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North Walk, Salisbury, North Street, Salisbury and North Street, Wilton

By mattypenny, on May 30th, 2009%

The North Walk is one of the roads within Salisbury Cathedral’s Close. Both North Street in Wilton and North Street in Salisbury are part of small groups of roads which ‘box the compass’ to some extent. So in Salisbury, North Street meets West Street, East Street and South Street at what used to be the . . . → Read More: North Walk, Salisbury, North Street, Salisbury and North Street, Wilton

South Street Salisbury SP2

By mattypenny, on July 5th, 2008%

One of four Victorian streets named after the points of the compass that meet in a crossroads by what was, until recently, the Bird in the Hand pub.

South Street Wilton SP2

By mattypenny, on July 5th, 2008%

As with South Street in Salisbury, another crossroads, this one in Wilton. The Wilton crossroads only has South, North and West Streets.

South Western Road SP2

By mattypenny, on July 5th, 2008%

The name of this road is possibly not derived from its direction – it runs broadly East and West. The road is alongside the railway, close to the Station, so its name could be a reference to the ‘London and South Western Railway’ which began operating from the site of the current railway station on . . . → Read More: South Western Road SP2

Southampton Road SP1

By mattypenny, on July 5th, 2008%

Obviously enough this is the road to Southampton, otherwise known as the A36. A ‘hampton’ is broadly a settlement, so Southampton is settlement in the South.