Place names of Calne: Westerham Walk Area

Westerham Walk

The streets of and around Westerham Walk were built c. late 1980s to 1990s. It is a mixed development of mainly semi and detached housing. It is an area that had some interesting field names in the past, such a Little Hill, Great Hill, Old Orchard, and the evocatively named 'Adjoining Low Lane'.

Highgrove Close

The roads include:

Highgrove Close, which runs across Prince Charles Drive and refers to the home of Prince Charles, who bought Highgrove House, Gloucestershire in 1980.
Mallard Close, see Bird entry.
Mallard Close was created when, 26 flats and houses were added to Prince Charles Drive c. 1985, designed by Kendall Kingscott Partnership for Jephson Second Housing Association.
Cotswold Close, which refers to the Cotswold building stone.
Park Close, which was originally called  Sandstone Grove until c. 1997. I imagine it was changed because 'grove' refers to a small group of trees, rather than stone. Originally the word 'park' would have referred to a piece of land that was used for beasts of the chase. However, paddock, which meant a small grass enclosure, changed to 'park' when it was borrowed into Cornish[1]. Today park tends to mean an area of land used for a specific purpose, such as a business park, or an area for recreation. However, this land was actually an orchard of some antiquity, as in the 1840s, it was called 'Old Orchard'. So, I'm guessing it was felt that Park Close was a better name for the street than Sandstone Grove.
Perbeck Place, which refers to the Perbeck Building stone.
Portland Way, which refers to the Portland building stone.

Westerham Walk, Westerham would originally have meant a westerly homestead. As this street is/was on the east of Calne, I think it refers to Westerham, the place. Chartwell Manor, the home of Winston Churchill (See Churchill Close), lies on the outskirts of Westerham and is now managed by the National Trust.

Purbeck Place

References:
[1] Cavill, P., 2018. A New Dictionary of English Field-Names. 1st ed. Great Britain: English Place-Name Society.