In the top row of pictures:

• Sherborne viewed from the south-east, Sherborne Castle and lake (1753 – Lancelot 'Capability Brown') in the foreground (picture)
• Sherborne Abbey, portions of which are Anglo-Saxon, majority of the building dated c.1420–50 (picture)
• Effigy of Sir Walter Raleigh c.1552–1618, situated outside the Abbey (picture)
• Detail from back of the Almshouse of St John the Baptist & St John the Evangelist. Although this window is part of a mid-19th century addition to the original 15th century building, it embodies several essential elements of the typical Sherborne building (picture)
• Looking north-to-south down Cheap Street, the main shopping thoroughfare (picture)

In the bottom row of pictures:

• Top of Cheap Street, The Julian – originally Inn of St Julian – 16th century (picture)
• Cheap Street, 15th century building carefully restored, was a candlemaker's premises at one time (picture)
• Sherborne House, private house from c.1720, which later became Lord Digby's School (picture)
• Hospital Lane, one of many fine buildings within the school quarter (picture)
• Sherborne Castle, central portions rebuilt by Sir Walter Raleigh 1594, passed to John Digby in 1617 following Raleigh's downfall (picture)

Other sites on the web

Sherborne:   the official town website

Sherborne Castle:   home of the Wingfield Digby family since 1617

The Dorset Page:   Sherborne – local information and links to further resources on the web

Maps of the area on streetmap.co.uk:   1:50,000 – detail, 1:250,000 – locality and route to get there

The pictures of Sherborne in this gallery were captured at high resolution.
This is images of dorset stock photography gallery 043
All photographs copyright © 1998–2003 John Allen