Stairlifts Bracknell – Stairlifts Berkshire

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Stairlifts Bracknell – Stairlifts Berkshire

Where are we today?  Remember the original James Bond film starring David Niven where he was being chased by a remote controlled milk float?  That was Bracknell in the mid-sixties - there were some great aerial shots of the town.

That’s where we are today, Bracknell in Berkshire, just 28 miles west of central London and 11 miles south east from Reading where we started our tour of Berkshire.

With a retired population of just under 10,000, Bracknell residents will be glad to see Castle Comfort Stair Lifts paying a visit.  National statistics reckon that 2.6% of the retired population – that’s 253 in Bracknell – are likely to own or need stairlifts which is where we come in.  If you are in need of a stairlift to give you access to your whole house or if you have a stairlift that needs upgrading, then please contact our local office to see how we can help.  Please give us a call on  01865 477 004 .

All about Bracknell
Although Bracknell has been here since the 10th century it was only designated a ‘new town’ in 1949.  With its proximity to London it was one of a number of towns that would take overspill and encourage industry to the area.  The government plans of the post-war era, expected Bracknell’s population to grow to some 25,000; it’s rather exceeded expectations with a population of more than double that now.

Bracknell’s major industry in the first half of the last century was the manufacture of bricks.  Sir Thomas Lawrence’s Brickworks made ‘red rubber’ bricks which have been used in some iconic buildings such as Westminster Abbey, Hampton Court Palace, the Royal Albert Hall and 10 Downing Street.

However most of the manufacturing industries have closed down now – even the Met office has relocated to Exeter in the south west - and ‘high-tech’ industries are the ones that have moved in.  Electrical, digital communications and IT seem to dominate now: Panasonic, Fujitsu, Siemens, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Cable & Wireless, Avnet Technology Solutions, Microsoft and more.  Bracknell is also the home to the HQs of Waitrose and the UK BMW Group.

Fascinating facts
In 1723 a troop of mounted Grenadier Guards took local trouble-makers, the Wokingham Blacks to task in a pitched battle in the town.

The town has a number of surviving old pubs: the Old Manor complete with priest holes, the Red Lion and the Bull.  All are timber framed and date back to the 17th/18th century.

Next door to the Old Manor pub once stood the Hind Head Coaching Inn where it is believed the famous highwayman Dick Turpin used to drink.  Underground tunnels between the buildings are believed to have given Dick Turpin an escape route should the authorities have discovered his whereabouts.

In the southern suburb, Birch Hill, you’ll find South Hill Park, a mansion owned by a variety of dignitaries over the years.  It eventually came into the hands of the local council who turned it into an arts centre in the 1970’s.  Before that time, it is believed that Oscar Wilde wrote The Selfish Giant whilst in the gardens.  Later he named one of his characters in The Importance of Being Ernest – Mrs Bracknell.

In nearby Windsor Forest on the edge of Bracknell, is Easthampstead Park, now a Victorian Mansion but originally a medieval hunting lodge used by Henry VIII.  It is where his first wife Catherine of Aragon was banished when the king’s affections wandered to Anne Boleyn.  Catherine lived there awaiting news of her threatened divorce.

I’m sure you all know of Henry VIII’s connection with stairlifts.  As he aged and after a jousting injury that he never fully recovered from this very famous King of England acquired considerable weight – up to 30 stone.  Maybe something to do with those 32 course dinners?  His injury and great weight made it impossible to get up and down the stairs at his palaces, Hampton Court, Greenwich and Whitehall and so a ‘stairlift’ of sorts was invented based on a block and tackle method.

More recently an American engineer, Mr Crispen invented a stairlift for a friend who had suffered polio and didn’t have the use of his legs.  The stairlift was called the inclinator.

Castle Comfort Stair Lifts can offer you something far more sophisticated whatever the condition that has caused you to lose mobility.  We have straight, curved, perch and reconditioned stairlifts to choose from – please give us a call on  01865 477 004  to discuss which is best for you.

