Sep 2, 2020
On the main road leading east from Sherborne (A30) at the crossroads at Henstridge is an inn, namely the Virginia Ash Inn. Although Henstridge is just in Somerset and not Dorset, I am going to include it in this series of articles in reference to the legends of...
Aug 30, 2020
Figure 1:Gatehouse of Wolfeton House, Dorset. In late-Elizabethan England those who pursued a career in scholarship, science and thinking generally required a patron for room, board and access to a library. A patron, driven by his or her interests, may surround...
Jul 2, 2020
Architectural Ambition: Sherborne Lodge Raleigh’s architectural ambitions for the old medieval Sherborne Castle hit their limits, whether financial and/or practical, and he began to think again. He turned his attention to an early 16th-C hunting lodge[1] across from...
Jun 13, 2020
Lillington Church near Sherborne Dedicated to St Martin of Tours It was on the 1st November 1593 that Sir Walter Raleigh and his family would have ridden out from Old Sherborne Castle and travelled 3.5 miles east towards the small village of Lillington. As to why...
Apr 23, 2020
Figure 1: Ruins of Old Sherborne Castle. It was the Civil War in the mid-17th century that led to its present state.[1] RALEIGH AT OLD SHERBORNE CASTLE Sir Walter Raleigh led an extraordinary life. In the Elizabethan court he rose to become one of the most...
