| 1075 - 1092 |
Norman Cathedral built at Old Sarum |
| 1215 |
Magna Carta sealed |
| 1220 |
New Cathedral started on Salisbury Water Meadows. Foundation Stone Laid by Bishop Poore |
| 1240 - 1270 |
Cloisters Built |
| 1258 |
Cathedral dedicated and most Canonries built. Old Deanery built and became residence of the Dean |
| 1263 - 1284 |
Chapter House built |
| 1265 |
Bell Tower Built. West Front finished (approximate date) |
| 1327 |
Licence granted to build Close Wall from stone taken from Cathedral at Old Sarum. |
| 1330 |
Completion of Tower and Spire (approximate date) |
| 1331 |
Wall around The Close was built |
| 1370 |
Construction of Tower Scaffolding |
| 1612 |
James I lodges at King's House |
| 1624 |
Taverns and ale houses in The Close |
| 1714 |
Wren Hall, the Old Choristers School is completed |
| 1788 - 1791 |
Restoration of the Cathedral by James Wyatt. Demolition of Bell Tower and levelling of churchyard to grass |
| 1823 |
The artist John Constable paints his famous view of the cathedral from the grounds of the Bishop's Palace |
| 1860 - 1878 |
Restoration of the Cathedral and some Close houses by Sir George Gilbert Scott |
| 1945 - 1951 |
Top 30 feet of spire rebuilt |
| 1947 |
Bishop's Palace became Cathedral School |
| 1981 |
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museums established in King's House |
| 1985 |
Spire Appeal started to raise £6,500,000 for the repair and conservation of the Spire, Tower and West Front |
| 1991 |
Commencement of the Major Repair Programme, a 20 year, £20 million programme partly funded by English Heritage |
| 2000 |
Redevelopment of "The Plumbery" providing new shop and restaurant facilities under a glass roof giving new views of the Spire |
| 2000 |
Completion of the repair and conservation of the Spire, Tower and West Front |
