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Dean of Salisbury

position at Salisbury Cathedral

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ5246658 ↗
Source-derived summary

The dean of Salisbury is the head of the chapter of Salisbury Cathedral in the Church of England. The dean assists the archdeacon of Sarum and bishop of Ramsbury in the diocese of Salisbury.

List of deans

References

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 3: Salisbury diocese

Sources

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 4, 1991, pp.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dean of Salisbury” as position at Salisbury Cathedral. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1300, 1541, 1066, 1991—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1102. The account is most persuasive where Dean, Salisbury and position can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as position at Salisbury Cathedral. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5246658. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1300, 1541, 1066 and 1991.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Dean of Salisbury”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Dean of Salisbury primary sources, Dean of Salisbury archive and Dean research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Dean of Salisbury”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Dean of Salisbury” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.