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Greyhound Lane is in the centre of Wilton. It’s probably named after the Greyhound pub which is close by, in the Market Place. In times gone by, when many people couldn’t read, pubs were often named after things that could be visually depicted in a distinctive way – for example ‘Cross Keys’, ‘Red . . . → Read More: Greyhound Lane, Wilton 
Grovely View is in Wilton, close to South Street. Grovely Woods Grovely View is named after Grovely Wood which is nearby. Grovely Woods cover an area of several square miles. According to the ‘Historic Landscapes’ website: The underlying geology is chalk but the woodlands are found on the clay with flints which lies above the . . . → Read More: Grovely View, Wilton 
Hare Warren Close is in Wilton. Hare Warren itself is the name of a yew forest on the Race Plain. The ‘Ancient Yew Group’ website says that: Hare Warren is a 300 acre wood in southern Wiltshire and grows along the north side of the chalk escarpment that separates the Nadder and Ebble rivers . . . → Read More: Hare Warren Close, Wilton Kingsway Trading Estate is on the outskirts of Wilton, just off the A36. The trading estate is named after ‘the Kingsway’, which runs close to the southern edge of the estate. [geolocation] I believe the Kingsway is named after the route taken by King Charles II when he was trying to escape the Roundheads . . . → Read More: Kingsway Trading Estate, Wilton King Street is on the north east edge of Wilton – it’s part of the A36. Kings Road, in contrast, is a fairly quiet ‘L’ shaped road which forms a square with Marlborough Road and Wyndham Road. Kings Gate is just off from King Street in Wilton. Wilton’s King Street Wilton’s King Street could be . . . → Read More: King Street, Wilton, Kings Road Salisbury, and Kings Gate, Wilton Lampard Terrace is in Wilton, close to Seagrim Road. This is appropriate because Sarah Lampard and William Seagrim both left money to Wilton Free School 1 There is also a reference to both “Sarah Lampard’s Charity” and “William Seagrim’s Charity” in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives Catalogue Other than that I don’t know anything . . . → Read More: Lampard Terrace, Wilton There are four road names which begin with the word ‘Lower’, two of which are actually called ‘Lower Road’. The five are: Lower Folly in Wilton Lower Road in Britford Lower Road between Bemerton and Quidhampton Lower Street in Harnham.htmlBoth Lower Folly and Lower Street have corresponding ‘Upper’ versions of their names. The ‘Folly’ . . . → Read More: Lower Roads in Salisbury, Quidhampton and Britford and Lower Folly Wilton Maplecroft is on the ‘Ridings Mead’ estate, to the south of the city centre. Maple Crescent is in the Fugglestone area on the east of Wilton. Maples come in many different varieties. The sugar maple is tapped to make maple syrup. The maple leaf is featured in the flag of Canada. It has been a . . . → Read More: Maplecroft, Salisbury and Maple Crescent, Wilton Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith. The Market Place, in the centre of Wilton, could be said to date from ‘time immemorial’. Edward I (king from 1272 until 1307) referred to a charter for a market in Wilton having been granted by his ‘ancestors’. (1) The market was a significant part of the economy . . . → Read More: Market Place, Wilton Minster Street is in the centre of Salisbury. It runs from the Poultry Cross to the Cheesemarket, or to put it another way, from the junction of Blue Boar Row and Castle Street to the junction of Silver Street and Butcher Row. It runs closely parallel with the Eastern edge of the grounds of the . . . → Read More: Minster Street, Salisbury and Minster Street, Wilton |
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