Newcroft Road and Newcroft Close are part of a 1950s development built on the northern extent of what was Newcroft Farm. The housing is primarily terraced and on the Lickhill Road end, a set of terraces are run as businesses, with the longest running being the Dolphin Fish Bar.
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| Newcroft Road |
The farm was built in the late 1800s with around 90 acres
and used for dairy farming[1]. While many of the fields in this area were called New Croft in the 1840s, the field that Newcroft Road and Close was actually called Ridge Mead and may refer to a long hill or ridge, alternatively it may refer to a strip in a common fiel.
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| Shops at Newcroft Road. |
The major development in the 1950s and 1960s was achieved by the borough
council purchasing Newcroft Farm in two lots from C & T Harris, who
had aquired the farm in 1918 from the marquess of Crewe.
References:
[1] British-history.ac.uk. (2019). Calne: Calne outside the town | British History Online. [online] Available at: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol17/pp51-64 [Accessed 15 Oct. 2019].
