Talk:Sherborne

This is only one of many places called Sherborne, eg there is one in Somerset. A Disambiguity page is suggested. Adresia 16:49, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

It would be helpful to have a phonetic transcription of the local pronunciation of the name too. /ʃɜːbɘn/? /ʃɛːbɘn/? Or something else... Alarichall 19:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Where are the street signs?

I counted a single street name in all of Sherbore the other day. Is this a record for an English town? Why wouldn't the town council make a point of letting tourists know what street they are on? Yes, the natives know what street they are on - but that's not the point of signs! 86.44.62.118 (talk) 12:30, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Not really anything to do with Wikipedia though. Perhaps you should ask the council? GedUK  12:39, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Citation

For the statement of "40.8% of the population is retired" i have found a single website, which gave the same figure. However i am not entirley sure what it is i am ment to do with this information, the source i found are as follows

• http://www.tripwolf.com/en/guide/show/239530/England/Sherborne

Im not even entirley sure whether this is any good. Thanks for the time; Prof,Mammal (talk) 00:55, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, no, that site uses wikipedia as its source. It says so at the top of the article; can't use a circular reference. There should be something from the stats office somewhere, I'll see what I can find. GedUK  07:56, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

I've updated it. Nowhere near 40% according to the 2001 census. May have been added by a random source, I can't be bothered to trawl the history for it. GedUK  08:52, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Prof,Mammal (talk) 00:17, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

No problem. GedUK  12:33, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Sherborne Stone

This article says that "much of the old town, including the abbey and many medieval and Georgian buildings, is built from distinctive ochre-coloured ham stone." Unfortunately, many people and media repeat this myth (probably because it is on here near the top of the article).

Many newer buildings use ham stone and there is some ham stone in the abbey, but much of the town is built with Sherborne Stone from nearby quarries (e.g. at Quarr Lane).

This Dorset Council source confirms that "The majority of buildings in Sherborne are constructed from Sherborne Building Stone, an oolitic limestone which weathers to a warm light fawn colour."

The books by local historian Gerald Pitman also confirm this. I can probably get a book reference to include if needed 31rmc (talk) 09:24, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

This section has been updated 31rmc (talk) 10:20, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Education section

I feel there's too much detail about the history of Leweston School and information about its inspections that read like an opinion as none of this is cited/sourced. All of this is more suitable on the Leweston School entry. There's also a lack of information about the state schools. I'd recommend editing this section to reduce the section on Leweston to a brief history and removed details of the inspection. The information about the state schools could also have a little more detail including alumnus. I can do this unless anyone objects. 31rmc (talk) 10:19, 15 December 2025 (UTC)