Actually most of the olden road names based on kampong names and
also names of the person who own the piece of load that go thru the
road. Some roads are named after what industry is there at that
time.
Kreta Ayer Road, Kreta is car in malay, Ayer is water add
together car water. Why car water? check out the wiki
explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreta_Ayer_Road
McCallum St is named after Major H.E.
McCallum,
Colonial engineer in
the 1890s.
Ann Siang Hill was
the site of the house and estate of Chia Ann
Siang (谢安祥;
1832–1892), a wealthy Malacca-born Hokkien Chinese sawmiller.
Telok Ayer St TheMalay name
refers to "bay water"
because Telok Ayer Street was the coastal road
along the bay.
Sago St The
street received its name because during the 1840s, there were
numerous sago factories on
the street. pith of the rumbia
palm and
made into flour that
is used to make cakes
Club Street got its name from the various Chinese clubs sited
on this street.
Spring Street The
street was once a source of water.
Spring Street was opposite the Maxwell
Market (now Maxwell Food
Centre)
and got its name from the spring which
fed the well there.
In the old days, water was drawn and transported
by bullock carts at
Spring Street.
Tampines The
town is so named because in the 1900s (decade) a
large forest of Tampines
trees were
there
Jalan Kayu means
"wooden road" in Malay.
One version for the road name's origin is that firewood used
to be stacked on the roadside. Another version is that the
muddy laterite roads
leading to the rubber estates
in the area were made passable due to logs of wood that used to
cover the muddy roads, hence the term in
Malay jalan
kayu.
Holland Road and Holland Village were named after an early resident
in Singapore, Hugh
Holland,
who was an architect.
Kallang is
an old Malay reference
to the orang
laut (people
of the sea),
called orang
biduanda kallang,
who lived in the vicinity of the Kallang River and Singapore River.
Telok Blangah in
(Jawi:
تلوق بلڠه) Malay means
"cooking pot bay",
and covers the area behind Keppel Harbour. Blanga is
a cooking potmade
of clay used
by the southern Indians.
The district name is derived from this cooking pot shape of the
bay.
10yrs back my friend in LTA already told me, every new road will
be english name with little or no historical value, hence
Rivervale, Compassvale, etc. Since in Singapore garment own the
land no road will be named after a person, unless they in the
garment lor... hehehe, lucky my family side still own a piece of
land at tanah merah kechil and don't want to give it up..
Is poole rd name after poolman?
