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Hathaway Close is in Stratford-sub-Castle, which is to the north of Salisbury. Hathaway Close, Shakespeare and Stratford Hathaway Close is probably named after Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare. Other roads in the area are named in reference to Shakespeare – Verona Road, Shakespeare Road, and Warwick Close1. I’ve always assumed this is a . . . → Read More: Hathaway Close, Stratford-sub-Castle Neville Close was named after Robert Neville, who was Bishop of Salisbury from 1427 to 1438 1. Neville Close is on Bishopdown, which is to the north east of Salisbury. Many of the roads in the area are named after other Bishops (2) in reference to the name ‘Bishopdown’. Visiting Salisbury? For . . . → Read More: Neville Close, Salisbury The derivation of the name of ‘Shakespeare Road’ is that it is in the village of Stratford-sub-Castle and William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. The Salisbury Stratford is actually on the Avon (although a different Avon), but was named instead in reference to the fact that it is physically below (‘sub‘) Old Sarum (the ‘castle‘). Verona Road in Stratford – one of Salisbury’s northern suburbs. It would be named after the play ‘The Two Gentleman of Verona’. The roads in this area, are all named with references to the works of Shakespeare, as a sort of pun on the name of the village Stratford. Although Salisbury’s Stratford is . . . → Read More: Verona Road, Salisbury One of the Shakespeare related street names in Stratford sub Castle. The Earl of Warwick is a charactor in Henry VI |
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