Shaftesbury
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Shaftesbury is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is on the A30 road, 20 miles west of Salisbury and 23 miles north-northeast of Dorchester, near the border with Wiltshire. It is the only
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Old milestone in Blandford Forum showing use of the name Shaston for Shaftesbury
The ruins of Shaftesbury Abbey
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Shaftesbury Abbey
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Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was founded in about 888, and dissolved in 1539 during the English Reformation by the order of Thomas Cromwell, minister to K
Shaftesbury
…The town looks over the Blackmore Vale, part of the River Stour basin. Shaftesbury is the site of the former Shaftesbury Abbey, which was founded in 888 by King Alfred and became one of the richest religious establishments in the country, before being destroyed in the dissolution…
Shaftesbury Abbey ruins
Grave slab of Sir Thomas Scales, Deacon of the High Altar at Shaftesbury Abbey, died 1532. Found during excavation of the nave in 1931.
Lion and Flower Floor Tile from Shaftesbury Abbey collection
Priest Coffin Lid carved in Purbeck Marble from Shaftesbury Abbey collection