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Highbury Avenue is in the north west of Salisbury. It runs from Devizes Road down the hill to the Wilton Road. ‘Highbury Avenue’ – named after Highbury in London The derivation of the road’s name is fairly clear. It’s named after Highbury in North London. This may seem unlikely, but it follows a pattern of . . . → Read More: Highbury Avenue, Salisbury Kensington Road is to the north of city centre, close to Devizes Road. The origin of the name Kensington Road is fairly clear. It’s one of a cluster of roads in the area that are named after parts of London – the more obvious ones including: - West End Road - Westminster Road . . . → Read More: Kensington Road, Salisbury Kingsland Road runs between the northern end of Coldharbour Lane and the Devizes Road. It has Dennis Marsh House and the allotments at one end, and it has the further distinction of being one of the five roads in Salisbury that I have lived in. I think that Kingsland Road is named after an area . . . → Read More: Kingsland Road, Salisbury 
Waterloo to Wandsworth This is the first post in what should be a series of three or four on the railway journey from London to Salisbury. This is still very much a work in progress – if you can add anything please let me know via the comments. var uri = ‘http://impgb.tradedoubler.com/imp?type(img)g(19792220)a(1983580)’ + new . . . → Read More: From London to Salisbury by Train – part one Little London is a group of half a dozen houses to the west of Broadchalke. It’s outside of the typical geographical limits of the website – Little London might be closer to Shaftesbury than it is to Salisbury, but I’m including it because I like the name and because there is a family connection. . . . → Read More: Little London 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 . . . → Read More: Mayfair Road, Laverstock 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 
Tournament Road – named after the London Olympics? The first London Olympic games were held in 1948. I think it’s possible that the houses in Tournament Road are from this period, so my guess is that Tournament Road was named in honour of the London Olympics. . . . → Read More: Tournament Road Salisbury After the Napoleon’s last battle at Waterloo in 1815 West End Road in Salisbury would have been at the extreme West End of the city until the ‘Empire’ road names (India Avenue, Canadian Avenue etc) were built. Update: More likely, perhaps, is that this road is named after the West End of London. There are a number of roads named after areas of London . . . → Read More: West End Road SP2 |
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