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The name ‘Melemonger Street’ is no longer used. What was Melemonger Street is now ‘Greencroft Street’. The road is on the eastern edge of the city centre. I was puzzled by the meaning of ‘Melemonger’ for some time. ‘Monger’ is fairly clear – it means dealer or seller, as in the current words fishmonger or ironmonger. I . . . → Read More: Melemonger Street, Salisbury There is a Nadder Terrace in Churchfields, to the west of Salisbury, and another in Wilton which is a small town about three miles from Salisbury city centre. Nadder Lane is in Quidhampton, close to where the Nadder meets the Wylye. All three roads are named after the River Nadder, which starts near Shaftesbury then joins the . . . → Read More: Nadder Terrace, Salisbury, Nadder Terrace, Wilton and Nadder Lane, Quidhampton Napier Crescent is in Laverstock, which is a village a mile to the west of Salisbury city centre. It’s on an estate built by a developer called Ford, or perhaps Fforde, in about 1964. It’s often referred to as ‘the pebbledash estate’. I have no idea why it’s called Napier Crescent. This is particularly irritating because I . . . → Read More: Napier Crescent, Laverstock Norfolk Road is in Harnham, a village on the southern side of Salisbury. Norfolk Road is on an estate which features all of the counties on the coastline from Norfolk itself, through Suffolk, Essex, Kent and Sussex. The word ‘Norfolk’ is derived from ‘Northern people’ 1 or, I guess, ‘Northern Folk’ – Suffolk being ‘Southern Folk’. There is . . . → Read More: Norfolk Road, Harnham 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
Castle Street, Salisbury I’m not sure I entirely understand all of the internet literature on the derivation of the name of Salisbury itself, but what follows is the best that I can do! The Latin name for Salisbury (or for what is now Old Sarum) was Sorviodunum. The dunum element seems relatively clear – dunum means fort . . . → Read More: Salisbury Road SP2, Sarum Close SP2 |
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