SCHOOLCHILDREN got the chance to name roads in two new housing developments.

Pupils from St Marys Primary Academy in Kelvedon and Alec Hunter Academy in Braintree got to name the roads on two Greenfields sites.

Robert Ellis, 9, from St Marys, chose to name a road on the nearby 64-home development at Church Road ‘Moore’s Lane.’

He said: “I chose Moore’s Lane because I went to the Kelvedon Museum for inspiration and it turns out that in the 19th century there was a successful bus company called the Moore’s Brothers.

"Also, Robert Moore, from the same company, built my house.”

Issy Chapple, 13, from Alec Hunter, named a road on the nearby 12-home Chelmer Road development 'Shearing Place'.

She said: “Braintree is famous for wool and textiles, and Alec Hunter was a leading textile designer who helped to weave silk for Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation.”

Debbie Mitchell, Greenfields Customer Co-ordinator, said: “I’m so pleased that lots of pupils entered our competition to give us their fun and interesting suggestions.

"A big congratulations to the winners, who are each making an important contribution to their communities through naming these roads after local historical figures.”