Please forgive the empty message which was sent by my over-zealous mouse! I seem to remember reading, when I first came to Dorset to live, that what had originally been Sherborne Cathedral (there is still a bishop of Sherborne) was demoted to Sherborne Abbey, and thence further demoted to the parish church. Perhaps someone on the list can elaborate? Dorset is unusual in that there is not a city in the county; Northamptonshire is the only other county I know of that has this feature. Davy Cannon, Dorchester, Dorset List Admin, Dorset-Life Subject: [DOR-LIFE] Sherborne Parish Church > Can anyone tell me where Sherborne Parish Church is? > > I have a mariage cert for August 1908 and unfortunatly does not even give me the church name (eg.St. .......'s) > On a recent map there are several crosses marking churches or chapels. > I cant believe that it could have been the Abbey, could it have been Castleton Church, St Mary Magdalen or as the Groom was an employee of Sherborne Castle stables, could it have even been at the Castle? The Bride was living in Horsecastles. > Hope someone can shed some light on this for me. > Thanks in advance. > > Kim White > white@evemail.net > > I use Archive CD Books. > All my incoming & outgoing mail is protected by > Norton AntiVirus 2002. > > > ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== > For Looks Up in Dorset resources by list members, > http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk/dorset/lookups.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

The parish church of Sherborne is the Abbey church of St. Mary i.e. it is Sherborne Abbey There was a cathedral church here c. AD 705 and the diocese was transferred to Old Sarum (Salisbury) in 1075. The church was rebuilt in the 12th century and a Benedictine monastery had by then been established. It became the town church after the dissolution in 1539. Debby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Davy Cannon" <davy.cannon1@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [DOR-LIFE] Sherborne Parish Church > Please forgive the empty message which was sent by my over-zealous mouse! > > I seem to remember reading, when I first came to Dorset to live, that what > had originally been Sherborne Cathedral (there is still a bishop of > Sherborne) was demoted to Sherborne Abbey, and thence further demoted to the > parish church. Perhaps someone on the list can elaborate? > > Dorset is unusual in that there is not a city in the county; > Northamptonshire is the only other county I know of that has this feature. > > Davy Cannon, > Dorchester, Dorset > List Admin, Dorset-Life > > > Subject: [DOR-LIFE] Sherborne Parish Church > > > > Can anyone tell me where Sherborne Parish Church is? > > > > I have a mariage cert for August 1908 and unfortunatly does not even give > me the church name (eg.St. .......'s) > > On a recent map there are several crosses marking churches or chapels. > > I cant believe that it could have been the Abbey, could it have been > Castleton Church, St Mary Magdalen or as the Groom was an employee of > Sherborne Castle stables, could it have even been at the Castle? The Bride > was living in Horsecastles. > > Hope someone can shed some light on this for me. > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Kim White > > white@evemail.net > > > > I use Archive CD Books. > > All my incoming & outgoing mail is protected by > > Norton AntiVirus 2002. > > > > > > ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > For Looks Up in Dorset resources by list members, > > http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk/dorset/lookups.htm > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== > For Looks Up in Dorset resources by list members, > http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk/dorset/lookups.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.644 / Virus Database: 412 - Release Date: 26/03/2004