Barnett Row - built on part of the land of Queenhythe which was occupied 1972-76 by Mr R.F. Barnett (founding president of the J.W. Residents Association).

Blanchards Hill - possibly named after Thomas Blanchard, Rector of Worplesdon, who died in 1670.

Brookside - situated alongside the brook which traverses the village.

Clay Lane - All local gardeners will appreciate how this road got its name but may not realise that it is a very old road. It was mentioned in a lease dated 1592 and in 1607 it was one of the few roads shown on John Norden's map of Windsor Forest, which then extended as far South as Guildford.

Douglas Close - origin not yet discovered.

Grangefields Road - Grangefields Estates bought the fields of Willow Grange (previously Hurst Farm) and developed them in the 1950s.

Holly Lea - built on the site of Holly Cottage which had belonged to Mr Lee.

Jacobs Well Road - until 1968 this was called Sutton Green Road and before that Stringers Common Road.

Oak Tree Close - named for its physical characteristics, like Brookside & Clay Lane.

Queenhythe Road - built on the land of Queenhythe farm (17c), one of the only two properties explicitly named on the Tithe Apportionment map of 1841.

Salt Box Road - previously known as Britton's Pond Road. Presumably renamed after Salt Box Cottages, so called because of their appearance, which were possibly early Victorian and were demolished in about 1980.

Stringers Avenue - In 1660 Daniel Stringer and his wife signed a lease from the Lord of the Manor for a cottage and four acres of land on Burgham Common. By 1712 the property was called Littlehurst Farm, but was renamed Stringers Barn in about 1950.

Stringers Common - previously Burgham Common (1660) or Burgham Green (1686) - see previous entry. (Stringers Farm,at Stoke Hill, is also situated on this common.)

Sutherland Avenue - built on a plot previously belonging to The Duke of Sutherland who owned Sutton Place between the two World Wars.

Treebys Avenue - Major (later Lt-Col.) Henry Treeby acquired Hurst Farm in 1905. Although it had been known by this name since at least the 13th century he chose to rename it Willow Grange. When he died in 1935 his daughters sold his properties, which became the present Grangefields estate. (Part of the Woking Road between Clay Lane and Burdenshott Road is still known to some older inhabitants as Treeby's Hill.)

Tynley Grove - adjoins Tynley (house) origin of which name as yet unknown.

White House Lane - alongside The White House (once Burpham Lodge). Adopted in 1963 as the name for what was previously known as Frog Alley. (presumably after the previous occupants had hopped off)

Woking Road - self-evident.

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