Castleton church [2]
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Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 20 May 2023
The church of St Mary Magdalene is enclosed by a rubble stone wall with ashlar gate piers and double iron gates with an overthrow supporting a lamp. Probably erected in the 18th or 19th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1110806 The church of St Mary Magdalene, Castleton Road, is most unusual, both for its date and its mix of styles - 17th century, Gothic and early Georgian. Originally built in 1601 and rebuilt with north and south aisles in 1715. Lightly restored in 1860 and 1865. Constructed of limestone ashlar with some dressings of Ham stone under stone tiled roofs. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1152050 Sherborne is a market town in northwest Dorset, on the north bank of the River Yeo and Astride the A30 road. It is some 5 miles east of Yeovil and about 16¾ miles north of Dorchester. The town was named scir burne by the Saxons, a name meaning "clear stream", after a brook that runs through the centre of the town, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin has been a Saxon cathedral, a Benedictine abbey church, and, since 1539, a parish church.
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