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Mitchell Road is on the Churchfields Industrial Estate, which is to the West of the centre of Salisbury. Most of the roads on the Churchfields estate are named after scientists or enigineers, of varying levels of fame (e.g. Smeaton Road, Watt Road and Telford Road). I’m not entirely sure who Mitchell Road is named after. . . . → Read More: Mitchell Road, Salisbury 
Mizmaze Hill is a name that is no longer much used. As far as I’m aware it has never been used as the name of a road, but it was the name of the hill at the Salisbury end of Bishopdown, where roads such as Ridgeway Road, Wordsworth Road and Moberly Road are now. The . . . → Read More: Mizmaze Hill, Salisbury Munks Close is in Harnham, which is a village or suburb to the south of Salisbury. I’m afraid I don’t know why it is called Munks Close – it could perhaps be named after someone called Munk. If you have a better idea, please leave a comment. Visiting Salisbury? For accommodation, see . . . → Read More: Munks Close, Harnham Napier Crescent is in Laverstock, which is a village a mile to the west of Salisbury city centre. It’s on an estate built by a developer called Ford, or perhaps Fforde, in about 1964. It’s often referred to as ‘the pebbledash estate’. I have no idea why it’s called Napier Crescent. This is particularly irritating . . . → Read More: Napier Crescent, Laverstock Neal Close is on the Bishopdown Farm estate, in the north east outskirts of the city of Salisbury. I’m afraid I don’t know the reason why it’s called Neal Close. There are a number of roads in the area which are, I think, surnames but I can’t see any link between them. The name ‘Neal’ . . . → Read More: Neal Close, Salisbury Northleigh Terrace is in Wilton, which is a small town to the west of Salisbury. I don’t know why it is called Northleigh Terrace. There is a Northleigh in Devon, near Colyton and a ‘North Leigh’ in Oxfordshire, but I don’t know of any connection to Wilton. Visiting Salisbury? For accommodation, see . . . → Read More: Northleigh Terrace, Wilton Norton Drive is in Ford – a small village to the north of Salisbury. Norton Enterprise Park is an area within Churchfields Industrial Estate which is on the west of the city. The Enterprise Park opened in 2001. 1 I don’t know why either is so named, I’m afraid. There is a town called . . . → Read More: Norton Drive, Ford and Norton Entreprise Park, Salisbury Nuggs, Salisbury This name is no longer used, and I’m not sure exactly where in Salisbury the road or area was, but ‘A History of the County of Wiltshire says that, as with Rollestone another group of houses nearby, probably built or owned by the Nug or le Nugghe family, had become known as . . . → Read More: Nuggeston, Salisbury Philip Court in Salisbury is best known as being the name and location of an old people’s sheltered accommodation scheme. 1 Philip Road is to the north of Wilton. I’m afraid I’m can’t see any likely derivation for either name. FootnotesSalisbury District Council | Philip Court, Coronation Road [↩] Randalls Croft Road in Wilton is possibly named after the Randall family, who were ‘leading clothiers’ in the early 19th century 1. Coincidentally, I assume, there is also a comic character called ‘Randall Croft’ 2. View Larger Map FootnotesWilton – Industry since c.1500 | British History Online [↩]Death Master (Night Raven foe) . . . → Read More: Randalls Croft Road, Wilton |
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