Salisbury is the largest city on the eastern shore of Maryland.

Get in

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Salisbury is about a 2 hour drive from the Baltimore (BWI) airport or about 3 hours from Washington Dulles Airport (IAD). It is a pretty drive that passes over the Chesapeake Bay on the Bay Bridge.

There is also a small airport in Salisbury (SBY), which is serviced by US Airways.

Do

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Salisbury MD Zoo, 755 South Park Drive, 410-548-3188, . Daily except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Free.

Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, 909 South Schumaker Drive, 410-742-4988, . Daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. Houses the the world's largest collection of wildfowl carvings.

Eat

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Market Street Inn, 130 West Market St., 410-742-4145, . Excellent food including seafood and steaks; the Portuguese Bishop Rolls served with a variety of oils and vinegars are not to be missed; good wine list. Moderate to expensive.

Sleep

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Best Western, 1735 N Salisbury Boulevard, 410-546-1300.

Courtyard Marriott, 128 Troopers Way, 410-742-4405, . Located off the Route 13 bypass, convenient to many shopping and dining choices.

Ramada Inn and Conference Center, 300 S. Salisbury Blvd., 410-546-4400.

Get out

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Salisbury is a quick 40 minute drive to the Atlantic Coast. Ocean City is a popular nearby destination.



Salisbury (, ˈsɔːlz.bɹi or ˈzɔːwz.bri — moving from RP to local dialect) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England. 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 (Celtic for 'river'), which flows to the south coast and into the sea at Christchurch, Dorset.

History

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The location was chosen for a settlement because of the abundance of water. The city's origins go back to the Iron Age. 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. Old Sarum was a rotten borough that was abolished as at the time, one MP represented three households. The bury element is a form of borough, which has cognates in words and place names throughout the Germanic languages. For a fuller explanation, see borough.

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