By mattypenny, on April 25th, 2010% This is the last in a series of three bath stone ‘Green Men’. The buildings Barclays, the Kings Arms and Lloyds Bank were all built at around the same time.
As with the Lloyds TSB ‘green man’, the Barclays man is not as verdant as some versions. Perhaps a pale green man?
This is as . . . → Read More: The Green Man at Barclays
By mattypenny, on March 21st, 2010% To celebrate the first day of spring, I think this is a representation of the Green Man. I could be wrong here – he’s not quite as verdant and covered in plant life as other Green Men.
Anyway, it’s a nice little sculpture above the door of Lloyds TSB in Blue Boar Row.
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By mattypenny, on November 25th, 2009% The Cathedral spire, taken from Churchill Gardens. It’s not a great photo, even by my low standards, but the spire coming out through the bushes amused me.
By mattypenny, on September 6th, 2009% 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
By mattypenny, on August 27th, 2009% Minster Street is in the centre of Salisbury. It runs from the Poultry Cross to the Cheesemarket, or to put it another way, from the junction of Blue Boar Row and Castle Street to the junction of Silver Street and Butcher Row.
It runs closely parallel with the Eastern edge of the grounds of the . . . → Read More: Minster Street, Salisbury and Minster Street, Wilton
By mattypenny, on August 22nd, 2009%
Mitre House Salisbury
Mitre Corner is in the centre of Salisbury. It’s the corner of New Street and the High Street, specifically the cathedral side of that junction.
The house on the corner which currently hosts a clothes shop called, I think, Anokkaa is known as Mitre House.
A mitre is the hat worn by . . . → Read More: Mitre Corner, Salisbury
By mattypenny, on July 7th, 2009% Myrrfield Road is on the Bishopdown Farm estate, on the north east side of Salisbury.
Myrrfield is the name of the meadow in which Salisbury Cathedral was built.
It is sometime spelt Merry-field, as in a poem by a Doctor Walter Pope in 1713:
One day as the prelate on his down bed Recruiting his . . . → Read More: Myrrfield Road, Salisbury
By mattypenny, on October 15th, 2008% Saint Alban is known as the first English martyr. He was executed by the Romans for sheltering a priest, although up until he did so, he himself was not a Christian.
The legend, which comes largely from the account of Saint Bede, is that Alban disguised himself as the priest, and gave himself up . . . → Read More: St Albans Close, Salisbury
By mattypenny, on October 14th, 2008% Saint Andrews Church in Laverstock
The three roads dedicated to Saint Andrew are in different parts of the Salisbury area.
St Andrews in Laverstock
St Andrews in Laverstock is named after Saint Andrew’s Church in Church Road, Laverstock, which is nearby. Part of St Andrews is also alongside the village hall, which I think . . . → Read More: St Andrews SP1, St Andrews Close SP2, St Andrews Road SP2
By mattypenny, on October 13th, 2008% Saint Ann Street is in the centre of Salisbury. It runs from the Cathedral close up towards Saint Martins. Saint Ann Place is just off of St Ann Street.
Which Saint Ann was the Salisbury street named after
There are two Saint Ann(e)s listed in the Catholic Encyclopedia:
Saint Anne, the mother of Mary St. . . . → Read More: St Ann Place and St Ann Street Salisbury
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