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Dorset is a land of chalk hills, the bare uplands of Salisbury Plain are the hub of southern England's chalk-lands. The Marlborough Downs spread north, and the hills of Dorset stretch south-west. The North and South Downs extend eastwards across Hampshire.
Musically, the coast is dominated by the seaside towns of Weymouth, Poole and
Bournemouth. Where there is a traditional seaside holiday town, there are
theatres and musicals, particularly in past history. Variety shows encompass
everything from jazz to pop, and occasionally light classics. There is the
Regent Centre, Bournemouth Pier Theatre, the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth
International Centre, Bournemouth Little Theatre club, the O2 Academy in
Bournemouth, the Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne and so on and so forth. So plenty of
venues for live music of all kinds.
Moving inland you in a world of agricultural towns and villages whether barn dance and ceilidh tradition of folk music is strong.
The East Cliff Menzies hotelEast Overcliffe Drive Bournemouth, BH1 3AN, Dorset
Live music booking for Wedding reception for Rebecca & David The AJ Jazz Band ref: 3921.2
Bournemouth is a town devoted to the holidaymaker. with superb sands, a mild climate and every kind of entertainment and open air sport. Parks and gardens cover 2001 acres, or one-sixth of Bournemouth' total town area. There are two pier; and three lifts from street level to th beaches. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, which has a world wide reputation, plays in the Winter Garden Less than 200 years ago, the valley which Bournemouth is situated was wilderness of unused common land between the already nourishing boroughs of Christchurch and Poole.
Carlton hotel, East Overcliff , Grove road, Bournemouth, , BH1 3DN, Dorset
Live music booking for Wedding The AL String Quartet ref: 2512
Hirer's Home (hopefully in the garden!) Canford Cliffs Road Poole Dorset , BH13 7AE, Dorset
Day after the wedding casual lunch party The HC Guitar Duo ref: 6389
Loch Fyne Restuarnt Poole, BH13 7LH, Dorset
Dinner The MS Jazz Duo ref: 3604.2
The Sandbanks, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset , BH13 7PS., Dorset
wed Classical/Flamenco Guitarist - Chris ref: 6020
Poole is Dorset's largest town has a harbour with a miraculously untouched i8th-century atmosphere. Much of the tremendous natural harbour, about 95 miles round, seems little changed since the days of pirates—one almost expects to meet stocking-capped smugglers at the next corner. There are many i8th-ccntury and early 19th-century houses, including delightful old inns like The Angel, and The Old Customs House, rebuilt in 1813 after a previous building had been burnt down.
A long line of harbour offices and ships' chandlers appears little changed since the days of prosperous timber trading with Newfoundland in the i8th and 19th centuries. Poole Pottery on the quayside is open to the public. There are two golf courses and from Compton Acres gardens there is a superb view over the harbour.
parkstone, poole,, BH14 0JT, Dorset
funeral The PK Guitar/Mandolin Duo ref: 6189
Royal National Lifeboat College West Quay Road Poole Dorse, BH15 1HZ, Dorset
Live music booking for Wedding of Emma & William Harpist - Jemima ref: 6369
Poole Old Town First School, Green Rd, Poole, BH15 1QB, Dorset
Local community celebration - ceilidh The SP Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4560.4
Poole Lighthouse 21 Kingland Rd, Poole , BH15 1UG, Dorset
50th Birthday - Mike The AL Jazz Trio ref: 6565.1
Purbeck House Hotel, 91 High Street, Swanage, Dorset. Telephone: , BH19 2LZ , Dorset
Live music booking for Wedding The AL String Quartet ref: 2512
The town of Swanage was once a Saxon port, and is referred to in the Domesday Book as 'Swanic'; and a granite column on the front commemorates King Alfred's naval victory over the Danish fleet in the bay in AD 877. Today it is a busy holiday resort, with a fine beach for bathing. The facade of the town hall was designed by Wren in 1670.
West Beach Pier Approach, Bournemouth , BH2 5AA, Dorset
Corporate drinks party The NJS Jazz Quartet ref: 6179.1
Bournemouth Highcliff, Marriott Hotel, 105 St Michael's Road, Bournemouth, , BH2 5DU, Dorset
Civil Partnership The WS Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4343
Hallmark Hotel (was) Durley Hall Hotel, Durley Chine Road, Bournemouth , BH2 5JS, Dorset
Daughters wedding The SB Scottish Ceilidh / Country Dance Band ref: 4560.1
West Lulworth House Lulworth Cove, BH20, Dorset
NYE The AJ Jazz Band ref: 3921.2
Lulworth is a tourist spot of such renown that its real grandeur is best appreciated out of season. West Lulworth includes Lulworth Cove, where the chalk cliffs suddenly end and two arms of Portland and Purbeck stone almost encircle a lake-like body of water.
