Salisbury
Salisbury is a cathedral city in the English County
of Wiltshire. The city forms the largest part of the
Salisbury district. It has also been called New Sarum
to distinguish it from the original site of settlement
at Salisbury, Old Sarum, but this alternative name is
not in common use. Similarly, a native of Salisbury
may be known as a "Sarumite", but this term is also
not commonly used. In 1990 Salisbury was twinned with
Saintes in France, and in 2006 with Xanten in Germany.
The city is located in the south-east of Wiltshire,
at the edge of Salisbury Plain. Salisbury railway station
serves the city, and is the crossing point between the
West of England Main Line and the Wessex Main Line making
it a regional interchange. Salisbury is at the confluence
of five rivers: the Nadder, Ebble, Wylye and Bourne
are tributary to the Avon (Brythonic for 'river'), which
flows to the south coast and into the sea at Christchurch,
Dorset.
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