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Salisbury Old Photo Postcard High Street Gate The Close

Series No: 11
Condition: Unused
Background: Built between 1327 and 1342 the High Street gate is the main point of entry into the Cathedral Close. It housed the small lock-up jail for those convicted of misdeeds within the Liberty of the Close. Beside the gate stands the Porters Lodge. The post of porter to the Close was a much sought-after sinecure for the servants of kings and nobles in the middle ages.

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