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Old Sarum

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Old Sarum , site of a former city, Wiltshire, S England, just N of Salisbury (New Sarum). Excavations in the old settlement's mound have revealed remains of an ancient British camp, the Roman station Sorbiodunum, and a later Saxon then Norman town. The bishopric, moved to Old Sarum from Sherborne in 1075, was transferred to Salisbury in 1220. Old Sarum's cathedral was torn down and parts of it were used in the construction of the cathedral at Salisbury. At Old Sarum the Use of Sarum, a ritual adopted in S England, was compiled. Old Sarum was an important city until strife between the men of... Read more
Sarum, Old
A Dictionary of British Place-Names Sarum, Old Wilts., see Salisbury . Read more
Old Sarum
A Dictionary of British History Old Sarum was the original site of the city of Salisbury, abandoned in 1220 for the situation closer to the river Avon. By Tudor times it was totally deserted. It continued to return two members of Parliament until 1832 and became a symbol of the old regime. Read more

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Big crowd heading for old sarum
Newspaper article from: Herald Express (Torquay UK); 1/17/2008; 104 words ; ...expected to take one of their biggest away crowds of the season so far to the Raymond McEnhill Stadium. The ground, in Old Sarum north of the city, can take 1,200 away fans at a push, so everyone should get in OK. Admission is pounds10 for adults... Read more
Devon get a beating at the foot of old sarum
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 6/2/2007; 425 words ; Devon met Middlesex in the quarter-final of the English U-175 Inter-County Championship at the foot of Old Sarum, outside Salisbury. Middlesex outgraded their opponents by an average of almost ten points per board, and while in any one game... Read more
The absolute spirit comes to Old Sarum: Hegel on the English Reform Bill. (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)
Magazine article from: CLIO; 3/22/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...typified in the reformers' minds by the notorious borough of Old Sarum, a town north of Salisbury unpopulated since the Middle Ages...industrial towns, some of which returned no members at all under the old representational system. The right to vote in all the boroughs... Read more
Stonehenge saga // `Sarum' a monumental tale of England over the centuries
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/6/1987; ; 700+ words ; Sarum, by Edward Rutherfurd (Crown, $19.95) is subtitled "The Novel of England," and that's what it is, in several senses of the...in a helicopter to help launch an appeal to restore a crumbling architectural monument. The sight of that would have given old Hwll a nasty turn, we think, and as we think it, we ... Read more
The Sarum Orchestra unveils Stari Most at Salisbury Cathedral
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 11/1/2008; ; 349 words ; ...reminder of the human impact of war. Performed by Salisbury's superb Sarum Orchestra directed by the ever-masterly Howard Moody, the orchestra...side of the religious and geographical divide symbolized by the old bridge, composer Richard Chew, together with his librettist Peter... Read more
Ex-saints legend making more history at sarum ; Like histon, who beat them to the Conference South title last season, Salisbury City have made an impressively good fist of their first-ever tilt at Conference football.
Newspaper article from: Herald Express (Torquay UK); 1/18/2008; 477 words ; ...Saturday. The regular full-backs, both highly experienced, are Jon Bass (Birmingham, Hartlepool, Bristol Rovers) and 33-year-old Matt Robinson, who's played more than 400 games for Southampton, Portsmouth, Reading, Oxford and Forest Green. The longest-serving... Read more
Plans to reinvent grand square shortlisted to six ; Six specialist companies including two from the West have been shortlisted to dramatically transform the flagging fortunes of one of Europe's largest and oldest medieval squares in a pounds3 million project.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 10/4/2008; 526 words ; ...of contemporary public realm within a historic setting." Ever since Henry II granted the late middle ages "new town" of New Sarum its charter to hold regular markets in 1227 it has been the hub of public life in the city which later became Salisbury. Over... Read more
STONEHENGE KING; 4,000-year-old grave unearthed.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 5/16/2002; 439 words ; Byline: GEOFFREY LAKEMAN A SKELETON 4,000 years old has been unearthed - and could be the King of Stonehenge...important. Dr Fitzpatrick added: He would have been quite old when he died and we know he had a dodgy left knee and a very...first unearthed the skull, but what made us realise it was an old burial ... Read more
How to cash in on your old home's rising value ...years after you sell it; Uplift clauses are a hot new trend in housing and more people are realising they can still cash in on past properties.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 8/22/2004; 700+ words ; Byline: ROSS CLARK You can't, as the old proverb goes, have your cake and eat it...property on sale with an uplift clause is Sarum Chase, a 13,000sq ft mock-Tudor mansion...Keyser, of FPD Savills, who is selling Sarum Chase. 'If the buyer develops the two-acre... Read more
WILLIAM PITT THE ELDER.
Magazine article from: History Review; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...patronage of others in order to get into parliament in 1735, 1741, 1747 and 1754. In the first two cases he was elected by Old Sarum, a family pocket borough with five voters. In 1747 he was elected for Seaford, a constituency substantially influenced... Read more

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