Content derived from research undertaken as part of the Victoria County History project
First cathedral was built between 1075 & 1092 by the Bishop Osmond a larger building was on the site circa 1120.
Old Sarum in Wiltshire is well known as notorious rotten borough pre the 1832 reform act.
The railway through Salisbury served different areas: the local market (the Market house line & the Bishopstoke line) the area around Salisbury
Salisbury had markets on Tuesdays and Saturdays between 1361 and 1960; there was no market on the other four to encourage trade in Old Sarum and Wi
