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    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...
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    Old Sarum Cathedral was a Catholic and Norman cathedral at old Salisbury, now known as Old Sarum, between 1092 and 1220. Only its foundations remain, in...
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    Old Sarum Airfield (ICAO: EGLS) is a grass strip airfield 2 nautical miles (4 km; 2 mi) north-north-east of Salisbury, in Laverstock parish, Wiltshire...
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    Salisbury (redirect from New Sarum)
    Salisbury Plain. An ancient cathedral was north of the present city at Old Sarum. A new cathedral was built near the meeting of the rivers and a settlement...
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    Old Sarum Castle, formerly known as Seresberi Castle, is an 11th century motte-and-bailey castle built in Old Sarum, Wiltshire. It was originally built...
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    Old Sarum was from 1295 to 1832 a parliamentary constituency of England (until 1707), of Great Britain (until 1800), and finally of the United Kingdom...
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  • Sarum (also titled Sarum: The Novel of England) is a work of historical fiction by Edward Rutherfurd, first published in 1987. It is Rutherfurd's literary...
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    industry moved away. In the 12th century Old Sarum had been a busy cathedral city, reliant on the wealth expended by Sarum Cathedral within its city precincts...
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    The Use of Sarum (or Use of Salisbury, also known as the Sarum Rite) is the liturgical use of the Latin rites developed at Salisbury Cathedral and used...
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    51°04′01″N 1°47′53″W / 51.067°N 1.798°W / 51.067; -1.798 Old Sarum Way is a 32-mile (51 km) long-distance footpath in Wiltshire, England that forms...
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  • Sarum may refer to: either of two cities in Wiltshire, England: Salisbury formerly New Sarum Salisbury Cathedral Old Sarum, the ruins of old Salisbury...
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    the former manor of Milford, the area near the ancient settlement of Old Sarum, and part of the Hampton Park district on the edge of Salisbury. Laverstock...
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    Lord Chancellor (c. 1070–1078) and as the second bishop of Salisbury, or Old Sarum. Osmund, a native of Normandy, accompanied William, Duke of Normandy to...
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    Montgomerie, Hawley participated in the first major excavations of the Old Sarum hillfort between 1909 and 1915. These digs were organized by the Society...
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    at the now-abandoned site of Old Sarum, on a hill about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the present-day cathedral. Old Sarum Cathedral was built in the years...
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    Site zone of Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites, followed by the Old Sarum knoll fortification and the Thornham Down prehistoric and medieval landscape...
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    Museum, Carlisle Airport, Cumbria. XX734 Jaguar GR1 at BDAC Old Sarum Airfield Museum, Old Sarum, Wiltshire XX741 Jaguar GR1A is in taxiable condition at...
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  • Gewisse (category Pages with Old English IPA)
    that the Gewisse had origins among the ancient Britons at Cair-Caratauc (Old Sarum) in Wiltshire. According to Saxon folklore, the Gewisse were the founders...
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    Thomas Pitt (category Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Old Sarum)
    buy the manor of Stratford, Wiltshire and its surrounding borough of Old Sarum. With that acquisition he gained a seat in the House of Commons, as it...
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    uniting the two dioceses. In 1075 he obtained approval to move the see to Old Sarum. Disputes between the bishops Herbert and Richard Poore and the sheriffs...
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    in the West Country, controlling seats such as the rotten borough of Old Sarum. William's father was Robert Pitt (1680–1727), the eldest son of Governor...
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  • Robert Nedham (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Old Sarum)
    politician who sat in the House of Commons for the rotten borough of Old Sarum from 1734 to 1741. Robert Nedham was the son of Robert Nedham, a slave...
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    Stonehenge (category Articles containing Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text)
    During the 1920 restoration, William Hawley, who had excavated nearby Old Sarum, excavated the base of six stones and the outer ditch. He also located...
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    Abbey Maud Heath's Causeway, near Chippenham Mompesson House, Salisbury Old Sarum, the site of the former cathedral Philipps House & Dinton Park Richard...
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    519, intending to cross the River Avon and block a road which connected Old Sarum and Badbury Rings, a British stronghold. The battle appears to have ended...
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    quarry closed during World War II. Now regenerated as a language centre. Old Sarum, England – population moved to nearby Salisbury in the 13th and 14th centuries...
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    1561 and (with cuts) in 1562. He was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum in the parliament called in 1549, but did not serve the entire term. On...
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    origins of the name are disputed. The likely etymology of the hill is from the Old English 'Calde burgh' or 'Cold Fort' in 1296, which later became 'Mount Carbone'...
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    Hampshire (redirect from Old Hampshire)
    Dobunnorum, modern Cirencester, and Old Sarum respectively. Other roads connected Venta Belgarum with Old Sarum, Wickham and Clausentum. A road presumed...
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    constituencies), while small boroughs, known as rotten or pocket boroughs—such as Old Sarum with just seven voters—elected two members of Parliament each. Often,...
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