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Sherborne, Gloucestershire

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established two schools for boys in 1824. They were merged in 1862, and a schoolhouse was built for them in 1868. By 1906 it had been enlarged to take 165 pupils, but by 1938 attendance had fallen to 80. By 1961 it was a junior school. It is now a
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is in the centre of the village. Its bell-tower and spire were built late in the 13th or early in the 14th century. The church is next to Sherborne House, which was built for Thomas Dutton after he bought the manor of Sherborne in 1551.
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on Sherborne Brook. By the end of the 19th century only Duckleston Mill, at the west end of the village, remained, and it was disused. In 1961 it was still standing but had been converted into a farmhouse.
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by 1175, when it was listed amongst the property of Winchcombe Abbey. The original church building no longer exists, but a 19th-century cottage at the east end of the village incorporates two
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In 1624-40 John Dutton acquired land 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of the village to create a deer park. He had The Lodge built as a viewing stand to watch deer being
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built further north. The church contains numerous ornate monuments to members of the Dutton family. The tower has a
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of 1086, where it is spelt 'Scireburne', and means 'bright stream'. This is a reference to Sherborne Brook.
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of six bells. The oldest is medieval; three more were cast in 1653 and the remaining two are 18th-century.
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doorways and other details said to have been recovered from an orchard at the same end of the village.
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The Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers, Cirencester Branch
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Sherborne still has a village shop and tea room which incorporates an outreach Post Office.
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of the church demolished to allow more light into Sherborne House, and had a new nave and
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had alterations made to the church between 1743 and 1776, including the addition of a
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The farmhouse at Stones Farm at the east end of Sherborne village was designed by
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stayed at the house in 1592. John Dutton had the house re-faced in 1651-53, and
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This article is about the village in Gloucestershire. For the Dorset town, see
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Sherborne Parish Church Bust of James Henry Legge Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne
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is converted into privately owned apartments and is not open to the public.
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stayed in Sherborne in 1382. In 1539 the abbey was suppressed in the
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Sherborne Parish Church Memorial to James and Elizabeth Dutton
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The place-name 'Sherborne' is first attested in the
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Sherborne
Sherborne is located in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
OS grid reference
SP1614
Civil parish
District
Cotswold
Shire county
Gloucestershire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Cheltenham
Postcode district
GL54
Dialling code
Police
Gloucestershire
Fire
Gloucestershire
Ambulance
South Western
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°49′44″N 1°44′38″W / 51.829°N 1.744°W / 51.829; -1.744

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