One links Bishopdown to to the Portway, running through Ford. The Bishopdown Green Lane is covered in the previous post.

The other Green Lane is a track that on the hill between Odstock and Salisbury. To be honest, I’m . . . → Read More: Green Lane, Odstock]]> There have been two paths known as ‘Green Lane’ in the Salisbury area.

One links Bishopdown to to the Portway, running through Ford. The Bishopdown Green Lane is covered in the previous post.

The other Green Lane is a track that on the hill between Odstock and Salisbury. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure of the location – I thought it ran along the top of the hill, but that path seems to be called ‘The Avon Valley Path’.

Also, a webpage featuring a walk that starts from the hospital intructs walkers to:

Turn left to run parallel with the hospital before entering a tree lined path that curves downhill to join Green Lane and Drovers Road at the bottom of the hill. ¹

To add further confusion, I’m not entirely sure that the Odstock track is actually called ‘Green Lane’.

I first heard it referred to as Green Lane when it was occupied by about 70 ‘New Age Travellers’ in the early 1980s. I’m not sure whether ‘Green Lane’ was a name bestowed by the travellers or whether it was always called Green Lane²

Anyhow, there’s a nice page about the Travellers’ community with some really good photos at:

• Green Lane Photo Archive – By David Stooke

Footnotes

1. Door Step Walk 6
2. It’s not an easy thing to google, because of the use of ‘green lane’ as a verb to describe driving 4x4s along country tracks

I heard an interesting radio programme a few months ago about auditing war memorials. The gist was that . . . → Read More: Salisbury, England News: Museum grant, Race for Life, Coward at the Playhouse and Desert Island Salisbury]]> Salisbury Race For Life entry opened

Registration is now open for the 2012 Race for Life which is on July 1st.

• Spire FM – News – Salisbury Race For Life entries opened

Audit of Wiltshire’s War Memorials

I heard an interesting radio programme a few months ago about auditing war memorials. The gist was that although the main civic war memorials are relatively ‘safe’, smaller war memorials such as those in workplaces are often in danger from re-development or neglect. The purpose of the audit is to give these some level of protection.

• BBC News – Audit of Wiltshire’s war memorials to be carried out

South Wilts Sports Ground project completed

The Wiltshire Council website says that:

“A £1.3 million project to transform sporting facilities in south Wiltshire has been completed in time for 2012 – the Olympic year of celebration.

The five year project to bring state of the art sporting facilities at the South Wilts sports ground at Skew Bridge, Salisbury has now been completed.”

• Latest News | Wiltshire Council

I can confirm that the new Astroturf is very nice indeed, but it hasn’t actually improved the quality of my game at all.

Thieves take gas pipes from Salisbury homes

• BBC News – Thieves take gas pipes from Salisbury homes

Salisbury Oxfam Gallery – Future: Unknown

Sad to see the Oxfam Gallery is shutting down. The last exhibition is called ‘Future Unknown’.

• Salisbury Oxfam » News » Exhibition: Future: Unknown

Bus from Amesbury to Stonehenge?

I’ not entirely sure about this, although I fully support the aim of getting more people to visit Amesbury. I wouldn’t have thought many people would arrive at Amesbury by public transport en route to Stonehenge.

• Community bus could take tourists from Amesbury to Stonehenge | The Bluestones – a novel

Salisbury Playhouse ‘Design For Living’

I went to see Noel Coward’s ‘Design for Living’ at the Playhouse last week – it’s very good.

There’s a review in ‘The Stage:

• The Stage / Reviews / Design For Living

Salisbury Museum Secures £100k Grant

The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum has got a £100,000 grant from the DCMS-Wolfson Fund – DCMS is Department of Media Culture and Sport. The money is to go towards a new ‘Archaeology of Wessex’ gallery.

• Museum Secures Grant from DCMS Wolfson Fund | News | About Us | Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum

Historic Salisbury photos

I love looking at old photos of Salisbury. I found some I hadn’t seen before on the BBC website:

• BBC – Wiltshire – History – Historic Salisbury photos

Desert Island Salisbury

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of my favourite non-sport-related radio programme, this is a list of all the castaways I can think of who have some Salisbury connection.

