HARNAM, EAST and WEST, (Wiltshire) near Sarum. Its Bp. Rich. Poor, having obtained of Hen. III. at the incorporation of
New-Sarum, that, for the benefit of the said city, they change and remove the ways and bridges leading to it, &c. Robt.
Bingham, his next successor, built that stately bridge over the Avon, called Harnam-Bridge, anno 1245; which brought the
great western road this way, whereby Wilton decayed, and Salisbury throve every day.