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Sir Isaac Newton Newton Road is on the Churchfields industrial estate, on the west side of Salisbury. It is named after Isaac Newton, the scientist. This follows the theme of the other roads on the industrial estate, which are named after scientists or engineers. For example: Smeaton Road Watt Road According to the . . . → Read More: Newton Road, Salisbury New Zealand Avenue is to the north west of Salisbury, between the Devizes Road and the Wilton Road. It is one of a group of roads in the area which are named after Commonwealth countries – the others being India Avenue, Canadian Avenue and Australian Avenue. My feeling has always been that the naming of . . . → Read More: New Zealand Avenue, Salisbury This is a slight departure for this website – I’m going to have a go at doing occasional more general posts. There’s a bunch of stuff that I thought I might usefully cover: pointers to pages that I’ve updated where I’ve found the information the technical side of the website interesting bits of etymology . . . → Read More: Updates Norfolk Road is in Harnham, a village or suburb on the southern side of Salisbury. Norfolk Road is on an estate which features all of the counties on the coastline from Norfolk itself, through Suffolk, Essex, Kent and Sussex. The word ‘Norfolk’ is derived from ‘Northern people’ 1 or, I guess, ‘Northern Folk’ – . . . → Read More: Norfolk Road, Harnham Northleigh Terrace is in Wilton, which is a small town to the west of Salisbury. I don’t know why it is called Northleigh Terrace. There is a Northleigh in Devon, near Colyton and a ‘North Leigh’ in Oxfordshire, but I don’t know of any connection to Wilton. Visiting Salisbury? For accommodation, see . . . → Read More: Northleigh Terrace, Wilton |
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