The links take you to the Desert Island Discs page – which will either be a list of what’s been chosen, or the show itself.

• Michael Crawford – actor, born in Salisbury
• Sir Cecil Beaton – photographer, lived at Broadchalke
• David Mitchell – grew up in Salisbury
• Virginia Wade – went to school in Salisbury
• Leslie Thomas – lives in the Close, and wrote an interesting looking book about the Cathedral
• Terry Pratchett – lives near Salisbury and wrote the foreward to ‘Salisbury in Detail’
• Vikram Seth – lives near Salisbury
• Edward Heath – lived in the Close
• Ralph Fiennes – went to school in Salisbury
• James Lovelock – worked at the Common Cold Research Unit, lived for a time I think in Broadchalke or Bowerchalke
• Joan Baez – no Salisbury connection I know of other than that she’s playing at the City Hall fairly soon

Nobody, as far as I can see, chose Salisbury writer William Golding’s desert island novel ‘Lord of the Flies’ for their book¹.

Image from Amazon

Footnotes

1. BBC – Desert Island Discs – Find a castaway : Search for “Golding”

Green Lane Close and Green Lane are to the north of Salisbury. Green Lane runs from Bishopdown, near the London Road . . . → Read More: Green Lane, Salisbury]]> There have been two paths known as ‘Green Lane’ in the Salisbury area. One is the track on the hill between Odstock and Salisbury, near the Hospital. I’ll cover that in the next post.

Green Lane Close and Green Lane are to the north of Salisbury. Green Lane runs from Bishopdown, near the London Road to the Portway.

At the Bishopdown end, Green Lane is a path, but it turns into a road after it crosses the road between Old Sarum and Ford.

I would guess Green Lane here is a reference to the old path being rural, or perhaps grassy, but I don’t know.

‘Green-laning‘ as a verb seems to mean driving over rough lanes in ‘Land Rover’ type vehicles.

I would guess that ‘Greens’ refers to a previous or current owner of the land. It should perhaps be spelt Green’s Court. However I’m afraid I don’t know who Mr or Mrs or Ms Green was. The name rings no bells at . . . → Read More: Greens Court, Salisbury]]> Greens Court is off from St Ann Street, in the centre of Salisbury.

I would guess that ‘Greens’ refers to a previous or current owner of the land. It should perhaps be spelt Green’s Court. However I’m afraid I don’t know who Mr or Mrs or Ms Green was. The name rings no bells at all for me in what little I know of Salisbury history, and because of the nature of the name it’s not easy to search for effectively.

For Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee Salisbury residents will be able to explore the fascinating history of their city – all under the roof of a medieval tent.

The Salisbury Area Board will be celebrating the city under the roof of a jousting tent . . . → Read More: Salisbury, UK News: Medieval tents, Magna Carta, Shine 4 Wiltshire and Songs of Praise]]> Salisbury Medieval Tent for Diamond Jubilee

The Wiltshire Council website says that

For Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee Salisbury residents will be able to explore the fascinating history of their city – all under the roof of a medieval tent.

The Salisbury Area Board will be celebrating the city under the roof of a jousting tent to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee event at the Cathedral Close in early May.

If you want to be involved.

Anyone wanting to contribute ideas to the Salisbury medieval tent project and/or attend meetings of the working group should contact Marianna Dodd on 01722 434696 or email marianna.dodd@wiltshire.gov.uk

• Latest News | Wiltshire Council

Update: According to Jane Scott’s post the theme for the event will be the Magna Carta and Democrary.

Wiltshire Council Leader on Salisbury Olympics Shindig

Couple of interesting bits from Jane Scott’s blog. Jane Scott is leader of Wiltshire Council:

“Shine 4 Wiltshire”; where local bands, orchestras, choirs, entertainers and dance groups who live in Wiltshire have been invited to link to a YouTube video displaying their talent. The performance must be suitable for a family audience.

Entries will be placed on the council’s 2012 Celebration Facebook page, following the deadline of 26 February, for people to view and vote for their favorites. The act with the most votes will perform alongside a national headline that the Olympics Committee (LOCOG) will stage on the 11 July in Hudson’s Field in Salisbury.

