Lime Kiln Way, Salisbury

Lime Kiln Way is at the Britford end of Harnham – close to the Ridings Mead estate, but I think perhaps part of a later development.


Lime Kiln Way is close to the Ridings Mead estate in Harnham. I think it’s part of a later development than Ridings Mead itself.

A lime kiln is an oven for converting chalk or limestone into lime. Lime is used in construction (historically it’s been a key component of cement), and many other industries¹.

The 1915 Kelly’s Directory has an entry for ‘The Harnham Lime Works’ ².

Lime Kiln Way is therefore probably named in reference to the Harnham Lime Works.

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Footnotes

1. British Lime Association – The Trade Association for the UK Lime Industry [↩]
2. Kelly’s Directory, 1915, page 203 – the Directory is browsable on-line at the Historical Directories website [↩]