Glastonbury Crescent
Glastonbury Crescent
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Glastonbury Drive is named for the legendary resting place of King Arthur
Glastonbury Drive begins at Churchill Circle and takes a winding course through the Avalon sub- division and then into the Greenwood subdivision, ending at Greenwood Drive. Glastonbury Crescent is an oblong circle on Glastonbury Drive.
The Avalon subdivision was laid out by Dr. E.G. Faludi who developed Stratford's Official plan. He came to Stratford in 1946 to design a street plan for the new subdivision 0f wartime houses being built to accommodate returning soldiers and their families.
Aldermen J.H. Rodgers and Henry Palmer along with historian R. Thomas Orr comprised a three-man subcommittee of city council which chose the street names for the subdivision. They selected names (including Arthur Street) from historical and legendary association with the Vale of Avalon, long-reputed resting place 0f the first known records of early Christianity in England
Glastonbury Abbey
Avalon was the name of a legendary island to which King Arthur was conveyed for the healing of his wounds after his final battle and from which he never returned. Identification of Avalon with the town of Glastonbury in Somerset, England, was attested to in English historical writings and was apparently based on Celtic stories about mythical "summerland."
In 1191, a grave said to be that of King Arthur and Guinevere his Queen, was discovered between two Pyramids in the cemetery at Glastonbury Abbey . It is said the bones were interred in the great church and from the Isle of Avalon has been identified as Glastonbury. Source: Stratford -Perth Archives Streets of Stratford 2004
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