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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Schools SCHOOLS The history of elementary education in Salisbury can be divided into 3 phases: before 1890, from … In 1859, it was stated that a Roman Catholic school formerly held in connexion with the chapel in Exeter Street … 3 or 4 rooms. Its maintenance and repair were incumbent upon the minister and churchwardens of the parish, and, in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… OF THE CITY The first common seal of the city is round, 2 in., and depicts the Virgin, crowned, seated on a castle with side-towers, a sceptre in her right hand and the Child on her left arm. Behind are 2 … given to make a new 'die' of the corporation arms based upon the city arms as registered in 1565, i.e. barry of 8. 9 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… LIFE Little can be said about social and intellectual life in Salisbury before the beginning of the 18th century; but … peaceful political conditions of this period there grew up in Salisbury, as in other cities, a number of cultural, especially musical, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… parish ST. EDMUND'S PARISH. This parish, which was in area the largest of the medieval parishes, took in most of … no further than Bedwin Street. The weavers' company formerly had their hall in Endless Street until 1784, when … of a triangular piece of ground between the present London Road and the city rampart which, together with the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… parish ST. MARTIN'S PARISH. This was the oldest parish in the city, being in existence before the foundation of New … and property was described as being 'in Winchester Street upon the ditch' 5 or 'in Winchester Street by the bars', 6 … called the Friary, reached by a lane called Friary Lane, formerly Freren Street 45 or Bugmore Lane. In the angle …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… land near St. Martin's church. The parish as defined in 1269 included in the north the houses on the west side of … and the south end of the west side of Minster Street back upon the churchyard, and, although some have been much … on pillars. It was built by William Hussey c. 175158 and formerly called the Hall; 29 in 1960 it was used as an annexe …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… expansion of the city; Milford THE EXPANSION OF THE CITY. In the early 19th century Salisbury still lay largely within … time they were built. Those in Glenmore Road adjoin the London Road cemetery, and were probably built soon after it … by 12834. 51 Meadows called Morewyne Mead, Long Mead and Ham Mead lay adjoining the Avon in the 14th century, 52 and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The liberty of the close THE LIBERTY OF THE CLOSE. In contrast to the earlier cramped site upon the hill, the Close, laid out in 1220, was planned on an ambitious scale. Its area of over …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Salisbury The market place THE MARKET PLACE. The market in New Salisbury was probably first held near the early … Row and Ox Row probably represent successive encroachments upon the Market Place. Butcher Row is mentioned in the early … 1/1/8, 1307. Shortt, Salisbury, 89 and pl. 35; Illustrated London News, 26 March 1853, and see pl. facing p. 138. Sar. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… some such form. The inaccuracy is supposed to have arisen in the following way. In medieval scribal practice words suspended at a letter, the … 17 The word also appears in leonine verses inscribed upon the brass at Wanborough commemorating Thomas and Edith …