Dorset
North Dorset District
Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury Abbey

Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in , . 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.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Westminster Memorial Hospital and Shaftesbury Town Hall.

Hospital
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The is a small community hospital in , 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. is situated 410 feet southwest of Shaftesbury Abbey.

Town hall
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is a municipal building in the High Street, , , England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Shaftsbury Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. is situated 360 feet east of Shaftesbury Abbey.

Hotel
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is situated 330 feet north of Shaftesbury Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shaftesbury and Melbury Abbas.

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is a town and civil parish in , England. It is on the A30 road, 20 miles west of Salisbury and 23 miles north-northeast of , near the border with .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in north , . It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of , 2 miles south-southwest of the town of . is situated 2 miles southeast of Shaftesbury Abbey.

Locality
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is an ancient woodland on the summit of , a few miles west of . The area of the site is 92.16 hectares, making it one of the largest ancient woodlands in North Dorset. is situated 2½ miles west of Shaftesbury Abbey.

Shaftesbury Abbey

Latitude
51.00527° or 51° 0′ 19″ north
Longitude
-2.19855° or 2° 11′ 55″ west
Open location code
9C3V2R42+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 246736739
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­abbey
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1128802
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“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”
  • Swedish: “Shaftesbury Abbey”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shaftsbury Abbey Museum and Park Walk.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shaftesbury Abbey”. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.