Salem

Salem
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates:	11.65°N, 78.16°E
Altitude:	278 m (912 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Salem
State/Province:	Tamil Nadu
Country:	India
Transport links
Madras Railway, which became South Indian Railway

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Salem was the headquarters of Salem District during the British period.

The station at this town was on the Madras Railway which became the South Indian Railway broad gauge (BG) 'Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline'

Spelling variants

Modern spelling: Salem
Variants:

Cemeteries

• Salem Old Anglican Cemetery - graves date back to c 1797. After this cemetery became full, a cemetery was opened at Peramanur, attached to Christ Church in Fort which was in use from 1883 t0 1953.

External links

• Salem City Imperial Gazetteer
  
• Salem Historical Society website with various pages including Events page giving updates regarding old English cemetery
• Cenotaph of a Peninsular War veteran found in Salem Hindu.com
• "British era cemetery in state of neglect" [Peramanur] by S.P. Saravanan October 27, 2015 The Hindu Tamil Nadu
• Inscriptions in Salem district from Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras by J Cotton 1905 (Archive.org)

Historical books online

• A Manual of the Salem District in the Presidency of Madras by Henry Le Fanu 1883 Archive.org Volume I: The District, Volume II: The Taluks
• Madras District Gazetteers: Salem Volume 1-Part 1 1918, Madras District Gazetteers: Statistical Appendix for Salem District 1932 Archive.org