158 Leland’s Journey through Wiltshire. 
And, as I remembre, Mr. Baynton! hath a place on this water, 
where his father was wont to dwelle. 
SALISBURY. [11. 88]. 
The toun of New-Saresbyri with the suburbes of Harnham Bridge 
and Fisschertoun, is 2 good miles in cumpace. 
vr. great arches in Harnham Bridge on the principale arme of 
Avon. iiij. litle arches in the bridge at Harnham over the lesser 
arme. [11. 135]. 
Ther be many fair streates in the Cite Saresbyri, and especially 
the High Streate, and the Castel Streate, so caullid because it lyith 
as a way to the castelle of Old Saresbyry. Al the streates, in a 
maner, of New Saresbyri hath litle streamelettes and armes derivyd 
out of Avon that rennith thorough them. 
The site of the very toun of Saresbyri and much ground therabout 
is playne and low, and as a pan or receyver of most parte of the 
water of Wyleshire.2 
The Market-place in Saresbyri is fair and large, and welle waterid 
with a renning stremelet ; in a corner of it is domus civica, no very 
curious pece of work, but strongly builded of stone. 
The market of Saresbyri is well servid of flesch ; but far better 
of fisch; for a great part of the principal fisch that is taken from 
Tamar to Hampton (Southampton) resortith to this toun. 
1 ‘‘Baynton.” Fallardestone, vulgo Falstone, now a farm house, formerly a 
noble old-fashioned house with moat, drawbridge, and high embattled walls, built 
of layers of stone and flint. It belonged in Edw. II. to Le Tablier; then, by 
an heiress, to Thomas de Benton. As stated in a former note, the Bayntons 
left it for Bromham near Devizes, which had fallen to them as representatives 
of Roche, upon the death of Richard Beauchamp, Lord St. Amand. 
2 The Salisbury ‘‘ Pan” receives water enough, without being reservoir to 
quite so large a district as Leland represents it. The drainage of the lower half 
of the county, certainly not more, comes to a point here. Bishop Douglas used 
to say, ‘‘ Salisbury is the sink of the Plain: the Close the sink of Salisbury : 
the Palace the sink of the Close.” Measures are in progress to correct this. 
3 Leland’s ‘‘ Domus Civica” must be the old Guildhall, of which there is a 
view in Hall’s Picturesque Mem. of Salisbury, woodcut 26, The old ‘ Council 
Chamber” (plate xxvii. in that work) was built chiefly of timber, and of 
the date of 1573, 30 years after his visit. 
