Sherborne Abbey

Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a church in in the English county of . It was formerly a Saxon cathedral and a Benedictine abbey church, before becoming a Church of England parish church in 1539 during the dissolution of the monasteries.
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  • Email: parishsecretary@sherborneabbey.com
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: church building in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin” and “シェアボーン・アビー”
  • Address: Sherborne

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sherborne Museum and The Conduit.

Museum
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is an independent, community-run museum located in the centre of , .

Historic building
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is a historic building.

Railway station
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serves the town of in , England. is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Sherborne Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castleton and Longburton.

Village
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is a civil parish in the county of .

Village
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or Long Burton is a village in , England, three miles south of . is situated 2 miles south of Sherborne Abbey.

Village
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is a village in , , situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of . is situated 2 miles southeast of Sherborne Abbey.

Sherborne Abbey

Latitude
50.94667° or 50° 56′ 48″ north
Longitude
-2.51659° or 2° 30′ 60″ west
Elevation
207 feet (63 metres)
Open location code
9C2VWFWM+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 168201651
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Geo­Names ID
7522497
Wiki­data ID
Q1262119
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In Other Languages

From Central Kurdish to Turkish—“Sherborne Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Central Kurdish: “دێری شێربۆرن”
  • Chinese: “謝爾本大教堂”
  • Croatian: “Sherborneska opatija”
  • French: “abbaye de Sherborne”
  • French: “Abbaye de Sherborne”
  • Georgian: “შერბორნის სააბატო”
  • German: “Sherborne Abbey”
  • Gothic: “𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌺𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌾𐍉”
  • Greek: “Αβαείο του Σέρμπορν”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית שרבורן”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Sherborne”
  • Japanese: “シェアボーン寺院”
  • Persian: “دیر شربورن”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sherborne Abbey”
  • Swedish: “Sherborne Abbey”
  • Turkish: “Sherborne Manastırı”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Nether Coombe and Dodds Cross.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: The Slype and Digby Memorial.

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Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.

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