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CAUNDLE (MARSH), a parish in the hundred of SHERBORNE, Sherborne division of the county of DORSET, 3� miles (S.E.) from Sherborne, containing 62 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at �5. 16. 3., endowed with �200 private benefaction, and �200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul.

. . . A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis, London 1831, v.1, p.363

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Links to Other Pages on this Site TOWNS & VILLAGES Bishops Caundle   Dorset, England 1.7 km SW Crouch Hill   Dorset, England 3.6 km SW Folke   Dorset, England 2 km E Haydon   Dorset, England 2.4 km NE Holwell   Dorset, England 3.5 km SW North Wootton   Dorset, England 2.6 km NE OTHER PLACES Cornford Bridge   nr. Holwell, Dorset, England A scheduled National Monument, the bridge consists of three Gothic arches 1.8 km SE Sherborne New Castle   Dorset, England The new castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh when he found the Old Castle not to his liking 4.2 km NW Sherborne Old Castle   Dorset, England The castle, built by a medieaval Bishop of Sherborne became the home of Sir Walter Raleigh 4.6 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 5.2 km NW Revels Bird Centre   Dorset, England 7.5 km SW Boyles School   High Street, Yestminster, Vale Of Blackmore, Dorset, England The 17th century scientist Robert Boyle who lived nearby at Stalbridge endowed the school to teach twenty poor boys of Chetnowle, Leigh and Yetminster 9.1 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 9.4 km NW Hotels Eastbury Hotel Long St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3BY 4.9 km NE The Half Moon Inn Half Moon St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3LN 5.1 km NE Britannia Inn Westbury, Dorset   DT9 3EH 5.1 km NE Cross Keys Hotel 88 Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3BJ 5.1 km NE Antelope Hotel Greenhill, Dorset   DT9 4EP 5.4 km NE     The Grange Hotel   Oborne, Dorset   DT9 4LA 5.6 km NE Sherborne Hotel Horsecastles Lane, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 6BB 6.2 km NE Public Houses White Hart Inn s Caundle, Dorset   DT9 5ND 1.5 km SW The Rose & Crown Inn rton, Dorset   DT9 5PD 3.2 km SE Digby Tap Cooks Lane, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3NS 5 km NE Plume of Feathers Half Moon St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3LN 5.1 km NE Swan Inn Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3AX 5.2 km NE The White Hart 2 Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3PX 5.3 km NE The George Hotel Higher Cheap St, Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 3JD 5.4 km NE The Mermaid Sherborne, Dorset   DT9 4JD 5.8 km NE CORNFORD BRIDGE,   HOLWELL, Dorset A scheduled National Monument, the narrow bridge with its three Gothic arches which carries the road from Holwell to Caundle Marsh over the Caundle Brook is named after an adjacent field. It dates from the late fifteenth century although it was extensively repaired in the 18th century. It is one of several medieval bridges in the county of Dorset. 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. THE BOROUGH,   Dorset A small hamlet with a church near the Caundle Brook between Bishop's Caundle and Holwell.