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	Sturminster Newton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sturminster Newton, known to locals as Stur, is a town in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England.
		The town is set in the vale Thomas Hardy based his fictional Vale of the little dairies on, and Sturminster had the largest livestock market in Britain, which stood close to the town centre until it was closed and demolished in 1998.
		South of the river is the area of Newton, made up of old stone thatched cottages, and Sturminster Newton mill, which was restored in 1980 and is now a museum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sturminster_Newton (380 words)

	Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England
		Sturminster Newton is a traditional Dorset town, which built up to serve the surrounding agricultural area of North Dorset.
		On the south side of the Town Bridge is Sturminster Newton Mill which has been restored to working order in the 1980's and where the public can see the grinding machinery working.
		The history of Sturminster and its people and industry is shown in the Mill.
	www.thedorsetpage.com /locations/place/S360.htm (354 words)

	Sturminster Newton -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sturminster Newton, known to locals as Stur, is a town in the (Click link for more info and facts about Blackmore Vale) Blackmore Vale area of (Click link for more info and facts about Dorset) Dorset, (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
		South of the river is the area of Newton, made up of old stone (A house roof made with a plant material (as straw)) thatched cottages, and Sturminster Newton (Machine that processes materials by grinding or crushing) mill, which was restored in 1980 and is now a museum.
		Hidden on the hill above the bridge are the ruins of Sturminster Newton Castle, which was more of a (The mansion of the lord of the manor) manor house than a defensive building.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/sturminster_newton.htm (538 words)

	Swan Inn, Market Place, Sturminster Newton presented by A1 Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sturminster Newton is an attractive town to explore and has many interesting buildings ranging from the 17th and 19th centuries but most are Georgian.
		The entrance to Sturminster Newton town centre is via a very fine medieval six arched stone bridge, spanning the river Stour, which was built in the 16th century by John Selwood, Bishop of Glastonbury.
		Sturminster Newton Mill is a working mill which is open to visitors during the summer months.
	www.a1tourism.com /uk/swaninn.html (558 words)

	Sturminster Newton Museum - Sturminster Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sturminster's small museum is housed in a converted Victorian Chapel in Bath Road, has been functioning for about ten years and shows displays of local social history from the surrounding villages during the summer season, starting at Easter.
		For those of us who remember Sturminster in the days when it was still served by steam-powered trains and a livestock market with livestock, the model of the Station area provides a veritable train-load of nostalgia.
		Archival photographs and WW2 memorabilia relating to the activities of the residents of Sturminster Newton and troops, both British and American, billeted in the town during 1939-45.
	www.sturminster-site.net /museum.htm (494 words)

	Sturminster Newton
		Artifacts often relate to the Sturminster Newton Workhouse, and the Museum building itself was the former Chapel of the Workhouse.
		Sturminster Newton is a small market town in North Dorset, located at a bridging point across a sweeping meander in the river Stour.
		STURMINSTER NEWTON MUSEUM makes good historical links through its collection and loaned objects; intriguing boxes of textiles and buttons; donated everyday items are housed in a 19th century chapel with polished encaustic tiles.
	www.sturminster-museum.freehosting.net (567 words)

	Sturminster Newton (Dorset) - in the South West of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sturminster Newton is located in Dorset in the South West of England.
		Pin your notices on the Sturminster Newton noticeboard to target the local population.
		Pinning notices on the Sturminster Newton noticeboard does not cost you anything (yes, free!).
	www.localnotices.co.uk /CityIndex/SturminsterNewton_Dorset.htm (61 words)

	Blackmore Vale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The vale is Thomas Hardy's "Vale of the little dairies", and books including Tess of the D'urbervilles were set here; he also lived and wrote in Sturminster Newton for a time.
		Land use in the vale is predominantly dairy farming, with many small farms dotted accros the vale.
		Until it was closed in 1998 Sturminster Newton livestock market was the busiest weekly livestock market in Britain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackmore_Vale (258 words)

	Sturminster Newton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sturminster Newton is a busy market town in the County of Dorset, England.
		The full name of the town is Sturminster Newton Castle which is the name found in 18th Century parish registers.
		ROBERT BELBIN of Sturminster Newton and three other Dorset men (RIVES, ROWMAN and WILLIAMS) are mentioned in Committee for the Advance of Money – Cases 1642-56 Part 2, p 1080 (Public Record Office, Kew).
	www.belbin.net /sturminsternewton.htm (2557 words)

