Church of the Holy Rood

Church of the Holy Rood is a church in Shillingstone, North Dorset District, England. Church of the Holy Rood is situated nearby to the town hall The Portman Hall, as well as near Lamb House Bridge.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Shillingstone, Dorset, England, UK
Also known as: “Holy Rood” and “Holy Rood Church, Shillingstone”
Postal code: DT11 0SL

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and St Andrew’s Church, Okeford Fitzpaine.

Church of St Nicholas

Church

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Church of St Nicholas is situated 1 mile northeast of Church of the Holy Rood.

St Andrew’s Church, Okeford Fitzpaine

Church

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St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, and in the Diocese of Salisbury. It is in the Okeford Benefice, a group of four parishes in the Blackmore Vale. St Andrew’s Church, Okeford Fitzpaine is situated 1¼ miles west of Church of the Holy Rood.

Shillingstone Quarry

Quarry

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Shillingstone Quarry SSSI, Dorset is an 8.13 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England, notified in 1995. Shillingstone Quarry is situated 1 mile south of Church of the Holy Rood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Child Okeford and Fiddleford.

Child Okeford

Village

Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Child Okeford is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, 3 miles east of the small town of Sturminster Newton. Child Okeford lies downstream from Sturminster, along the River Stour, which passes half a mile west of the village.

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. Fiddleford is situated 1½ miles northwest of Church of the Holy Rood.

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. Piddles Wood is situated 2 miles northwest of Church of the Holy Rood.

Church of the Holy Rood

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Shillingstone, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.90242° or 50° 54′ 9″ north

Longitude

-2.25058° or 2° 15′ 2″ west

Open location code

9C2VWP2X+XQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 86926004

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

Wikidata ID

Q17531674

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