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(descriptions for Field Rd, Old Farm Rd, and Westview Rd. associated with property owned by Thomas L. Rosser and Elizabeth Winston Rosser.)
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*[[Agnese Street]] - unknown
*[[Agnese Street]] - unknown
*[[Ainsley Alley]] - unknown
*[[Ainsley Alley]] - unknown
*[[Albemarle Street]] - unknown
*[[Albemarle Street]] - as with [[Albemarle County]], named for [[Willem van Keppel]], 2nd_Earl_of_Albemarle
*[[Alderman Road]] - unknown
*[[Alderman Road]] - [[Edwin A. Alderman]], first President of the [[University of Virginia]]
*[[Allen Drive]] - unknown
*[[Allen Drive]] - unknown
*[[Allied Lane]] - unknown
*[[Allied Lane]] - unknown
*[[Allied Street]] - unknown
*[[Allied Street]] - unknown
*[[Almere Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Almere Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Altamont Circle]] - unknown
*[[Altamont Circle]] - common place name, meaning "high mountain"
*[[Altamont Street]] - unknown
*[[Altamont Street]] - common place name, meaning "high mountain"
*[[Altavista Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Altavista Avenue]] - common place name, meaning "high viewpoint"
*[[Amherst Commons]] - unknown
*[[Amherst Commons]] - unknown
*[[Amherst Street]] - unknown
*[[Amherst Street]] - unknown
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*[[Ashby Place]] - unknown
*[[Ashby Place]] - unknown
*[[Augusta Street]] - unknown
*[[Augusta Street]] - unknown
*[[Avon Street]] - unknown
*[[Avon Street]] - the River Avon in England, in reference to the birthplace of William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon, by the developer of Belmont, Bartlett Bolling
*[[Azalea Drive]] - unknown
*[[Azalea Drive]] - unknown


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*[[Belleview Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Belleview Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Belleview Street]] - unknown
*[[Belleview Street]] - unknown
*[[Belmont Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Belmont Avenue]] - named for [[Slaughter Ficklin]]'s plantation home, [[Belmont House]]. It is a common place name meaning "beautiful mountain."
*[[Belmont Cottage Lane]] - unknown
*[[Belmont Cottage Lane]] - unknown
*[[Belmont Park]] - unknown
*[[Belmont Park]] - unknown
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*[[Birdwood Road]] - unknown
*[[Birdwood Road]] - unknown
*[[Bland Circle]] - unknown
*[[Bland Circle]] - unknown
*[[Blenheim Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Blenheim Avenue]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenheim_Palace Blenheim Palace] in England, of many English place names used by the developer of Belmont, Bartlett Bolling
*[[Blincoe Land]] - unknown
*[[Blincoe Land]] - unknown
*[[Blue Ridge Road]] - unknown
*[[Blue Ridge Road]] - unknown
*[[Bolling Avenue]] – Major Bartlett Bolling (CSA), a member of the Bolling family, a First Family of Virginia and prominent family in early U.S. history and related by marriage to the second son of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 – October 15, 1891), also known as W.H.F. Lee. On November 28, 1867, W.H.F. Lee married Mary Tabb Bolling.
*[[Bolling Avenue]] – Bartlett Bolling (CSA), a member of the Bolling family, a First Family of Virginia and prominent family in early U.S. history and related by marriage to the second son of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 – October 15, 1891), also known as W.H.F. Lee. On November 28, 1867, W.H.F. Lee married Mary Tabb Bolling.
*[[Bollingwood Road]] - unknown
*[[Bollingwood Road]] - unknown
*[[Booker Street]] - unknown
*[[Booker Street]] - unknown
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==(C) Cabell Avenue thru Cynthianna Avenue==
==(C) Cabell Avenue thru Cynthianna Avenue==


