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A new blue plaque will be unveiled today by the Salisbury Civic Society. The plaque is to honour the author Dorothy L Sayers, who was at the Godolphin School from 1909 until 1911. She doesn’t seem to have had the happiest time in Salisbury – she had a severe case of measles and was ‘near . . . → Read More: Dorothy L Sayers in Salisbury London to Salisbury part 2 – Wimbledon to Woking This the second exciting instalment of my guide to the train journey from London to Salisbury. Truth to tell, this is probably the section of the journey I know least about. I’m going to add in a couple of sentences about Mercedes-Benz and the racecourse (is . . . → Read More: From London to Salisbury by Train – part two John Milton Milton Road is in the south of Salisbury, close to the Bournemouth Road. I’m not sure whether the area might be considered to be in Harnham or in Britford – perhaps it’s neither. Milton Road, Salisbury is named after John Milton I think that Burford Road, which is in the same area, . . . → Read More: Milton Road, Salisbury Moberly Road is to the north of Salisbury, just outside the ring road, and directly off from Castle Road. It is named after George Moberly, who was the Bishop of Salisbury from 1869 until his death in 1885. It is close to other roads which are also named after Bishops: Hamilton Road, which is probably . . . → Read More: Moberly Road, Salisbury Netherhampton Road is to the south of Salisbury, running between Harnham and Netherhampton itself. The word ‘Netherhampton’ is derived from two Old English ‘neotherra‘, meaning lower and ‘hamtun‘ meaning settlement 1. I have also read 2 that the ‘ham‘ means a ‘bend in the river’, but I’m not not sure this fits the geography. There’s . . . → Read More: Netherhampton Road, Salisbury 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 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 Rutherfurd Walk is the small gap between Reeve The Baker and the Guildhall. It has the Market Place at one end and Ox Row1 at the other. This passageway has probably existed since the ‘new’ Guildhall was built in 1795, but it was only named in April 20052. It is named after Edward Rutherfurd, as . . . → Read More: Rutherfurd Walk, Salisbury Shakespeare and Shelley Shelley Road is probably named after the poet Percy Shelley. Although there are no other roads named after poets other than Shakespeare represented in this area, all the other roads are themed around Shakespeare . It doesn’t seem too great a jump from Shakespeare to another famous English poet, Shelley. England in . . . → Read More: Shelley Drive SP1 
Vanessa Avenue is in Laverstock, on the ‘Pebbledash Estate’ which also includes Napier Crescent and Linden Close. The pebble-dashed estate is one of a couple of estates in Salisbury (the other being Fugglestone Red) where the road names seem to have no theme or connection with each other at all – or at least none . . . → Read More: Vanessa Avenue, Laverstock |
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