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This is the Green Man which appears on the cover of Salisbury Civic Society’s ‘Salisbury in Detail‘ book. It is on the north-facing side of the Kings Arms pub – otherwise known as either ‘Spoonies’ or, formerly, the County Hotel. The picture below shows the Green Man in context. The foliage on the opposite . . . → Read More: Green Man at Wetherspoons This is the Kings Arms, in St John St in Salisbury. I saw the late Ted Heath in here one New Years Eve. Old Castle Road is on the northern edge of Salisbury. The name Old Castle Road is either: it was the original route of Castle Road. a reference to Old Sarum (castle) or a reference to the ‘Old Castle’ pub or The road forms a semi circle with the northern end of Castle Road, going . . . → Read More: Old Castle Road, Salisbury This was probably named after the Swan Inn which stood next to the river in Ayleswade Road, in Harnham 1 FootnotesBBC – Wiltshire – In Pictures – Historic Salisbury photos [↩] 
Three Cuppes Lane is in the centre of Salisbury. It was named fairly recently after the Three Cuppes Inn, which is now a private house in Winchester Street. The Three Cuppes themselves could have a couple of different meanings: Three Cups’ are the symbols of the Salter’s Guild 1. It may be relevant here that . . . → Read More: Three Cuppes Lane SP1 Tollgate Road is probably so-named because there was a toll gate somewhere along it. A toll gate is a barrier across the road where the traveller would pay to use the road. There was a pub called the Toll Gate at one end of Tollgate Road which has only shutdown fairly recently. |
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