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Exeter Street, SALISBURY, SP1 2SF

This pair of houses at numbers 111 and 112 Exeter Street is early 19th century and is listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1023663 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.

Looking northward, towards the heart of the city, along Exeter Street past this Elizabeth II-reign 'lamp box', a design more readily found hugging telegraph poles or mounted on a metal post. This one is set into a wall and is emptied finally at 4:30 on weekday afternoons and at noon on Saturdays.

Various styles and ages in this terrace of houses.

The soft stone and perhaps a few impacts have caused this cutmark to become rather damaged. See http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm44370 for the entry in the Benchmark Database, and Image] for a wider view.

Salisbury Cathedral School has a number of entrances, this being one that leads directly onto Exeter Street. A benchmark can still just about be spotted on the righthand pillar - see Image

A fine four storey in Exeter Street.

Part of Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School. The church tower belongs to St Osmunds Catholic Church.

At junction Exeter Street & Carmelite Way. According to a plaque, these almshouses were originally built for 6 poor widows in 1519, and rebuilt in 1780; the present building looks at least a hundred years younger. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41807#s3

Thomas Brickett, a former mayor, built five almshouses at the junction of Exeter Street and Carmelite Way in 1534. They were rebuilt in 1780 and again in 1894. Another view of the almshouses is at Image 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.