Salisbury houses [28]
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Salisbury houses [28]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 31 Dec 2019
Alongside South or Harnham Gate are numbers 72 and 73 The Close. Number 72, nearest the camera, is 17th century, altered in the 19th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1240553 Number 73 is 17th century and is listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1023634 A cathedral was established at the Iron Age hillfort of Old Sarum by the Normans. In 1220 the cathedral was removed to the nearby plain and New Sarum (Salisbury) grew up around it, receiving a city charter in 1227. Located at the confluence of five rivers (Avon, Nadder, Ebble, Wylye and Bourne) the city is prone to flooding. Traffic between the ports of Southampton and Bristol, passes around the city's ring-road via the A36 causing much congestion.
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