EDO5175 - Construction of St. Swithin's Road and North Road, Sherborne

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Location

Grid reference ST 64088 16842 (point)
Map sheet ST61NW
Civil Parish Sherborne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Not recorded.

Date

1886-1902

Description

C.E. Bean wrote that 'Burials are reported to have been found when St. Swithin's Road and North Road were constructed…' cutting through the 'island' formed by the junction of Newland, Hound Street and Newland Garden. (1) These roads were not in existence when the 1st edition OS map was surveyed but were in existence by the time of the 2nd (revised) edition.

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  • <1> Article in serial: Bean, C E. 1955. Remains of old road metal and other discoveries in Sherborne; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 77. p.145.

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Oct 3 2007 3:15AM

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