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Hadrians Close is in Lower Bemerton, which is a village on the western outskirts of Salisbury, most famous for the its association with the poet George Herbert Hadrians Close is, I think, named after the Roman Emperor Hadrian1. If so, then the name would have been chosen in reference to the Roman Road which . . . → Read More: Hadrians Close, Salisbury Stratford is a conflation of the Roman word for ‘street’ and the word ‘ford’. According to Wikipedia, (1), the Portway is the name of the Roman road running “running from London to Weymouth, via Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), Salisbury/Old Sarum (Sorviodunum) and Dorchester (Durnovaria).” The road leads towards Porton, which was presumably named after the Portway. ‘The Portway’ is the name given both to the path that runs along the . . . → Read More: The Portway SP1 |
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