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Linden Close is in Laverstock, at the eastern edge of the ‘pebbledash-ed’ estate. ‘Linden’ is a word for ‘lime tree’, or ‘made from the wood of a lime-tree’ 1. The names of the roads on the estate are a bit of a mystery to me – there’s no obvious relation between them. To use a favourite word of . . . → Read More: Linden Close, Laverstock Link Way is on Bishopdown, to the north of Salisbury city centre. It’s an odd name for the road, because it’s basically a cul-de-sac. It doesn’t really link anything. It could be that at some stage in the past it did link two roads. Link Wray Whenever I see the road or hear it’s name I can’t help but . . . → Read More: Link Way, Salisbury I like this plaque – it recalls a time when banks were local rather than national or international institutions. The plaque is on the Lloyds TSB building in the Market Square in Salisbury. It’s to the right of the door. The Wilts and Dorset was merged into the Lloyds Bank in 19141. The Wilts and Dorset had . . . → Read More: Wilts and Dorset Banking Company Little Ben is a nickname for the clock tower in Fisherton Street. The clock tower was built in 1892 by a Dr John Roberts. He had the tower built as a memorial for his wife, who had died the previous year. I’ve not been able to find out anything further about John Roberts, I’m afraid. The tower was . . . → Read More: Little Ben – the Fisherton Street Clock Tower Little London is a group of half a dozen houses to the west of Broadchalke. It’s outside of the typical geographical limits of the website – Little London might be closer to Shaftesbury than it is to Salisbury, but I’m including it because I like the name and because there is a family connection. Why ‘Little London’? There . . . → Read More: Little London The pictures below are by my friend, Fred Fieber. Fred paints and draws different things, but one of his main subjects is Salisbury. I like Fred’s pictures very much, so I’m really pleased to be able to include some of them on my website. If I can point some web traffic in his direction too, that . . . → Read More: Fred Fieber Linnetsdene is to the south of Salisbury, on what I think is called the Ridings Mead estate. The roads on the estate are mainly named after birds. Typically with the name of the bird being joined to a word which is typically part of a road name. So other roads on the estate are Ravenscroft and . . . → Read More: Linnetsdene, Salisbury Locks Lane is in Quidhampton. According to a document published in the year 2000 called ‘The Quidhampton Story’, Locks Lane is named after a cabinet maker called Bertram Lock and his wife Violet. During the First World War many cabinet makers and metal workers found employment with the War Department. … When hostilities ceased lorries and cars began . . . → Read More: Locks Lane, Quidhampton London Road is to the north east of Salisbury. It is the ‘London Road’, obviously enough, because it is the road from Salisbury to London. I enjoy comedian Frank Skinner’s description of London – “a large conurbation in the South-East of England.” Etymology of London The meaning of the word ‘London’ seems to be unclear. Wikipedia says that: The etymology of . . . → Read More: London Road, Salisbury Longland is to the west of Salisbury, just off from the Wilton Road. It is mentioned in the Victoria County History: In 1790, the year of inclosure, we read of four fields: Church, North, Middle, and St. Ann’s Stile (or Little) Fields. (fn. 205) Long Lands or Brick Field may perhaps be reckoned a fifth.1 The next footnote . . . → Read More: Longland, Salisbury |
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