Mayfair Road, Laverstock

Mayfair Road is on the pebble-dashed estate in Laverstock.

I can’t see any reason for it’s being called Mayfair Road. I can’t see any thematic link with any of the adjoining roads (Napier Crescent,, Beechcroft Avenue, or Greenwood Avenue). This is particularly irritating because I’ve lived in both Napier Crescent and Mayfair Road.

Mayfair

‘Mayfair’ usually refers to an area of the West End of London, to the north of Oxford Street. The name is derived from a fair that was held every May.(¹)

Mayfair is, of course, the most expensive point on the traditional London Monopoly board. Perhaps this influenced the choice of the name ‘Mayfair Road’. It’s still a desirable part of London – but whether it would still be the most expensive area on the Monopoly board, I don’t know.

A few years ago I read an interesting book by Tim Moore called Do Not Pass Go(². It was about the the game of Monopoly, and why each area of London might have been chosen. I’d recommend the book if you’re interested in London.

Footnotes

1. Mayfair – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [↩]
2. This is an affilate link. If you used this link to buy the book I’d get a few coppers…but probably not enough to buy a flat in Mayfair [↩]