Saint Ediths Close, in Wilton, is most likely to be named after Saint Edith of Wilton. She was the great-granddaughter of Alfred the Great, and daughter of King Edgar the Peaceful. . . . → Read More: St Ediths Close, Wilton
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St Edmunds Church is in the centre of Salisbury – it is one of the three old central Salisbury parishes, the other two being Saint Thomas’ and Saint Martin’s. . . . → Read More: St Edmunds Church St, Salisbury Statue of Saint Francis in Salisbury Cathedral St Francis Road, which is off the main road between Salisbury and Amesbury, would be named after Saint Francis Church. St Francis of Assissi is famously associated with animals. He was born in 1181 into a wealthy family, but he used his wealth to rebuild the Church of San Damiano, . . . → Read More: St Francis Road, Salisbury George and Dragon, Salisbury Saint George was a third century soldier and, famously, a dragon-slayer. He came upon the dragon in Libya. The king’s daughter was about to be sacrificed to the dragon. The king offered Saint George gold and silver to save his daughter. George refused, but asked that if he slew the dragon then . . . → Read More: St Georges Road, Harnham The Church of Saint Gregory and the English Marytrs was built, in what is now St Gregorys Avenue, in 1938 1. St Gregorys is to the North of Salisbury, adjoining Roman Road and Devizes Road. There were many Saint Gregorys: St. Gregory of Nazianzus Saint James the Less on the West Front of Salisbury Cathedral Saint James Close in Bishopdown. to the north of Salisbury is one of the roads that are named after saints on that estate. Like the others on the estate, there is no obvious connection between the saint and the area. There were at least three Saint . . . → Read More: St James Close, Salisbury The roads dedicated to Saint John are in Wilton, Milford and the centre of Salisbury. Saint John Street runs between Catherine Street and Exeter Street, Saint Johns Chapel, now a private house, Salisbury Ayleswade Bridge, which spans the Avon between Salisbury and Harnham (and is part of St Nicholas Road, near the Rose and Crown pub), is actually comprised of two sections, divided by a probably artificial island that used to be known as Saint John’s Isle. It would have been . . . → Read More: St Johns Isle SP1 Although there were at least two other Saint Josephs, (St. Joseph of Cupertino and St. Joseph of Leonessa), the most famous Saint Joseph would be Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary and ‘foster-father of Our Lord Jesus Christ’ 1. Joseph was born in Bethlehem, but settled in Nazareth. Little is said of him subsequent to the . . . → Read More: St Josephs Close SP1 Saint Jude was an apostle and the writer of the New Testament ‘Epistle of Saint Jude’. He was also known as Thaddeus and Lebbaeus. He undertook missionary work in Persia with Simon. Saint Jude and King Agbar There is a story that King Agbar of Edessa, who had leprosy, wrote to Jesus begging to be cured. Jesus did . . . → Read More: St Judes Close SP1 |
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