The North Walk is one of the roads within Salisbury Cathedral’s Close. Both North Street in Wilton and North Street in Salisbury are part of small groups of roads which ‘box the compass’ to some extent. So in Salisbury, North Street meets West Street, East Street and South Street at what used to be the . . . → Read More: North Walk, Salisbury, North Street, Salisbury and North Street, Wilton
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Oakway Road is to the north of Salisbury, near Pauls Dene Crescent. Oak Ash Green is in Wilton, off South Street. Oak Tree Field is on the way to Odstock, to the south of the city, near Salisbury District Hospital. I don’t know if any or all of these places are named in reference to . . . → Read More: Oakway Road, Salisbury, Oak Tree Field and Oak Ash Road, Wilton Olivier Close is on Bemerton Heath, to the North East of Salisbury. Olivier Road is in Wilton. My guess would be that both are related to the Olivier family, some of whom lived in Wilton. This is obviously more clear for the address in Wilton than it is for the one in Salisbury. Edith Olivier . . . → Read More: Olivier Road, Wilton and Olivier Close, Salisbury Parsonage Green in is Harnham, Parsonage Mead is in Wilton and Parsonage Close is in Stratford-sub-Castle. These are to the South, West and North of Salisbury respectively. The word ‘parson’ itself seems to have the same root as ‘person’. The Online Etymological Dictionary suggests it may be an abbreviation for ‘persona ecclesiae‘, meaning a ‘person . . . → Read More: Parsonage Green, Harnham, Parsonage Mead, Wilton and Parsonage Close, Stratford Pembroke Road in Salisbury and Pembroke Court in Wilton are, in all likelihood, named after the Earls of Pembroke – the Herbert family, who have owned Wilton House since the 16th century. The Herbert family represent the ’10th creation’ of the Earldom of Pembroke, that is to say, the line of Earls of Pembroke . . . → Read More: Pembroke Road, Salisbury and Pembroke Court, Wilton Pennys Lane, Wilton Pennys Lane in Wilton is probably named after somebody with the surname ‘Penny’. It’s a reasonable common name in the Salisbury area, and I think there is, or was, a large Penny family in the Wilton and Dinton area. Derivation of the surname ‘Penny’ My belief has always been that the surname . . . → Read More: Pennys Lane, Wilton 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 [↩] Queen Street in Salisbury runs along the Eastern edge of the Market Square. Queen Street 1950. Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith. Click on the photo to buy In 1348, it was part of the original High Street, which comprised Endless Street, Queen Street, Catherine Street and Exeter Street 1. The current High Street was . . . → Read More: Queen Street, Salisbury and Queen Street, Wilton Meaning of ‘Rambridge’ I’ve not found any online derivation of ‘Rambridge’. Rambridge is a surname, as per the section below on J. Sidney Rambridge. I would guess that it’s likely that the surname is derived from a place, or more specifically from a specific bridge. There was a Rambridge House near Andover 1, . . . → Read More: Rambridge Crescent SP2 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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