Links to Other Pages on this Site TOWNS & VILLAGES Caundle Marsh   Dorset, England 1.7 km NE Crouch Hill   Dorset, England 2.7 km SW Haydon   Dorset, England 3.7 km NE Holwell   Dorset, England 2.3 km SW Kings Stag   Dorset, England 3.8 km SW Stourton Caundle   Dorset, England 2.4 km NW OTHER PLACES Cornford Bridge   nr. Holwell, Dorset, England A scheduled National Monument, the bridge consists of three Gothic arches 1.4 km SW Sherborne New Castle   Dorset, England The new castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh when he found the Old Castle not to his liking 5.7 km NW Sherborne Old Castle   Dorset, England The castle, built by a medieaval Bishop of Sherborne became the home of Sir Walter Raleigh 6 km NW Sherborne Abbey   Dorset, England The abbey church was a cathedral church for many centuries after King Ine of Wessex established a see here and made his kinsman St Aldhelm the first bishop 6.8 km NW Revels Bird Centre   Dorset, England 7.5 km SW Higher Bockhampton   Dorchester, Dorset DT2 8QJ Awaiting Information 10.7 km NE Sandford Orcas Manor House   Sandford Orcas, Vale Of Blackmore, Dorset, England The ancient manor house, open to the public during the summer months, is reputed to be haunted 10.7 km NW Boyles School   High Street, Yestminster, Vale Of Blackmore, Dorset, England The 17th century scientist Robert Boyle who lived nearby at Stalbridge endowed the school to teach twenty poor boys of Chetnowle, Leigh and Yetminster 10.7 km SW Hotels Eastbury Hotel Long St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3BY 6.5 km NE The Half Moon Inn Half Moon St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3LN 6.7 km NE Britannia Inn Westbury, Dorset   DT9 3EH 6.7 km NE Cross Keys Hotel 88 Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3BJ 6.7 km NE     The Grange Hotel   Oborne, Dorset   DT9 4LA 6.8 km NE Antelope Hotel Greenhill, Dorset   DT9 4EP 7 km NE Sherborne Hotel Horsecastles Lane, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 6BB 7.8 km NE The Ship Inn West Stour, Dorset   SP8 5RP 12.5 km NW Public Houses White Hart Inn s Caundle, Dorset   DT9 5ND 0.2 km SE The Halsey Arms Dorchester, Dorset   DT2 7DZ 4.7 km SW The Rose & Crown Inn rton, Dorset   DT9 5PD 4.9 km SE The Queens Head High St, Milborne Port, Dorset   DT9 5DQ 5.6 km NE The Stalbridge Arms Ring St, Stalbridge, Dorset   DT10 2NF 5.8 km NW The Crown Inn High St, Stalbridge, Dorset   DT10 2LL 5.9 km NW Swan Hotel High St, Stalbridge, Dorset   DT10 2LL 5.9 km NW The Gainsborough Arms 74 Gainsborough, Milborne Port, Dorset   DT9 5BB 6.1 km NE The Hunters Moon Middlemarsh, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 5QN 6.5 km SE Antelope Inn Pidney, Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset   DT10 2EB 6.6 km SW Digby Tap Cooks Lane, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3NS 6.6 km NE Plume of Feathers Half Moon St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3LN 6.7 km NE Swan Inn Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3AX 6.8 km NE The White Hart 2 Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3PX 6.9 km NE Skippers 1 Terrace View, Horsecastles, Dorset   DT9 3HE 7 km NE The George Hotel Higher Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3JD 7 km NE The Mermaid Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 4JD 7.4 km NE The Gaggle of Geese nd Newton, Dorset   DT2 7BS 8.5 km SE The Bull Tavern Town Bridge, Sturminster Newton, Dorset   DT10 2BS 8.8 km NW White Horse Inn Hinton St Mary, Sturminster Newton, Dorset   DT10 1NA 9.2 km NW Blackmore Vale Inn Burton St, Marnhull, Dorset   DT10 1JJ 9.7 km NW The Crown Inn Crown Rd, Marnhull, Dorset   DT10 1LN 10.2 km NW The Mitre Inn rd Orcas, Dorset   DT9 4RU 10.3 km NE CAUNDLE MARSH,   Dorset CORNFORD BRIDGE,   HOLWELL, Dorset A scheduled National Monument, the narrow bridge with its three Gothic arches which carries the road from Holwell to Caundle Marsh over the Caundle Brook is named after an adjacent field. It dates from the late fifteenth century although it was extensively repaired in the 18th century. It is one of several medieval bridges in the county of Dorset. HOLWELL,   Dorset PURSE CAUNDLE,   Dorset The small village possesses a fine 15th century manor house (though much altered in Tudor times) and contemporary parish church with an embattled and pinnacled tower. Peter Mews, the last of the great soldier-bishops, was born here at the splendid medieval/Tudor manor house and the famous physician Nathaniel Highmore, friend of William Harvey, is buried in the church. STALBRIDGE, Dorset The village where Robert Boyle conducted some of his experiments which laid the foundations for modern chemistry in the 17th century. In has one of the best market crosses in Dorset and a variety of grey/cream limestone cottages. THE BOROUGH,   Dorset A small hamlet with a church near the Caundle Brook between Bishop's Caundle and Holwell.