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SalisburyEngland Salisbury (pronounced 'Solsbree' or 'Sauls-bree') is a small cathedral city in Wiltshire, England. It is the main town in the Salisbury district. History The city's origins go back to the Iron Age, and the Romans called it "Sorviodunum". There was a battle between the West Saxons and the Britons here, after which the place was called "Searoburh". The Normans built a castle and called it "Searesbyrig" or "Seresberi". By 1086, in the Doomesday Book, it was called "Salesberie". The site of the castle is now known as Old Sarum and is uninhabited. The bury element is a form of borough, which has cognates in words and place names in virtually every Indo-European and Semitic language, as well as others. With a modern day population of approximately 44,450 (Wiltshire County Council estimate, 2004), the location is ideal for settlement. The cathedral's library contains the best surviving of the four remaining copies of the Magna Carta. In 1386, a large mechanical clock was installed at Salisbury Cathedral. It is the oldest surviving mechanical clock in Britain and probably anywhere. The novel Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd, is an imaginary retelling of the history of Salisbury. Salisbury holds a market on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and an annual funfair (the Sloe Fair) in October. There is an ancient law stating that the fair can move to Cathedral close. Salisbury is also a key centre of the art community, with many galleries situated in the city centre. Famous artists such as Bill Toop are locals in the area, and renowned impressionists such as John Constable and Monet have travelled from afar to paint the divine cathedral and the grounds. Salisbury's annual International Arts Festival, held in late May to early June, provides a varied programme of theatre, live music, dance, public sculpture, street performance and art exhibitions. A key venue is the charming Salisbury Arts Centre located in St Edmund's Church, which re-opened in May 2005 following a makeover and expansion. It has two flexible performance areas, multimedia facilities, a resident potter, beautiful gothic stained glass windows and a modern bar. External links
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (see Copyrights for details). About Wikipedia Disclaimers This information was correct in November 2005. E. & O.E. Sarolta and I visited this place during our trip around the British Isles in 1978. Sarolta and I visited this place during our trip around the British Isles in 1978. Hui Chin and I spent some time looking around and dodging rain in Salisbury during our trip around England in 2006. We must have chosen a very bad time, it was raining most of the time during our stay. While in town we wanted to see our email messages as we had a few things going on in our absence in New Zealand. Walking around town for hours from doorway to doorway trying not to get soaking wet, - which I think we were already but you can't help your instinct - we couldn't find any place we could have internet access. So we started asking around, without much success at first, until we stumbled on a nice Chinese lady, who told us, that there's a Public Library in town and we could use their computers. Without trying to explain to us where to go, she told us to follow her and she will take us there, and she even asked at the counter, just to make sure and waited until we sat down to one of the machines, before she said 'goodbye' to us. Thank you very much, kind Chinese Lady, I hope you may read this one day. God bless you and your family. Thanks. P.S. Come to think of it, I am fortunate enough, - my grateful thanks to my God - to galavent around with my wife, a Singaporean Chinese lady and here and also in Birmingham recent Chinese immigrants volunteered their help to find what we were looking for. Thanks again you kind, helpful people. God bless you.
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