Old Sarum Bishops Palace

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Old Saresbury; Salisbury

In the civil parish of Salisbury.
In the historic county of Wiltshire (Modern Authority of Wiltshire, 1974 county of Wiltshire).

The Bishops Palace was constructed between 1102-39 and comprised four ranges enclosing a courtyard. The cloister and bishops palace are both situated to the northeast of the Cathedral. The siting of the cathedral and bishops palace within the bailey of the castle (qv) eventually caused conflict between the castle and ecclesiastical authorities, leading to the removal of the cathedral to Salisbury (New Sarum) in 1219. Thompson writes there were two palaces here; the first an aisled hall adjoining the cathedral, the second a courtyard house within the Royal castle with its own hall.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU13653272

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 1197111

Web site links

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/oldsarum/
http://freespace.virgin.net/philip.dunn/sites/oldsarum.htm
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/conProperty.293

Books

Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p627-9
Keevill, Graham D., 2000, Medieval Palaces, An Archaeology (Stroud; Tempus) p23-4, 34, 71, 86-7, 105, 120, 126, 153, 162, 170
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p183-4
James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby)
RCHME, 1980, ‘Old Sarum’, in Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury Vol1 (HMSO) p1-15, 173-4

Guidebooks

Renn, Derek, 1994, Old Sarum Wiltshire (English Heritage)
Shortt, H de S., 1988, Old Sarum Wiltshire (English Heritage)
Shortt, H de S., 1965, Old Sarum Wiltshire (HMSO)

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p495

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