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smallhobbit ([personal profile] smallhobbit) wrote2021-08-14 11:46 am

Sherborne and Dorchester

We spent the second day of our break in Sherborne.

The gateway which leads through to the Abbey



Sherborne Abbey exterior.  The first building was in the eighth century, it has been enlarged and updated ever since.

 

The Digby memorial (George Digby paid for a lot of the Abbey restorations in the nineteenth century)

  

Inside the abbey has an impressive vaulted roof:



And some beautiful stained glass (it wouldn't be me if there weren't photos of stained glass)

 

We also visited Sherborne Old Castle (There is a new castle as well, but it only dates from the sixteenth century and isn't really a castle at all)



The old castle dates from the twelfth century, and is a good example of the old music hall song 'I'm one of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit'

 

 

We also visited the municipal gardens, but I failed to take any photos.

The following day we spent a few hours in Dorchester, before returning home.  Dorchester is famous for being the Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novel, and Hardy died in Dorchester in 1928.



We spent some time in the gardens, and admired the clock tower and bandstand which now look as much as they would have done when the gardens were first opened in 1896.

 

There were some very pretty flower borders as well:



 
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[personal profile] stonepicnicking_okapi 2021-08-14 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Great photos. Looks like there was a lot to see.
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[personal profile] scfrankles 2021-08-14 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
The old castle dates from the twelfth century, and is a good example of the old music hall song 'I'm one of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit' That made me laugh ^____^

That clock tower is absolutely lovely. And I love the vaulted roof of Sherborne Abbey too - it's such a fascinating pattern.
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[personal profile] rusty_armour 2021-08-14 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooooh! I love your photos and the accompanying history! :-D Both Sherborne and Dorchester have some wonderful architecture and history behind them. The vaulted roof of Sherborne Abbey is incredible, and the Abbey has some gorgeous stained glass windows. Sherborne Old Castle does look like it's been knocked about a bit, but that just adds to its allure as far as I'm concerned. You got some great pictures of that clock tower and bandstand in Dorchester.
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[personal profile] adafrog 2021-08-15 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Great pics. Thanks.
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[personal profile] margaret_r 2021-08-15 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
Great photos! I do like the abbey roof and the castle, so much history to look at and enjoy.
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[personal profile] moth2fic 2021-08-15 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Despite a week's holiday in Dorset last August I failed to visit either of these so thanks for the virtual tour! I vaguely recall visiting both with my mother in my late teens but have no photographs.
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[personal profile] debriswoman 2021-08-17 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
More places I need to visit, though I have been to Dorchester:-)
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[personal profile] kat_lair 2021-08-17 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Enjoyed your local photo tours muchly, thank you for sharing!