….and that:

The headline act will be announced on 14 February, so I will update you all as soon as we know!

• Jane Scott’s blog: Monday 16 January 2012

Sarum College – Poetry Evening and Songs of Praise

Sarum College (which I think is typically known as ‘the Theological College”) has a poetry and prose evening on the 22nd February. The poems are from the Write to Life group, which is part of the Freedom from Torture organization.

• Write to Life: An Evening of Poetry and Prose on 22 February | Sarum College, Christian Education and Conference Venue in Salisbury, England

Also, Sarum College features on Songs of Praise at the end of the month – it’s part of a feature on modern hymns.

• Sarum College features in Songs of Praise 29 January | Sarum College, Christian Education and Conference Venue in Salisbury, England

Old Sarum Primary School officially opened

The school had it’s official opening last Monday.

• Welcome :: Old Sarum Primary School, Pheasant Drive, Old Sarum

Trussell Trust Online Shop

The Salisbury-based charity has a new online shop

• URL Blocked By Policy

Review of Salisbury Museum’s “Hardy’s Wessex”

There’s a piece on the new exhibition at Salisbury Museum here:

• Artists view West through Thomas Hardy’s eyes | This is Dorset

…it makes the point that the King’s House, which now houses the Museum, features in Jude the Obscure.

Salisbury MP John Glen on executive pay

• John Glen MP: Executive pay must become a new component of corporate social responsibility Comment

Old Sarum Members Tour

On the 2nd March, Julian Richards is doing tours of ‘the Accursed Hill”. The tours are for English Heritage members only, and cost £30.

• Old Sarum | News by Chance | The Modern Antiquarian.com

Old Sarum Half Term Family Fun Trail

• BBC – Things To Do: Half Term Family Fun Trail

I grew up on the pebble-dashed estate, so it’s particularly frustrating that I don’t know why any of the roads have the names that they do.

‘Greenwood’ could be a surname. Alternatively it . . . → Read More: Greenwood Avenue, Laverstock]]> Greenwood Avenue is in Laverstock, on the ‘pebble-dashed’ estate. The estate is to the right as you come into Laverstock from Salisbury.

I grew up on the pebble-dashed estate, so it’s particularly frustrating that I don’t know why any of the roads have the names that they do.

‘Greenwood’ could be a surname. Alternatively it could follow a theme of trees – an adjacent road is called Linden Close, ‘Linden’ being a word meaning for ‘lime tree’, or ‘made from the wood of a lime-tree’ ¹.

The word ‘Avenue’ fits with ‘Greenwood’, in that ‘Avenue’ traditionally means a road lined with trees. However Greenwood Avenue doesn’t have trees, other than in peoples’ gardens.

Footnotes

1. Online Etymology Dictionary

The following buildings got commendations:

…and . . . → Read More: Salisbury News: Switchover, Civic Awards, the Moon and ‘Spoons]]> Salisbury Civic Society Awards

There’s a short account of the Civic Society’s Awards Ceremony on their website.

The following buildings got commendations:

• Sixth Form Centre, Bishop Wordsworth School
• Park and Ride Building at Petersfinger, Salisbury
• Workshop at Holt Cottage, Teffont Evias
• Junior Ranks Dining Centre at Bulford Camp
• Bridge at Gurston Manor, Broad Chalke

…and the following received awards

• “The Sleepers” and “The Sidings”, Tollgate Road, Salisbury
• Alabare Place, Salisbury
• “Treetops”, Stapleford
• Residential Development, Clements Lane, Mere

More details here:

• Salisbury Civic Society

Stonehenge and the Moon

I was interested to find out that there was a proposal to include Stonehenge on the insignia worn by astronauts on the last expedition to the moon:

• Stonehenge, Apollo and the Last Man on the Moon

The Sarsen Trail – May 6th

Registration is open for the Sarsen Trail, which is a sponsored walk/run/cycle/dog-walk which finishes at Stonehenge. There is the option to run from Avebury to Stonehenge. Routes include areas not normally open to the general public

• Wiltshire Wildlife Trust | Home | Sarsen Trail

Digital UK – Postcode checker

The re-tuning days for Salisbury seem to be on the 7th and 21st of March. It’s probably worth checking for your address, and possibly worth checking nearer the time too.

