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Cheap Street is the main street of Sherborne and home to most of the towns shops. The images below are a selection from the many pictures I have taken over the recent years.

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April 2007 - Sherborne Abbey and the Conduit.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

April 2007 - Wisteria in flower on the old school buildings.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

A close look at the timbers to show the marks made by the carpenters to show which piece went where.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

April 2007 - Another old half timbered shop. The photograph below gives some history of the shop.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera
Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

June 2007 - Looking down Higher Cheap Street past the George Inn with the White Hart across the road at the bottom.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

June 2007 - The old lamp outside the George Inn. A relic from the past when Eldridge  Pope, the Dorchester Brewers owned the place. They no longer exist.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

June 2007 - Marsh’s electrical store on the left.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

June 2007 - The half timbered buildings which belong to the Boys School. The Wisteria has finished flowering with just green leaves left.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

June 2007 - Cheap Street church.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

June 2007 - Another old Eldridge Pope Inn, the Cross Keys.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

June 2007 - The Cross Keys sign.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

June 2007 - More colourful hanging baskets outside the White Hart.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

July 2007 - The Conduit on the Parade at the bottom of Cheap Street.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

25 December 2007 - Christmas day morning. Hence the lack of people.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

25 December 2007 - A deserted top of Cheap Street on Christmas morning.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

February 2008 - The Post Office.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

February 2008 - The Digby Estate offices on the left.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

September 2008 - Peter Bayliss on his way to winning the 2008 Sherborne Ironman.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

July 2009 - This is strictly The Green and not Cheap Street. The Green restaurant and the recently opened Town Mill bakery.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

July 2009 - Sherborne on a sunny summer Saturday morning. The hanging baskets were looking very nice.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

July 2009 - Market stalls on the Parade.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

July 2009 - The Conduit.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

July 2009 - Flowers for sale on the market. Church Lane leading to the Museum and the Abbey.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

December 2009 - Vegetable stall on the market.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

December 2009 - “Come on in”. The Green restaurant with a very welcoming open door.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

December 2009 - Sherborne’s illuminated Christmas trees.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

December 2009 - The Parade and Cross Keys at Christmas.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

December 2009 - Mabers Christmas window display.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

December 2010 - Clog dancers collecting for Clic Sergeant during Sherborne’s festive shopping event.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

December 2010 - Dodge’s Christmas window display.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

December 2010 - Snow falling on Cheap Street shoppers.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

December 2010 - The parade under snow.

 

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

9 July 2011 - The Town Mill Bakery and The Green restaurant.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

23 July 2011 - The Town Mill Bakery and The Green restaurant on a sunny afternoon.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

23 July 2011 - The Green restaurant.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

23 July 2011 - The corner with Newland. Greenslade Taylor and Hunt estate agents in the half timbered building and the Toy Box on the corner.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

23 July 2011 - Colourful hanging baskets outside the White Hart.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

23 July 2011 - The junction with Higher Cheap Street.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

Dec 11 - The Conduit and Christmas Tree on the Parade.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

Dec 11 - A wider view showing the Cross Keys Inn.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

Dec 11 - Sherborne Town band playing on the corner of Hound Street.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

Dec 11 - Father Christmas

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

Dec11 - The Wessex Morris men performing for the Christmas shoppers.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera
Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera
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New Years day 2012 - The Christmas tree on the Parade.

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August 2012 - Sherborne’s gold post box to celebrate the olympic gold medal success of Peter Wilson in the trap shooting.

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August 2012 - The White Hart decorated for the Jubilee.

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September 2012 - The skyline in the corner of the parade.

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February 2015 - Reflections in the windows above the Parade.

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February 2015 - Church Lane which leads from the Parade to the Abbey Close. Late afternoon light.

 Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

May 2015 - Higher cheap Street. The George Inn has recently undergone a face lift.

 Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

May 2015 - A deserted Cheap Street on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

 Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

May 2015 - Wisteria in full flower hanging off the old Boys School buildings.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

February 2016 - The passage through to George Street from Higher Cheap Street and the Julian.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

February 2016 - A long view down Cheap Street.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

February 2016 - The Abbey clock over the roof tops on the Parade.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

February 2016 - The half timbered building on the parade is the old Sun Inn. It is now part of Sherborne Boys School.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

February 2017 - Church Lane with the last light of the day.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

November 2019 - Poppies.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

December 2019 - The Parade.

Cheap Street Sherborne Dorset Dorsetcamera

December 2019 - Christmas windows.