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Salisbury (/ ˈ s ɔː l z b ər i / SAWLZ-bər-ee, locally / ˈ s ɔː z b ər i / SAWZ-bər-ee) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, [1] at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne.
Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in southern England covering 300 square miles (780 km 2). [1] 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 .
The county has an area of 3,485 km 2 (1,346 square miles) and a population of 720,060. The county is mostly rural, and the centre and south-west are sparsely populated. After Swindon (183,638), the largest settlements are the city of Salisbury (41,820) and the towns of Chippenham (37,548) and Trowbridge (37,169).
Salisbury (the United States) Show map of the United States Coordinates: 37°36′27″N 79°46′56″W / 37.60750°N 79.78222°W / 37.60750; -79
The SP postcode area, also known as the Salisbury postcode area, [2] is a group of eleven postcode districts in southern England, within six post towns.These cover south Wiltshire (including Salisbury and Tidworth) and parts of north Dorset (including Gillingham and Shaftesbury) and west Hampshire (including Andover and Fordingbridge).
This is a list of towns in England. Historically, towns were any settlement with a charter, including market towns and ancient boroughs. The process of incorporation was reformed in 1835 and many more places received borough charters, whilst others were lost.
The fortified site [35] was an extra-parochial area [36] and became a civil parish in 1858, but the civil parish was abolished in 1894 [37] and merged with Stratford sub Castle. [38] In 1891 the parish had a population of 13. [39] The site and surrounding area is now the northernmost part of Salisbury civil parish. [40]
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