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A ‘Close’ is the enclosed area around a Cathedral, or a residential cul de sac. ‘The Close’ in Salisbury is the Cathedral Close. Often the Cathedral is enclosed by a wall all the way around. In Salisbury however, the River Avon forms a natural barrier, so the wall stretches only around 2 sides of the . . . → Read More: The Close SP1 A crescent is like the letter ‘C’, or like the moon when its not full 1. The Crescent is sometimes seen as a symbol of Islam, but the origins and the correctness of this are debatable.2 FootnotesWordNet Search – 3.0 [↩]Islamic flags [↩] Presumably this road was named “The Crusades” to follow the ecclesiastical theme of much of the rest of the Bishopdown estate. It’s an odd name. The estate was built, I think, in the early 1990′s. I wonder whether the same name would have been chosen today after the conflicts of the last few years. The Friary is named after the Franciscan friary that stood between Friary Lane and St Annes Street.1 FootnotesSalisbury – St Martin’s parish | British History Online [↩]
Mosaic of the The Greencroft Salisbury The Greencroft is on the eastern edge of Salisbury city centre, just inside the ringroad. A ‘croft’ is defined as one of the following: a small farm worked by a crofter 1 An enclosed plot of land, often adjacent to a dwelling house 2 or, simply, a small . . . → Read More: The Greencroft SP1 According to this website on the “Origin and meaning of the Hardings – the “Tough Guys” the surname Harding was (and is still) used in Scandanavia ‘to represent a “tough guy”‘ There was a King Harding of Hardanger in the 10th Century who was captured by the English. He was rescued by the Vikings who: . . . → Read More: The Hardings SP2 The OED says that a hollow is or can be ‘A depression on the earth’s surface; a place or tract below the general level or surrounded by heights;’ I need to research this further, as I’ve not found anything to substantiate this at all, but I think that there is sometimes a link between the name ‘Kings Way’ and the route that was taken by Charles II when he escaped to France, after being defeated by Oliver Cromwell. This would fit very roughly . . . → Read More: The Kingsway SP2 The maple is a tree of the ‘Acer’ family. The maple leaf is, famously, the distinctive feature of the Canadian flag. It has been seen as symbol of Canada since the 1830s 1, but the flag was not adopted until 1965, when Canada became the first county to replace the Union Jack with its . . . → Read More: The Maples SP2 According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary1, a meadow is either or both of: an area of grassland, especially one used for hay. a piece of low ground near a river. In this example it could certainly have been both – ‘The Meadows’ in Milford is surrounded by grasslands and within a couple of hundred . . . → Read More: The Meadows SP1 |
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