The OPC is Linda Robson
Salisbury Cathedral Photo Gallery Salisbury Cathedral Interior Gallery Salisbury Close Gallery
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Alderbury with Clarendon Park – Bemerton – Britford with East Harnham – Fugglestone St. Peter – Laverstock & Ford – Milford – Stratford Sub Castle – West Harnham
See also Salisbury Information Page – St. Thomas & Edmund – Britford
Websites
Salisbury Cathedral Website – Information about the Cathedral etc.
The Cathedral
The Cathedral was consecrated in 1258, 38 years after the foundation stone was laid. Built in the Early English Gothic style, it has the tallest church spire in the UK.
A Pictorial Walk Around the Cathedral 2013
Books
Cathedral Building
Cathedral Restoration 1866 Cathedral Repairs 100 Years Ago 1867 New Statue for Cathedral 1867 Flooded Cathedral 1915
Cathedral Crime
Possible Attempt to Rob the Cathedral 1867
Cathedral Poem
As many windows in this church we see
As days within one year there be
As many marble pillars here appear
As hours throughout the fleeting year
As many gates as moons one year does view
Strange to tell: yet not more strange than true
Incumbents and Other Cathedral Posts
Bishops
Canons
William L. Bowles Memorial Tablet 1851
Deans
Priests
Obituary of Stephen Hall Jacob 1899
News
Obituaries
Henry Parr Hamilton 1880 Rev. F. W. MacDonald 1928 Canon Arthur Edward George Peters 1943 Canon Kewley 1950
Organists
Organists and Assistants
Civil Registration
1837 – 1895 Alderbury Registration District
1895 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Miscellaneous Items
Ecclesiastical Intelligence September 1846
Offsite Linked Documents
A Timeline of Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral and Close
Ordination Ceremonies
Ordinations Orders 1847 Ordinations 1861
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
1719-1812 1813-1829 1830-1866 1867-1927
Banns
Marriages
1570-1659 1660-1722 1722-1812 1813-1837 1837-1910 1911-1950 1951-1993
Burials
The original registers are retained by the Cathedral.
The following note is found in the Registers of Salisbury Cathedral and obviously relates to the “Commonwealth Period of Oliver Cromwell’s leadership”
“Memorandu’: That since the third day of February 1650 By reason of the warrs and troubles in this Kingdome there hath no Register beine kept Either of Weddings, Christenings, or Burialls, until the Happie Returne & Restaurac’on of oure Gracious Sov’aigne Lord King Charles the Second which was in the year of our Lord 1660 soe that from that tyme (viz) from May 1660 I have follow’d the sam way of Registring as was formerly donne By my predecess” [unsigned].
The transcripts above are produced with thanks to the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral and with their kind permission. Also with thanks to David Milborrow who has photographed the pages of the original registers to enable the transcriptions to be produced.
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1564-1927
Marriages 1564-1963
Burials 1564-1970
Please note that the above registers are available on microfilm only
In addition photocopies are available as follows:
Baptisms 1564-1838
Marriages 1564-1836
Burials 1564-1840
Buildings and Land
Land Tax
Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842
Buildings in the Close
Mompesson House
Museum
Christopher, The Salisbury Giant
The Wardrobe
Property for Auction, Sale or Let
Cathedral Close Grade II Star Listed Property for Sale 1984
Public Houses & Ale Houses
In the city many ancient pubs can still be seen, but all the ale houses that existed in the Cathedral Close have long since disappeared. Part of Mompesson House (the stabling) was up until 1624 the Eagle Inn, when it was closed by the Dean and Chapter. During the Commonwealth period, the Bishops Palace, at the st end of the Cathedral, was removed from Church ownership and part of it became a pub. Entry could be gained through a gap made in the Close wall off Exeter Street. Like most pubs in bygone days they brewed their own beer, although in 1620 they were all supposedly suppressed, but where there’s a will there’s a way, it seems, as a further order was needed in 1757 banning liquor of any kind from the Belfry. This was an ale-house that occupied one of the many buildings that made up the bell-tower, apparently it had become a den of iniquity. It was demolished in 1790 and the bells from the said building sold, although they had not been rung for some 50 years.
St. Nicholas Hospital
Books
The 15th Century Cartulary of St. Nicholas Hospital and Other Records 1902 published here with kind permission of Keith Scales.