Media connections
Did you know about Bracknell’s famous connections?  Many TV shows and films have used Bracknell as a backdrop:

·         Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone at Martins Heron and Time Bandits at Birch Hill

·         Pie in the Sky (TV detective series) called Bracknell Laxton and scenes of the exterior of the police HQ in the series were shot in Waterside Park

·         Psychological thriller The Offence starring Sean Connery and Ian Bannan was filmed in Bracknell with many scenes of the town and surrounding areas

·         Connerys character’s flat was filmed in the listed building Point Royal

·         Bracknell features in two PlayStation 3 games: Resistance: Fall of Man and the sequel Resistance 2


Famous residents or visitors
·         Queen Victoria stopped at a Bracknell Inn to change her horses but never actually alighted the carriage

·         Actress Dani Harmer who played Tracy Beaker in the TV series was born here


Most other famous residents live nearby either between Bracknell and Ascot or in Ascot itself which is mere 4 miles away:

·         It’s the home of Sarah, Duchess of York mother of Princess Beatrice and Eugenie, ex footballer and manager Glenn Hoddle, swimmers Sharron Davies, Sarah Hardcastle and David Wilkie

·         Kate Bush went to school in the area

·         Ascot is also home for Brian May and Anita Dobson, Gary Lineker, Chris Evans, Rolf Harris and Marti Pellow of Wet, Wet, Wet

If you’re not as nimble as Anita Dobson proved in Strictly Come Dancing but would like to be able to dash up the stairs like her, let us help!

We may not be able to give you back your dancing legs but as national agents for all stairlift manufacturers we are in the perfect position to recommend the right one for you with absolutely no bias.  Have you watched the video that our founder Keith has made?  If not take a look now and then, please get it touch with us for advice, no heavy selling here!

If you need advice on raising the finance, have a look at our grant suggestions and at our recommended 0% finance option and of course don’t forget to claim your £50 with our voucher.

Castle Comfort Stairlifts look forward to hearing from you on  01865 477 004 .

Stairlifts Reading – Stairlifts Berkshire

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Stairlifts Reading – Stairlifts Berkshire


We’ve crossed the Wiltshire border into the Royal County of Berkshire.  Why Royal?  Because the Queen has a residence at Windsor Castle.  But first Castle Comfort Stair Lifts are heading to Reading.  What do we know about Reading?  It’s the County town and the largest in Berkshire but unless you have ‘sat nav’ impossible to find your way around.

Yes Reading has a population 232, 662 and as 19.4% of the population are retired that would mean somewhere in the region of 44,136 in Reading.  About 2.6% of the retired have stairlifts – so that’s about 1,173 of Reading’s population..  We have the national figures on our website with constant updates – take a look at the bottom of this webpage.

So if you’re in the Reading area and looking for a stairlift, your search is over.  Here at Castle Comfort Stair Lifts we have a good range as the national agents for all UK manufacturers and can give you a totally unbiased recommendation.

Why not give us a call for more information on  01865 477 004  today?

A Royal connection
Reading itself has a current Royal connection.  Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge grew up in the nearby village of Bucklebury with her sister Pippa Middleton; her family still reside there.

Reading also seems to have bread a number of ‘luvies’ – directors, actors, actresses including another Kate, Winslet this time who’s just won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a mini series for her role in Mildred Pearce.

Two notable film directors also have connections with Reading: Sam Mendes, Kate Winslet’s ex hails from here; his film directorial debut was American Beauty and he also directed Revolutionary Road which starred Kate as well as many other films and theatre plays.

Sir David Lean is an Old Leightonian having spent time at Leighton Park School in Reading.  He went on to direct some very famous films – Laurence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and the earlier Brief Encounter amongst them.

Other actors and actresses from Reading
Kenneth Branagh who spent his teenage years in Reading, is well known for his roles in and directing a number of Shakespeare plays on film but has also starred in or directed many other genres.  He has recently played Laurence Olivier in the film My Week with Marilyn for which he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe.  He was married to Emma Thompson and then had a long term relationship with Helen Bonham Carter who he directed in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

Lucy Benjamin known for her long-running role as Lisa Fowler in EastEnders also hails from Reading.  Her on and off screen lover during this time was Phil Mitchell/Steve McFadden.

