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Shaftesbury, Town Hall And St Peter's Church c.1902
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Photo of Shaftesbury, Town Hall And St Peter's Church c.1902
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The hilltop town of Shaftesbury has wide views over the Blackmore Vale and thousands of acres of rolling Dorset countryside. Some locals still use its old name of Shaston. Alfred the Great and Edmund Ironside endowed Shaftesbury's abbey with buildings and land, and Alfred's daughter was the abbess. Edward the Martyr was buried at the abbey and King Canute died whilst staying there.

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A Selection of Memories from Shaftesbury

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Shaftesbury

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St James, Shaftesbury
I'm trying to trace a place where my great, great grandfather and his parents. On his birth certificate it states that he was born in White's Buildings, St James, Shaftesbury. I'm struggling to find where this building was, if anyone can help I would really appreciate it
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Anyone Remember?
Trying to locate where a family lived, do you remember Gerald green and/or nellie huygens, they worked at the big house we think wimcombe park and married in tisbury. They lived in a cottage in shaftesbury around 1932. any help would be gratefully received thank you.
Shaftesbury, Gold Hill c1955
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Country Town And Country Walks
We lived from the late forties until 1957 in the Council houses at Crookhayes, The fields behind our houses were numerous and we used to enjoy watching the cows gadding about. The hedges surrounding the fields were great for the children to play in camps hollowed out of the hedgerows. In the summer a labourer came to cut the long grass behind our houses with his scythe. It all seems so idyllic now in ...see more
Shaftesbury, Gold Hill, St James c1960
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Shopping
We lived in French Mill Lane so needed to walk up Gold Hill to go shopping. I was a toddler at this time and we had a jack Russell called Pepe. Mum used to tie him to the front of my tricycle and he would pull me up the hill.
Shaftesbury, Gold Hill, St James c1960
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