	1835 Robsons Directory - Entries for Sturminster Newton
		Sturminster, Newton Castle, a market town and parish in the hundred of Sturminster, Newton Castle, Sherborne division, 8 miles from Shaftesbury, and 108 from London, contained in 1831, 1831 inhabitants, and was assessed in 1815, to £3,406.
		It is situated on the river Stour, part on the right and part on the left bank, connected by a good stone bridge, and consists of old low-built houses, with the exception of a few in the central part of the town.
		Its ground plan is the form of the letter D. The remains consist of a small artificial mount or keep, within a vallum, and deep ditch, seated on a hill, on the Newton side of the river.
	westcountrygenealogy.com /blackmore/sturminster_newton/robsons_1835.htm (349 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: England: Dorset: Sturminster Newton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sturminster Newton Community Website - News and views on local matters and a directory of businesses and community groups for Sturminster Newton area.
		Sturminster Newton High School - Information on subjects, resources and sixth form for this high school teaching pupils from 13-18 years of age.
		Sturminster Newton OPC project - This OPC project is part of the bigger Dorset Online Parish Clerk project.
	www.dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Dorset/Sturminster_Newton (424 words)

	Sturminster Newton - Rural Dorset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sturminster Newton lies upstream of Blandford and the de facto 'capital' of the Blackmore Vale which surrounds it.
		Towards Sturminster Newton, Hinton St Mary, the original home to a Roman mosaic now residing the British Museum, offers some pretty riverside and watermeadow walks down to Cutt Mill, one of the many former working mills on the Stour.
		Sturminster Marshall retains several fascinating relics of earlier village life; for example, the village stocks and maypole (still in use today) can be seen on the village green.
	www.ruraldorset.com /area/a2z.asp?ID=63 (3536 words)

	BBC - Dorset - Entertainment - Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival
		The whiffs of some of the West Country's finest cheeses were in the air around Sturminster Newton as the North Dorset town hosted its famous Cheese Festival.
		Sturminster Newton has been famous for cheese-making for centuries, and it's the fitting venue for the annual Cheese Festival which has attracted thousands of hungry visitors over the 10th-11th September weekend.
		Philippa Litton, aged 16, of Sturminster Newton, who attends Clayesmore School, won the senior section, with a vegetarian menu of Roasted Garlic Vegetables on a bed of parsley cous cous, topped with parmesan cheese and followed by flberry and apple spiced crumble with cream.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dorset/content/articles/2005/09/05/cheese_festival_feature.shtml (627 words)

	S & D - Sturminster Newton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Situated approximately halfway along the single line section between Templecombe and Blandford, Sturminster Newton had two platforms built on a passing loop.
		The platforms were staggered slightly, with an unusual 'dip' halfway along the up platform, this was to enable passengers and staff to cross over to the end of the down platform opposite on a wooden level crossing, as there was no footbridge provided.
		The Sturminster Newton OPC project, set up to make information about the parish freely available for the benefit of people researching their family history.
	www.sdjr.net /locations/sturminster_newton.html (240 words)

	LAND FOR SALE in Sturminster Newton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We are a specialist land agent, offering land for sale in Sturminster Newton.
		Though we do have from time to time land with planning permission for housing or equestrian development, most of our property is 'purSturminster Newton land' - arable land, farmland, grazing land or investment land in Sturminster Newton.
		Provide your details and we will email you the property particulars when You'll now be one of the very first to hear about the latest land for sale in Sturminster Newton near to existing development.
	www.landsaleuk-profit.co.uk /land-for-sale-Sturminster-Newton.html (144 words)

	Sturminster Newton - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Sturminster Newton - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This page was last modified 02:31, 19 Apr 2005.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Sturminster Newton contains research on
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Sturminster_Newton (400 words)

	Sturminster Newton, Blackmore Vale, Dorset
		Sturminster Newton is a pretty Dorset market town situated in beautiful Blackmore Vale countryside, between Sherborne and Blandford Forum.
		Sturminster Newton bridge features in the poem On Sturminster Bridge by Thomas Hardy - its waters offer high quality fishing and run all the way to past Bournemouth where it joins the River Avon at Christchurch to flow into the sea.
		Sturminster Newton is conveniently located for visiting the annual Great Dorset Steam Fair - one of the biggest steam fairs there is, drawing international attention with thousands of exhibits, stalls, attractions and a big fun fair too, held at Tarrant Hinton in early September.
	www.dorsetriviera.com /onlocation/sturminster.asp (251 words)

	Sturminster Newton Agricultural Vets: Find a Agricultural Vet in Sturminster Newton specialising in farm yard animals ...
		Sturminster Newton Agricultural Vets: Find a Agricultural Vet in Sturminster Newton specialising in farm yard animals such as cows, sheep & horses.
		Agricultural Vets in Sturminster Newton specialising in farm animals
		Using our FREE enquiry service is the simplest and quickest way for you to make enquires to multiple Agricultural Vets operating within Sturminster Newton, Dorset.
	www.1stvets.co.uk /dorset/agricultural_veterinaries_sturminster_newton.htm (180 words)