Another EastEnders star, John Altman who played Nick Cotton also comes from Reading.

Actress Jacqueline Bisset is another Reading born actress; she is best known for her roles in films like Bullitt and The Deep and also for the TV series Nip and Tuck.  Bissset is godmother to Angelina Jolie.

A number of TV presenters have also come out of Reading:
·         Famous son of Reading, Chris Tarrant is well known for presenting Who Wants to be a Millionnaire and also as a Radio DJ

·         Jeremy Kyle who fronts his own show, The Jeremy Kyle Show where participants are invited to resolve relationship issues or their problems with drugs and alcohol live on air

·         Arthur Negus was famously known as a presenter on the Antiques Roadshow

·         Sally Taylor is a local news presenter on BBC South Today


Any issues you want to share?  Maybe you’re finding it difficult to get up and down those stairs?  Maybe you need to replace your current stairlift for a more up-to-date model.  Castle Comfort Stair Lifts can help.

We have a good range of all kinds of stairlifts, straight, curved, perch and reconditioned.  Curved stairlifts are always more expensive as they are tailor made to ‘fit’ you, but we have competitive prices for all types.

And if the cost is a problem you can look at our information on obtaining a grant or for a more instant influx of funds, 0% finance.  Don’t forget our £50 off voucher too – every little helps!

Reading Festival
This annual event in conjunction with Leeds Festival takes place on the August Bank Holiday weekend bringing music enthusiasts to the town to camp and enjoy the music.

Over the years the headline acts at Reading Festival (first festival was in 1961) reads like a who’s who of the pop music industry and includes Kurt Cobain and Nirvana.  Cobain famously played his last UK gig at the Festival in 1992 arriving on stage in a wheelchair.

Other headliners include Iggy Pop, Oasis, Pulp, Guns & Roses, Arctic Monkeys, The Prodigy, New Order, The Pogues, The Police and The Jam.

Reading’s history
Reading has been here for a long time.  There was some sort of settlement at Reading back in Roman times but the first official evidence is from the 8th century when Reading was known as Readingum.  This is thought to derive from the Anglo-Saxon tribe The Readings, which means Reada’s People.

By the time of the Doomsday Book, Reading is described as a Borough with 6 mills, 4 belonging to the King and 2 to Battle Abbey in Battle, East Sussex, because the land had been donated to Battle Abbey by William the Conqueror after his invasion of England.

Henry I is buried in the grounds of Reading Abbey which he founded.  The Abbey was hard hit by Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries and only the remains still stand.

It is unusual that a town and borough the size of Reading doesn’t have city status.  The borough council has tried on two previous occasions, as part of the Millennium celebrations and as a mark to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.  Last year they put in a bid for this year for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – watch this space as no decision has been taken yet.

Who do we know?
·         Oscar Wilde imprisoned in Reading Jail for a two year period during which time he wrote De Profundis; after his imprisonment he lived exiled in France where he wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol about his experiences

·         Jane Austen went to Reading Ladies Boarding School
·         More recently Ricky Gervais made a film called Cemetery Junction set in Reading in the 70’s.  Gervais comes from Reading
·         Property developer and TV presenter Sarah Beeney also comes from Reading
·         Journalist and TV presenter Charlie Brooker too
·         As does musician Mike Oldfield and Marianne Faithful lived here for a time in her childhood

We’re at the end of a quick-stop tour of Reading but it’s not too late to call Castle Comfort Stair Lifts on  01865 477 004  for more information and advice about the perfect stairlift for you.  We can assess what is right for you and your house and have it installed in an hour!  Or at the very most half a day.  Castle Comfort Stair Lifts have excellent after sales service too – you can call us 24/7 on  01865 477 004 .

Hope to hear from you soon!

Stairlifts Trowbridge - Wiltshire Stairlifts

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Stairlifts Trowbridge – Stairlifts Wiltshire


Hello we’re still in Wiltshire on our Castle Comfort Stair Lifts’ blog tour!  Did you know that people born and bred in Wiltshire are known as Moonrakers?  The reason is down to legend:  smugglers managed to foil local excise men by hiding their stash of smuggled alcohol in a village pond.  To further conceal their contraband, they raked the pond causing ripples and told the official they were trying to rake in a large round cheese – in reality a reflection of the moon!  The officials assumed they were ‘simple’ – read stupid – or mad locals and left them to it.

