotmanhay Road.
Sir John Warren	Extant public house on The Market Place.
Slade Street	Extinct. Slade Street was demolished in 1971 and replaced with flats. The site of the street originally lay off North Street and between Station Road and Critchley Street.
Sough Close/s	(pronounced as ‘Suff Close’) – Extinct area around the present Green’s Lock.
Smith Street	Extinct.
South Street	Extant – with Bath Street it was known as ‘The Town Street’ in more ancient times.
Springfield Terrace	Extinct terrace of dwellings.
Springfield Villas (Wilmot Street)	Exact location unknown at present.
St Mary Street	Extant and containing many original Victorian dwellings.
Stanhope Road	see Stanhope Street.
Stanhope Street	Extant.
Stanton Road	Extant – known in more ancient times as Boot Lane and Harrisons Lane.
Station Court (off Bath Street)	Extinct though the entrance and name plate can still be seen opposite the junction of Station Road.
Station Terrace	Extinct area off Station Road. The entrance can still be seen off the junction of Station Road and Chalons Way.
Station Road	Extant and containing many original Victorian dwellings. West end at one time known as ‘New Street’.
Stratford Street	Extant.
Sudbury Avenue	Extant.

T

Taylor Street	Extant.
Thurman Street	Extant.
Toll Bar	Extinct area now occupied by part of White Lion Square. It was the site of the Turnpike’s Toll Gates.
Town Street	Original name given to South Street, Market Place and Bath Street.
Trueman Street	Extant.
Trueman’s Court (South Street)	Extant though only partly.
Trueman’s Row	Extinct terrace of dwellings at the junction of Burr Lane and Albion Place.
Tutin Street	Extinct – originally off Belvoir Street.
Tutton’s Buildings	Extinct – possibly a misspelling of Turton’s Buildings off Belper Street.

U

Union Road

Extant.

V

Vicarage, The	Extant early and late Victorian building. Now a private dwelling off the Lower Market Place.
Victoria Street	Extant.

W

Wakefield’s Yard	Extinct – originally off the south side of White Lion Square.
Weaver Row	Extant path linking South Street with Market Street originally contained many dwellings but containing none today.
Weaver Pool	Extinct. The site of an ancient pond now occupied by the former Ritz Cinema on South Street. The name may have little to do with weaving but may have derived from the word waiffer meaning something belonging to no-one in particular.
Wheatley Row	Extinct terrace of dwellings. Site now occupied by Lawn Road.
White Lion Square	Extant area though much redeveloped during late 20th century, and not a square any more.
Wide Yard	Extinct area off west side of South Street. Roughly opposite Weaver Row.
Wilmot Street	Extant.
Wilton Place	Extant.
Wood Street	Exant.
Whites Yard	Extinct – originally off west side of upper Bath Street. The entrance, though blocked, can still be seen.