The Wiltshire town of Westbury is best known for the white horse carved into the chalky hillside above its Victorian streets and visible for miles around.
But a more down-to-earth feature of the former mill and ironworks town – a road called Slag Lane – has been causing a stir.
Some residents of the lane are unhappy with the rather ugly name and, after unsuccessful calls for it to be changed, the signs mysteriously vanished.
Other local people argued the name was an important reminder of the town’s industrial past and demanded that the signs be reinstated. On Tuesday Wiltshire council confirmed that new signs had been ordered and would be in place soon.
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The Wiltshire town of Westbury is best known for the white horse carved into the chalky hillside above its Victorian streets and visible for miles around.
But a more down-to-earth feature of the former mill and ironworks town – a road called Slag Lane – has been causing a stir.
Other local people argued the name was an important reminder of the town’s industrial past and demanded that the signs be reinstated.
The row has been rumbling on for at least 10 years after some opponents argued the name was offensive and called for the lane to be changed to the more romantic Lakeside View.
Members of Westbury town council debated the issue in 2014 and concluded that the current name reflected the area’s heritage.
Last year, residents in the Hampshire village of Twyford successfully campaigned to have an apostrophe that had vanished from their street sign – St Mary’s Terrace – replaced.
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