 West Harnham civil parish was established in 1904, gaining part of East Harnham.In 1927 its urban part was transferred to Salisbury, and in 1934 the remainder was transferred to Netherhampton.Harnham is a suburb in the southwest of Salisbury and is linked to the city by road via the Ayleswade Bridge in East Harnham, originally built across the Avon in 1244, and by foot via the Town Path across the "historic and important landscape" of the Harnham Water Meadows in West Harnham.