A not-too-arduous climb and walk westwards leads to the sheltered Man o' War Bay and to a huge limestone arch called Durdle Door, which juts out to sea. Walk along the beach on a wild, gusty day for a closer view of giant waves crashing through the arch.
East Lulworth, 23 miles east of West Lulworth, is an attractive village dominated by the estates of the Weld family. Their castle, set in 600 acres of rich woodland, was gutted by fire in 10.29. The adjoining Rotunda, built in 1786, was the first Roman Catholic church built by royal permission after the Reformation; George III consented on condition that it did not look like a church.
The road eastwards to Steeple along the ridge of the Purbeck Hills gives superb views towards the coast across the beautiful Tyneham Valley. But this road is on Defence Ministry land, so watch for the notices indicating whether the area is open or closed.
Purbeck Valley Farm Valley Rd, near Corfe Castle , BH20 5HU, Dorset
Party celebrating wedding The TB Ceilidh/Barn Dance Band ref: 6131
The village of Corfe Castle, with its tumbling and undulating stone roofs that cap grey-stone houses, has a quaint character of its own, but is dominated by the stark, spectacular fortress above it. Corfe Castle is a monument to centuries of cruelty, dating from the murder, in AD 978, of 18-year-old King Edward (later called 'The Martyr') by his stepmother Queen Aelfthryth. Cromwell besieged the castle in 1646, after which it was largely demolished and its stone used in local building.
HF Holidays West Lulworth HouseMain Road, Lulworth Cove, Dorset , BH20 5RJ, Dorset
NYE Party The TT Duo ref: 6351
Limestone Hotel & Restaurant Limestone Hotel & Restaurant, Main Road, West Lulworth , BH20 5RL, Dorset
New Years Eve at Limestone Hotel The AM Jazz Duo ref: 3052
Limestone Hotel & Restaurant Limestone Hotel & Restaurant, Main Road, West Lulworth , BH20 5RL, Dorset
New Years Eve Gala The AM Jazz Duo ref: 3052
Morden Village Hall, Morden, Dorset, BH20 7DL, Dorset
Live music booking for Wedding The AG Irish Ceilidh Band ref: 4934
Bere Regis Scout Hut 2 Manor House, Southbrook, Bere Regis , BH20 7LJ, Dorset
Surprise 50th Birthday party The SH Irish Ceilidh Band ref: 4490.1
Bere Regis with its Saxon parish church was largely rebuilt by Cardinal Morton, Henry VII's Chancellor, and is noted for the painted timber roof of the nave. Its arches, supported by figures of the 12 apostles in 15th-century dress, bear the arms of the Cardinal's various offices. The church has become a place of pilgrimage for admirers of Hardy's novel Tess of the D' Urbervilles. Its heroine, Tess, was buried there, and a stained glass window bears the lion rampant crest of the old Dorset family of Turberville on whom Hardy based his novel. On Woodbury Hill, just east of the village, stand the remains of an Iron Age fortification from which there are views across heath and river valleys stretching eastwards towards Poole.
Marquee, The Grange, Furzehill, Nr Wimborne, Dorset. , BH21, Dorset
Live music booking for Wedding The SB Scottish Ceilidh / Country Dance Band ref: 4560.1
Deans Court Wimborne Dorset, BH21 1EE, Dorset
Live music booking for Wedding The AL String Quartet ref: 2512
Wimborne, Dorset , BH21 1QP, Dorset
wife’ 60th birthday party Lute - Chris ref: 2081
There is a splendid approach from Blandford to the little market town of Wimborne Minster, down a long avenue of beeches, which skirts the triple-banked Iron Age defensive earthworks of Badbury Rings, centred in the heathlands of east Dorset, with five main roads radiating from it. Wimborne makes an ideal centre for touring the area. Its prosperity was formerly based on wool, but now comes from market gardening.
The twin-towered Church of St Cuthberga, one of the great churches of Dorset, embraces almost every style of architecture from Norman to late Gothic. On the west tower of the church is the Ojiarter Jack clock, which has the figure of a brilliantly clad grenadier to strike the quarter hours with a hammer. The Priest's House Museum has a collection of antiques and some of the best horse brasses in the country.
