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A walk around a rainy Sherborne in Dorset.

This was the Sunday that had heavy rain at the end of April 2012.

A few days after my visit The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the town as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee visits to towns and cities around the country.

Sherborne was the nearest town to our holiday cottage in Dorset.

Sherborne is an abbey town.

The Sherborne Abbey area. It dates from the 15th century.

Grade I listed.

<a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-103812-abbey-church-of-st-mary-sherborne" rel="nofollow">Abbey Church of St Mary, Sherborne</a>

689/1/1 ABBEY CLOSE 28-NOV-50 ABBEY CHURCH OF ST MARY

GV I

Revision Number: 2

ABBEY CLOSE 1. 1625 Abbey Church of St Mary ST 6316 1/1 28.11.50. GV 2. Saxon west wall below clerestory with foundations of Saxon tower and transepts facing west. C15 Church of All Hallows built against this wall; lower part of north aisle wall remains as a boundary wall between Sherborne School and Abbey Close. South front of Abbey early C12 (work of Roger of Caen) and C15. Central Tower with Saxon-Norman base and C15 work above. Nave: 5 irregular bays; piers with C15 casing to a Saxon are Late C15 fan vaulting. North aisle: C12 and late C15; lierne vault. North Transept: Norman walls. Wykeham Chapel: Norman walls and C15 vault. Choir of 3 bays and north and south choir aisles: C15. Reredos: C17 to design of R H Carpenter. Bishop Roger's Chapel: C13. Vestry: C16, part of former headmaster's house [1560] which extended across the whole of the width of the east end of the Abbey. Lady Chapel: 1 bay of C14 work and 1 bay further east of C20 work, 1921, to design of W D Curoe. Chapel of St Mary le Bow: C15 and C16; east wall and south windows built 1560 as part of-Headmaster's House [See Vestry]. Chapel of Holy sepulchre: C14 and C15 rebuildings. South Transept: early C12 and C15 work; Digby Memorial. St Katharine's Chapel: C12, and C13 and C14. South Aisle: early C12 and C15. Porch: early C12, restored 1849-58. 1849-58: restoration of transepts, choir and Norman porch by R C Carpenter and W Slater. 1884: restoration of Tower by R H Carpenter. [See J H P Gibb "Sherborne Abbey" RCHM "West Dorset", J Fowler, "Medieval Sherborne."]. [All {the listed} {build[ggs in Ah @+lppe [pgp a_ Rrpy.$_wi+h the east _end}] of No 1 Finger Lane.