Sherborne: A Cotswold Village
Language: English
Published by Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1992
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- Title
- Sherborne: A Cotswold Village
- Author
- Longhurst, Sybil
- Publisher
- Sutton Publishing Ltd
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Very Good
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
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- 0750900814
- ISBN 13
- 9780750900812
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First mentioned in the Domesday Book as Scireburne, when it had a population of fifty-nine landowners and families, its population gradually increased to reach a peak in Victorian times but it has always remained a small, compact community.
The abbots of Winchcombe were the original owners of the manor and estate and at the time of the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1533, the abbot leased them to Sir John Alleyn, a past Lord Mayor of London. In 1557, Sir John's son sold the estate to Thomas Dutton for the sum of 3,000 and thus began a 'dynasty' which was to endure for over four centuries and have its own influence on the working and social life of the village.
The village played a major role in the woollen trade of the Cotswolds in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries as a centre for sheep-shearing. The Sherborne brook was a convenient place for wool washing and locally occuring fuller's earth was used for 'fulling' the wool.
The last four decades have seen the rapid demise of the close-knit village community that had endured for centuries. The movement of young people away from the village to seek employment elsewhere has been followed by the arrival of new villagers seeking the peace and beauty of the Cotswolds and the old community bonds have gone forever.
It was this feeling of impending loss that led a small group of Sherborne people to begin the recording of their village history. Walter Tufnell, Alice Tufnell and Sybil Longhurst, have collected together a fascinating and important history of the village. A particularly important and enjoyable part of this village history is the charming portrayal of life in the village as it was around a century ago, recalled with the help of some of its older members.
This well illustrated history will be of interest, not only to those who know and love Sherborne, but to all who are interested in the traditional village life of the Cotswolds.
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