Sherborne
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Sherborne is a market town and civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The parish includes the hamlets of Nether Coombe and Lower Clatcombe. The A30 road, which connects London to Penzance, runs through the town. In the 2021 census the population of Sherborne was 10,361.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Sherborne
- UK place.civil_parish
- Sherborne
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.type
- Market town
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Sherborne Abbey (St. Mary) (19487821554).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Sherborne Abbey
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST638165
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- Sherborne
- UK place.postcode_area
- DT
- UK place.postcode_district
- DT9
- UK place.dial_code
- 01935
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Dorset
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 9523
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.sherbornetown.co.uk
- Image
- Western End of Long Street, Sherborne, Dorset - geograph.org.uk - 4200213.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01935
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- twinned administrative body
- Sušice
- Commons category
- Sherborne
- postal code
- DT9
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- topic's main category
- Category:Sherborne
- P8168
- Kunda
- OS grid reference
- ST638165
- P12749
- Helmut Schelsky
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Governance
- Education
- Media
- Historic buildings
- Churches
- Demographics
- Notable residents
- Environment and community
- Pack Monday Fair
- Sport and leisure
- International relations
- Sources and references
- General sources
- Citations
- External links
Sherborne is a market town and civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The parish includes the hamlets of Nether Coombe and Lower Clatcombe. The A30 road, which connects London to Penzance, runs through the town. In the 2021 census the population of Sherborne was 10,361.
Sherborne's historic buildings include Sherborne Abbey, its manor house, independent schools, and two castles: the ruins of a 12th-century fortified palace and the 16th-century mansion known as Sherborne Castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh. Much of the old town, including much of the abbey and many medieval and Georgian buildings, is built from distinctive honey-brown coloured Sherborne Stone.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sherborne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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