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Links to Other Pages on this Site TOWNS & VILLAGES Haydon   Dorset, England 1.3 km SE Milborne Port   Somerset, England 2 km N North Wootton   Dorset, England 3.2 km SE Oborne   Dorset, England 2.5 km NE Poyntington   Dorset, England 3.9 km NE Purse caundle   Dorset, England 2.3 km NW OTHER PLACES Sherborne Old Castle   Dorset, England The castle, built by a medieaval Bishop of Sherborne became the home of Sir Walter Raleigh 2.5 km W Sherborne New Castle   Dorset, England The new castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh when he found the Old Castle not to his liking 2.5 km SW 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 3.7 km SW Cornford Bridge   nr. Holwell, Dorset, England A scheduled National Monument, the bridge consists of three Gothic arches 5.2 km SE 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 6.5 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 10.3 km SW Revels Bird Centre   Dorset, England 11 km S Hotels     The Grange Hotel   Oborne, Dorset   DT9 4LA 2.5 km NE Eastbury Hotel Long St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3BY 3.4 km SE Cross Keys Hotel 88 Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3BJ 3.7 km SE The Half Moon Inn Half Moon St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3LN 3.7 km SE Antelope Hotel Greenhill, Dorset   DT9 4EP 3.8 km SE Britannia Inn Westbury, Dorset   DT9 3EH 3.8 km SE Sherborne Hotel Horsecastles Lane, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 6BB 4.9 km SE Public Houses The Queens Head High St, Milborne Port, Dorset   DT9 5DQ 1.6 km NW The Gainsborough Arms 74 Gainsborough, Milborne Port, Dorset   DT9 5BB 1.8 km NE MILBORNE PORT,   Somerset No less than six watermills recorded in Domesday powered the woollen and flax industry here. The prosperity earned medieval Milborne its covetted charter of incorporation as a borough. Two centuries ago, cloth-making gave way to leather. Rightly a 'town', this large but compact village often possesses an almost film set like atmosphere and rewards the visitor exploring on foot most abundantly. Its tiny outlying hamlet of Milborne Wick is the picture of a rural England now two centuries passed. OBORNE,   Dorset The village was given to nearby Sherborne Abbey when it was a cathedral by Edgar, king of Wessex. After the dissolution it became the property of of the Caius College, Cambridge. The 16th century parish church must have been amongst the last to be built before the dissolution but fell into such disrepair by the 19th century that it had to be pulled down save for the lonely chancel next to the A30.