Old Sarum Cathedral

Salisbury, United Kingdom

No longer standing

Demolished or destroyed.

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Old Sarum Cathedral was a Norman cathedral that served as the seat of the bishops of Salisbury from 1092 to 1220, located on the fortified site of Old Sarum, about two miles north of present-day Salisbury. Built in the Norman architectural style, the cathedral became the original source of the Sarum Rite, an influential liturgical practice of the medieval period. Today only its foundations remain, situated in the north-west quadrant of the circular outer bailey, marking the location of this early medieval religious center before the bishopric relocated to the newly constructed Salisbury Cathedral in the 13th century.