Roads Named After People
- Jardine Crescent is named after Dan Jardine, site foreman during the construction of the Tile Hill estate.
- Dormer Harris Avenue is named after Mary Dormer Harris (1867–1936) the local historian.
- Robert Cramb Road named after the Lord Mayor of Coventry in 1947.
- James Green Road, named after the engineer responsible for surveying the route of the Bude Canal.
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