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Jewell Close is on Bishopdown, very close to the London Road to the north east of Salisbury, England. It is named after John Jewell, who was the Bishop of Salisbury from 1559 until his death in 1571. Bishop Jewell is most famous for his ‘Apology of the Church of England’. Life of John Jewell, Bishop . . . → Read More: Jewell Close, Salisbury Link Way is on Bishopdown, to the north of Salisbury city centre. It’s an odd name for the road, because it’s basically a cul-de-sac. It doesn’t really link anything. It could be that at some stage in the past it did link two roads. Link Wray Whenever I see the road or hear it’s name . . . → Read More: Link Way, Salisbury Lovett Gardens is named after Neville Lovett who was Bishop of Salisbury from 1936 until 1949. Most of the roads in this area of Bishopdown are named, appropriately enough, after Bishops of Salisbury Ernest Neville Lovett was born in 1869. He was ordained in 1892 and served in various parishes across the South of England.1 . . . → Read More: Lovett Green, Salisbury Manning Close is on the Bishopdown Farm estate, to the north of Salisbury. I don’t know who Manning Close is named after. It’s one of a number of roads in the area which are a bit of a mystery. This is a view over Bishopdown, from the top of the hill. You can just about see the triangular shape of the Holy Redeemer Church in the top right of the photo. . . . → Read More: Bishopdown 
Mizmaze Hill is a name that is no longer much used. As far as I’m aware it has never been used as the name of a road, but it was the name of the hill at the Salisbury end of Bishopdown, where roads such as Ridgeway Road, Wordsworth Road and Moberly Road are now. The . . . → Read More: Mizmaze Hill, Salisbury Neville Close was named after Robert Neville, who was Bishop of Salisbury from 1427 to 1438 1. Neville Close is on Bishopdown, which is to the north east of Salisbury. Many of the roads in the area are named after other Bishops (2) in reference to the name ‘Bishopdown’. Visiting Salisbury? For . . . → Read More: Neville Close, Salisbury Oldfield Road is on the Bishopdown Farm estate, to the north-east of Salisbury. There are two possibilities for the derivation of the name of Oldfield Road. Either it was named after an ‘old field’, or it was named after a person with the surname ‘Oldfield’. Of the two possibilities, it seems to me to be . . . → Read More: Oldfield Road, Salisbury Pearce Way is on the Bishopdown Farm Estate on the northern edge of Salisbury. It’s probably best known for the Travel Inn hotel. I don’t know who Pearce Way is named after. Pearce Way is on the Bishopdown Farm Estate on the northern edge of Salisbury. It’s probably best known for the Travel Inn hotel. . . . → Read More: Pearce Way, Salisbury Pilgrims Mead is in the Bishopdown area to the north of Salisbury. The inspiration for the name ‘Pilgrims Mead’ is relatively clear – many of the roads in the ‘Bishopdown Farm’ estate are named after individual saints (for example St Thomas Way or St Clements Way) or after some other religious concepts (e.g. Apostle Way, . . . → Read More: Pilgrims Mead, Salisbury |
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