Castle Comfort Stair Lifts won’t think you’re simple if you ask questions about their product, and would rather you didn’t make assumptions, but let us explain!

Take a look at our founder Keith’s short video which will probably tell you all or most of what you need to know.  Check out which stairlifts we do and our comparisons of their qualities and prices and if you still have unanswered questions please give us a call on  01179 059 177 .

Trowbridge
Today we’ve come to Trowbridge, the County Town where Wiltshire County Council have their headquarters.  The land where Trowbridge sits was farmed as long ago as 3,000 years, there is evidence that there was a settlement called Trubridge there at the time of the Doomsday Book when it was recorded that 100 residents lived here.  They’ve come on a bit since then with a population of more than 28,000 making Trowbridge the third largest town in the county after Swindon and Salisbury.

It was in the 13th century that Trowbridge began to grow by developing the woollen textile industry in the town.  It flourished and grew becoming more industrialised by the 17th century and reaching its peak in the 18th century.  By the mid 18th century Trowbridge had 2000 wool-producing factories comparable to towns in the north like Rochdale.  It became known as the ‘Manchester of the West’.  New ways of spinning saw the industry here begin to decline in the 19th century though.

Only a few Mills remain; Trowbridge Museum which is integrated into a shopping centre now occupies Salter’s Mill which didn’t close until 1982; the County Court sits in what was Clark’s Mill and the Handle House where teasels were dried and stored to raise the nap of the cloth is still there.

Another of Trowbridge’s claims to fame is that it is where the bedding industry developed and thrived initially using cast-off wool from the mills.  Airsprung Furniture now Airsprung Group PLC were started here in the 19th century and are still based in the town.

Another industry connection is Bowyers; Abraham Bowyer started producing sausages at the beginning of the 19th century and built up a thriving business.  It was eventually bought out by Northern Foods and is now known as Pork Farms Bowyers.  You can still buy Bowyers sausages and pork pies today.

Brewing company Ushers of Trowbridge opened in the town in 1824 and continued to brew until closure in 2000 though there were several amalgamations and name changes along the way.

Are you declining like the industries in Trowbridge?  We’re sure you aren’t or at least with a little help from Castle Comfort Stair Lifts you certainly won’t feel that way.

So if you’re looking for a stairlift look no further.  We can supply and install a stairlift for you at a fair price, in no time at all.  In fact it takes our installation team usually about an hour to have you up and running or at most half a day.  Giving you back the freedom to access your entire home.

Check out our fair prices for all makes of stairlift including reconditioned models; if you feel you need some help with this we can point you in the direction of grants which are available or 0% finance options.  Just give us a call on 01179 059 177

Nearby towns
Bradford-on-Avon just 4 miles from Trowbridge is popular with tourists as it is full of historic buildings.  Although Bradford-on-Avon has been there since Roman times, it also grew as a result of the woollen textile industry in the 17th century and still has several buildings dating from that period.

The town grew up around a ford which crossed the River Avon; in Norman times a stone bridge was built over the ford and still stands today.  On the bridge is a small domed building which was built as a chapel (now Grade I listed) but later used as a lock-up for misbehaving locals.

Another historic building of note is St Laurence’s Church which is Saxon (700) with some restoration in the 10th century but has had no later alterations making it pretty unique.

Westbury White Horse
Just outside Westbury (6 miles from Trowbridge), an old hill-fort town like Salisbury you will find the Westbury White Horse originally carved into the chalk downs.  Legend has it that the horse was carved in a slightly different form to celebrate King Alfred’s victory at the Battle of Edington back in the 9th century.

Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon and Melksham People
·         Sir Isaac Pitman who invented Pitman shorthand, a strong resource for offices for more than a century was born in Trowbridge.  There are plaques to commemorate him scattered around Trowbridge and one pub has taken his name

·         Famous people actually from Trowbridge are thin on the ground but there are plenty of famous faces from neighbouring towns!

