Gibbs Close is in the Hampton Park area of Bishopdown Farm. I have no idea why it’s called Gibbs Close. A few of the roads in the area have names based on people’s surnames. There must be some connection between the names, but I’m sure I can’t see what it is.
However, ‘Gibbs‘ is a name with strong Salisbury connections – ‘Gibbs Mew‘ was the name of Salisbury’s brewery.
Gibbs-Mew Brewery
The Gibbs brewery was founded by the John Gibbs and his brother George Bridger Gibbs in the 1750s in Haslemere, Surry. George Bridger Gibbs set up a brewery in Salisbury, originally in Endless Street in partnership with Sidney Fawcett[1] in 1858. The firm merged with that of Henry Mew in 1898[2].
The brewery was closed down in 1997[3].
The remaining pub company was taken over by Enterprise Inns in 1998[4].
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