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.Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Shillingstone, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Holy Rood” and “Holy Rood Church, Shillingstone”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and St Andrew’s Church, Okeford Fitzpaine.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 1 mile northeast of Church of the Holy Rood.
St Andrew’s Church, Okeford Fitzpaine
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.90242° or 50° 54′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.25058° or 2° 15′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C2VWP2X+XQOpenStreetMap ID
way 86926004OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q17531674
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