• Digital UK – Postcode checker

Welcome to Salisbury Cathedral DVD

There is a new ‘Welcome to Salisbury Cathedral’ film

• Recent Press Releases – Salisbury Cathedral

Wetherspoons to Open in Amesbury

The Salisbury Camra forum has a post which says that Wetherspoons may be opening a pub in Amesbury

• Wetherspoons to Open in Amesbury? – Salisbury CAMRA | Forums | General Chat

Wilton Eco Park – Public meeting on Saturday 14th January 2012

The Wilton Eco Park Project is holding ‘The Great Green Challenge’ public meeting on Saturday 14th January 2012, from 11am -1pm at the Michael Herbert Hall, South Street, Wilton.

• Wilton Eco Park – Public meeting on Saturday 14th January 2012 | WilCAP – Wilton Community Area Partnership

‘Fisherton Sarum’ in British Railway Modelling magazine

Local Railway Modeller Graham Muspratt is featured in the current issue of ‘British Railway Modelling’ magazine. As you might guess from the name, his ‘Fisherton Sarum’ layout takes ‘inspiration from an actual location [Salisbury station] rather than being an exact scale model’

• Article on Fisherton Sarum published in British Railway Modelling magazine – RMweb

How this works is perhaps illustrated by this blogpost, where Graham discusses how the actual water tower at Salisbury influenced his model.

• A view from the line #4 The water tower a presence and pressure… « grahammuz

Saisbury Museum – Landscapes of Thomas Hardy’s Wessex is now on

• What’s On – Landscapes of Thomas Hardy’s Wessex: Works by Dave Gunning, David Inshaw and Rob Pountney | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum

Jethro Tull at Salisbury Cathedral

The Christmas concert by Jethro Tull raised £22,600 for the Cathedral. The money is earmarked for work on the Chapter House.

• Recent Press Releases – Salisbury Cathedral

Traveller sites set to expand

• Gypsy and Traveller News: Traveller sites set to expand – Salsibury

Salisbury City Football Club – February half-term coaching days

• Salisbury City Football Club » February half-term coaching days

Salisbury restaurant hygiene – scores on the doors

I saw this in the Salisbury Journal.

The link below should take you to a list of places in Salisbury which serve food, and how they’ve been rated for hygiene. If
the link doesn’t work, then go to the Wiltshire Council website and search for ‘Scores on Doors’

• Scores on Doors | Wiltshire Council

The Journal quite understandably listed the places which didn’t do so well, but in a spirit of New Year positivity – congratulations to all of these 5-star establishments: Amblescroft, APA, Ask, Avon House, Beechly Dene, British Legion, Britz, Bupa, Burger King, Byways, Cathedral School, Chick O Land, Coach and Horses, Co-Op, Costa, Dominic Pizza, Dunraven, Exeter House, FooDoo, Friends Provident, Gala bingo, godolphin, HPA, Il Ristorante Alpino, Inwood House, JC’s Catering, Kings Head, Leaden Hall, Little Manor, Marks and Spencer, Milford House, Nisa, Orders of St John Care Trust, Ox Row Inn, Parkwood, Pat and Anne Catering, Pemboke Park, the Police Station, Pumpkin, Rethink, Rose and Crown, Masonic Lodge, Salisbury Sandwich, Sarum Academy, Sarum Foods, Sgts Mess, Shakeaway, Snack Packers, Strade, Stratford-sub-Castle Primary School, Tesco, The Griffin, The Hub, King’s House Cafe, The Old Cottage, The Royal George, Toybox, Truly Scrumptious, Voyage Care, Websters, West Cornwall Pasty Company, Westacre Service Station, Wig and Quill Inn, WOs and Sgts Mess

It’s called Greyfriars Close in reference to the monks that lived in that area from 1229 until their land and property was seized by Henry VIII2

There are three roads named after specific groups of monks in this area of . . . → Read More: Greyfriars Close, Salisbury]]> Greyfriars Close is in the centre of Salisbury, between the Cathedral Close and Churchill Gardens¹.

