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Sherborne

Proper noun

Meaning

A market town and civil parish with a town council in northwestern Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6316).

A village, a civil parish and brook of the same name in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1714).

A hamlet near Litton, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5855).

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Examples

Archaeologia, p. 151 Raleigh and his son Walter in 1602 1590–1594 In 1592, Raleigh was given many rewards by the Queen, including Durham House in the Strand and the estate of Sherborne, Dorset. Source: Internet

Cottle & Sherborne (1951) At this period, prior to the First World War, regional identities within England were being debated with the prospect of separate Home Rule parliaments being established. Source: Internet

Barlow English Church 1000–1066 p. 62 He also introduced new practices into the liturgy, and was instrumental in the Witenagemot 's recognition of Wulfsige of Sherborne as a saint in about 1012. Source: Internet

Draper (p.142) The Saxons established a diocese at Sherborne and Dorset was made a shire —an administrative district of Wessex and predecessor to the English county system—with borders that have changed little since. Source: Internet

Stephen's long-standing commander William of Ypres remained with the queen in London; William Martel, the royal steward, commanded operations from Sherborne in Dorset, and Faramus of Boulogne ran the royal household. Source: Internet

The West of England Main Line runs through the north of the county at Gillingham and Sherborne. Source: Internet

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