Old Sarum Cathedral

Old Sarum Cathedral was a Catholic cathedral at old Salisbury, England, now known as , 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, .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Grade I listed former cathedral in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Old Sarum cathedral ruins”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Sarum and St Lawrence, Stratford-sub-Castle.

Archaeological site
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, in , , is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of . 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. is situated 480 feet southeast of Old Sarum Cathedral.

Church
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St Lawrence's Church at is a 13th-century Grade I listed Church of England parish church, to the north of , Wiltshire, England. is situated 2,100 feet west of Old Sarum Cathedral.

Restaurant
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is a restaurant, which is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Old Sarum Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stratford-sub-Castle and Bemerton.

Village
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in , England, was anciently a separate village and civil parish, but is now in . 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.

Suburb
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, once a rural hamlet and later a civil parish to the west of , in , England, is now a suburb of that city. Modern-day has areas known as Heath, Village and Lower .

Village
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is a village in , England. The village is in the Bourne valley on the A338 road, about 3.4 miles northeast of . In 1931, the parish had a population of 242. is situated 2½ miles east of Old Sarum Cathedral.

Old Sarum Cathedral

Latitude
51.09422° or 51° 5′ 39″ north
Longitude
-1.8064° or 1° 48′ 23″ west
Open location code
9C3W35VV+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 117091659
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q3663693
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Old Sarum Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Old Sarum Cathedral”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه ساروم القديمه”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Old Sarum”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Old Sarum”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Old Sarum”
  • Turkish: “Old Sarum Katedrali”

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Highlights include Postern Gate and Tower above Postern.

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