By admin, on November 22nd, 2010% Julius Close is one the ‘Spire View’ estate which lies between the ring road and the railway close to Saint Paul’s Church. It was built in the early 2000s. The roads on the estate, which I think are all ‘Courts’ are named after saints.
Saint Julius was Pope from AD337 until AD352. His feast day . . . → Read More: Julius Court, Salisbury
By admin, on February 14th, 2009% Petersfinger Road runs from Milford to the Southampton Road, on the west side of Salisbury. var osMap, screenOverlay, mapOV, postcodeService; var pos; // Variables for markers var size,offset,infoWindowAnchor,icon,content,popUpSize; function initmapbuilder() { // Creating the Openspace map and the postcode service osMap = new OpenSpace.Map(‘map’); postcodeService = new OpenSpace.Postcode(); // Adding the map overview mapOV = . . . → Read More: Petersfinger Road, Milford
By admin, on February 7th, 2009% Pilgrims Mead is in the Bishopdown area to the north of Salisbury.
The inspiration for the name ‘Pilgrims Mead’ is relatively clear – many of the roads in the ‘Bishopdown Farm’ estate are named after individual saints (for example St Thomas Way or St Clements Way) or after some other religious concepts (e.g. Apostle Way, . . . → Read More: Pilgrims Mead, Salisbury
By admin, 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 admin, 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 admin, 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
By admin, on October 12th, 2008% The ‘Venerable Bede’ was a 7th century English monk who lived at a monastry in Jarrow.
He wrote the ‘Ecclesiastical History of the English People’, finishing in 1731. He became known as ‘venerable’ (meaning both ‘impressive by reason of age’ and ‘profoundly honored’ 1) soon after his death. The Catholic Encyclopedia 2 notes that ‘There . . . → Read More: St Bedes Close SP1
By admin, on October 11th, 2008% Saint Brendan was a 5th century Irish saint 1, known both for his evangelism within the British Isles and for his seven year Voyage.
The Voyage of Saint Brendan may or may not have taken him as far as America. There is a good article on the Fortean Times website that discusses this, concluding that . . . → Read More: St Brendans Close, Salisbury
By admin, on October 10th, 2008% Saint Christopher is, famously, the patron saint of travellers.
There are a dozen or so significant episodes in Christopher’s life:
Birth
The wife of a pagan king prayed to the Virgin Mary for a son. Her prayers were granted, and she named the son either Offerus or Reprebus.1
Reprebus, according to Wikipedia, is the derivation . . . → Read More: St Christophers Close, Salisbury
By admin, on October 7th, 2008%
Saint Clements Way is on Salisbury’s ‘Bishopdown Farm’ estate, which is to the north of the city, off the London Road. It shares the theme of many of the roads on the estate of being named after a saint. Most of these have no local connections at all, at least as far as I . . . → Read More: St Clements Way, Salisbury
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