Salisbury, Wiltshire
Salisbury photos
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Salisbury maps
Historic maps of Salisbury and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Salisbury maps
Salisbury books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Salisbury and the local area. View all Salisbury books
6 Salisbury photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Salisbury
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Have seen this view many times in my younger days back in the late 1920s and early 30s, just after crossing the footbridge over the river, when on my way to see my dear old gran at Harnham. I can still remember the smell of the old mill.
Shared on 06 April 2006
Nice to see that not a lot has chnaged since this photo was taken to what it is like to day.
More cars and people now of course.
Shared on 17 December 2007
My place of work. I have done a lot of work on collecting archive photos and making electronic copies of some of the many fascinating letters and articles written by the old girls 1880's to present.
Shared on 17 December 2007
Wiltshire memories
I was born in Longford Park in April 1942, my father was "Bill" Ashman, head gardener to the Earl of Radnor from 1940 until 1965 (approx). My younger brother Peter and I were fortunate to have been brought up in the relative calm and prosperity of the Longford Estate immediately after the war. Many reminders of the estate's wartime role were... [more]
Shared on 27 October 2008
Dad was village copper for several years (our old Police House is now "Peelers" in Thorneydown Road) and had a number of people he got on well with. He tended not to panic too often but one day a message came through that had him rush out in panic because of the loss of one of his friends, Pat Pocock from... [more]
Shared on 01 September 2008
Our Gould family moved from Buggs Farm to Bodenham and lived next door to the Post Office in a long row of cottages that can still be seen from the main road.
They must have moved somewhen shortly after 1901, g granny was still living there in the late 1920s. One of the sons, Horace was working on a farm... [more]
Shared on 29 October 2008
My father's family lived in Charlton from the late 1880s to the mid 1900s. My grandfather was a shepherd & after farm foreman for a Mr Charles Reid whose brother Bertie also had a large farm in the Charlton area. The village had a school which I attended in my early years & a village shop & bakery also selling haberdashery,... [more]
Shared on 15 April 2008
Extracts From Salisbury & Wiltshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Salisbury, inspired by Frith photos.
Viewed from the west, the façade of the west front is dominated by the Great West Window and the Triple Arch Door.The west front of many cathedrals were intended to be showpieces. It is the only part of the cathedral to contain exterior sculptures. Currently, the frontage is undergoing restoration, intended to leave it as it originally looked in AD1260.
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Salisbury Photographic Memories
The imposing, dominant, west front of the cathedral is, architecturally, its least satisfying feature. It was much restored in the 19th century. The wall of the cloisters, a feature of monastic buildings, can be seen on the right of the picture, although no monks ever dwelled within these!
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This classic view of Salisbury Cathedral has changed little in over a hundred years. The tranquil surface of the River Avon gently reflects the majesty of the cathedral and its incomparably magnificent 404-foot spire, the tallest in England. The famous water meadows on the right still exist; the fields on the left are now the Queen Elizabeth Gardens.
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