Comments on: Riverbourne Road SP1 http://salisburyandstonehenge.net/streetnames/riverbourne-road-sp1 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mattypenny http://salisburyandstonehenge.net/streetnames/riverbourne-road-sp1#comment-1273 mattypenny Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:17:36 +0000 http://salisburyandstonehenge.net/?p=262#comment-1273 Ian is right: According to <a href="http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=136" rel="nofollow">http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=136</a> "There has been continuous settlement here from the 6th century, and probably much earlier, with 6th century pottery being found at Milford. Apart from Laverstock there was another Saxon settlement at Mumford, probably at the confluence of the rivers Avon and Bourne, which survived until later medieval times." Thanks, Matt Ian is right:

According to http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=136

“There has been continuous settlement here from the 6th century, and probably much earlier, with 6th century pottery being found at Milford. Apart from Laverstock there was another Saxon settlement at Mumford, probably at the confluence of the rivers Avon and Bourne, which survived until later medieval times.”

Thanks,

Matt

]]> By: Ian McL http://salisburyandstonehenge.net/streetnames/riverbourne-road-sp1#comment-1264 Ian McL Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:39:39 +0000 http://salisburyandstonehenge.net/?p=262#comment-1264 I believe the area where the two rivers joined was once called Mumford. The joining of the river is indeed underground and I think the river was rerouted during all the building. I believe the area where the two rivers joined was once called Mumford. The joining of the river is indeed underground and I think the river was rerouted during all the building.

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