Old Sarum 🏰 First an Iron Age hillfort, later known as Sorviodunum in Roman Britain, and with evidence of an Anglo-Saxon settlement, Old Sarum’s story spans centuries. It was William the Conqueror, however, who transformed the site into a major English stronghold, where it played a key role during his reign. To clarify the cathedral history: the first, smaller cathedral was built in the late 11th century mostly under Bishop Osmund. In the 12th century under Bishops Roger until 1139 and then Joc

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