成人快手

Bess Bagley Crossroads

Ben's third investigation leads him to a busy junction - go right and you're heading towards Shepshed, turn left and you're in Coalville - he's following up the story of Bess Bagley, who rumour would have it was a highway woman...

There's a farm named after Bess Baggely, which is slightly away from the main road and Ben believes that this is either being redeveloped or demolished.

Maureen Havies from the Charley Heritage Group spoke to Ben about what she knows about Bess.

"She's recorded on the Enclosure Maps as having brought land in Charley at the time of the enclosure. Her name varies from 'Bagley' to 'Baguley' to 'Baggerly', which is what she's most commonly known as.

"She was probably a wealthy widow to been able to buy land and even though she didn't get a large portion it was unusual for a woman to have been awarded land in the Enclosure Act.

"The Government thought that the waste land should be distributed fairly and therefore it was sold off in parcels. People could then apply, I heard over 12,000 applications were received for the land in the area, but of course not everyone got a share."

Chips on Alan Moss!

Alan Moss Road, Loughborough

Ben's first mission began on Alan Moss Road in Loughborough...

Feeling hungry for information the Breakfast presenter stopped in at legendary fish and chip shop 300 Spartans.

Owner Nicko has been trading tasting treats since 1973 and can count Sebastian Coe amongst his past customers.

Although he wasn't sure of the road-name origin, the chip-shop owner had heard Alan Moss mentioned by his patrons.

Resident Ron had a few more answers in the shape of a local book that featured a photo of the main man.

It turns out Alan was Mayor of Loughborough 1927-29, a role that was kept in the family when his son took it up 1970-71.

The final clue in the mystery was found in the guise of a sign outside Blue Bell Woods in Charnwood Forest announcing that the land had been donated to the people of Leicestershire on 01 January 1946 by Mr and Mrs Alan Moss.

A generous chap!

Newfoundpool, Leicester

Ben's next task was to investigate not one, but 10 road names in the Newfoundpool area of Leicester...

Local Mick was on hand to provide some enlightening answers to the unusually monikkered streets of Victorian terraced houses.

Apparently there used to be a Leicester industrialist called Isaac Harrison who was obviously greatly respected by someone as each of the road names is connected with him.

To start with his wife's name gave us Beatrice Road. Each of the other roads takes it's first letter from his name - I. Harrison.

So we get Ingle, Hawthorne, Alma, Rowan, Ruby, Ivanhoe, Sylvan, Oban and Newport Street!

John in Oadby used to be a policeman in the 1970s. He had to cover a huge area so it was impossible to remember every road name.

However when it came to these few streets he never had to consult a map, his local knowledge of I. Harrison acted as a great mnemonic:

"You could work out which street you were going to pull into and get it right each time!"