*[[Cabell Avenue]] - The Cabell Family has lived in Charlottesville since arriving in Virginia in 1726. Members of the family served in the American Revolutionand help found the University of Virginia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://small.library.virginia.edu/collections/featured/the-cabell-family-papers-2/biographies/|title=The Cabell Family|last=|first=|publishdate=2018|publisher=University of Virginia Special Collections Library|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref>
*[[Cabell Avenue]] - The Cabell Family has lived in Charlottesville since arriving in Virginia in 1726. Members of the family served in the American Revolution and help found the University of Virginia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://small.library.virginia.edu/collections/featured/the-cabell-family-papers-2/biographies/|title=The Cabell Family|last=|first=|publishdate=2018|publisher=University of Virginia Special Collections Library|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref>
*[[Calhoun Street]] - unknown
*[[Calhoun Street]] - unknown
*[[Cambridge Circle]] - unknown
*[[Cambridge Circle]] - unknown
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*[[Grace Street]] - unknown  
*[[Grace Street]] - unknown  
*[[Grady Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Grady Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Graves Street]] - unknown
*[[Graves Street]] - Lewis W. Graves, developer of the Graves Addition area of Belmont
*[[Green Street]] - unknown
*[[Green Street]] - unknown
*[[Greenbrier Drive]] - presumably the tree
*[[Greenbrier Drive]] - presumably the tree
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*[[Hampton Street]] - unknown  
*[[Hampton Street]] - unknown  
*[[Hanover Street]] - unknown  
*[[Hanover Street]] - unknown  
*[[Hardwood Avenue]] - presumably the tree
*[[Hardwood Avenue]] - presumably, a botanical name referencing a classification of tree wood
*[[Hardy Drive]] - named for the Rev. [[R. B. Hardy]].
*[[Hardy Drive]] - Rev. [[R. B. Hardy]].
*[[Harmon Street]] - unknown
*[[Harmon Street]] - unknown
*[[Harris Road]] - unknown
*[[Harris Road]] - unknown
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*[[Harrow Road]] - unknown
*[[Harrow Road]] - unknown
*[[Hartford Court]] - unknown  
*[[Hartford Court]] - unknown  
*[[Hartmans Mill Road]] – road leading to the mill by same name.
*[[Hartmans Mill Road]] – Hartman family, notably Henry (1815–1902?) and Jacob, who owned and operated Hartman's Mill
*[[Hazel Street]] - unknown
*[[Hazel Street]] - unknown
*[[Hedge Street]] - unknown
*[[Hedge Street]] - unknown
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*[[Leonard Street]] - unknown
*[[Leonard Street]] - unknown
*[[Lester Drive]] - unknown
*[[Lester Drive]] - unknown
*[[Levy Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Levy Avenue]] - Levy family, including [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriah_P._Levy Uriah P. Levy] who purchased Monticello from the Jefferson/Randolph family and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Monroe_Levy Jefferson Monroe Levy] who was a property owner in the vicinity of the street
*[[Lewis Mountain Circle]] - unknown
*[[Lewis Mountain Circle]] - unknown
*[[Lewis Mountain Road]] - unknown
*[[Lewis Mountain Road]] - unknown
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*[[Linden Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Linden Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Linden Street]] - unknown
*[[Linden Street]] - unknown
*[[Little Graves Street]] - unknown
*[[Little Graves Street]] - Lewis W. Graves, developer of the Graves Addition area of Belmont
*[[Little High Street]] - unknown
*[[Little High Street]] - unknown
*[[Lochlyn Hill Drive]] - unknown
*[[Lochlyn Hill Drive]] - unknown
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*[[Monroe Lane]] - unknown
*[[Monroe Lane]] - unknown
*[[Monte Vista Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Monte Vista Avenue]] - unknown
*[[Montebello Circle]] – Historic plantation home of Montebello.
*[[Montebello Circle]] – Historic plantation home of [https://mappingcville.com/2020/02/16/2-montebello/ Montebello].
*[[Monticello Avenue]] - Monticello was the primary plantation of [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[Monticello Avenue]] - Monticello was the primary plantation of [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[Monticello Road]] - Monticello was the primary plantation of [[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[Monticello Road]] - Monticello was the primary plantation of [[Thomas Jefferson]]

Revision as of 21:42, 9 August 2020


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The following is a list of streets and their namesakes.

(A) Ackley Lane thru Azalea Drive

(B) Bailey Road thru Burnley Avenue

(C) Cabell Avenue thru Cynthianna Avenue

(D-G) Dairy Road to Grover Court

(H-L) Hammond Street thru Lyons Court

(M-O) Madison Avenue thru Oxford Road

(P-T) Page Street thru Twyman Road

(U-Z) University Avenue thru Zan Road

References

  1. Web. The Cabell Family, University of Virginia Special Collections Library, 2018
  2. Sheridan R. Barringer, Custer's Gray Rival, (Burlington, NC, 2019), 249.
  3. http://www.charlottesville.org/community/neighborhood-connection/10th-and-page
  4. http://www.c-ville.com/Rosey_homecoming/

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