The Parish Church is dedicated to St Peter.

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Links to Other Pages on this Site TOWNS & VILLAGES Bishops Caundle   Dorset, England 2.4 km SE Caundle Marsh   Dorset, England 3.8 km SE Goathill   Dorset, England 4.4 km NE Holwell   Dorset, England 4.1 km SE Milborne Port   Somerset, England 5.6 km NE Purse caundle   Dorset, England 3 km NE Stalbridge   Dorset, England 3.5 km NW OTHER PLACES Cornford Bridge   nr. Holwell, Dorset, England A scheduled National Monument, the bridge consists of three Gothic arches 3.9 km SW Sherborne New Castle   Dorset, England The new castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh when he found the Old Castle not to his liking 6.6 km NW Sherborne Old Castle   Dorset, England The castle, built by a medieaval Bishop of Sherborne became the home of Sir Walter Raleigh 6.8 km NW Sherborne Abbey   Dorset, England The abbey church was a cathedral church for many centuries after King Ine of Wessex established a see here and made his kinsman St Aldhelm the first bishop 7.8 km NW Higher Bockhampton   Dorchester, Dorset DT2 8QJ Awaiting Information 9.1 km SE Revels Bird Centre   Dorset, England 9.8 km SW Sandford Orcas Manor House   Sandford Orcas, Vale Of Blackmore, Dorset, England The ancient manor house, open to the public during the summer months, is reputed to be haunted 11 km NW Hotels     The Grange Hotel   Oborne, Dorset   DT9 4LA 7 km NE Eastbury Hotel Long St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3BY 7.5 km NE The Half Moon Inn Half Moon St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3LN 7.8 km NE Cross Keys Hotel 88 Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3BJ 7.8 km NE Britannia Inn Westbury, Dorset   DT9 3EH 7.9 km NE Antelope Hotel Greenhill, Dorset   DT9 4EP 8 km NE Sherborne Hotel Horsecastles Lane, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 6BB 9 km NE The Ship Inn West Stour, Dorset   SP8 5RP 10.1 km NW Public Houses White Hart Inn s Caundle, Dorset   DT9 5ND 2.7 km SE The Stalbridge Arms Ring St, Stalbridge, Dorset   DT10 2NF 3.3 km NW The Crown Inn High St, Stalbridge, Dorset   DT10 2LL 3.5 km NW Swan Hotel High St, Stalbridge, Dorset   DT10 2LL 3.5 km NW The Queens Head High St, Milborne Port, Dorset   DT9 5DQ 5.1 km NE The Gainsborough Arms 74 Gainsborough, Milborne Port, Dorset   DT9 5BB 5.8 km NE Blackmore Vale Inn Burton St, Marnhull, Dorset   DT10 1JJ 7.2 km NW HOLWELL,   Dorset PURSE CAUNDLE,   Dorset The small village possesses a fine 15th century manor house (though much altered in Tudor times) and contemporary parish church with an embattled and pinnacled tower. Peter Mews, the last of the great soldier-bishops, was born here at the splendid medieval/Tudor manor house and the famous physician Nathaniel Highmore, friend of William Harvey, is buried in the church. STALBRIDGE, Dorset Three miles to the west, is Stalbridge the village where Robert Boyle conducted some of his experiments which laid the foundations for modern chemistry in the 17th century. In has one of the best market crosses in Dorset and a variety of grey/cream limestone cottages.