The Lantern Church 2 Chichester Walk, Merley , BH21 1SN, Dorset
Church Party - Hoe Down The BL American Wild West Dance Band ref: 4878.1
Canford School Great Hall, Canford School, Wimborne, Dorset. , BH21 3AD, Dorset
Live music booking for Wedding The ML Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4375
Merley Lane, Wimbourne, Dorset, , BH21 3AG, Dorset
Barn Dance The CS Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4983
The Hamworthy Club Magna Road Canford Magna Wimborne Dorset , BH21 3AP, Dorset
Live music hired for Wedding - Dave and Lou The CW Ceilidh/ Barndance Band ref: 4987.1
KINGS HOTEL,18 Castle Street, Christchurch, Dorset , BH23 1DT, Dorset
SURPRISE PARTY music before dinner Pianist - Simon ref: 3625.2
In Christchurch, behind Christchurch Quay stands the splendid priory church, its structure a blend of styles from Saxon times to the Renaissance. Its choir stalls are older than those in Westminster Abbey, and there is a monument to the poet Shelley. The town has the remains of a Norman house and castle, and the Red House Museum contains exhibits drawn from the geology and wildlife of the area. A 2-mile walk towards Bournemouth leads to Hengistbury Head, an observation point for bird migrations.
Captains Club, Wick Ferry, Wick Lane, Christchurch, Dorset , BH23 1HU, Dorset
Live music hired for Wedding The SM Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 4444
Highcliffe castle, Rothesay Drive, Highcliffe, Dorset , BH23 4LE, Dorset
Live music hired for Wedding Classical/Spanish Guitar - Jon ref: 2759
Highcliffe castle, Rothesay Drive, Highcliffe, Dorset , BH23 4LE, Dorset
Live music hired for Wedding The BM Gypsy Jazz Trio ref: 3735.2
Highcliffe castle, Rothesay Drive, Highcliffe, Dorset , BH23 4LE, Dorset
wed The ST Jazz Trio ref: 3843.2
Parley ManorParley Lane, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 6BB, Dorset
Live music hired for Wedding reception - Allan and Patricia The AM Jazz Duo ref: 3052
Parley Manor, Parley Green, Christchurch, Dorset, , BH23 6BB, Dorset
Live music hired for Wedding The LD Rock & Covers Band ref: 5582
Bockhampton Farm Bockhampton Road Bransgore, BH23 7AF, Dorset
Live music hired for Wedding - Daisy and Andrew The SP Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4560.3
Thorney Hill Community Centre 254 Burley Rd, Bransgore, Christchurch , BH23 8DR, Dorset
Live music hired for Wedding - Lucy and William The AG Irish Ceilidh Band ref: 4934
Three Tuns, Bransgore, , BH23 8JH, Dorset
Live music hired for Wedding reception The AL Jazz Trio ref: 6565.1
The Magnolias 19 Manor Road, New Milton , BH25 5EW, Dorset
Live music hired for Wedding - Amy and Bernard The SP Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4560.2
Bashley Village Hall Bashley Road, New Milton , BH25 5RY, Dorset
Barn Dance The RR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4445
Bashley Village Hall, Bashley Road, New Milton, , BH25 5RY, Dorset
Parents 50th Wedding Anniversary The SM Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 4444
Bashley Village Hall, Bashley Road, New Milton, , BH25 5RY, Dorset
Daughter's 21st The RR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4445
Bashley Village Hall, Bashley Road, New Milton, , BH25 5RY, Dorset
Barn Dance The RR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4445
Bashley Village Hall, Bashley Road, New Milton, , BH25 5RY, Dorset
21st Birthday for Emma The RR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4445
Bashley Village Hall, Bashley Road, New Milton, , BH25 5RY, Dorset
Barn Dance The RR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4445
Bashley Village Hall, Bashley Road, New Milton, , BH25 5RY, Dorset
Barn Dance The RR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4445
Bashley Village Hall, Bashley Road, New Milton, , BH25 5RY, Dorset
Party The RR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4445
Middle Chine Manor, 34 West Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth, Dorset, , BH4 8AB, Dorset
Live music hired for Wedding The DC Party / Function Band ref: 5624.1
Emmanuel church120, Southboune Road Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH63QJ, Dorset
Golden Wedding of Derek & Jackie The CS Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4983
Bournemouth Football Club Goldsands Stadium, Dean Court, Kings Park, Bournemouth , BH7 7AF, Dorset
Conference Dinner and Ceilidh The CN Scottish Ceilidh Band ref: 4409
Winton Salvation Army1 Latimer Road Winton Bournemouth, BH9 1JY, Dorset
Harvest Barn Dance The WS Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4343
Centrepoint Church, Hawthorn Road, Winton, Bournemouth, , BH9 2RA, Dorset
Street Party The AJ Jazz Band ref: 3921.2
Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1TL, Dorset
Live music hired for Wedding The BR Gypsy Jazz Band ref: 6482
Dorchester is a bustling county town and shopping centre. The lines of its main roads were laid down by the Romans, and there is an excavated Roman house in Colliton Park, near the new county hall. Dorset County Museum has a good collection of Roman and pre-Roman finds, including the remains of an early warrior who, some experts believe, was dismembered after his death in battle at Maiden Castle. The museum also has a collection of Thomas Hardy manuscripts and a reconstruction of the novelist's study at Max Gate, his former home.
