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Laverstock Park is an estate in the centre of Laverstock – it’s divided into Laverstock Park and Laverstock Park West. Laverstock Park is off from The Avenue, where as Laverstock Park West is entered from Riverside Road Laverstock Park is built on the grounds of Laverstock House, which was best known as an asylum for the mentally . . . → Read More: Laverstock Park, Laverstock Laverstock Road is the road that runs from Salisbury to Laverstock, obviously enough. It starts at the top of Milford Hill and runs down to Laverstock itself, where it turns into Riverside Road. Laverstock is a village to the east of Salisbury1. The word ‘Laverstock’ has two elements. The ‘stock’ means ‘fenced or enclosed settlement’ 2 or ‘homestead’ 3. . . . → Read More: Laverstock Road, Salisbury Linden Close is in Laverstock, at the eastern edge of the ‘pebbledash-ed’ estate. ‘Linden’ is a word for ‘lime tree’, or ‘made from the wood of a lime-tree’ 1. The names of the roads on the estate are a bit of a mystery to me – there’s no obvious relation between them. To use a favourite word of . . . → Read More: Linden Close, Laverstock Mayfair Road is on the pebble-dashed estate in Laverstock. I can’t see any reason for it’s being called Mayfair Road. I can’t see any thematic link with any of the adjoining roads (Napier Crescent,, Beechcroft Avenue, or Greenwood Avenue). This is particularly irritating because I’ve lived in both Napier Crescent and Mayfair Road. Mayfair ‘Mayfair’ usually refers to an . . . → Read More: Mayfair Road, Laverstock Melvin Close is in Laverstock, which is a village to the east of Salisbury. It’s on what is usually referred to as ‘the pebbledash estate’ for the obvious reason that the houses are nearly all pebble-dashed. The effect of this is increased by the roads being made of some sort of concrete. It always feels like there’s . . . → Read More: Melvin Close, Laverstock Mutton Bridge is, as far as I know, a name that is no longer used. Mutton Bridge was close to the Southampton Road, to the South East of Salisbury. I’m not sure whether it was a bridge over the River Bourne or the River Avon, since the Bourne joins the Avon in this area. The bridge seems . . . → Read More: Mutton Bridge, Milford 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 Paddock Way is on a small estate in Laverstock, a village to the East of Salisbury. The names of the roads on the estate have a rural theme – the other roads are Silverwood Drive, Westfield Close, and Woodland Way. The word ‘paddock’ usually means: A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.1 …but it is also an . . . → Read More: Paddock Way, Laverstock 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 is the . . . → Read More: Park Lane, Park Close, Park Street, Park Road The name Potters Way could be derived from the fact that pottery was made in Laverstock and Milford. The Wiltshire Community History page on Laverstock says that: |
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