Sherborne Abbey

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Founded by St. Aldhelm in AD 705, the Abbey has developed from S...

Sherborne Museum

Sherborne Museum, with over 15,000 items of local history on display.
In 1136 Bishop Roger completed a fortified palace a little to the East of the Abbey. Only the ruins now stand, but models and drawings show the impressive scale of the Old Castl...

Sherborne Old Castle

Built by Bishop Roger of Salisbury in the 12th century as a strongly defended palace, Sherborne Old Castle became a powerful Royalist base during the Civil War. Described as 'malicious and mischievous' by Cromwell, it fell in 1645 after a fierce elev...