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Old Sarum (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 05 34 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.0937 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 48 10 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.8036 decimal degrees |
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Note: Notable for remains of Early Iron Age fort, Roman station, and Saxon and Norman town; cathedral was built by bishop Osmund 1078-1099, and razed in 1331 to provide spolia for Salisbury Cathedral; population was slowly lost to neighboring New Sarum (Salisbury). |
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| Old Sarum (preferred,C,V)
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| Searesbyrig (H,V)
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............ | named by Kenric in 552 AD |
| Sorviodunum (H,V)
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| Sorbiodunum (H,V)
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............ | name of Roman station on this site |
| Sorbiodoni (H,V)
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Old Sarum (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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first established as an ancient British fort; was slowly deserted by mid-19th cen. |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| episcopal see (H) |
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from 1075 (when the see was transferred from Sherbourne) until 1220 |
| fortification (H) |
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was a Roman fort |
| fort (H) |
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