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Sherborne is a small town in Dorset.

Sherborne
St. John's Hospital (almshouse) Sherborne Abbey Sherborne School (part of the former abbey)
Sherborne Abbey
Sherborne Abbey - a cathedral until the Norman conquest, and a parish church since the reformation - is famed for its extensive fan vaults. That in the nave was built by William Smyth from Wells, while the quire vault (pink due to a fire in 1437) was built by an architect connected to St. Mary Redcliffe, possibly Robert Hulle,
who worked at Winchester College.
School gate Sherborne Abbey Sherborne Abbey
Sir Walter Raleigh on the Digby Memorial The Digby Memorial The former headmaster's house
The fan-vaulted nave The nave The nave
The crossing Organ in the north transept Monument to John Digby
The quire
The quire The quire
Misaligned fan-vault pendants The conduit (the former abbey's lavabo) The conduit
Old houses Sherborne School Sherborne School
Sherborne Castle
Sherborne (New) Castle was built by Sir Walter Raleigh, next to the old castle. Raleigh famously introduced tobacco to England in the 1580s. By the time of King James it was already recognised as deleterious to health.
The old castle Sherborne Castle Raleigh's seat, where he smoked tobacco
Sherborne Castle Sherborne Castle Sherborne Castle