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Hospitality Coordinator
While Sarum College buildings have been closed over the past months, staff have been working behind the scenes to improve our administration systems, the building and our operation processes in anticipation of re-opening this spring. Hospitality staff are key to … Read moreUpdate on Sarum College re-opening
24 February 2021 Following the Prime Minister’s 22 February 2021 announcement of the plan to ease lockdown restrictions we will further extend our temporary closure. In Stage 3 of the proposal, indoor hospitality is scheduled to resume from 17 May … Read moreThe Shroud Over The Nations
by The Very Revd Hugh Dickinson On this mountain the Lord will make for all peoples a feast of rich food and well- matured wines, and on this mountain will destroy the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the … Read moreMore News »
From the Stacks
From the Stacks: Nineteenth Century Controversies
Much time and energy has been spent discussing how the Reformation changed the theology of the Church of England. Because of a variety of factors this debate was especially active during the nineteenth century when various differing religious factions argued … Read more
From The Stacks: New Series Uncovers Library Gems
An occasional series on the Sarum College Library reveals some of the lesser-known treasures in the 40,000-strong collection, especially in the areas of ecclesiastical and local history Sarum College has one of the largest theological libraries in southern England which … Read more
The Sarum College Library – A Whirlwind Tour
The library at Sarum College was created in 1860 with the formation of the Salisbury Theological College. As an initial deposit it received the 274-volume collection of Bishop Walter Kerr Hamilton which mostly comprised nineteenth century pamphlets, tracts, sermons and charges… Read more
The Sowter Collection at Sarum College Library
Sarum College Library has a well-established reputation as a theological library, but it also has a fine local history collection, books on ecclesiastical history
aids for genealogists and more. Read more
John Jewel, a key figure in defining the Anglican Church
The Sarum College Library holds a number of publications by and about John Jewel (1522-71), a leading Protestant reformer who did much to start to define what was unique and different about the English church. Read more