and Southside Road.

These are two of the new monikers which will be used to rename roads, buildings and facilities at Southside -- the former US Naval Air Station.

The new names are the result of the Southside Place Names Project, part of the Bermuda Land Development Company's ongoing effort to return the former military bases to everyday Bermuda life.

BLDC chief executive officer Carl Musson said: "The Southside Place Names Project is another example of the BLDC's effort to reintegrate the base properties -- in this case the former US Naval Air Station with St. David's.

"The Place Names project grew out of the fact that in taking over the former Naval Air Station we inherited a lot of street names that continued to say `this is a US territory'.

"We also were aware that the development of the base in the 1940's obliterated areas of old St. David's that had distinctive history and names.'' The project started over a year ago and resulted in the area the former base sat on being named Southside.

The latest changes include renaming Corregidor Avenue as Southside Road and Marginal Wharf as Ships Wharf -- in reference to nearby Ship Point from where St. David's farmers were able to load their produce onto boats bound for St.

George's in the early 1900s.

The sports field area will become Longbird Park, in reference to Long Bird Island which it sits upon; the residential cul-de-sac will be named Mission House Close to recognise the two-storey house built in the area during the early 1800s which later became the region's first place to be set aside for holding religious services; and the area slated for elderly housing will be fed by a trunk road which shall be known as Lilyfield Lane -- St. David's had a few huge lily fields before being converted to a US base.

Other names such as Waller's Point Road -- after the English poet Edmund Waller who visited the area; Orange Hole Road -- where wild orange trees used to grow; and Grace's Lane, Aunt Jinny's Lane, Miss Vickey's Lane and Irenee's Lane -- which reflect the area's women of significance, will be used for existing roads.

Meanwhile numerous other historical names are being held in reserve for use with roads scheduled to be built as construction in the area continues.

For the latest effort the BLDC enlisted the help of local residents including Gary Lamb, Derek Carlington and Anthony Paynter.

They provided a list of place names used in the area of old St. David's that became the base and a brief history of each after speaking with long-time residents like Dorothy Block, Pat Foley, Marvel and Peter Fox, Wilfred Hayward, Geary Pitcher, Barbara Roberts and Edna Smith.

Judy Hayward compiled the final report and the BLDC will now apply the names to Southside roads, buildings and facilities as more of the property is opened for use over the next few months.