St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton
St Mary's Church is a Church of England Parish Church in Sturminster Newton, Dorset. The present church dates from a rebuild in 1486 by the abbots of Glastonbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: historic church in Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Church of St Mary” and “St Mary”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sturminster Newton Castle and Swan Hotel.
Sturminster Newton Castle
Castle
Sturminster Newton Castle is a site consisting of the remains of a medieval manor house within an Iron Age hillfort, near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, England. The ruins are privately owned. Sturminster Newton Castle is situated 1,900 feet southwest of St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton.
Swan Hotel
Pub
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swan Hotel is a pub, which is situated 800 feet northwest of St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton.
Fiddleford Manor
Manor estate
Photo: marilynjane, CC BY 2.0.
Fiddleford Manor is a medieval manor house located near Sturminster Newton, Dorset. It is thought to have been originally built around 1370 for William Latimer, the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, after the manor passed to him in 1355. Fiddleford Manor is situated 1 mile east of St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Piddles Wood and Fiddleford.
Piddles Wood
Locality
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piddles Wood is a small area of woodland south of the River Stour, Dorset, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The site was notified as an SSSI in 1985.
Fiddleford
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fiddleford is a hamlet in the county of Dorset in southern England. Fiddleford is situated between Sturminster Newton and Okeford Fitzpaine in the north of the county.
Bagber
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bagber is a hamlet in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated about 2 miles west and northwest of Sturminster Newton in the Dorset unitary authority. Bagber is situated 2 miles west of St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton.
St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sturminster Newton, North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.92462° or 50° 55′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.30294° or 2° 18′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C2VWMFW+RROpenStreetMap ID
way 79577419OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q17531652
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In Other Languages
“St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديسه مريم”
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