I do not think I shall ever forget the sight of Etna at sunset; the mountain almost invisible in a blur of pastel grey, glowing on the top and repeating its shape, as though reflected, in a wisp of grey smoke with the whole horizon behind radiant with pink light, fading gently into a grey [...]
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
9 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2019
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Sherborne 2019
Cheap Street Methodist Church – Sherbourne
In 1821 Mr William Dingley arrived in Sherborne from Launceston Cornwall.
He began worshipping in the Congregational Church in Long Street, but finding it too full and difficult to obtain a seat he decided to erect his own Wesleyan Chapel.
So in 1824 he purchased land and a large outhouse in Cheap Street and converted it into [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 5th 2019
Filed under Heritage, Sherborne 2019
The Conduit – Sherbourne
The Conduit at the bottom of Sherborne’s South Street.
The hexagonal 16th-century structure originally stood in the north cloisters of the abbey, where it was used for washing by the monks.
It was moved to this site after Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 4th 2019
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Sherborne 2019
The Public Weighbridge – Sherbourne
The Public Weighbridge House dates from the 1700s and is a Grade II listed property located within the Sherborne Conservation Area. It stands to the south and in front of Sherborne Abbey adjacent to Half Moon Street. Here, despite the small size of the building, it provides an important visual element to this part of [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 3rd 2019
Filed under Holidays, Sherborne 2019
St Nicholas Church, Norton
St Nicholas’ Church is a Grade II* listed building.[2] The church’s dedication was changed in 1490, to St Nicholas having previously been dedicated to St Magnus Martyr.[3]
The church was rebuilt in 1776, reusing medieval foundations and is considered a good example of the early Gothic revival. The rebuilding was financed by the Frampton family, who lived in the nearby [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 27th 2019
Filed under Heritage, Sherborne 2019
The Resting Place of T. E Lawrence
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence CB, DSO, known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British soldier renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt of 1916–18. The breadth of his fame is unique – archaeologist, scholar, soldier, writer. Always an independent spirit, he was a friend of many artists as well as [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 18th 2019
Warhorse to Horsepower examines how the British Army became increasingly mechanical during the First World War and how cavalry units eventually gave up their horses for tanks during the 1920s and 30s.
In pre-1914 Britain, society was already replacing horse with petrol driven vehicles and some life-size talking horses in the exhibition tell you their stories [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 3rd 2019
