Salisbury

Salisbury (pronounced 'Solsbree' or 'Sauls-bree') is a small cathedral city in Wiltshire, England. It is the main town in the Salisbury district.

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The city's origins go back to the Iron Age, and the Romans called it "Sorviodunum". There was a battle between the West Saxons and the Britons here, after which the place was called "Searoburh". The Normans built a castle and called it "Searesbyrig" or "Seresberi". By 1086, in the Domesday Book, it was called "Salesberie". The site of the castle is now known as Old Sarum and is uninhabited. The bury element is a form of borough, which has cognates in words and place names in virtually every Indo-European and Semitic language, as well as others. For a fuller explanation, see under borough.

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Wiltshire: Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. Considered as a ceremonial county, it is landlocked and borders the counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and contains the unitary authority of Swindon. The county town is Trowbridge, si...

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The North Porch of Salisbury Cathedral circa 1796	The London to Exeter Royal Mail Passing Through Salisbury 1895	The Effigy of John de Montacute Depicted in Full Armour: in Salisbury Cathedral	Yews in the Old Yews Wood Earl of Radnor's Estate Near Salisbury
Henry VI Act II Scene II: Richard of York Asserts His Rights to the Crown of York and Salisbury