Church of St Mary Magdalene
Church of St Mary Magdalene is a church in Castleton, West Dorset District, England which is located on Castleton Road. Church of St Mary Magdalene is situated nearby to the museum Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre, as well as near the ruins Sherborne Old Castle.Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Sherborne, Dorset, UK; formerly in Castleton
- Also known as: “Castleton Church” and “St Mary Magdalene Church, Castleton”
- Address: Castleton Road, Sherborne
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sherborne Old Castle and Sherborne Castle.
Sherborne Old Castle
Castle
Sherborne Old Castle is situated 700 feet east of Church of St Mary Magdalene.
Sherborne Castle
Castle
Photo: JackPeasePhotography, CC BY 2.0.
Sherborne Castle is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of Sherborne in Dorset, England, within the parish of Castleton. Originally built by Sir Walter Raleigh as Sherborne Lodge, and extended in the 1620s, it stands in a 1,200-acre park which formed a small part of the 15,000-acre Digby estate. Sherborne Castle is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Church of St Mary Magdalene.
Sherborne Abbey
Church
Photo: Isis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It was formerly a Saxon Catholic cathedral and a Benedictine abbey church, before becoming a Church of England parish church in 1539 during the dissolution of the monasteries. Sherborne Abbey is situated 2,900 feet west of Church of St Mary Magdalene.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sherborne and Alweston.
Sherborne
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sherborne is a small town in England. A market town and civil parish in northwest Dorset, it's sited on the River Yeo on the edge of the Blackmore Vale.
Alweston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alweston is a village in Dorset, England, situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of Sherborne. Historically it belonged to the Parish of Folke, in the Hundred of Sherborne. Alweston is situated 2 miles southeast of Church of St Mary Magdalene.
Poyntington
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Poyntington is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale about 2 miles north of Sherborne. Poyntington is situated 2 miles north of Church of St Mary Magdalene.
Church of St Mary Magdalene
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Castleton, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.94965° or 50° 56′ 59″ northLongitude
-2.50493° or 2° 30′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C2VWFXW+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 119927117OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q17542534
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