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1 day ago · 10. The 2024 United Kingdom local elections took place on 2 May 2024 to choose 2,658 councillors on 107 councils in England, 11 directly elected mayors in England, the 25 members of the London Assembly, and 37 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales. The 2024 Blackpool South parliamentary by-election was held on the same day.
3 days ago · A History of the County of Dorset: Volume 2. A part-volume covering the religious houses of the county. It includes the early history of Sherborne Abbey and Wimborne Minster. Victoria County History - Dorset. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1908. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
2 days ago · Osburh. Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c.849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young. Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald, Æthelberht and ...
3 days ago · Prices. For Sherborne Park Estate car parks, members can park for free by scanning their National Trust membership cards at the pay and display machine. Parking charges apply for non-members as follows: £1 for up to one hour; £3 for up to three hours; £4 for all day. Lodge Park car park is only open on select dates when the house is also open.
3 days ago · Christopher Anthony John Martin was born on 2 March 1977 in Exeter, Devon, England, [5] the eldest of five children. [6] His father, Anthony John Martin, of Whitestone House, Exeter, [7] is a retired chartered accountant, and his mother, Alison Martin, who is from Zimbabwe, is a music teacher. [8]
2 days ago · Joe Collier, 91, American football coach (Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, New England Patriots). Judy Devlin, 88, Canadian-born English-American Hall of Fame badminton player, cancer. Ian Gelder, 74, British actor (Game of Thrones, Torchwood, Little Dorrit), bile duct cancer.
4 days ago · THE ABBEY OF SHERBORNE. The foundation of the abbey of St. Mary is usually attributed to Bishop Aldhelm at or about the time of the establishment of the episcopal see at Sherborne in 705, (fn. 1) and though, according to an ancient record mentioning a grant to the house of 100 hides of land at 'Lanprobi' by Cenwalch, king of the West Saxons ...
