The origins of the names of some of the recent roads and buildings around Martley reveals a great deal about Martley’s past and its former inhabitants.
Except where stated, thanks are owed to Lynne Stanley for compiling the information (2005), which was taken from Martley in the Millennium” by Dave Cropp, who obtained much of his information, particularly ecclesiastic, from former Martley resident Jeremy Campbell Grant.
- Alan Boon, Normandy
- Albert Harry Gummery
- Badger Close
- Col. Arthur Drummond Currie
- Francis Jukes
- Harry and Florence Humpherson
- Hastings Close
- Heaton House
- John Doughtie
- Martleys Lost Poet
- Nash Close
- Reared in a Strangers Nest
- The Cave Family
- The Despensers
- The Fidoe Family
- The Mortimers
- Thomas W Sanders
- Vernon Close