What is the meaning of De La Hay

[Ottawa Green]

I used to deliver newspapers on De La Hay Avenue, many many years ago. So i was shocked when i was in a bar yesterday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and saw this sign behind the bar, i asked the waitress she had no idea but she said it has a blue flag and the letters SCO, which i told her it was the Scottish flag and SCO is the shortened form for Scotland. So is the De La Hay in Plymouth linked to Scotland

 

[justanotherfan]

Quick search on google - De la Haye Avenue is a street located in the city of Plymouth, United Kingdom. I am not sure if there is any specific origin behind the name of this street. However, the surname “De la Haye” has a French origin and is believed to have originated from the castle and barony of La Haye-du-Puits, in La Manche, Normandy 1. The family name has been found in Cambridgeshire, England, and Scotland 1. The Hays of Erroll, a Scottish clan, are believed to be descended from de La Haye of La Haye-Hue in the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy 2.

 

[Ottawa Green]

Quick search on google - De la Haye Avenue is a street located in the city of Plymouth, United Kingdom. I am not sure if there is any specific origin behind the name of this street. However, the surname “De la Haye” has a French origin and is believed to have originated from the castle and barony of La Haye-du-Puits, in La Manche, Normandy 1. The family name has been found in Cambridgeshire, England, and Scotland 1. The Hays of Erroll, a Scottish clan, are believed to be descended from de La Haye of La Haye-Hue in the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy 2.

Yes i know it is street located in Plymouth as i said i used to deliver newspapers there, back in the early 60s, i just wanted to know if there was any linkage between Plymouth and Scotland.

 

[Mat]

Yes i know it is street located in Plymouth as i said i used to deliver newspapers there, back in the early 60s, i just wanted to know if there was any linkage between Plymouth and Scotland.

There’s a football club called Argyle which is a nod to the “ Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders” from Scotland. Hope that helps.

 

[Mat]

Earl of Erroll - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Earl of Erroll descend from “De La Hay” a Norman Knight. That’s possibly the Scottish part at least.

 

[Ottawa Green]

Also found this https://www.houseofnames.com/de+la+hay-family-crest#Early-History

But why was a street in Plymouth called De La Hay?

 

[Alan Turing]

There’s a football club called Argyle which is a nod to the “ Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders” from Scotland. Hope that helps.

...allegedly

 

[Andy B.]

And Valletort...what's that about?

 

[justanotherfan]

And Valletort...what's that about?

Earl of Mount Edgcumbe - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Worth a read to explain why Valletort.

 

[George Willis]

The Valletort family are linked to the Mt Edgecumbe family way back in the 18th century. William Edgecumbe was also Viscount Valletort. Stonehouse was originally part of the Edgecumbe estate.

 

[Quinny]

Also found this https://www.houseofnames.com/de+la+hay-family-crest#Early-History

But why was a street in Plymouth called De La Hay?

It is a very unusual name for a road/street/avenue: there are only a small handful around the country (by my brief search on Google Maps) and that's taking into account different spellings. I can only think that, at some point prior to the avenue being built, land around there must have been owned by someone called de la Hay. Around where I live a lot of land was owned by the Courtneys (the Earl of Devon), and even over in Newton Abbot there's buildings and streets bearing that name, from time when the family owned land around there.