Erskine Road

Erskine Road (Chinese: 厄士金路, Malay: Jalan Erskine) is a one-way road located in Chinatown within the Outram Planning Area in Singapore.

Erskine Road, Chinatown, Singapore.

Erskine Road starts at its junction with South Bridge Road and ends with its junction with Ann Siang Road and Kadayanallur Street.

Etymology and history

There were two possible reasons how the name of the road came about. Firstly, it was named after Samuel Erskine of Howarth Erskine and Company, an engineering company in the 1870s. Secondly, it was named after J.J. Erskine, a government officer who was recorded owning land in Singapore in 1824. As the road was only named in 1907 when houses are built along the road, it was most likely named after Samuel Erskine than J.J. Erskine.[1]

See also

References
  1. Savage, Victor R. (2013). Singapore street names : a study of toponymics. Brenda S. A. Yeoh. Singapore. pp. 264–265. ISBN 978-981-4484-74-9. OCLC 868957283.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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