A connection to George VI | How It's Named Ep10 - Williams Crescent
How It's Named Episode 10 takes a look at the History and Secrets of the historic George VI postbox and Williams Crescent in South Chadderton. We discover that this street originated in Breconshire and Monmouthshire on the English and Welsh Border. This episode is jammed packed with new features and loads more historical photographs including images from the Ordnance Survey Postwar Survey, Google Maps and Google Images to help you better understand the context of the topics I discuss in the video. If you know anyone with family name Williams this video might be of interest you or your friend, as we look at the origins of this family name. How It's Named series explores the history and secrets of streets in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham and the whole aim is to discover the origins of the name and discover why it was chosen for the street that features. If you would like to check out the sources for this video I have linked them below Old Maps | https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/ NLS Maps | https://maps.nls.uk/ House of Names | https://www.houseofnames.com/ Timepix | https://www.timepix.uk/ Other Socials Media Facebook Page | https://www.facebook.com/Owdhamvaults Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/1195702440815349
How It's Named Episode 10 takes a look at the History and Secrets of the historic George VI postbox and Williams Crescent in South Chadderton. We discover that this street originated in Breconshire and Monmouthshire on the English and Welsh Border. This episode is jammed packed with new features and loads more historical photographs including images from the Ordnance Survey Postwar Survey, Google Maps and Google Images to help you better understand the context of the topics I discuss in the video. If you know anyone with family name Williams this video might be of interest you or your friend, as we look at the origins of this family name. How It's Named series explores the history and secrets of streets in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham and the whole aim is to discover the origins of the name and discover why it was chosen for the street that features. If you would like to check out the sources for this video I have linked them below Old Maps | https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/ NLS Maps | https://maps.nls.uk/ House of Names | https://www.houseofnames.com/ Timepix | https://www.timepix.uk/ Other Socials Media Facebook Page | https://www.facebook.com/Owdhamvaults Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/1195702440815349