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Parsonage Green in is Harnham, Parsonage Mead is in Wilton and Parsonage Close is in Stratford sub Castle. These are to the South, West and North of Salisbury respectively. The word ‘parson’ itself seems to have the same root as ‘person’. The Online Etymological Dictionary suggests it may be an abbreviation for ‘persona ecclesiae‘, meaning a ‘person . . . → Read More: Parsonage Green, Harnham, Parsonage Mead, Wilton and Parsonage Close, Stratford Pauls Dene Road and Pauls Dene Crescent are in the Northern outskirts of Salisbury, close to Old Sarum. ‘Dene’ is an unusual word. It’s most common use, at least on the internet, is as the name for a group of Native Americans based in Canada and the Northern United States 1. Assuming ‘Pauls Dene’ does not refer . . . → Read More: Pauls Dene Road and Pauls Dene Crescent Salisbury Paynes Hill is on the eastern side of Salisbury, just inside the Ring Road. It is probably called Paynes Hill after a Payne family who lived there in the 17th century.1
Visiting Salisbury or Stonehenge? Footnotes Salisbury – St Martin’s parish | British History . . . → Read More: Paynes Hill, Salisbury Pearce Way is on the Bishopdown Farm Estate on the northern edge of Salisbury. It’s probably best known for the Travel Inn hotel. I don’t know who Pearce Way is named after. Pearce Way is on the Bishopdown Farm Estate on the northern edge of Salisbury. It’s probably best known for the Travel Inn hotel. I don’t know who . . . → Read More: Pearce Way, Salisbury Pembroke Road in Salisbury and Pembroke Court in Wilton are, in all likelihood, named after the Earls of Pembroke – the Herbert family, who have owned Wilton House since the 16th century. The Herbert family represent the ’10th creation’ of the Earldom of Pembroke, that is to say, the line of Earls of Pembroke has died . . . → Read More: Pembroke Road, Salisbury and Pembroke Court, Wilton Penning Road is on the edge of Bemerton Heath, to the North West of Salisbury. There are two possible derivations of Penning Road, as far as I can see. It’s either: derived from the surname ‘Penning’ or The surname Penning According to ancestry.com 1, Penning is either derived from: the name of a field . . . → Read More: Penning Road, Salisbury |
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