Salisbury and Stonehenge

Recent posts – Montgomery

I finally finished another really long post. This one on Montgomery Gardens

This took a long time to write because I decided to write about Lord Montgomery of El Alamein. I’m not sure whether the road is named after him or not, but he was an interesting character and a significant man.

I found an . . . → Read More: More Salisbury links

Some things I’ve found interesting on the web….

Quid and Quidhampton

I’ve found a couple of references to the idea that the slang word for a pound, ‘quid’, is derived from the village ‘Quidhampton’. The theory goes that the paper mill at Quidhampton made paper which was then used for the bank notes.

I don’t know whether this is . . . → Read More: Salisbury and Stonehenge – bits and pieces from the Web

This is a slight departure for this website – I’m going to have a go at doing occasional more general posts.

There’s a bunch of stuff that I thought I might usefully cover:

pointers to pages that I’ve updated
where I’ve found the information
the technical side of the website
interesting bits of etymology
interesting bits about Salisbury that don’t necessarily . . . → Read More: Updates