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I’ve collected a few links about tomorrow’s 3rd Round FA Cup tie… Most importantly, for those of us not making the trip up to Yorkshire, Salisbury FC’s page gives coverage details: Salisbury City Football Club – Whites vs Sheffield United – Coverage The F.A. has a page on the tie, reporting Darrell Clarke as . . . → Read More: Sheffield United vs. Salisbury City 
Peregrine Falcons at Salisbury Cathedral I only just saw this news item on the Spire FM website – falcons have nested at the Cathedral. I don’t know if they are still there. Spire FM – News – Peregrine Falcons nest at Salisbury Cathedral The Druids Lodge Confederacy I came across this the other day. It’s . . . → Read More: Salisbury, Wiltshire News: Falcons, bustards, salmon, sewers and the Druids Lodge Confederacy 
Greyhound Lane is in the centre of Wilton. It’s probably named after the Greyhound pub which is close by, in the Market Place. In times gone by, when many people couldn’t read, pubs were often named after things that could be visually depicted in a distinctive way – for example ‘Cross Keys’, ‘Red . . . → Read More: Greyhound Lane, Wilton 
As much for my own benefit as anything else, this is a review of what I’ve done with Salisbury and Stonehenge over the last year Salisburys road names The core of the website is about trying to work out the meanings of Salisbury’s road names. I still find this fascinating. Over the course of 2011, . . . → Read More: salisburyandstonehenge.net in 2011 
A few words and pictures on my trip up to Stonehenge for the 2011 winter solstice… This year I got the bus from Salisbury to Amesbury. Then I walked from Countess Road over the Plain to Stonehenge. I did the walk with three people I met getting off the bus – if you were . . . → Read More: Winter Solstice Stone-Henge 2011 
Wiltshire Warm and Well Grants are available from Wiltshire Council for home insulation. People on low incomes can have the total cost paid but ‘everyone is entitled to at least a partial grant’ South Wiltshire Agenda 21 » Wiltshire Warm and Well Local TV for Salisbury….but not yet The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has . . . → Read More: Salisbury News: Insulation, TV, Art in Wiltshire and the Jubilee 
I received this from English Heritage: The celebration of the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge will take place at sunrise on Thursday 22nd December 2011 (approximately 08:09 hrs). English Heritage is pleased to be offering ‘Managed Open Access’ for those who wish to celebrate the Winter Solstice peacefully. Visitors will be allowed into the Monument when . . . → Read More: Stonehenge Winter Solstice 2011 
Griffins Court is the small passageway off from Fisherton Street. The origin of the name is clear. The Victoria County History says that there were two timber yards in Fisherton Street in 1842. One belonged to Walter Morrice, then a Mr Futcher: The other timber yard was occupied by John and James Griffin and was . . . → Read More: Griffins Court, Salisbury 
Salisbury Pantomime Reviews I was lucky enough to go and see ‘Jack In the Beanstalk’ at Salisbury Playhouse last Friday. I thought it was great – spectacular production, all the traditional elements in place but with some fun topical and local references. Anyway, I found a couple of reviews which share my opinion. ‘Whats On . . . → Read More: Salisbury, UK news: Giant-killing, Hardy’s Wessex, Dads Army 
Grovely View is in Wilton, close to South Street. Grovely Woods Grovely View is named after Grovely Wood which is nearby. Grovely Woods cover an area of several square miles. According to the ‘Historic Landscapes’ website: The underlying geology is chalk but the woodlands are found on the clay with flints which lies above the . . . → Read More: Grovely View, Wilton |
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