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Historic Shaftesbury – Pictures and Maps

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Shaftesbury High Street in the 1920’s

Shaftesbury from Castle Hill (Enmore Green)

Shaftesbury Angel Lane circa 1900

Plan of Shaftesbury in 1799 by William Upjohn

Gold Hill in the 1950’s

Plan of Shaftesbury in 1615

Thomas Aldwell - Map of Cranborne Chase 1618

Shaftesbury from French Mill Lane c. 1900

Shaftesbury Abbey - Monastic Seal

Ecclesiastical map of Dorset after the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535 - a survey of the finances of the church made on the order of Henry VIII

Map of Dorset 1701 by Robert Morden

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Significant events in Shaftesbury’s History

AD 888 – Shaftesbury Abbey Founded by King Alfred, Ethelgiva becomes first Abbess.

AD 1035 – King Cnut dies at Shaftesbury.

AD 1260 – Charter to hold a market granted.

AD 1539 – Abbey deed of surrender signed by Elizabeth Zouche, the last Abbess.

AD 1919 – Lord Stalbridge auctions off a large part of the town.

AD 1973 – Ridley Scott makes the ‘Hovis Gold Hill’ advertisement.

AD 2004 – Livestock Market closes - one of the last remaining in Britain.

AD 2005 – Tesco Opens new Superstore on the site of the Old Livestock Market, the Old Free Car and Coach Park, and the Old Sycamore Trees.

AD 2006 – Queen Mother’s Garden and Barton Hill converted into a Car Park, presumably to stop the town centre imploding due to the Tesco effect. ‘Every Little Hurts’ - Every Lidl Helps.

AD 2012 – Overdeveloped Shaftesbury finally runs into overdeveloped Gillingham to form the suburban megalopolis of Shaftingham.

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© 2007 Peter Shouler

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