·         Will Carling former England Rugby captain was born in nearby Bradford-on-Avon, whilst other rugby players Phil de Glanville and Jon Sleightholme lived in the area

·         Another ‘son of Bradford-on-Avon’ was Henry Shrapnell who invested the Shrapnell Shell

·         TV presenter Hugh Scully also hails from this part of the world

·         England football coach and former player Rob Newman and retired footballer Andy Pearce both came from Bradford-on-Avon

·         Writer and journalist Daniel Defoe visited Bradford-on-Avon in the 18th century; he was surprised that it was considered normal that there were wealthy men in Trowbridge worth millions in today’s money all made from the textile industry

·         Melksham (6 miles from Trowbridge) is home to Andy Park aka Mr Christmas.  He has celebrated Christmas EVERY DAY since July 1993 except the officially recognised Christmas Day of 25th December.  He claims to have eaten almost 4,500 roast turkeys and 87,600 mince pies and 4,380 bottles of sherry since he started continually celebrating – figures from 2006.  In a local radio interview last year he says he is still celebrating Christmas every day.  In 2001 his doctor warned him that his diet wasn’t good for him – he had reached 19 stone!  A true Wiltshire Moonraker perhaps?


Remember Castle Comfort Stair Lifts can accommodate weights even 19 stone – many up to 25 stone.  We have a range of straight, curved or perch stairlifts; remember that curved stairlifts are more expensive because they are made to measure so that they ‘fit’ you perfectly.  But you won’t find better prices because we are the national agents for all UK stairlift manufacturers which also means we will give you unbiased advice.

Just pick up the phone and give us a call ( 01179 059 177 ) and let’s get you mobile again.

Stairlifts Swindon – Stairlifts Wiltshire

 
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Castle Comfort Stairlifts offers top brand stairlifts, keen prices and fast installs for all those seeking stairlifts in Swindon, Wiltshire . And all work comes with our no-quibble guarantees and famous customer service satisfaction.

Give us a call today on 01179 059 177  If however, you are looking for fascinating facts about the area then feel free to read on.



Stairlifts Swindon – Stairlifts Wiltshire


Castle Comfort Stair Lifts welcome you to Swindon, the biggest town in Wiltshire.  Today we’re going to take a look around this ‘railway town’ but more of that later.  First of all let us tell all visitors and the people of Swindon (Swindonians) themselves what Castle Comfort Stair Lifts can do for you!

Well of course we can supply stairlifts for you or for loved ones who need some help getting up and down those stairs.  Obviously if using the stairs has become a problem for you whether you’d been injured or through illness, it’s very frustrating.  Castle Comfort Stair Lifts are keen to help you might movement a little more bearable.

We can advise on the type of stairlift best for you and your home; we supply stairlifts from all UK manufacturers so can give you an unbiased opinion on either straight, curved or perch lifts.  Why not give us a call on  01179 059 177   to find out more.

Train town
Swindon in Wiltshire is just 40 miles from Bristol in the west and Reading in the east and 81 miles west of London.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the chief engineer for GWR, Great Western Railways, chose Swindon as the location for train works way back in 1840.  There is myth around the choice of spot.  The legend is that Brunel and Daniel Gooch, another railway engineer, were surveying land north of Swindon Hill and Brunel threw a stone or dropped a sandwich declaring the landing spot as the new site for the railway works!

At Swindon GWR opened its railway works and Swindon became a ‘train town’.  The first ‘shed’ built was a repair shed, soon followed by locomotive building; the first engine was built in less than two weeks in 1846.  A further 6 Iron Dukes – a class of broad gauge locomotives – was built in Swindon.  By 1855, the railway works were producing a locomotive a week and employing 2000 men.  Goods wagons were also built here.

By 1900 it was estimated that the Railway works were employing approximately three quarters of Swindon’s workforce.  At the beginning of the 1870’s GWR had started to deduct a small percentage of every employee’s wages to go into a healthcare fund, allowing GWR doctors were able to prescribe workers or their families free medicines.  By the end of the decade the fund was able to supply artificial limbs manufactured by craftsmen in the ‘carriage and wagon works’; nine years after this, a dental surgery was opened obviously much needed as in the first few months the dentist extracted more than 2,000 teeth.  The doctors could also prescribe haircuts or a bath!