Maumbury Rings, south of the town, is the site of a Stone Age circle adapted by the Romans as an amphitheatre capable of seating 10,000 people. The site was used as late as 1767 for Hanging Fairs, or public executions.
Stock Gaylard Stock Gaylard, Sturminster Newton, Dorset , DT10 2BG, Dorset
Live music booked for Wedding The GB Scottish Ceilidh Dance Band ref: 4990
Sturminster Newton is the market centre for the Stour farmlands. A graceful six-arched 15th-century bridge over the river carries the dire warning of 'Transportation for life' for those who damage it. The 17th-century town mill is still working, churning its waters into white-flecked foam. The wooden-porticoed Mill House on the road to Blandford Forum faces a thatched house of character. A little further on is Newton House; its Georgian facade, with a curious medallion frieze over the front door, hides its much greater age.
William Barnes, who wrote 'Linden Lea' and is noted for his use of the pure dialect of his county, was born at nearby Pentridge Farm. Thomas Hardy wrote The Return of the Native in a greystone mansion, Riverside, on the outskirts of the town.
Sturminster Newton is made colourful by many bow-windowed buildings of brick, stone and cob. There are also good thatched, timber-traced houses leading up to the pretty market square where, on Monday mornings, crowds of farmers and dairymen overflow into the station yard and surrounding streets. The thatched White Hart Inn is 18th century, and the Perpendicular church has been enriched by modern artists.
Higher Houghton Stables, Higher Houghton, Winterborne Houghton, Blandford, Dorset, DT11 0PG, Dorset
Live music booked for Wedding The SB Scottish Ceilidh / Country Dance Band ref: 4560.1
Shillingstone House Shillingstone Blandford Forum , DT11 0QR, Dorset
Live music booked for Wedding Ceremony - Chrystianne and Thomas The AL String Quartet ref: 2512
The handsome Georgian town of Blandford Forum was practically burnt to the ground in 1731. Its new builders gave it the cool, classical proportions of early to mid 18th century planning. Nearly all the buildings in Market Place, East Street and Salisbury Street, including the period parish church, are well designed and built in pleasing red or rust brick and stone. The Corn Exchange is outstanding, as is the zoo-year-old pump under a graceful Doric porch.
The nearby village of Bryanston, with its picturesque thatched cottages and well-known public school, lies beside a lovely bend of the Stour.
Blandford Garrison WO & Sgt's Mess Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum, Dorset., DT11 8RH, Dorset
Burns Night The CW Ceilidh/ Barndance Band ref: 4987.1
Tarrant Rushton in Dorset, DT11 8SE, Dorset
The NJS Jazz Quartet ref: 6179.1
The Granary The Old Dairy, Briantspuddle, Dorset , DT2 7HT, Dorset
50th Wedding Anniversary for Marek & Janet The EL Jazz Band ref: 3009.1
Athelhampton House, Dorchester, Dorset , DT2 7LG, Dorset
The WS Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4343
Dorchester is a beautiful town on the River Thame (pronounced Tame) near its junction with the Thames. The town's history goes back to before the Bronze Age, and it was an important Roman settlement. The old High Street, although now on the main road from Henley to Oxford, is winding and lovely, lined with half-timbered or brick houses.
The late Norman abbey, 200 ft long and containing 13th-ccntury glass, is one of the most splendid buildings in the Thames Valley. The prevailing style of the building is Decorated, and among its treasures are a 12th-century lead font, and a window and stonework representing the Tree of Jesse. Medieval miracle plays arc sometimes acted here.
