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The Grand Shaftesbury Run, previously known as the Great Shaftesbury Run, is an off-road, rural half marathon and 10k course that takes place on the 2,200 hectares (5,400 acres) historic Shaftesbury Estate in Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, England.
The Great Seal of Shaftesbury Abbey. Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was founded in about 888, and dissolved in 1539 during the English Reformation by the order of Thomas Cromwell, minister to King Henry VIII. At the time it was the second-wealthiest nunnery in England, behind only Syon Abbey. [1]
Old milestone in Blandford Forum showing use of the name Shaston for Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː f t s b ər i, ˈ ʃ æ f t s-/) is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England.It is on the A30 road, 20 miles (32 kilometres) west of Salisbury and 23 miles (37 kilometres) north-northeast of Dorchester, near the border with Wiltshire.
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2019 Dorset Council election: Shaftesbury Town (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats: Derek Leslie Beer : 1,177 : 50.6 : Liberal Democrats: Tim Cook : 682 : 29.3 : Conservative: Julian Pritchard 480 20.6 Conservative: Alexander Edward Chase 381 16.4 Independent: Andrew Reginald Hollingshead 360 15.5 Independent: Peter David ...
1842 – The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Gold Hill with buttressed precinct wall of Shaftesbury Abbey to the right Viewed from the bottom Hovis bread monument at Gold Hill. Gold Hill is a steep cobbled street in the town of Shaftesbury in the English county of Dorset. The view looking down from the top of the street has been described as "one of the most romantic sights in England." [1]
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