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Saint Pauls Church, Salisbury Saint Pauls Road is named for Saint Paul’s Church. Saint Pauls Church replaced the Church of St Clements Way which was located on the other side of the railway, between Elizabeth Gardens and Churchfields. Saint Paul traditionally wrote 14 of the books of the New Testament. Although he . . . → Read More: St Pauls Road, Salisbury Both St Peters Close in Wilton and St Peters Road in Salisbury are part of estates where the road names are themed around saints. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia 1, there were twelve Saint Peters: # Sts. Peter Baptist – a 16th century Franciscan who died in Japan # St. Peter Chrysologus – Bishop of . . . → Read More: St Peters Close SP2, St Peters Road SP1 There are two Saint Teresas: St Therese of Lisieux Teresa of Avila St Therese of Lisieux St Therese of Lisieux was born Therese Martin in Alencon, France in 1873 and died at Lisieux in 1897. She entered the convent at Lisieux at the age of 15. She is best known for her autobiography, ‘The Story . . . → Read More: St Teresas Close SP1 St Thomas is one of the roads on the Bishopdown Farm estate which has been named in honour of a saint, or in this case in honour of one of a number of possible Saints. Wikipedia lists 20 Saint Thomases 1 (according to the Spectator2, the plural of Thomas is indeed Thomases – if Boris . . . → Read More: St Thomas Way SP1
Saint Thomas Church sign in Salisbury St Thomas’s Square is named after Thomas A Becket. It is next to the Church of Church of Saint Thomas A Becket, which pre-dates the Cathedral. It was largely rebuilt in the 15th Century, with much help from William Swayne, after whom both Swaynes Close and Swayne Road are . . . → Read More: St Thomas’s Square SP1 This is one of the roads on the Bishopdown Farm estate which has been named in honour of a saint. There are actually two Saint Ursulas – a West Country 4th Century saint, whose historical basis has been lost and an Austrian Polish 19th Century saint who was canonized as recently as 2005. St Ursula’s . . . → Read More: St Ursulas Close SP1 |
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