A path near the abbey leads through a Victorian lych-gate towards the river. Across the river are the Sinodun Hills, a fine viewpoint, crowned by a hill fort dating back to c. I50OBC.
Kingston Maurward just outside Dorchester, DT2 8PU, Dorset
Live music booked for Wedding The BL String Quartet ref: 2389.1
Kingston Maurward House, Dorchester, Dorset, , DT2 8PY, Dorset
Live music booked for Wedding The RR Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4445
The Old CottageWinterborne St. Martin Dorset, DT2 9LB, Dorset
Private Birthday Party (Surprise for Keith) The BR Gypsy Jazz Band ref: 6482
Charlton Down Village Hall Sherren Avenue, Charlton Down, Dorchester , DT2 9UA, Dorset
Live music booked for Wedding - Ben and Phoebe The SM Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 4444
Marquee, The Abbey House Church Street Abbotsbury Dorset, DT3 4JJ, Dorset
Live music booked for Wedding of Betty & Phiul The JH Jazz Quartet ref: 3985.1
Private House: Mullions Plaisters Lane, Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth , DT3 6LQ, Dorset
Hirer's Mum's 80th Birthday The BR Gypsy Jazz Band ref: 6482
Weymouth is an ancient port and modern terminal for Channel Island steamers, as well as being a popular resort with sweeping, sandy beaches and safe bathing. Pleasant groups of Georgian and early Victorian houses, some with fine ironwork balconies, some bow-windowed, stretch in a line from the harbour to the end of the promenade. In Trinity Street, two Tudor cottages are now a museum, housing typical furnishings of an Elizabethan sea-dog's house. There are many unspoilt villages within easy reach, and a 4-mile walk eastwards to Osming-ton Mills can be rewarded by freshly cooked lobsters in any one of a number of little inns overlooking the sea.
Springhead, sutton pontyz, Dorse, DT3 6LW, Dorset
Weddomg The SS String Quartet ref: 2771.1
Wellworthy Sports & Social Club, Dumbarton Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, , DT4 9BY, Dorset
Live music booked for Wedding Blessing, early, Evening Reception The AG Irish Ceilidh Band ref: 4934
Pennsylvania CastlePennsylvania road Portland Dorset, DT5 1HZ, Dorset
Live music booked for Wedding of Susan & John The BL String Quartet ref: 2389.1
Thomas Hardy called this narrow, rugged peninsula of Portland 'the Gibraltar of Wessex'. All the level surfaces of the 2 mile wide mass of almost treeless rock are scarred with quarries; the light-brown, rough-textured Portland stone has been enhancing important buildings ever since Sir Christopher Wren used it to build St Paul's Cathedral.
Because of Portland's vulnerable position, two castles were built to fortify it. The earliest, the Bow and Arrow Castle built by the Normans above Church Ope Cove, is now in ruins, but Portland Castle, built in 1520 by Henry VIII, has been well preserved and still stands on the northern shore.
Modern Portland is a major naval base, using a massive harbour and breakwater which were completed in 1872 after taking 23 years to build. From Church Ope Cove, there are some fine cliff walks with impressive views; Portland's highest point (496 ft) gives good views westwards along the Chesil Beach and eastwards to the Purbeck Hills. The old lighthouse on Portland Bill is now used as a bird watching station. There is good bathing for careful swimmers from Church Ope Cove.
Marquee, Rudge Farm, Chilcombe, Bridport, Dorset , DT6 4NF, Dorset
Live music booked for Wedding The ML Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4375
In spite of being intersected by the busy road to Exeter, the town retains a Georgian integrity, with wide streets of Bridport and spacious pavements. The pavements were originally 'ropewalks' laid out for twisting and drying the cord and twine made in Bridport.
Snailscroft FarmWaytown Bridport Dorset, DT6 5LF, Dorset
Live band hired for Wedding reception The SP Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4560.3
Marquee in grounds/lawn adjacent to Elm Barn Elm Barn Willowhayne Farm Doghouse Lane Chideock Bridport Dorset , DT6 6HY, Dorset
Live band hired for Wedding - Judy and Edmund The EL Jazz Band ref: 3009.1
Stonebarrow Manor, Stonebarrow Lane, Charmouth, Dorset. , DT6 6RA, Dorset
Party for family and friends The BA Ceilidh / Barn Dance Band ref: 4417
The Malthouse, DT7 3PU, Dorset
Evening Gathering The BSO Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 6102
The Malthouse, Town Mill, Mill Lane, Lyme Regis, Dorset, , DT7 3PU, Dorset
Evening Gathering (following a midday wedding) The BSO Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 6102
Lyme Regis is a medieval port which became a seaside resort in the i8th century. It earned its royal title when Edward I used its harbour—sheltered by the massive breakwater known as the Cobb—during his wars against the French. The Duke of Monmouth landed here in 1685 to lead his ill-fated rebellion against James II. Smugglers used the town, until the fashion for sea-bathing restored it to respectability.
