Mitre Corner, Salisbury

Mitre Corner is in the centre of Salisbury. It’s the corner of New Street and the High Street, specifically the cathedral side of that junction.

The house on the corner which currently hosts a clothes shop called, I think, Anokkaa is known as Mitre House.

A mitre is the hat worn by a bishop, the word coming from the Greek ‘mitra‘ meaning ‘turban’ or ‘headband’ ¹

Traditionally, Bishop Poore built a house on this site as a temporary residence while the Cathedral was being built.²

Since the 15th Century, it has been the custom for Bishops of Salisbury to put on their robes in this house before walking over to the Cathedral for their enthronement.

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Visiting Salisbury Cathedral?

For accommodation, see the Hotels in Salisbury page.

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Footnotes

1. Online Eytomology Dictionary [↩]
2. ‘Salisbury: St Thomas’s parish’, A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 6 (1962), pp. 81-83. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41785 Date accessed: 17 August 2009 [↩]