A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Salisbury (or New Sarum). par. and mun. bor., city, and co. town of Wilts, on the Upper Avon, at confluence of the Bourne and the Nadder and Wiley, 28 miles W. of Winchester and 83 SW. of London by rail - mun. bor., 616 ac., pop. 14,792; parl. bor., pop. 16,435; 4 Banks, 4 newspapers. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. Salisbury dates from the beginning of the 13th century, when the see was transferred from Old Sarum to New Sarum. The cathedral, begun in 1220, and completed in 1258, is one of the finest specimens of Gothic architecture in the kingdom. The principal trade is in agricultural produce, and the cattle market is one of the largest in the west of England. The mfrs. include fine cutlery and steel goods, shoes, ropes, twine, haircloth, malting, and brewing. The woollen mfr. is extinct. William Pitt (1708-1778), first Earl of Chatham, was a native. Salisbury gives the title of marquis to the family of Cecil. It was made a free city by Henry III., and was incorporated by James I. It returns 1 member to Parliament; it returned 2 members from the time of Edward I. until 1885, when its parliamentary limits were extended.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "par. and mun. bor." (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | New Sarum CP Salisbury AD_City/Borough Wiltshire AncC |
| Place names: | NEW SARUM | SALISBURY | SALISBURY OR NEW SARUM |
| Place: | Salisbury |
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