The resort was a favourite of the novelist Jane Austen, who set part of the action of Persuasion in Lyme Regis. There are fine views along the bay, dominated by Golden Cap, at 617 ft the highest cliff on England's south coast.
West Axnoller FarmNear Beaminster Dorset, DT8 3SH, Dorset
Registry wedding for Sadie & Phil Morgan Harpist - Ruth ref: 2418
Beaminster is a small town set among steep farmland hills, much loved by Dorset's early T 9th-century poet William Barnes, who wrote in the dialect of the county, and by the novelist Thomas Hardy, who made the town the 'Emminster' of his Tess of the D'Urbervilks. Its pinnacled market cross and prosperous 18th-century houses, built in the golden Ham Hill stone of the region, give the square an illusion of size; and the sparkling little River Brit, running along the side of the main street, adds charm.
Vivid green wooded hills descend close to the town on both sides, and there are rewarding walks in almost any direction. An enjoyable drive leads over Hackthorn Hill up the 8oo-ft rise of Toller Down, where there are secluded picnic spots with grand views.
The Eastbury Hotel Long Street Sherborne Dorset , DT9 3BY, Dorset
Civil Partnership Ceremony of Stephen and Neil The PK Guitar/Mandolin Duo ref: 6189
Nether Compton Village Hall, , DT9 4QE, Dorset
80th Birthday Party The EL Jazz Band ref: 3009.1
Nether Compton Village Hall, Sherborne, Dorset, , DT9 4QE, Dorset
80th Birthday Party The EL Jazz Band ref: 3009.1
STOCKBRIDGE FARM BARN LOWER STOCKBRIDGE FARM SHERBORNE DORSET , DT9 6EP, Dorset
Live band hired for Wedding The FS String Quartet ref: 6591
Stockbridge Farm Barn near Sherborne, DT9 6EP., Dorset
Live band hired for Wedding The BS String Quartet ref: 2513
The imposing abbey of golden stone, at Sherborne, has one of the most graceful fan-vaulted roofs in England. Sherborne School, just beyond the restored south porch of the abbey, incorporates a good deal of the original monastic buildings. The school figured as the setting for the film musical Goodbye, Mr Chips. The 13th-century almshouse near by has a fine triptych, which is either German or Flemish; the brilliance of its colouring is due to the use of tempera—paint mixed with egg yolk—on oak.
The town abounds in old inns and 16th and 17th-century houses, built in the same golden stone as the abbey, and set in curving little streets. Sherborne Old Castle, where Sir Walter Raleigh lived for 15 years, is now a ruin. Sherborne New Castle is rich in art treasures.
Leigh village hall Leigh, Sherborne , DT9 6HL, Dorset
Live band hired for Wedding - Alice and Sam The LR Barn Dance/ Ceilidh Band ref: 6218.2
Village Hall,Pound Rd, Thornford, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6QB, Dorset
John's 50th Birthday Party The SV Party Band ref: 6319
Thornford Village Hall, Pound Road, Thornford, , DT9 6RB, Dorset
Birthday Party The CS Barn Dance / Ceilidh Band ref: 4983
Higher Berrycourt Farm Shaftesbury, Dorset,, SP7 0EP, Dorset
Live band hired for Wedding - Pippa and Andrew The SP Ceilidh/ Barn Dance Band ref: 4560.3
The town of Shaftesbury is built on the edge of a yoo-ft plateau, giving fine views over the Blackmoor Vale. It figures under its old name, 'Shaston', in Hardy's novels. The town first grew up around a nunnery endowed in AD 880 by King Alfred. In the iSth-century Grosvenor Hotel, there is a famous Victorian sideboard, carved in 1862-7 by Gerrard Robinson from a single block of oak and depicting events in the 'Ballad of Chevy Chase'.
The town has some excellent grey-green, 18th-century stone houses, and the steep, cobbled Gold Hill is buttressed on one side and terraced like an Italian hill town on the other.
Priestfield, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4NA, Dorset
Live band hired for Wedding The TC String Quartet ref: 2925