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Sherborne

British  
/ ˈʃɛːbɔːn /

noun

  1. a town in S England in Dorset: noted for its medieval abbey, ruined medieval castle, and Sherborne Castle, a mansion built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594. Pop: 9350 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sherborne was then forced to treat Burrows as a witness who was hostile to their claim, rather than one who supported it.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

More than once he asked Sherborne to explain what would happen to his case "when you remove Burrows?"

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Sherborne suggested the journalist used private investigators to find out the information, to which Nicholl replied: "I never used them to blag medical information."

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Sherborne put it to Nicholl, who was then the Mail on Sunday's showbiz editor, that her discovery of details about the pregnancy "must be from unlawful information gathering", which Nicholl denied.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

He died, full of years and honours, in that unhappy and troublous 867, having held the Bishopric of Sherborne fifty years.

From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William

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