It’s called Greyfriars Close in reference to the monks that lived in that area from 1229 until their land and property was seized by Henry VIII²

There are three roads named after specific groups of monks in this area of Salisbury:

• Whitefriars Road – the ‘White Friars’ were and are the Carmelites. The Carmelites were a group of monks that formed on Mont Carmel in Isreal in or before the 13th Century. They arrived in England in 1241-2. The monks were known as ‘White Friars’ because they wore white habits

• Blackfriars Road – the ‘Black Friars’ are the Dominicans. The order was founded by Saint Dominic of Caleruega, Spain and Saint Jordan of Saxony, in what is now Germany. I think it’s fair to say that the Dominicans emerged in opposition to the Cathar heresy – they are therefore sometimes known as ‘the friars preachers’.

• Greyfriars Close- the ‘Grey Friars’ are the Franciscans³. The order was founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. The Franciscans came to England in 1224⁴

The last of the four most significant orders of monks is the Augustinian, founded by Saint Augustine of Hippo. As far as I’m aware, the Augustinians never had a colour attached to their name, and nor is there any reference to the Augustinians in Salisbury’s road names⁵.

The Franciscans in Salisbury

As noted above the Franciscans came to England in 1224. They arrived in Salisbury in late 1229 or early 1230⁶.

They were aided by King Henry III. He may have given them the land for the Friary, and he certainly ordered that various people supply them with building materials – typically oak trees.

The initial phase of building seems to have been complete by 1252, because most of the donations thereafter were wood for fencing.

Edward I allowed them to take stones from Old Sarum in 1290 – presumably by then they were re-building or extending the Friary.

The Salisbury Franciscans were seen as relatively important within the English order – in the 1250s Salisbury was referred to as one of of the six English ‘Custodies’⁷, and the English Provincial Chapter met twice in the Salisbury Friary, in 1393 and in 1510.

There seem to have been good relations between the Friars and the mainstream Church – in 1475, nine of the twenty sermons preached in the Cathedral were given by friars⁸.

Thomas of Ecclston wrote:

‘In the Custody of Salisbury, over which Brother Stephen presided, the feeling of mutual affection was the distinguishing note. He himself was of such sweetness, such a geniality and such an exceeding charity and compassion that, in so far as he could he would allow no one to be made sad.’⁹

The Friary and its work came to an abrupt end with Henry VIII¹⁰. Despite the monks declaring their recognition of Henry as head of the English church in 1534, their friary was abolished.

The Friary and it’s contents were given up to the Crown on 2 October 1538.

The Salisbury Friary – Archaeology

The Friary building were on in the corner formed by the current Friary Lane and St Ann Street. A building is labelled as ‘Friers’ on the 18th Century ‘Naish Map’.

In 1966 an excavation by Salisbury Museum found a couple of walls which may have been part of the friary. One of them contained material dated to around 1300 – this could tie in with the use of stones from Old Sarum¹¹.

The Salisbury Friary and the Duke of Buckingham

While ‘researching’ the Friary, I found this from ‘The Chronicle of the Grey ‘Friars’, which is on the British History website:

Thys yere the duke of Buckyngham was be-heddyd at Salsbery, and is burryd at the Gray freres. (fn. 1) . And many lordes [and] knygttes with dyvers other flede into France at that tyme ¹²

It’s often said that the Duke was buried at the Chough in Blue Boar Row, but I don’t think anyone knows for sure.

Saint Ann Street Plaque

I found this plaque in Saint Ann Street, the text says:

Acquired by William Windover, Merchant, in 16th century.
Richard II and Queen Ann feasted the Franciscan Friars Minor here in 1393.

