Norton Drive, Ford and Norton Entreprise Park, Salisbury

Norton Drive is in Ford – a small village to the north of Salisbury. Norton Enterprise Park is an area within Churchfields Industrial Estate which is on the west of the city. The Enterprise Park opened in 2001. 1

I don’t know why either is so named, I’m afraid.

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The Steadings SP4

According to Dictionary.com, a ‘steading’ is a Scottish or North of England word for “a farm, especially its buildings”.

I think ‘stead’ in itself seems to sometimes mean something similar, as in ‘farmstead’ or ‘homestead’, although less physically it seems to be something like position or place – ‘in good stead’ is used to . . . → Read More: The Steadings SP4

This is currently my favourite book on Stonehenge. It covers the influence of the Stones on art, architecture and such