A rare 13th-century Bible could return to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral more than 700 years after it was written
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Stratford sub Castle Village Website
Salisbury, Wiltshire UK
A fundraising campaign has been launched to enable a rare 13th century Bible to be returned to Salisbury Cathedral. Friends of the...
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Oct 22
This website as an academic resource
Members of the Stratford Local History Group will be interested to know that two contributions from Kerry O'Connor that are included in...
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Jul 27
Salisbury Museum Festival of Archaeology Sat 27 - Sun 28 July
The Festival of Archaeology is THIS WEEKEND! The Museum will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am - 5 pm. There will be talks,...
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Jul 5
'Tales of Two Cities' book launch
'Tales of Two Cities: Settlement and Suburb in Old Sarum and Salisbury’ a multi authored book brings together the expertise of Alex...
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Jul 5
Grand Opening of new galleries at Salisbury Museum
On Saturday 13 July from 10 am until 5 pm the public will be admitted free of charge to view the new galleries. When Adrian Green,...
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May 9
New Hole is being looked into
UPDATE: the hole has been filled in but the fencing around it remains. Original News story 9 April 2024 A hole has appeared in the...
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Mar 15
'The city in the castle and the castle in the city' lecture by Alex Langlands - listen again
We learned that the title of the lecture 'The City in the Castle and the Castle in the City' has been attributed to Henry of Avranches...
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Feb 14
Mawarden Court in 1805
If you were at the Guild talk* in the Reading Room this evening, 14 February, you will have heard David Richards refer to Mawarden Court,...
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Aug 16, 2023
US Army Air Forces (USAAF) Photographic Reconnaissance units photos from 1943-4
As announced by the BBC this morning, 3,600 aerial photos taken by the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) Photographic Reconnaissance units in...
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Aug 11, 2023
Archaeologists return
Updated news from the Old Sarum Landscapes Project team Today Dr Kris Strutt posted an update on X (formerly known as Twitter), about the...
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Jul 29, 2023
Hedging our Best
Dutch Elm disease wrought havoc on elms in copses and woods. Survivors are often solitary trees in hedgerows that kept socially distanced...
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Jul 17, 2023
History Group looks back to Stratford sub Castle in 1649
In the mid 17thC Parliament set about selling off Crown and Church Lands. To do so they drew up surveys detailing buildings and lands....
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Jun 11, 2023
Route of Roman Road through Stratford is visible again
This route was the subject of an Old Sarum Landscapes Project survey in 2019. Details here: https://www.stratfordsubcastle.org.uk/oslp-ro...
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May 23, 2023
The Long History of Old Sarum
The website is delighted to include in its History section a reformatted version of 'A Long History Of Old Sarum' with the kind consent...
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Mar 17, 2023
Service trees in north Wiltshire have a connection to Old Sarum
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust last week announced the purchase of Great Wood near Grittenham and near the M4, 71 acres of ancient woodland and...
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