Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith.
I don’t know Harnham very well, so I’m not entirely sure what we’re looking at here. Is that Saint George’s Church in Lower Street on the right?
. . . → Read More: Picture: Salisbury from Harnham, 1906
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Middle Street is in Harnham, to the south of Salisbury. It has Upper Street and Lower Street at either end. If you need accommodation in Salisbury, have a look at my Hotels in Salisbury page. 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 Munks Close is in Harnham, which is a village or suburb to the south of Salisbury. I’m afraid I don’t know why it is called Munks Close – it could perhaps be named after someone called Munk. If you have a better idea, please leave a comment. Visiting Salisbury? For accommodation, see . . . → Read More: Munks Close, Harnham Netherhampton Road is to the south of Salisbury, running between Harnham and Netherhampton itself. The word ‘Netherhampton’ is derived from two Old English ‘neotherra‘, meaning lower and ‘hamtun‘ meaning settlement 1. I have also read 2 that the ‘ham‘ means a ‘bend in the river’, but I’m not not sure this fits the geography. There’s . . . → Read More: Netherhampton Road, Salisbury The New Harnham Road is in Harnham, to the south of Salisbury. The New Harnham Road joins runs from the junction of the Bournmouth Road (the A338) and the Coombe Road (the A354) to the older ‘Harnham Road’. It is also known as the A3094. There’s is lots of detail on the meaning of the . . . → Read More: New Harnham Road, Harnham Norfolk Road is in Harnham, a village or suburb 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’ – . . . → Read More: Norfolk Road, Harnham Old Meadows Walk is in Harnham, to the south of Salisbury. I would guess that ‘Old Meadows’ is a reference to the ‘water meadows’ between Salisbury and Harnham. The Water Meadows are the fields which are either side of ‘Town Path’ – the path which runs from Elizabeth Gardens to the Old Mill at Harnham. . . . → Read More: Old Meadows Walk, Harnham The Old Shaftesbury Drove is more of a path than a road 1. It runs most of the way from Salisbury to the town of Shaftesbury, which is about 20 miles away, by road 2. A ‘drove’, in this context, is a path or track used by farmers to move livestock from one place to . . . → Read More: Old Shaftesbury Drove, Harnham Old Street is in Harnham, to the south of Salisbury, fairly close to the Rose and Crown Hotel. I don’t know why it’s called Old Street – it’s in the older part of Harnham, but I don’t know that it’s ‘old’ relative to the streets around it. |
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