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Ravenscroft is part of the Ridings Mead Estate to the South of Salisbury. In common with most of the other roads on the estate, ‘Ravenscroft’ is a ‘portmanteau’ word – that is to say a word formed by joining two other words together. The theme for the road names on Ridings Mead is to join the name of . . . → Read More: Ravenscroft SP2 Randalls Croft Road in Wilton is possibly named after the Randall family, who were ‘leading clothiers’ in the early 19th century 1. Coincidentally, I assume, there is also a comic character called ‘Randall Croft’ 2. View Larger Map FootnotesWilton – Industry since c.1500 | British History Online [↩]Death Master (Night Raven . . . → Read More: Randalls Croft Road, Wilton The derivation of the Wilton Rawlence Road is probably the Rawlence family who lived in Wilton. I have found several mentions of Rawlences who have lived in the area. James Rawlence Thepeerage.com lists both James Edward Rawlence ‘who lived at The Chantry, Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England’ and his son, Leonard Curtis Rawlence who died on the 7 Dec 1957 . . . → Read More: Rawlence Road, Salisbury and Rawlence Road, Wilton The usual meaning of the word ‘rectory’ is ‘the house or residence of a rector’.1 A ‘rector’ is a clergyman or priest 2 The etymology of rector seems to be more secular: from Latin rector “ruler, governor, guide,” from rect-, pp. stem of regere “to rule, guide” (see regal). Used originally of Roman governors and God, by 18c. generally . . . → Read More: Rectory Road, Salisbury I am afraid I don’t know the derivation of the name of ‘Redford Close’. Please leave a comment if you have . . . → Read More: Redford Close SP1 As per the post on Turner Close , the roads in this area seem to have a mixed set of names. I would guess that both Richards Way and Stephens Close refer to somebody who was involved in the development of the estate. Given they are both Christian names, perhaps Stephen and Richard were the sons . . . → Read More: Richards Way SP2 Richmond Road is named in reference to Richmond in London. This is made obvious by the many roads in the area which refer to parts of the capital: Kensington Road Ridgeway is named after Bishop Frederick Edward Ridgeway who was the Bishop of Salisbury from 1911 until 1921. The National Portrait Gallery has pictures of him here: Frederick Edward Ridgeway (1848-1921), Bishop of Salisbury. Sadly I don’t know very much at all about Bishop Ridgeway, apart from the following bits of trivia. Bishop Ridgeway and Thomas Hardy catching . . . → Read More: Ridgeway Road SP1 The River Bourne flows from the Vale of Pewsey down through Salisbury Plain to Laverstock. It must join the Avon somewhere near the B & Q on the Southampton Road, but I don’t know if the place where the rivers join is visible. Riverbourne Road is near the river, . . . → Read More: Riverbourne Road SP1 Riverside Road and Riverside Close are both in Laverstock, close to the River Bourne. Riverside, however, is in Wilton, close to the River Wylye. As noted in the entry on Wylye Close the ‘Bourne’ is the second most popular river for road names in the Salisbury area, and the ‘Wylye’ is the fourth: #1 The River Avon – 4 . . . → Read More: Riverside Road SP1 Riverside Close SP1 and Riverside SP2 |
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