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Street names can provide one of the most important clues to the history of an area. Where did the names come from? What does this tell us about the past? Some names are fairly obvious, such a High Street but others are not – some do not even exist anymore. Have you ever wondered about Thorter Row, Peep-o-Day Lane or the Beefcan Close? Click on a street name listed below to find out about the origin of its name. We have also included the origins of some parks and areas of Dundee.

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Albert Institute Albert Square Allan Street Americanmuir Road Ancrum Road Argyllis-gait / Overgait Arklay Street Arthurstone Terrace Baffin Street Balfour Street Balgay Park Baltic Street Bank Avenue Bank Street Barrack Street Baxter Park Beechwood Beefcan Close Bell Street Black Friars' Convent Blackness Avenue Blackscroft Blinshall Street Bonnet-hill or Hilltown Bradbury Street Bright Street Brown Constable Street Bucklemaker Wynd Butcher Row Butterburn Caird Park Candle Lane Castle Street Cherryfield Lane Claypotts Castle Cleghorn Street Clepington Road Cloan Road Cobden Street Constitution Road Cotton Road Coutties Wynd Cowan Street Cowgate Crichton Street Dalgleish Road Dalhousie Terrace Dallfield Terrace / Walk Deerhorn Close Downfield Drummond's Close Dudhope Castle Dudhope Park Dura Street Dyer's Close Erskine Street Exchange Street	Fairmuir Fintry Fintry Place Fish Market / Green Market Fish Street Flesh Market Street Flukergait / Nethergait Forebank Gellatly Street Goat Wynd Gray’s Close Guthrie Street Haldane Street Hawkhill High Land Home Street, Broughty Ferry Horse Wynd Hospital Wynd Hyndford Street Kerrsview Terrace Key’s Close Kingsway Kinloch Place Kinnaird Hall Kinnaird Street Kirk Wynd Laird Street Lamb’s Lane Law Hill Leng Street Lindsay Street Lochee Park Longair Street Loons Road McDonald Street Magdalen Green Mains Castle Maitland Street Makkeson’s Close Malcolm Street Marketgait Mary Ann Street Maxwelltown Meadowside Michelson’s Close Mid Craigie Mitchell's Close Moncur Crescent Morrison’s Court Murraygait Neish Street Nelson Street Ogilvie Street Orchar Park Our Lady Gait	Panmure Street Parker Street Peep-o-Day Lane Perrie Street, Lochee The Pleasance Polepark Road Raglan Street Rankine Street Rankine’s Court Reform Street Reres Hill Rotten Row or Hilltown Royal Arch St. David’s Lane, North Tay Street St. Roque's Lane St. Vincent Street, Broughty Ferry Scourin Burn Scott's Close Session Street Sherbrook Street Sinderins Soapwork Lane Somerville Place Stannergait Street Steam Loom Brae Stevenson Street Stirling Street Stobsmuir Stobsmuir (Swannie) Ponds Sugar-House Wynd Symers Street Thorter Row Tindal’s Wynd Todburn Lane Ure Street Urquhart Street The Vault Victoria Road Victoria Park Wedderburn Street Well-gait West Port Whale Lane Whitehall Street Willison Street Yeaman’s Shore