Plaque presented by Salisbury Chamber of Commerce

Footnotes

1. The area is usually known as ‘The Friary’
2. ‘Salisbury: St Martin’s parish’, A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 6 (1962), pp. 79-81. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41784 Date accessed: 24 November 2011.
3. Who were the Franciscans?
4. ‘Houses of Franciscan friars: Salisbury’, A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (1956), pp. 329-330. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36549 Date accessed: 09 December 2011.
5. This is something of a pity – I wrote an essay about Saint Augustine once. It would be one of the few overlaps between Salisbury’s road names and something I’ve actually formally studied and had to write essays about and such. Whether I could remember any of it with any accuracy is another matter.
6. ‘Houses of Franciscan friars: Salisbury’, A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (1956), pp. 329-330. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36549
7. A Custody, I presume, would be the equivalent of a diocese
8. The Friary
9. Quoted in ‘Houses of Franciscan friars: Salisbury’, A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (1956), pp. 329-330. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36549
10. Coincidentally I read a tweet by a man called Philip Blond this morning. Philip Blond is the writer of a book called ‘Red Tory’, and is the originator of the ‘Big Society’ stuff. Anyway, he (re)tweeted the following question
    

    Dinner with @Phillip_Blond discussing worst criminals in English history. We agree. 1. Henry viii 2. Cromwell. Who is number 3?

11. Pastscape – Detailed Result: SALISBURY GREYFRIARS
12. ‘The Chronicle of the Grey Friars: Richard III’, Chronicle of the Grey Friars of London: Camden Society old series, volume 53 (1852), pp. 23-24. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51585 Date accessed: 09 December 2011.

There has been a lot of press coverage recently of the link between Pont Saeson in South Wales and the Stonehenge bluestones1.

I think this is the original press release from the Museum of Wales.

Their recent discovery confirms that the . . . → Read More: Stonehenge news: Craig Rhos-y-felin, rocking horses and a Stone at the Stones]]> Some stuff I’ve found on the internet about Stonehenge…

Stonehenge and Craig Rhos-y-felin

There has been a lot of press coverage recently of the link between Pont Saeson in South Wales and the Stonehenge bluestones¹.

I think this is the original press release from the Museum of Wales.

Their recent discovery confirms that the Stonehenge rhyolite debitage² originates from a specific 70m long area namely Craig Rhos-y-felin near Pont Saeson. Using petrographical techniques, Ixer and Bevins found that 99% of these rhyolites could be matched to rocks found in this particular set of outcrops. Rhyolitic rocks at Rhos-y-felin are distinctly different from all others in South Wales, which gives almost all of Stonehenge rhyolites a provenance of just hundreds of square metres.

The webpage is here:

• Museum of Wales – Stonehenge

Some reports have said that this proves that the stones were transported by people rather than by glaciers. One of the researchers, Dr Ixer was reported by the Times as saying that:

“The glacial theory is frozen out by this new evidence”

• Sarsen.org – Tracking the Sarsen route to Stonehenge: Bluestones theory is now frozen out | The Times

Brian John lampoons the Daily Mail coverage, pointing out that the Mail doesn’t seem to realise that the the Bristol Avon and the Wiltshire Avon are actually two entirely separate rivers³

• Stonehenge Thoughts: The Daily Mail bluestone punt

Rocking the rocks

An ingenious theory about how the Stones might have been transported

• Archaeology/Rocks: Moving the Stonehenge Bluestones: St Fagans Festival of Archaeology

Poses like Jagger – a Stone at Stonehenge

Some nice old pics of the Rolling Stones, including a couple of Mick Jagger at Stonehenge.

• Mick Jagger at Stonehenge, 1968

Stonehenge for Apple users

As an ex-Sony employee, I don’t really do Apple, but an ‘app’ has been created to allow iphone users to explore Stonehenge on their handsets

• Stonehenge app offers virtual solstice tour | Reuters
• Stonehenge Augmented – for Apple users « The Heritage Journal

Stonehenge Riverside Project

Not quite sure why I haven’t found this before – I have looked – these are the web pages of the Stonehenge Riverside Project.

• Stonehenge – Research – Archaeology – The University of Sheffield

Winter solstice at Stonehenge

Finally some more on winter solstice at the Henge. I had the best time walking over from Amesbury to Stonehenge for the dawn – I’m already looking forward to Winter Solstice 2012.