The services which GWR put in place were later used as the blueprint for the National Health Service.

Swindon station opened as a Junction Station where the Great Western Line divided to head to Gloucester, which meant that every train passing through stopped for a minimum of 10 minutes at Swindon.  This was an opportunity to open a place for refreshments on the station – the first of its kind.

Locomotive building concluded at the Railway Works in 1965 and closure took place in 1986; some of the offices and works have found new uses: the offices of English Heritage and new storage buildings for National Monuments Record.

Though we can’t build locomotives and we won’t make you feel like a heritage piece!  Give us a call on 01179 059 177 and we’ll get you moving again.  Talk to us about what you think you need; we can assess your home and help you choose the right stairlift for you.  Even better we can have it installed in your home before you’ve had time to reach the stairs!  In most cases installation takes about an hour and at the most half a day.

Swindon Town FC
There’s a football presence in the town.  Swindon Town FC has been part of the Football League joining the third division back in the 1920’s.  Over the decades they have yoyo-ed up and down the divisions and currently stand in npower League 2.  Swindon Town FC are nicknamed the Robins.

Notable players
Over the years they have had a number of notable players including:
John Trollope who played for the club and then managed them; John Moncur Who played for Tottenham Hotspurs, Swindon Town and West Ham during his career; Duncan Shearer brother of David who played for Chelsea and Swindon Town; Norwegian footballer Jan Åge Fjørtoft who played for Swindon Town in the early 90’s and is well remembered playing for Norway against England for running round the pitch with arms stretched out like an aeroplane!

Notable managers
Glenn Hoddle who played for Tottenham Hotspur and Swindon Town during his footballing career also managed Swindon Town FC between 1991 – 93 taking them into the Premier League.

Other notable people from or connected with Swindon
·         Julian Clary, camp comedian grew up in Swindon

·         Diana Dors personified the English blonde bombshell of the 50’s alongside American counterparts Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe

·         Melinda Messenger, presenter and former glamour model comes from Swindon and still lives I n the area

·         Justin Hayward – Moody Blues

·         Also from Swindon is Nick Hewer probably best known for his role as adviser to Alan Sugar on The Apprentice and now as the presenter of long-running TV game show Countdown

·         Billie Piper started her career as a pop-singer and then turned to acting was born in Swindon; probably best known for her role as Rose Tyler in several Dr Who series and The Secret Diary of a call Girl TV series



·         Mark Lamarr, comedian and TV presenter comes from Swindon where he was born Mark Jones.  He co-hosted The Word and was the original host on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and was a team captain on Shooting Stars


Castle Comfort Stair Lifts hope you’ve enjoyed our brief tour of Swindon.  Remember to checkout our founder Keith’s short video if you or a loved one looking for a stairlift.

Also remember to look at our stairlift comparisons of makes and what they do and importantly how much they cost.  Then give us a call ( 01179 059 177) to see how we can help or advise on financing your stairlift either with a 0% option or a grant.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Stairlifts Salisbury - Wiltshire Stairlifts

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Stairlifts Salisbury – Stairlifts Wiltshire

Today we are visiting Salisbury in south east Wiltshire. Salisbury is built on the edge of Salisbury Plain on water meadows where 5 rivers converge.  The Nadder, the Ebble, the Wylye and the Bourne all feed into the Avon which flows out to sea at Christchurch in Dorset.

Have you got the flow?  Or are you more stagnant than free-flowing?  If mobility is a problem, you’ve come to the right place as Castle Comfort Stair Lifts supplies their products all over the UK.

We can advise you on the right kind of stairlift to suit you, your home and your pocket, to transport you up and down the stairs inside your home.  We are the national agents for all stairlift makers so know all the ins and outs and their best features which can see compared here.

If you’d like more information, please get in contact by calling   023 8124 3046 .

