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Sherborne Castle (sometimes called Sherborne New Castle) is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of Sherborne in Dorset, England, within the parish of Castleton. Originally built by Sir Walter Raleigh as Sherborne Lodge , and extended in the 1620s, it stands in a 1,200-acre (490 ha) park which formed a small part of the 15,000-acre (61 km 2 ...
Sherborne was the centre of Sherborne Hundred for many centuries. In the 12th century Roger de Caen, Bishop of Salisbury and Chancellor of England, built a fortified palace in Sherborne. During the English Civil War, the palace was destroyed in 1645 by General Fairfax. Its ruins are now owned by English Heritage.
The parish virtually encircles the town of Sherborne, and contains within its boundary both Sherborne Castle and Sherborne Old Castle. These and other buildings within the parish are today generally regarded as comprising part of Sherborne. The parish includes the hamlets of Wyke, Silverlake, Over Coombe, Higher Clatcombe, Dodds Cross, and Pinford.
In Windsor Castle, a 20-foot Christmas tree was erected in St George's Hall. Windsor Castle's St George's Hall has been decorated with a 20-foot Christmas tree. Royal Collection Enterprises ...
Windsor Castle's State Apartments have officially been decked out with Christmas decorations. The centerpiece of the seasonal decor is a 20-foot-high Nordmann Fir tree, located in St George’s Hall.
Lodge Park was built as a grandstand in the Sherborne Estate near the villages of Sherborne, Aldsworth and Northleach in Gloucestershire, England. The site is owned by the National Trust [ 1 ] and the former grandstand is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building . [ 2 ]
A royal administrative centre for the Forest of Dean. The castle was a favourite hunting lodge of King John. The Keep and the East tower collapsed in the 18th century, by which time the Great Hall had also been demolished. The twin-towered gatehouse of this castle, built by Edward I, survives. Once a prison, it is now a youth hostel.
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