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Hartington Road is off from the Devizes Road, which leads out of Salisbury in a north or or perhaps north west direction. I’m not sure why it’s called Hartington Road. Somewhat frustratingly, I think I found a reference to somebody called Hartington owning property in the Mill Road area fairly recently, but I can’t quite . . . → Read More: Hartington Road, Salisbury 
Hulse Road is in the northern part of Salisbury. It’s parallel with Castle Road and is bisected by Butts Road. It’s probably best known for having the Five Rivers Leisure Centre at one end. Hulse Road is named after the Hulse family. The Hulses have owned Breamore House since 1738. Members of the family have . . . → Read More: Hulse Road, Salisbury Marlborough Road is to the north of Salisbury city centre. It runs from Wyndham Road to the railway line. Is Marlborough Road named in reference to the town of Marlborough? Marlborough is about 25 miles north of Salisbury. The name Marlborough has two possible derivations. The more poetic is that the ‘Marl‘ is a . . . → Read More: Marlborough Road, Salisbury Montgomery Gardens are in the western part of Salisbury, leading off from Christie Miller Road. I don’t know why the road is named Montgomery Gardens, but there are two strong possibilities: it’s a reference to the Earldom of Montgomery, a title held by the Herbert family of Wilton House it’s a tribute to the ware . . . → Read More: Montgomery Gardens, Salisbury Olivier Close is on Bemerton Heath, to the North East of Salisbury. Olivier Road is in Wilton. My guess would be that both are related to the Olivier family, some of whom lived in Wilton. This is obviously more clear for the address in Wilton than it is for the one in Salisbury. Edith Olivier . . . → Read More: Olivier Road, Wilton and Olivier Close, Salisbury Pembroke Road in Salisbury and Pembroke Court in Wilton are, in all likelihood, named after the Earls of Pembroke – the Herbert family, who have owned Wilton House since the 16th century. The Herbert family represent the ’10th creation’ of the Earldom of Pembroke, that is to say, the line of Earls of Pembroke . . . → Read More: Pembroke Road, Salisbury and Pembroke Court, Wilton Queen Street in Salisbury runs along the Eastern edge of the Market Square. Queen Street 1950. Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith. Click on the photo to buy In 1348, it was part of the original High Street, which comprised Endless Street, Queen Street, Catherine Street and Exeter Street 1. The current High Street was . . . → Read More: Queen Street, Salisbury and Queen Street, Wilton Queensberry Ward, Salisbury Infirmary The derivation of ‘Queensberry Road’ is relatively clear – it is named after ‘Queensberry Ward’, which was a male surgical ward at the old Infirmary in Fisherton Street ‘Celebrating Salisbury nurses : a series of personal reflections and stories’ p54 ; edited by M Stride Published Salisbury Nurses League, 1999 ISBN/RCN . . . → Read More: Queensberry Road, Salisbury I need to research this further, as I’ve not found anything to substantiate this at all, but I think that there is sometimes a link between the name ‘Kings Way’ and the route that was taken by Charles II when he escaped to France, after being defeated by Oliver Cromwell. This would fit very roughly . . . → Read More: The Kingsway SP2 Probably named after Queen Victoria. It’s not impossible that the developer had a wife, mother or daughter called Victoria (or the developer was herself Victoria), but if this was not the case it is likely that all these roads are named after the Queen. |
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