More about Salisbury
Despite its 5 rivers, Salisbury isn’t unnecessarily wet!  In fact it gets more sunshine than many, clocking up 1650 hours a year.

Salisbury the city as it stands today has only existed since 1220 and is technically New Sarum though it is rarely referred to by that name.  Previously it was called Old Sarum, the ruins of which can still be visited today;  Old Sarum is thought to have existed since Neolithic times; during the Iron Age a hill top fort was built there and a Cathedral during  11th century.

In 1220 after some disagreements between the clergy and the military it was decided to move the city and the cathedral to the watery meadows below.

Legend has it that an arrow was shot and the cathedral built where it landed.  As that was some 1.9 miles away, this is unlikely.  Continuation of the legend says that the arrow landed in a white deer and the cathedral is built on the spot where the deer died.

New Sarum was built on a water meadow known as ‘Merrifield’; work started on the town in 1220 setting the town out in a grid system which is still obvious in the city centre today.  The following year work on the Cathedral started.

Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral’s spire can be seen from all roads as you enter the city, it is something of a landmark and this iconic building and other historic features of the town attract some 500,000 tourists every year.

The Cathedral was built under the direction Bishop Richard Poore in just 38 years to build.  Because the water table in the meadows is high, the Cathedral’s foundations are only 4 feet deep and on a gravel base which allows for some movement in the wind!  The spire was added some years later in 1320; it is 404 feet tall making it the highest spire in the country.

The spire added an extra 6,500 tonnes to the building and it is only due to strengthening works carried out over the centuries that the spire still stands today.

The Cathedral houses the oldest mechanical clock still working in the country and one of the 4 remaining copies of the Magna Carta.

The Cathedral has as many windows as days of the year (365) and as many marble pillars as hours in the year (8,760).  The walls of the original close still stand today.  The gates are closed every night at 10.30 only allowing access to residents of the Close.

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The wonder of Stonehenge
Just 8 miles north of Salisbury stands the prehistoric monument Stonehenge which is thought to date back to between 3000 and 2000 BC.  Some of the stones were brought from as far away as Pembrokeshire in Wales some 140 miles away.  It is thought that these bluestones from Wales were brought overland on wooden rollers.  Other stones came from about 20 miles away but were even larger than the blue stones.

Its original use or function is debateable.  Suggestions include a burial ground – burial mounds have been found – a place of worship, a place of healing.  The Druids still gather there for Summer Solstice to see the sun rise between the stones.

Stonehenge is a World Heritage site.

Markets and fairs
As a market town Salisbury has markets selling a range of products every Tuesday and Saturday, a farmers’ market (1st and 3rd Wednesday every month) and a French market (twice a year in May and September), so there’s always something new to see.

Every October a funfair comes to the city for three days which turns the market square into a music filled hub of fun!

At one time Salisbury also had more than 100 public houses within the city boundaries; that figure is now down to 44.  The oldest pub in the city is the Rai d’Or meaning a ray of golden light; it reverted to the name it was known as in the Middle Ages when it was a brothel!  It dates from the 13th century when it was built to ‘service the needs’ of the men building the Cathedral.

People you might ‘know’ from Salisbury

Christopher Biggins who comes from Salisbury was winner of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here 2007 and is well known for roles in various TV shows and films.

Author William Golding lived in a village just outside Salisbury at one time.  He won the Nobel Prize for Literature and is probably best known for his novel Lord of the Flies.  He wrote many other novels including The Spire about the men who built the spire at Salisbury Cathedral.

The German composer Handel visited the city writing several pieces whilst there.

Charles II held court in the Cathedral Close during the Great Plague of London.

John Constable visited Salisbury in 1811 and was inspired by the Cathedral and the landscape.  His famous painting of Salisbury Cathedral was commissioned by John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury at the time.

In more modern times Phil Harding of the Time Team lives in Salisbury working for Wessex Archaeology when he isn’t filming.

Salisbury famously featured in several of Thomas Hardy’s novels as Melchester; Edward Rutherford wrote about the city’s history in Sarum; Charles Dickens gives an account of Salisbury Market in Martin Chuzzlewit.

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