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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 . . . → Read More: Lime Kiln Way, Salisbury Linnetsdene is to the south of Salisbury, on what I think is called the Ridings Mead estate. The roads on the estate are mainly named after birds. Typically with the name of the bird being joined to a word which is typically part of a road name. So other roads on the estate are . . . → Read More: Linnetsdene, Salisbury There are four road names which begin with the word ‘Lower’, two of which are actually called ‘Lower Road’. The five are: Lower Folly in Wilton Lower Road in Britford Lower Road between Bemerton and Quidhampton Lower Street in Harnham.htmlBoth Lower Folly and Lower Street have corresponding ‘Upper’ versions of their names. The ‘Folly’ . . . → Read More: Lower Roads in Salisbury, Quidhampton and Britford and Lower Folly Wilton I visited the Ordnance Survey for a talk on their Open Space mapping tool last week. This is my first attempt at creating a map annotated with what I think are the derivations of the road names. It’s for a fairly small area of East Harnham. It would be great to create one . . . → Read More: Annotated map of East Harnham John Milton Milton Road is in the south of Salisbury, close to the Bournemouth Road. I’m not sure whether the area might be considered to be in Harnham or in Britford – perhaps it’s neither. Milton Road, Salisbury is named after John Milton I think that Burford Road, which is in the same area, . . . → Read More: Milton Road, Salisbury
A thatched owl in Harnham, Salisbury Owlswood is on the Bishops Mead estate to the south of Salisbury. The owls are, of course, particularly distinctive birds of prey. There are 200 species of owl, scattered through most of the world. 1 In today’s Anglo-American culture, I think it’s fair to say that the owl now . . . → Read More: Owlswood, Salisbury Park Lane skirts Salisbury’s Victoria Park. Park Close if just off from Park Lane. Park Street runs between Estcourt Road and Queens Road. Park Road is in Laverstock, adjoining Duck Lane. Park Lane in Britford is parallel to the A338 to Bournemouth. Victoria Park Victoria Park is, I presume, named after Queen Victoria, as . . . → Read More: Park Lane, Park Close, Park Street, Park Road |
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