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Ladysmith Road is a small cul-de-sac off from Roman Road, to the north west of Salisbury. It’s probably named in reference to the siege of Ladysmith during the Boer War. I thought it possible that Ladysmith Road is named after somebody with the surname ‘Ladysmith’, but it turns out that this is extremely unlikely – I did . . . → Read More: Ladysmith Road, Salisbury A Voyage Round My Father runs from the 2nd September until the 2nd October 2010. There are matinees on Thursdays and Saturdays. Tickets can be booked by ringing the Playhouse on 01722 320 333. A Voyage Round My Father A Voyage Round My Father is an autobiographical work about the relationship between Sir John Mortimer, and his father . . . → Read More: Preview: A Voyage Round My Father Lampard Terrace is in Wilton, close to Seagrim Road. This is appropriate because Sarah Lampard and William Seagrim both left money to Wilton Free School 1 There is also a reference to both “Sarah Lampard’s Charity” and “William Seagrim’s Charity” in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives Catalogue Other than that I don’t know anything else about Sarah . . . → Read More: Lampard Terrace, Wilton Laverstock Park is an estate in the centre of Laverstock – it’s divided into Laverstock Park and Laverstock Park West. Laverstock Park is off from The Avenue, where as Laverstock Park West is entered from Riverside Road Laverstock Park is built on the grounds of Laverstock House, which was best known as an asylum for the mentally . . . → Read More: Laverstock Park, Laverstock Laverstock Road is the road that runs from Salisbury to Laverstock, obviously enough. It starts at the top of Milford Hill and runs down to Laverstock itself, where it turns into Riverside Road. Laverstock is a village to the east of Salisbury1. The word ‘Laverstock’ has two elements. The ‘stock’ means ‘fenced or enclosed settlement’ 2 or ‘homestead’ 3. . . . → Read More: Laverstock Road, Salisbury This poster, advertising the Yellow Pages, was on billboards around Salisbury during the summer of 2009. I tried to get a picture of the poster with the Cathedral itself in the background, but sadly my photographic skills weren’t any where near up to the job. Anyway I like the way the Cathedral’s been photographed in the advert. Given . . . → Read More: Yellow Pages Advert This post is about a book called simply ‘Salisbury’ by R.L.P. Jowitt1 I found the book in the Salisbury Oxfam shop for about three pounds. It was published in 1951, so it’s not a book you’re going to find in Waterstones, but on the other hand it probably won’t be that difficult to find second-hand. At the . . . → Read More: Book Review: ‘Salisbury’ – RLP Jowitt Lees Court is just off from Devizes Road, at the southern end. I don’t know why it’s called Lees Court for sure – but from memory either the Devizes Road shoe repairer’s or the shop on the corner of Ashley Road and Coldharbour Lane was called ‘Lees’. Perhaps there was some connection. Update: I was browsing in the . . . → Read More: Lees Court, Salisbury I thought it might be worth occasionally collecting together some of my Twitter updates and re-publishing them here. Some of the stuff might be interesting to readers of this website. I tweet as salisbury_matt, often about local things. Since this is the first time I’ve copied the tweets onto the website, I’m going to go back a . . . → Read More: Twitter updates Lime Kiln Way is at the Britford end of Harnham – close to the Ridings Mead estate, but I think perhaps part of a later development. Lime Kiln Way is close to the Ridings Mead estate in Harnham. I think it’s part of a later development than Ridings Mead itself. A lime kiln is an oven for converting . . . → Read More: Lime Kiln Way, Salisbury |
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