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy Examinations 1821 Unfounded Charge of Assault 1872
Directories
Please refer to the Salisbury Information Page
Education
Theological College News 1850-1899 Diocesan Board of Education Meeting 1874
Cathedral School
History of the Cathedral School
Training College
Training College Success 1861 Training College Success 1872 Training College Buildings 1949
Employment and Business
Apprentices
Engineering and Surveying
County Surveyor Application of Henry Pensiston 1858
General Items
Employments & Business News 1700-1799 Employment & Business News 1800-1899
Medical
Medical License for John Lucy 1681
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Roman Catholicism
Papist Oath of Allegiance 1792
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Incorporated Church Building Society 1800-1899 Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
Elections and Polls
Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Poll Book 1865
Family Notices
1750-1799 1800-1849 1850-1899 1900-1949
Obituaries
Captain Edmund Benson 1837-1880
Parish Notables
| William Lisle Bowles – Clergyman and Poet (See Bremhill Parish) | John Constable – Painter 1776-1837 | James Harris – Grammarian |
| Edward Heath – British Prime Minster, Yachtsman and Musician | Rex Whistler – Artist |
People of the Close
Jemima Butt Margaret Duncan Dorothy Lawrence Dora Butterworth & Arthur Robertson Geraldine Symons
Seymour Family
Leslie Thomas – Author
Obituary of Leslie Thomas 2014
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Alderbury Union Elected Guardians 1835 Workhouse Audit 1858
Probate
Probate Index 1562-1880 (WSHC) Sale by Auction for Estate Purposes 1780 Creditors & Debtors Notice of the Estate of Kitty Kneller 1830
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Herbert Bishop of Salisbury 1249 Giles Bishop of Salisbury 1263 John Davenant Bishop of Salisbury 1641
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Salisbury Cathedral & Close War Memorials & Military Gallery
Boer War
Casualty – James Bandy 1872-1900
WWI
Chicken Wire Sculptures of WWI Servicemen at Salisbury Cathedral 2014
Casualties of WWI
| Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 | John Philip Morton Carpenter | Henry Wyndham Francis Blackburne Farrer |
| Charles Basil Mortimer Hodgson 1918 | Christopher Ken Merewether 1917 | Frank Albert Symons |
| Osmond Bartle Wordsworth | Salisbury Cathedral Choir School Roll of Honour Plaque |
Military Memorials in Salisbury Cathedral
| Antony Lewis Layard 1823 | John Edward Young 1832 | Christopher Clarke 1835 |
| Frederick (1846) & Augustus Frederick Cavendish Webb 1854 | Admiral John Fulford R.N. 1888 | To Men who died in South African War 1899-1902 |
| List of those killed in South African Campaign 1899-1902 | Lieut. Alan Wyldbore Bosworth Smith R. N. 1901 | Captain Robert Harold Olivier 1914 |
| Captain Sir Edward Hamilton Westrow Hulse 1915 | Lieut. Roger Poore 1915 | Edward Wyndham Tennant 1916 |
| Lieut. Col. Roger Alvin Poore 1917 | Lt. General Sir George Montague Harper 1922 | Robert Graves Blackburne Farrer 1928 |
| Lt. Colonel Kenneth Robert Balfour 1936 | Lt. the Hon. Hugh Trenchard 1943 | Rex Whistler Glass Prism 1944 |
WWI Battlefield Crosses located in Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral houses a number of wooden crosses, originally grave markers from World War I battlefields. As the wooden crosses were replaced by permanent headstones, the families of the soldiers could ask for the return of the original cross. The families had to pay for the costs of shipping, however, and as a result it is mostly the crosses of officers that were returned home. The families would often place the cross in the local parish church or nearest cathedral which is how these battlefield memorials arrived here at Salisbury. The battlefield Crosses have been relocated onto the west wall of the Cloisters at Salisbury Cathedral.
| Banner – WWI Soldiers connected to Salisbury Cathedral | Banner – Battlefield Crosses Information | Lt. J. P. M. Carpenter 1916 |
| Capt. Francis Dodgson 1916 | Gnr. G. A. K. Buskin (Aust) 1917 | Capt. Christopher Ken Merewether 1917 |
| Colonel Frank A. Symons 1917 | Capt. C. B. M. Hodgson 1918 | Capt. Guy Dodgson 1918 |