	Sturminster Workhouse and Poor Law Union
		Sturminster Poor Law Union was formed on 4th December, 1835.
		The new Sturminster Union workhouse, for 150 inmates, was built in 1838 at the north of Sturminster Newton.
		His Sturminster design was a variation on the Poor Law Commissioner's model "Y" plan, but enclosed within a rectangle rather than the more usual hexagon as can be seen on the architect's plan below (click on the image for an enlarged version).
	users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/Sturminster/Sturminster.shtml (432 words)

	Sturminster Newton OPC project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This is the home page of the Sturminster Newton OPC project, part of the Dorset OPC project set up to make information about each parish in the county freely available for the benefit of people researching their family history.
		Entries for Sturminster Newton extracted from many batch and film numbers.
		Useful links about Sturminster Newton and the surrounding area, plus other sites of interest to genealogists.
	www.sturminsternewton.net /index.html (241 words)

	Sturminster Newton Investments Advisors providing advice on investment opportunities and best the use of savings
		Sturminster Newton Investments Advisors providing advice on investment opportunities and best the use of savings
		Below is a listing of Investments Advisors in Sturminster Newton.
		Hains Lane, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1JU
	www.1stfinancialadvisors.co.uk /dorset/investment_advisors_sturminster_newton.htm (152 words)

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		Meetings: At Royal British Legion, Sturminster Newton, 2nd Wednesday of the month (except August) at 20.15.
		Dorset Association for the Disabled (Sturminster Newton branch)
		Sturminster Newton Orchestra Workshop is a group of young people and adults who meet on Saturday mornings to play a variety of music including folk songs and dances, light classics, music from the shows, extracts from opera and the romantic classics, and film music.
	www.angelfire.com /space/stur/orgs.htm (915 words)

	Find Weddings Sturminster Newton at Top Wedding Directory UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	www.topweddingdirectory.com /towns/dorset/sturminster-newton (658 words)

	Sturminster Newton Dorset : a tourist information guide from TourUK
		Sturminster Newton, A357 off A350 north of Blandford Forum, from Sherborne, A352 then A3030 and A357
		Sturminster Newton, a small town with the ruins of a small 14th-century castle and thatched buildings.
		The church in Sturminster Newton was rebuilt in 1486 and has a carved wagon roof.
	www.touruk.co.uk /dorset/dor_stur.htm (234 words)

	A Topographical Dictionary of England: Sturminster Newton Castle, Dorset
		This place, which derives its name from the river on the northern bank of which it stands, and the minster, or church, is supposed to be the Anicetis of Ravennas, and was early known to the Saxons; some lands here having been given by Alfred to his son Ethelwald.
		In 968, Edgar gave the manor of Sturre, or Stour, to the abbey of Glastonbury, and the grant was confirmed by Edmund Ironside; and in the Norman survey it was included in Newenton, or Newton.
		Sturminster-Newton is formed by the two townships of Sturminster and Newton, occupying different sides of the river Stour, and connected by a causeway and bridge of six arches; the latter has been lately widened and improved, and the formed raised, so as to prevent the inundation to which it was previously subject.
	www.thedorsetpage.com /Genealogy/lewis/Locations/sturminster_newton_castle.htm (515 words)

	Sturminster Newton Life Insurance Brokers: Providing quotes for Life Insurance cover in Sturminster Newton, Dorset ...
		Sturminster Newton Life Insurance Brokers: Providing quotes for Life Insurance cover in Sturminster Newton, Dorset including endowment policies.
		Below is a list of Life Insurance Brokers in Sturminster Newton, Dorset.
		For details of the life cover options and insurance premiums required to insure your life and the lives of your close family you can contact the Insurance Brokers listed in [borough].
	www.1stinsurancebrokers.co.uk /dorset/life_insurance_sturminster_newton.htm (186 words)

	Sturminster Newton Letting Agents marketing residential property for rent including houses, flats and apartments and ...
		Sturminster Newton Letting Agents marketing residential property for rent including houses, flats and apartments and other home lettings and residential property rentals in Sturminster Newton, Dorset
		Commonly letting agents in Sturminster Newton are offering services which include full property management, rent collection & tenant location only.
		The letting agents will normally advertise within local areas to Sturminster Newton in order to find the most suitable tenants on behalf of their landlords.
	www.1stestateagents.co.uk /dorset/letting_agents_sturminster_newton.htm (254 words)

	Sturminster Newton Information Online -Sport facilities and activities in and around Sturminster Newton, UK
		If you have any news or information related to Sturminster Newton or would like an article to be published in Sturminster Newton Information Online, fill in a simple form or send it to us and we will do the rest.
		Sturminster Newton Information Online is part of the UK information network.
		Sturminster Newton Information Online is an independent site and is not affiliated with, or officially sponsored by any local authority or tourist information centre based in Sturminster Newton.
	www.britinfo.net /fp-R-DBY.htm (242 words)

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