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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 The derivation of the Wilton Rawlence Road is probably the Rawlence family who lived in Wilton. I have found several mentions of Rawlences who have lived in the area. James Rawlence Thepeerage.com lists both James Edward Rawlence ‘who lived at The Chantry, Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England’ and his son, Leonard Curtis Rawlence who died on . . . → Read More: Rawlence Road, Salisbury and Rawlence Road, Wilton Saint Andrews Church in Laverstock The three roads dedicated to Saint Andrew are in different parts of the Salisbury area. St Andrews in Laverstock St Andrews in Laverstock is named after Saint Andrew’s Church in Church Road, Laverstock, which is nearby. Part of St Andrews is also alongside the village hall, which I think . . . → Read More: St Andrews SP1, St Andrews Close SP2, St Andrews Road SP2 Saint Ediths Close, in Wilton, is most likely to be named after Saint Edith of Wilton. She was the great-granddaughter of Alfred the Great, and daughter of King Edgar the Peaceful. . . . → Read More: St Ediths Close, Wilton The roads dedicated to Saint John are in Wilton, Milford and the centre of Salisbury. Saint John Street runs between Catherine Street and Exeter Street, Saint Johns Close is on a relatively new – possibly 1980s – estate in Milford, and Saint Johns Court and Saint Johns Square are in the same next to each . . . → Read More: St John St SP1, St Johns Close SP1, St Johns Court SP2, St Johns Square SP2 Seagrim Road was perhaps named after William Seagrim, or his family, who endowed Wilton Free School with £25 in 1840. The school was closed in 1923. 1 Footnotes‘Wilton – Schools and charities | British History Online‘, A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 6 (1962), pp. 33-36. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41772. Date accessed: 11 July 2008. . . . → Read More: Seagrim Road SP2 According to ‘A History of the County of Wiltshire’ (1), Silver Street was previously called Old Poultry (in 1424), and then Poultry Street alias Minster Street (in 1549). ‘Poultry’ would be a reference to the poultry market, which also gives its name to the Poultry Cross, which is at the southern end of Silver . . . → Read More: Silver Street Salisbury SP1, Silver Street Wilton SP2 As with South Street in Salisbury, another crossroads, this one in Wilton. The Wilton crossroads only has South, North and West Streets. An avenue is a road which has trees on either side. It typically brings to mind (at least, it typically brings to my mind) a city street that has been decoratively planted with trees at regular intervals, but ‘The Avenue’ near Wilton is mainly rural. It leads from the crossroads with Devizes Road and ‘Snakey . . . → Read More: The Avenue Wilton SP2 |
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