I'm not sure if this is the reason for the Greenham one, but many years back, a right of way could be established by taking a coffin along a track to the local church for a funeral. Quite important when most of the land was owned by our peers - many of them not wanting the hoi poli passing through their estates! So, 'dead man's lane' a good title for these ways.
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Know your place!
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