Back دێری شێربۆرن CKB Sherborne Abbey German دیر شربورن Persian Abbaye de Sherborne French 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌺𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌾𐍉 GOT Sherborneska opatija Croatian Abbazia di Sherborne Italian შერბორნის სააბატო Georgian Sherborne Abbey Serbo-Croatian 謝爾本大教堂 Chinese
| Sherborne Abbey | |
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 Sherborne Abbey | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Central/Catholic |
| Website | www.sherborneabbey.com |
| History | |
| Founded | 705 |
| Founder(s) | St Aldhelm |
| Dedication | St Mary the Virgin |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Saxon, Norman, Perpendicular |
| Years built | 705, c. 1050, c. 1130–80, c. 1380–1500 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 240ft (73m) |
| Nave width | 66ft (23m) |
| Width across transepts | 100ft (30.5m) |
| Nave height | ~60ft (18m) |
| Tower height | 109ft (33m) |
| Bells | 10, ring of 8 |
| Tenor bell weight | 46-0-5 (2339kg) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Salisbury |
| Archdeaconry | Sherborne |
| Deanery | Sherborne |
| Benefice | Sherborne w Castleton, Lillington and Longburton |
| Parish | Sherborne with Castleton |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Karen Gorham |
| Rector | The Revd Martin Lee |
| Vicar(s) | The Revd Jim Edie |
| Archdeacon | Penny Sayer |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | James Henderson |
| Organist(s) | Peter Bray |
Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It has been a Saxon cathedral (705–1075), a Benedictine abbey church (998–1539), and since 1539, a parish church.