Salisbury (or New Sarum), par. and mun. bor., city,
and co. town of Wilts, on the Upper Avon, at confluence
of the Bourne and the Nadder and Wiley, 28 miles
W. of Winchester and 83 SW. of London by rail—
mun. bor., 616 ac., pop. 14,792; pari, bor., pop. 16,435;
4 Banks, 4 newspapers. Market-days, Tuesday and
Saturday. Salisbury dates from the beginning of the
13th century, when the see was transferred from Old
Sarum to New Sarum. The cathedral, begun in 1220,
and completed in 1258, is one of the finest specimens of
Gothic architecture in the kingdom. The principal
trade is in agricultural produce, and the cattle market
is one of the largest in the west of England. The
mfrs. include fine cutlery and steel goods, shoes, ropes,
twine, haircloth, malting, and brewing. The woollen
mfr. is extinct. "William Pitt (1708-1778), first Earl of
Chatham, was a native. Salisbury gives the title of
marquis to the family of Cecil. It was made a free
city by Henry III., and was incorporated by James I.
It returns 1 member to Parliament; it returned 2
members from the time of Edward I. until 1885, when
its parliamentary limits were extended.

Salisbury Bank, shoal, in mouth of Dee estuary,
Cheshire ; is 7 miles long.

Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh. See Arthur’s Seat.

Salisbury Hill, eminence, Somerset, at Batheaston;
has a Saxon camp.

Salisbury Plain, undulating tract, AYilts, extending
W. from E. border of co. to Westbury and War-
minster, and from the Yale of Pewsey 10 miles S. to
vicinity of Salisbury; has an average height of 400 ft.,
and rises to a height of 775 ft. on Westbury Down.
The Druidical circle of Stonehenge is in the plain, 6
miles N. of Salisbury.

Salkeld, Great, par. and vil., Cumberland—par.,
3774 ac., pop. 501; vil., on river Eden, 5% miles NE. of
Penrith; P.O.

Salkeld, Little, township and ry. sta., Addingham
par., Cumberland, 4 miles SE. of Lazonby, 1149 ac.,
pop. 126.

Sail, par. and vil., Norfolk, l%mile NE. of Reepham,
1802 ac., pop. 194; near the vil. is Sail Hall, seat.

Sallagh Braes, hill-ridge, 3 miles NAY. of Larne, E.
co. Antrim.

Sallakee Down, eminence, St Mary’s, Scilly Islands;
is crowned by several Celtic tumuli.

Sallins, vil. with ry. sta., Naas and Bodenstown
pars., N. co. Kildare, on Grand Canal, 2 miles N. of
Naas and 18 miles SW. of Dublin, pop. 279; P.O.

Sallowglen, seat, 2% m. SW. of Tarbert, N. co. Kerry.

Sally Noggins, ham., co. Dublin. See Glenageary.

Sallybank, agricultural school, co. Limerick; post-
town, Broadford.

Sally brook, ry. sta., E. eo. Donegal, near Manor
Cunningham sta., which is 5 miles E. of Letterkenny.

Sallygap, mountain defile, N. co. Wicklow, 10 miles
SW. of Bray.

Sallyinount, seat, 2 miles SE. of Kilcullen, E. co.
Kildare.

Sally’s Cross Roads, vil., Castlemagner par., N. co.
Cork, near Kanturk, pop. 149.

Sallysburgb, vil., Lanarkshire. See Salsburgh.

Salmon Leap.—a series of falls, on river Teogh, at
Oughterard, N. co. Galway.—2. Salmon Leap, a fall,
on river Liffey, near Leixlip, N. co. Kildare.

Salmon by, par., Lincolnshire, on river Steeping, 6
miles NE. of Horncastle, 991 ac., pop. 102.

Salop, a contraction of Shropshire.

Salperton, par., Gloucestershire, 4 miles NW. of
Northleach, 1210 ac., pop. 145; contains Salperton
Park, seat.

Salrnck, 6 miles NW. of Kylemore, NAY. co. Galway,
near mouth of Killarney Harbour; P.O.

Salsburgh, vil., Shotts par., Lanarkshire, 3% miles
NAY. of Shotts ry. sta., pop. 576; P.O.

Salt, eccl. dist., township, and vil. with ry. sta.,
Stafford St Mary and Chad par., Staffordshire—
dist., pop. 689; township (Salt with Enson), 1677 ac.,
pop. 427; vil., 3% miles NE. of Stafford; p.o.

Salt, Lough, 5 miles AY. of Milford, N. co. Donegal;
is near Salt Mountain, alt. 1541 ft.

Salt, North and South, 2 bars., NE. co. Kildare—
North Salt, 21,918 ac., pop. 5572; South Salt, 16,777
ac., pop. 2269.

Salt Cove, cove, at mouth of river Ribble, Lanca-
shire, 4 miles SW. of Kirkham.

Salt Hill, Farnham - Royal and Stoke Pogis pars.,
Bucks, 2% miles N. of Windsor; P.O.

Salt Hill, seat, in co. and 7 miles SW. of Donegal.

Salt Hole, a ravine, near Ballycarry, E. eo. Antrim.

Salt Pan, narrow chasm, at head of Cucklet Dell,
Derbyshire, near Eyam.

Salt Way, Roman road, from coast of Hants, to Old
Droitwich, in Worcestershire.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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