A History of the County of Dorset: Volume 2

A part-volume covering the religious houses of the county. It includes the early history of Sherborne Abbey and Wimborne Minster.

Victoria County History - Dorset.

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A History of the County of Dorset: Volume 2, ed. William Page ( London, 1908), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/dorset/vol2 [accessed 10 December 2024].

A History of the County of Dorset: Volume 2. Edited by William Page( London, 1908), British History Online, accessed December 10, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/dorset/vol2.

A History of the County of Dorset: Volume 2. Ed. William Page(London, 1908), , British History Online. Web. 10 December 2024. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/dorset/vol2.

Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
Religious houses: Introduction 47-48
Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Abbotsbury 48-53
Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Cerne 53-58
Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Milton 58-62
Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Sherborne 62-70
Houses of Benedictine monks: The priories of Cranbourne and Horton 70-73
House of Benedictine nuns: The abbey of Shaftesbury 73-79
House of Cluniac monks: The priory of Holne or East Holme 80-82
House of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Bindon 82-86
House of Cistercian nuns: The abbey of Tarrant Kaines 87-90
Houses of Knights Hospitallers: The preceptory of Friary Mayne 90-92
Friaries: The Dominicans of Gillingham 92
Friaries: The Dominicans of Melcombe Regis 92-93
Friaries: The Franciscans of Dorchester 93-95
Friaries: The Carmelites of Bridport 95-96
Friaries: The Carmelites of Lyme 96
Friaries: The Austin friars of Sherborne 96
Hermitage: The 'Priory' hermitage of Blackmoor 96-97
House of uncertain order: Wilcheswood 98
Hospitals: St Mary Magdalen, Allington 98-100
Hospitals: Long Blandford and Lyme 100
Hospitals: St John Baptist, Bridport 100-101
Hospitals: Dorchester 101-103
Hospitals: St John Baptist, Shaftesbury 103-104
Hospitals: St John Baptist & St John Evangelist, Sherborne 104-105
Hospitals: St Thomas, Sherborne 105
Hospitals: St Leonard, Tarrant Rushton 105-106
Hospitals: St Margaret & St Anthony, Wimborne 106-107
Hospitals: Wareham 107
Colleges: Wimborne Minster 107-113
Alien houses: The priory of Frampton 113-116
Alien houses: The priory of Loders 116-118
Alien houses: The priory of Povington 118-119
Alien houses: The priory of Spettisbury 119-121
Alien houses: The priory of Wareham 121-122