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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. Why ‘Little London’? There . . . → Read More: Little London The Labour, Liberal and Conservative candidates kindly agreed to complete a set of question and answers for salisburyandstonehenge.net. The questions were largely suggested from local people via Twitter, but some are from me. The questions and answers are on the following pages: John Glen, Conservative candidate The other candidates standing are: Arthur Pendragon . . . → Read More: Election 2010 – the Salisbury candidates Macklin Road is to the north of Salisbury, close to the Devizes Road. Macklin Road is probably named after Sir James Macklin who was Mayor of Salisbury six times (1), including during the First World War. He was born in 1864. He was knighted in 1920 and was made a freeman of the City in 1921. He died . . . → Read More: Macklin Road, Salisbury I’m pleased that all of the candidates for the Conservative nomination to be Salisbury’s next Member of Parliament have agreed to answer a set of questions for this website. Jeremy’s introduction on the party website says: Being able to help, and get results, for all constituents, is why I want to be MP for Salisbury. With a . . . → Read More: Q&A with Jeremy Quin – candidate for Salisbury Conservative nomination I’m pleased that all of the candidates for the Conservative nomination to be Salisbury’s next Member of Parliament have agreed to do answer a set of questions for this website. The fourth candidate to do so is Zehra Zaidi. Zehra’s introduction on the party website says: Every generation of my family has served in the armed forces and . . . → Read More: Q&A with Zehra Zaidi – candidate for Salisbury Conservative nomination Marlborough Road is to the north of Salisbury city centre. It runs from Wyndham Road to the railway line. Is Marlborough Road named in reference to the town of Marlborough? Marlborough is about 25 miles north of Salisbury. The name Marlborough has two possible derivations. The more poetic is that the ‘Marl‘ is a reference to ‘Merlin’ . . . → Read More: Marlborough Road, Salisbury Marsh Lane is to the north of Salisbury’s city centre – close to Sidney Street, Coldharbour Lane and Middleton Road. Derivation of the name ‘Marsh Lane’ There are at least three possible derivations for the name ‘Marsh Lane’. It could be: named after a developer or land-owner, or As we know Robert Key is going to stand down at the next election. The next Conservative parliamentary candidate is going to be chosen by ‘open primary’. Who is likely to put themselves forward? I’ve googled for news on this a couple of times since Mr Key made his announcement, and I’ve found one Conservative distancing himself from . . . → Read More: Possible candidate for Conservative PPC Following the resignation of Salisbury’s sitting MP, Robert Key, the Salisbury Conservative Association are going to select their next Prospective Parliamentary Candidate by means of an ‘open primary’. This means that anybody who is registered as a voter in Salisbury and then can participate in the selection of the candidate, either by . . . → Read More: Conservative candidate to be chosen by ‘open primary’ |
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