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 = new OpenSpace.Control.OverviewMap(); osMap.addControl(mapOV); //fix to put copyright on top of overview map: Needs api . . . → Read More: Petersfinger Road, Milford
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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, The Crusades). ‘Pilgrims . . . → Read More: Pilgrims Mead, Salisbury 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 for execution . . . → Read More: St Albans Close, Salisbury 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 is actually called St . . . → Read More: St Andrews SP1, St Andrews Close SP2, St Andrews Road SP2 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 Both St Ann Street . . . → Read More: St Ann Place and St Ann Street Salisbury 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 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 whether or . . . → Read More: St Brendans Close, Salisbury 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 of the word reprobate, although . . . → Read More: St Christophers Close, Salisbury Saint Clements Way is on the ‘Bishopdown Farm’ estate, which is to the north of Salisbury, 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 can see, but . . . → Read More: St Clements Way, Salisbury There were two Saint Davids, and given that St Davids Close is part of the Bishopdown estate, where most of the roads are named after different saints, it could equally be named after either. King David King David was a pivotal figure in Jewish history. He is the David of ‘David and Goliath’, of the Psalms and of . . . → Read More: St Davids Close, Salisbury |
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