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Salisbury Cathedral by John Constable, ca. 1825 "Salisbury cathedral" (2018) by Stephan Wolf The cathedral is the subject of a famous painting by John Constable . As a gesture of appreciation for John Fisher , Bishop of Salisbury , who commissioned this painting, Constable included the bishop and his wife in the canvas (bottom left).
Edward Salisbury Field Jr. (February 28, 1878 – September 20, 1936) was an American author, playwright, artist, poet, and journalist. Biography [ edit ] He was born on February 28, 1878, in Indianapolis, Indiana , to Edward Salisbury and Sarah Mills Hubbard Field. [1]
Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in southern England covering 300 square miles (780 km 2). It is part of a system of chalk downlands throughout eastern and southern England formed by the rocks of the Chalk Group and largely lies within the county of Wiltshire , but stretches into Hampshire .
Statues. There are 79 figures on the Great West Front. 7 are from the 14th century, of which two were modified in the mid-18th century. [1] 63 were installed between 1867 and around 1871 from the workshops of James Redfern. [2] 5 were installed in the 20th century. 4 were installed in the 21st century.
The poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, also known as the Salisbury Poisonings, was a botched assassination attempt to poison Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military officer and double agent for the British intelligence agencies in the city of Salisbury, England on 4 March 2018. [5] [6] Sergei and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, were poisoned ...
Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about two miles (three kilometres) north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the country. It is an English Heritage property and is open to the public.
Salisbury ( locally / ˈsɔːzb ( ə) ri / SAWZ-b (ə-)ree) [a] is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, [1] at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately 20 miles (30 kilometres) from Southampton and 30 miles (50 kilometres) from Bath .
The Salusbury family was a Anglo-Welsh family notable for their social prominence, wealth, literary contributions and philanthropy. [1] They were patrons of the arts and were featured in William Shakespeare 's The Phoenix and the Turtle and other works. The family mostly rose in power by supporting the rising Tudor dynasty.