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Sherborne, From Digby Road 1892
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The view shows Digby Road and the Digby Hotel. This hotel was built by George Digby Wingfield Digby and it opened on Pack Monday, 11 October 1869. An Assembly Room was added in 1878. The Hotel was popular and a cab was even provided to transport guests from the railway, a distance of no more than a few hundred yards! The hotel was sold to the Saunders family in 1900 and they later opened a motor garage from the original stable block in Digby Road. When the hotel finally closed, it was bought by Sherborne School and recommenced life as a boarding house in 1962. The river in the foreground is the River Yeo.

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A Selection of Memories from Sherborne

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Bakers & Confectioners In Cheap St Sherborne
In 1901 an ancestor of mine was lodging and working as a shop assistant at a bakers and confectioners shop in Cheap St, Sherborne. Does snyone know where on the the shop might have been located? Which number wd it be?
Sherborne, Cheap Street 1924
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Standing On The Corner Of Cheap Street And Long Street 1924
My father & mother Harold and Lily Plympton standing on the corner of Cheap Street and Long Street. My father worked for Lemons the tailors, following in the footsteps of my grandfather Charles Robert Plympton who lived in Wootton Grove. In 1929 my father opened his own tailors shop in Long Street then in 1935 moved the shop to Hound Street which ran until 1943 when ...see more
Sherborne, Long Street 1924
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Pageant Gardens Sherborne
my grandfather used to play in the gardens when he was a child. His father was the police superintendent so he lived next door to the gardens between 1910 and 1920. The gardener was called Mr Judd , who lived in ludbourne road . My grand father described Mr judd as a very stern little man who maintained control over any unruly youngsters and quickly dispersed them . I presume that meant my grandfather ...see more
Sherborne, Gardener 1912
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Mary Dodge
Mary Dodge married Thomas Hayward 1808 in Sherborne.  Trying to find residential address at that time.  Might be Long Street. Thomas Hayward, son of Robert, said to have farmed in nearby Loders and had business in Sherborne as well.  Any info/photos welcome for family tree.
Sherborne, Long Street 1924
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