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  2. Shaftesbury - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Gold Hill, Shaftesbury - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Shaftesbury Town Hall - Wikipedia

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    Shaftesbury Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Shaftsbury Town Council, is a Grade II listed building . [ 1 ]

  5. Shaftesbury Abbey - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Welcome centers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Welcome centers, also commonly known as visitors' centers, visitor information centers, or tourist information centers, are buildings located at either entrances to states on major ports of entry, such as interstates or major highways, e.g. U.S. Routes or state highways, or in strategic cities within regions of a state, e.g. Southern California, Southwest Colorado, East Tennessee, or the South ...

  7. Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain - Wikipedia

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    In May 2012 the statue had a new bow string fitted after the original had been broken by a tourist. [18] In the winter of 2013/14, the statue was covered with a PVC snow globe featuring internal fans blowing the "snowflakes". This also had the function of protecting the statue from vandalism and it was planned to return in subsequent years.