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Marlborough Road is to the north of Salisbury city centre. It runs from Wyndham Road to the railway line. Is Marlborough Road named in reference to the town of Marlborough? Marlborough is about 25 miles north of Salisbury. The name Marlborough has two possible derivations. The more poetic is that the ‘Marl‘ is a . . . → Read More: Marlborough Road, Salisbury Meadow Road is north of Salisbury city centre. It’s one of the roads that cut in half by the ring road. The ‘Meadow’ is probably a reference to the land which is now the park opposite the Fire Station. The park is still typically known as ‘the meadows’, or ‘the water meadows’. Definitions of the . . . → Read More: Meadow Road, Salisbury The name ‘Melemonger Street’ is no longer used. What was Melemonger Street is now ‘Greencroft Street’. The road is on the eastern edge of the city centre. I was puzzled by the meaning of ‘Melemonger’ for some time. ‘Monger’ is fairly clear – it means dealer or seller, as in the current words fishmonger . . . → Read More: Melemonger Street, Salisbury Melvin Close is in Laverstock, which is a village to the east of Salisbury. It’s on what is usually referred to as ‘the pebbledash estate’ for the obvious reason that the houses are nearly all pebble-dashed. The effect of this is increased by the roads being made of some sort of concrete. It always feels . . . → Read More: Melvin Close, Laverstock However, although there is certainly scope for confusion, the addresses for the two roads would be easily distinguished by their location. Although they are fairly close together as the crow flies, Merrifield Road in in Ford, whereas Myrrfield Road is on the Bishopdown Farm estate. Derivation of the names Myrrfield Road and Merrifield Road In . . . → Read More: Merrifield Road, Ford Milford Hill is on the eastern side of Salisbury. I think it’s fair to say that ‘Milford Hill’ denotes both the hill itself and a specific road. The road called Milford Hill runs eastwards from Milford Street, in the centre of Salisbury, towards Milford and Laverstock. I have discussed Milford itself on the page . . . → Read More: Milford Hill, Salisbury Myrrfield Road is on the Bishopdown Farm estate, on the north east side of Salisbury. Myrrfield is the name of the meadow in which Salisbury Cathedral was built. It is sometime spelt Merry-field, as in a poem by a Doctor Walter Pope in 1713: One day as the prelate on his down bed Recruiting his . . . → Read More: Myrrfield Road, Salisbury |
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