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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...
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    independent schools, and two castles: the ruins of a 12th-century fortified palace and the 16th-century mansion known as Sherborne Castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh...
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    Sherborne School is a 13–18 boys public school and boarding school located beside Sherborne Abbey, in the parish of Sherborne, Dorset. The school has...
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    (ex-HMS Sherborne Castle) HMCS St. Thomas (K488) (ex-HMS Sandgate Castle, later SS Camosun III) HMCS Tillsonburg (K496) (ex-HMS Pembroke Castle), sold...
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    and Bess in December 1592, at which time she joined her husband at Sherborne Castle, his Dorset estate. The couple remained devoted to each other, although...
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    HMS Sherborne Castle was a Castle-class corvette constructed for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Before completion, the ship was transferred...
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    Castleton, Dorset (category Sherborne)
    virtually encircles the town of Sherborne, and contains within its boundary both Sherborne Castle and Sherborne Old Castle. These and other buildings within...
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    Castle, Mereworth Castle, New Wardour Castle, Sherborne Castle, Wentworth Castle, and Wisbech Castle. Many other buildings with some castle-like features...
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    agree to exchange Sherborne Castle for his safe release—this was one of the few instances where Stephen was prepared to give up a castle to ransom one of...
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  • Castle was a Castle-class corvette built in 1943 and scrapped in 1958. She was the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named after Portchester Castle in...
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  • English Civil War. Significant sieges include those at Corfe Castle and Sherborne Castle. Dorset was majority Royalist, except for in Lyme Regis and in...
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  • divorced in June 2009. Sykes married Jack Cockings on 18 May 2013 at Sherborne Castle in Dorset. In November 2013, Sykes was arrested and cautioned by police...
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    HMS Kenilworth Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She was built by Smiths Dock Company at South Bank, North Yorkshire, launched on...
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    Kingston Russell Maiden Castle Pilsdon Pen Poundbury Hill Rampisham Down River Frome Sherborne Abbey Sherborne Castle Sherborne House The Tolpuddle Martyrs...
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    agree to exchange Sherborne Castle for his safe release—this was one of the few instances where Stephen was prepared to give up a castle to ransom one of...
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    Hambledon Hill but they were easily routed. Sherborne Castle was taken by Fairfax that same year and in 1646 Corfe Castle, the last remaining Royalist stronghold...
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    HMS Oxford Castle (K692) was a Castle-class corvette, of United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Oxford Castle in England. She was built at Harland...
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  • HMS Pevensey Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ship was constructed during World War II and saw service during...
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  • Sherborne Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club in Dorset in the south west of England. The club was established in 1980. It has a membership of 100...
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    skirmishes of the war at Southam, before joining an unsuccessful attack on Sherborne Castle in early September. At Edgehill in October, his regiment helped prevent...
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    capacity as custodian of the royal castles of Corfe (1221 and 1224) and Sherborne (1224) in Dorset and of the castles of Peveril and Bolsover in Derbyshire...
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  • Blandford 1914 Frederick James Bosworth Wingfield-Digby, of Sherborne Castle, Sherborne 1915 Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Farrer, of Binnegar Hall, East...
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    HMS Launceston Castle (K397) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, named after Launceston Castle in Cornwall. The ship was constructed...
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    Germany Scampston Hall, North Yorkshire Sheffield Park Garden, Sussex Sherborne Castle, Dorset Sledmere House, East Riding of Yorkshire Southill Park, Bedfordshire...
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  • Allington Castle was one of 44 Castle-class corvette built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was named after Allington Castle in Kent...
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    HMS Leeds Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy, originally with pennant number K384. She was built by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd....
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    the Castle-class corvette Rayleigh Castle. Post-war she served as a transport ship until 1948, was sold in 1951, and scrapped in 1952. The Castle-class...
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  • Navy during World War II, originally laid down as the Castle-class corvette HMS Barnard Castle (pennant number K594). Completed a month before the end...
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  • HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K379) was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. The Castle-class corvette was a stretched...
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  • Milton Abbey School Parnham House Pennsylvania Castle Purse Caundle Manor Sherborne Castle Sherborne House Smedmore House St Giles House, Wimborne St...
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