Rhodesia in England

[Boasting Bob]

I have just come across an address which is in RHODESIA in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. I understood that Cecil Rhodes gave his name to Rhodesia in Africa, so how did this one in England come to be named?

[jno]

The Village was named Rhodesia after the long time Chairman of the Colliery Company, Mr G. Preston Rhodes.

http://lorraine-fiveyearson.blogspot.com/2006/ 08/rhodesia-is-alive-and-well.html