A number of sites have some really good pictures of the solstice:

• Winter solstice at Stonehenge – in pictures | Culture | guardian.co.uk
• All The World’s A Photograph: Winter Solstice At Stonehenge

‘Travelrat’ has some nice pictures from the Stonehenge to Andover solstice lantern parade:

• Solstice Lantern Parade – Travelrat’s Travels

The Esperance Express has a photo and report from the first Esperance-henge⁴ solstice:

• Stonehenge solstice – Local News – News – General – Esperance Express

Footnotes

1. The bluestones are the smaller stones within the outer ring. The iconic trilithons are ‘sarsens
2. ‘Rhyolite’ is a volcanic rock. ‘Debitage’ is waste chippings
3. The word ‘Avon’ is derived from a Welsh world which just means ‘river’ – that’s why there are more than one of them
4. Esperance in Australia has a replica Stonehenge that was completed last year. My internet friend Nancy runs a really great website dedicated to these ‘Clonehenges’

I didn’t manage to get up to Bramall Lane, but I very much enjoyed the Wiltshire Radio and . . . → Read More: Salisbury news: big beasts, Blades, and the art of Cranborne Chase]]> Salisbury City at Bramall Lane

Sadly Salisbury didn’t manage to get a result in Sheffield but given that the Blades are over 80 places above Salisbury in the league tables, we gave them a good game.

I didn’t manage to get up to Bramall Lane, but I very much enjoyed the Wiltshire Radio and Salisbury City FC Twitter coverage.

• Salisbury City Football Club » Whites defeated at Bramall Lane

John Rose has some great photos from the game:

• Wedding, Portrait, Event, Commercial and School Photographer: Sheffield United FC v Salisbury City FC at Bramall Lane, Sheffield in the FA Cup 3rd Round

On the bright side, Robbie Matthews is rejoining the Whites

• Salisbury City Football Club » Fans’ favourite rejoins the Whites

…and Salisbury have another huge fixture this coming weekend. They are meeting York City in the FA Trophy this Saturday. The FA Trophy is the FA’s cup competition for non-league clubs.

Fixtures-Jan-2012.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Salisbury District Hospital Psychology Project Needs Volunteers

Volunteers are needed at ‘Odstock Hospital’

The volunteers are all trained to help people with cognitive and communication difficulties and are able to help patients by increasing stimulation and interaction through memory puzzles, discussion groups and reading, along side group and individual work.

• Award Winning Psychology Project Needs Volunteers – Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Art in the Shadow of Cranborne Chase

The next exhibition at Salisbury Museum will include stuff by Lucian Freud and Augustus John.

The exhibition is themed around “artists living and working on Cranborne Chase from the 1920s to the present day”.

• Circles and Tangents: Art in the Shadow of Cranborne Chase | Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum

Carnbourne Chase is broadly the area between Warminster, Shaftesbury, Salisbury and Wimbourne Minster¹

John Glen – a big beast?

A blogger on the Guardian website discussed the lack of ‘big beasts’ at Westminster. He does though identify Salisbury MP John Glen as a possible ‘junior beast’²:

On the Tory side the leadership is finally using the talents of John Glen, the MP for Salisbury who once held the coveted post of director of the Conservative Research Department. Glen, who is wrongly overlooked in profiles of the 2010 intake, will be a serious contender for high office in the next decade.

• UK moves from ‘Nice’ to ‘Nasty’ decade – Tory intellectual Jesse Norman | Politics | guardian.co.uk

Lecture on the Saxons of Wessex in Shaftesbury

• The Wandering Archaeologist: Lecture on the Saxons of Wessex in Shaftesbury

BBC News – Council urged to support Wiltshire Heritage Museum

• BBC News – Council urged to support Wiltshire Heritage Museum

Salisbury and Stonehenge Facebook page

I collect these links on the Salisbury and Stonehenge Facebook page. If you’d like to have these link show up in your Facebook newsfeed throughout the week, then click on the ‘Like’ Button below

Footnotes

1. Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs AONB : Discover the Area
2. In the peculiar jargon of political journalism, I think this is a compliment