Sherborne
Sherborne | |
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Market town | |
Sherborne Abbey | |
Location within Dorset | |
Population | 10,365 (2021 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | ST638165 |
• London | 124 mi (200 km) |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Sherborne |
Postcode district | DT9 |
Dialling code | 01935 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
West Dorset | |
Arms of Sherborne Town Council | ||
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Shield Azure a Cross triparted and fretted Argent between four Double Roses Gules on Argent en soliel barbed and seeded Gold. | | |
Supporters | On either side a Griffin segreant reguardant the aquiline parts Argent beaked and gorged with an Ancient Crown Or the leonine parts also Or armed and langued Gules. | |
Motto | Soli Deo Honor Et Gloria (To God Alone Be Honour And Glory) | |
Badge | A Crozier Or enfiling a Tower with a portal Argent. | |
Registered 1986[2] |
Sherborne is a
Sherborne's historic buildings include
The town is served by Sherborne railway station.
Toponymy
The town was named scir burne by the Saxon inhabitants, a name meaning "clear stream", after a brook that runs through the centre of the town,[5] and is referred to as such in the Domesday Book.
History
In 705 the
In the 12th century
In 1594
Sherborne became home to Yorkshireman Captain
Governance
In the UK national parliament, Sherborne is within the West Dorset parliamentary constituency. As of 2021[update], the Member of Parliament (MP) Chris Loder of the Conservative Party. In local government, Sherborne is administered by Dorset Council at the highest tier, and Sherborne Town Council at the lowest tier.
For local council elections, Dorset is divided into several electoral wards, with Sherborne forming two of these: Sherborne West and Sherborne East.[8][9][10] In county council elections, Dorset wasdivided into 42 electoral divisions, with Sherborne's two wards together forming Sherborne Electoral Division.[11]
After
Education
There has been a school in Sherborne since the time of
Leweston School was founded as St. Anthony's in 1891 by the Sisters of Christian Instruction, Sacred Heart nuns from Belgium with Jesuit principles, who originally operated a full boarding school for girls in Sherborne town. The senior school moved to the Leweston Manor estate in 1948 and became known as St Antony's-Leweston; in 1993 the Preparatory school, which has since grown to include a nursery, followed. Leweston transitioned from a girls only school to fully co-educational in all years during a four-year transitional period from 2018 to 2021. The 2022 ISI inspection report described the quality of pupils' personal development in the senior school as excellent. The early years provision was described as outstanding in every category of inspection. Notable alumnae include businesswoman and conservative life peer Dido Harding, Baroness Harding of Winscombe and actresses Kristen Scott Thomas and Serena Scott Thomas
Sherborne School for Girls, often simply known as Sherborne Girls was founded in 1895. Its notable alumnae include the opera singer Emma Kirkby and the scientist Rosa Beddington.
Sherborne Preparatory School is located opposite Sherborne School, and many of its pupils choose to go on to Sherborne School or Sherborne Girls.
Until 1992 there were also two grammar schools, Foster's School for Boys and Lord Digby's School for Girls. Both schools merged with another local school to form The Gryphon School.
The town also has two primary schools, Sherborne Abbey Primary School and Sherborne Primary School.
Local Media
The local radio station is Abbey104, a community based radio station that broadcasts to the town and surrounding areas in Dorset and Somerset.
The town’s local newspapers are the Sherborne Mercury and Dorset Echo.
Historic buildings
Notable historic buildings in the town include:
The almshouses of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist: founded in 1437 and building completed in 1448. It was expanded in 1866 in indistinguishable medieval style architecture, and continues to be a residential institution to the present day;[12]
The
Hospice of St Julian: founded in c.1405;
The Abbey Gatehouse, once the east
No. 101 Newland: built 1297;
Lord Digby school, now known as
St Emerenciana's Chapel (now known as Nethercoombe Farm); built in the late 14th century. The only building in the country to have been dedicated to this saint.
There are 378 listed buildings within the town[17] and 23 in Castleton (considered to be an inclusion of Sherborne),[18] totalling 401, including 14 Grade I listed buildings and 21 Grade II* listed buildings.
Churches
The Church of England parish church – Sherborne Abbey – is the most prominent building in the town. St Paul's Church is another Church of England church, in the northeast of the town.[19] The Bishop of Sherborne is a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Salisbury.
There is a Catholic church – the Church of The Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm – located on Westbury.[20]
Cheap Street Church is a joint Methodist and United Reformed congregation.[21] Originally a Methodist church, it was built in stages through the mid-late 19th Century and is Grade II listed.[22]
Demographics
Date | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1891 | 1931 | 2011 |
Population | 3485 | 5254 | 5852 | 6129 | 5001 | 7007 | 9523 |
Notable residents
- Mike Davis, a rugby player and coach with England.
- The social reformer and moralist Rev Sir James Marchant died here in 1956.
- Olympic sailor Andrew Simpson (1976–2013) lived here.[23]
- Olympic field hockey player Michael Walford lived and worked here for many years before his death in 2002.
Environment and community
Sherborne has an active green community, with various environmental and sustainability organisations in the area. The Quarr Local Nature Reserve at the northern end of the town makes use of an old quarry and landfill site, Sherborne Area Partnership oversees a successful environment forum and, in 2009, Sherborne became an official
Pack Monday Fair
The town has for centuries hosted an annual street fair, Pack Monday Fair, starting on the Monday following 10 October (Old Michaelmas Day). Originally an agricultural fair, it is now devoted to stalls, sideshows and a funfair.[25]
Sport and leisure
Sherborne has a
International relations
Sherborne is a founding member of the
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See also
- Sherborne Hundred for more on the history of the hundred
Sources and references
General sources
- Pitt-Rivers, Michael, 1968. Dorset. London: Faber & Faber.
- The 1985 AA illustrated guide to the towns and villages of Britain.
Citations
- ^ "Sherborne". City population. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "South West Region". civicheraldry.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics – Sherborne (Parish)". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Age Structure, 2011 (KS102EW) – Sherborne (Parish)". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "History of Sherborne". Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ Studies in the Early History of Shaftesbury Abbey. Dorset County Council, 1999
- ^
Baxter, James Phinney; Levett, Christoper (1893). Christopher Levett, of York, the pioneer colonist in Casco Bay. Portland, Maine, USA: Gorges Society. p. 7. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
christopher levett sherborne.
- ^ "The West Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2015". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ "Dorset West: Seat, Ward and Prediction Details". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ "Interactive map of District councillors". dorsetforyou.com. Dorset County Council. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ "Electoral division profiles 2013". dorsetforyou.com. Dorset County Council. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ St Johns' House
- ^ "About - Sherborne Museum". 4 August 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ Sherborne House at Sherborne House Arts website. Archived 12 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Sherborne House in Dorset to become tourist attraction". BBC News Dorset, 7 December 2011
- ^ "Sherborne House restoration work hits six-month delay". Western Gazette, Sherborne, 29 November 2012.
- ^ "Search Results for Sherborne". Historic England. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Search results for Castleton". Historic England. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ St Paul's Sherborne
- ^ "Sherborne Catholic Church". Sherborne Town. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Welcome to Cheap Street Church". Cheap Street Church. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Historic England The Methodist Church, Sherborne
- ^ "Largest Sailing Race in 24 Hours (Multiple Venues)". guinnessworldrecords.com. Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Sherborne". Transition Network. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-140-51554-1.
- ^ "Douzelage.org: Home". douzelage.org. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ "Douzelage.org: Member Towns". douzelage.org. Archived from the original on 6 April 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
External links
- Town web site
- Sherborne at Curlie