Shaftesbury Abbey
Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was founded in about 888, and dissolved in 1539 during the English Reformation by the order of Thomas Cromwell, minister to King Henry VIII.- Email: user@shaftesburyabbey.fsnet.co.uk
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: abbey in Dorset, England (888–1539)
- Postal code: SP7 8JT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Westminster Memorial Hospital and Shaftesbury Town Hall.
Westminster Memorial Hospital
Hospital
The Westminster Memorial Hospital is a small community hospital in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. It provides about 20 in-patient beds, a minor injuries department, a range of out-patient clinics and other support services. It opened in 1874. Westminster Memorial Hospital is situated 410 feet southwest of Shaftesbury Abbey.
Shaftesbury Town Hall
Town hall
Shaftesbury Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Shaftsbury Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. Shaftesbury Town Hall is situated 360 feet east of Shaftesbury Abbey.
The Grosvenor Arms Hotel
Hotel
The Grosvenor Arms Hotel is situated 330 feet north of Shaftesbury Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shaftesbury and Melbury Abbas.
Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is on the A30 road, 20 miles west of Salisbury and 23 miles north-northeast of Dorchester, near the border with Wiltshire.Melbury Abbas
Village
Melbury Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 2 miles south-southwest of the town of Shaftesbury. Melbury Abbas is situated 2 miles southeast of Shaftesbury Abbey.
Duncliffe Wood
Locality
Duncliffe Wood is an ancient woodland on the summit of Duncliffe Hill, a few miles west of Shaftesbury. The area of the site is 92.16 hectares, making it one of the largest ancient woodlands in North Dorset. Duncliffe Wood is situated 2½ miles west of Shaftesbury Abbey.
Shaftesbury Abbey
- Categories: abbey, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Shaftesbury, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.00527° or 51° 0′ 19″ north
Longitude
-2.19855° or 2° 11′ 55″ west
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9C3V2R42+4H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=abbey
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Shaftesbury Abbey” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սաֆտսբերիի աբբայություն”
- Chinese: “沙夫茲貝利修道院”
- Dutch: “Shaftesbury Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Shaftesbury”
- French: “Abbaye de Shaftesbury”
- French: “Shaftesbury Abbey”
- German: “Shaftesbury Abbey”
- Greek: “αβαείο του Σάφτεσμπερι”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shaftesbury Abbey”
- Norwegian: “Shaftesbury Abbey”
- Russian: “Шафтсберийское аббатство”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Shaftesbury”
- Swedish: “Shaftesbury Abbey”
- Turkish: “Shaftesbury Abbey”
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Highlights include Shaftsbury Abbey Museum and Park Walk.
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