Old Sarum
Old Sarum is a suburb in Laverstock, Wiltshire, England and has about 987 residents. Old Sarum is situated nearby to the suburb Longhedge Village, as well as near the village Ford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Sarum and Old Sarum.
Old Sarum
Aerodrome
Photo: TabstheCat, Public domain.
Old Sarum Airfield is a grass strip airfield 2 nautical miles north-north-east of Salisbury, in Laverstock parish, Wiltshire, England. The adjacent areas are a mix of vacant land, residential and industrial sites.
Old Sarum
Archaeological site
Photo: MARKEDWARDS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the country.
Old Sarum Cathedral
Archaeological site
Photo: Bob Castle, Public domain.
Old Sarum Cathedral was a Catholic and Norman cathedral at old Salisbury, England, now known as Old Sarum, between 1092 and 1220. Only its foundations remain, in the north-west quadrant of the circular outer bailey of the site, about 2 miles north of its 13th-century replacement, Salisbury Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winterbourne Earls and Stratford-sub-Castle.
Winterbourne Earls
Village
Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winterbourne Earls is a village in Wiltshire, England. The village is in the Bourne valley on the A338 road, about 3.4 miles northeast of Salisbury. In 1931, the parish had a population of 242.
Stratford-sub-Castle
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stratford-sub-Castle in Wiltshire, England, was anciently a separate village and civil parish, but is now in Salisbury. At approximately 170 ft above sea level, it is dominated to the east by the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, within the boundaries of which a Norman castle was built.
Winterbourne Dauntsey
Village
Winterbourne Dauntsey is a village in Wiltshire, England, in the Bourne valley on the A338 road about 3.5 miles northeast of Salisbury. In 1931 the parish had a population of 176. Winterbourne Dauntsey is situated 1½ miles northeast of Old Sarum.
Old Sarum
- Type: Suburb with 987 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Laverstock, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.10179° or 51° 6′ 7″ northLongitude
-1.78574° or 1° 47′ 9″ westPopulation
987Elevation
249 feet (76 metres)Open location code
9C3W4627+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 9516177745OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2640995
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In Other Languages
From Middle English to Old English—“Old Sarum” goes by many names.
- Middle English (1100-1500): “Salisberie”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sarum”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Old Sarum and Longhedge Community Centre.
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