Hotels in Salisbury
The city's origins go back to the Iron Age, and the Romans called it "Sorviodunum". There was a battle between the West Saxons and the Britons here, after which the place was called "Searoburh". The Normans built a castle and called it "Searesbyrig or Seresberi". By 1086, in the Domesday Book, it was called Salesberie. The site of the castle is now known as Old Sarum and is uninhabited.
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