Retirement Properties Spotlight in Winterbourne Earls

Winterbourne Earls is the southernmost of the three Winterbournes and was mentioned in Domesday as Wintreburne belonging to Edward of Salisbury and had a mill on the Bourne. Its name derives from the local river Bourne with the 'Earls' being added to denote manorial ownership by the Earls of Salisbury in the later Middle Ages.

Salisbury Cathedral is one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the country in a majestic setting by the River Avon. It was begun in about 1220 and its most famous bishop, St Osmund, was one of the last English saints to be canonized by the Pope before Henry VIII‘s break with Rome in the 1530‘s. Today the city is a vigorous community with sensitive new development bringing renewed vitality to the medieval streets where many historic buildings still survive.