ON RIGHT FROM BATH. Yeovil, 54 m. From From Bath. ON LEFT FROM BATH. net, Esq. 37 To Castle Cary, through 264 Sherborne,*(Dortsetsh.) 36| Sparkford, 11 m., and to * Sherborne is situated on the Ivel, which divides it into two parts, called Sherborne and Castleton. In the latter are the ruins of a castle which was besieged during the civil wars, and was the last place which held out for King Charles. The principal object of attention is the church, which was a cathedral till 1075, when the see was removed to Old Sarum, and was then converted into an abbey church. It is now one of the finest churches in the west of England, and contains specimens of various styles of architecture, from the time of the Normans to that of Henry VII. In the south transept is a splendid monument erected to the memory of John, Earl of Bristol, who died in 1698. Near this is a tablet with some lines by Pope, to the memory of a son and daughter of William Lord Digby. Here also Sir Thomas Wyatt the poet was buried. The abbey is now occupied as a silk manufactory. Pop. of town, 4758. Adjoining the town is Sherborne Castle, the seat of Earl Digby. The centre was built by Sir Walter Raleigh, whose family were robbed of the estate by James I. XXXI. BATH TO BRIDPORT THROUGH SHEPTON MALLET, ILCHESTER, AND CREWKERNE, 544 Miles. |