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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 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
Mitre House Salisbury Mitre Corner is in the centre of Salisbury. It’s the corner of New Street and the High Street, specifically the cathedral side of that junction. The house on the corner which currently hosts a clothes shop called, I think, Anokkaa is known as Mitre House. A mitre is the hat worn by . . . → Read More: Mitre Corner, Salisbury Moberly Road is to the north of Salisbury, just outside the ring road, and directly off from Castle Road. It is named after George Moberly, who was the Bishop of Salisbury from 1869 until his death in 1885. It is close to other roads which are also named after Bishops: Hamilton Road, which is probably . . . → Read More: Moberly Road, 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 Ridgeway is named after Bishop Frederick Edward Ridgeway who was the Bishop of Salisbury from 1911 until 1921. The National Portrait Gallery has pictures of him here: Frederick Edward Ridgeway (1848-1921), Bishop of Salisbury. Sadly I don’t know very much at all about Bishop Ridgeway, apart from the following bits of trivia. Bishop Ridgeway . . . → Read More: Ridgeway Road SP1 Rogers Close is in Quidhampton. This could be named after the landowner or developer of the time when the Close was developed. Bishop Roger Alternatively it may be that the name of the close is a tribute to ‘Roger of Salisbury’ who was Bishop from 1102 to 1139.1 Roger of Salisbury seems to have . . . → Read More: Rogers Close SP2 Walter Scammel was Bishop of Salisbury from 1284 to 1287.
Seth Ward Seth Ward was Bishop of Salisbury from 1667 to 1689. It’s probably fair to say that he was one of our most impressive Bishops. He was born in Buntingford in Hertfordshire, where there are the Bishop Seth Wards’s almshouses 1. Prior to becoming Salisbury’s Bishop he was the Bishop of Exeter, and before . . . → Read More: Seth Ward Drive SP1 William Talbot was bishop of Salisbury from 1715 to 1722. |
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