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'''Oborne''' is a village in north west [[Dorset]], [[England]], situated in the [[Blackmore Vale]] close to the border with [[Somerset]], on the [[A30 road]] adjacent to the town of [[Sherborne]]. The village has a [[population]] of 115 ([[As of 2001|2001]]).
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| official_name = Oborne
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| region = South West England
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| static_image_caption = Oborne village street
| population = 101
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| os_grid_reference = ST655185
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| post_town = Sherborne
| postcode_area = DT
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| constituency_westminster = [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]]
| unitary_england = [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]]
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'''Oborne''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|oʊ|b|ɔr|n}} is a village and [[civil parish]] in north west [[Dorset]], [[England]], situated just north of the [[A30 road]] approximately {{convert|1|mi|km}} northeast of [[Sherborne]], and is close to the border with [[Somerset]]. In the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]] the parish had a population of 101.<ref name=ons/> Oborne shares a [[Parish council (England)|grouped parish council]], Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council, with the three village parishes of [[Poyntington]], [[Goathill]] and [[Castleton, Dorset|Castleton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yeoheadpc.co.uk/ |title=Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council|access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>

A new parish church, designed by William Slater, was built on a fresh site in 1862. The volume on Dorset in the [[Pevsner Architectural Guides|Buildings of England]] series by John Newman and [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] describe this as having "nave with bellcote, chancel and apse ... Slater's and Carpenter's typical single and twin lancets with pointed-trefoiled cusping".<ref name="pevsner">{{cite book|last1=Newman|first1=John|last2=Pevsner|first2=Nikolaus|title=The Buildings of England: Dorset|publisher=Penguin|location=Harmondsworth|year=1972|page=306|isbn=0-14-071044-2}}</ref> The remains of the [[Old St Cuthbert's Church, Oborne|Old St Cuthbert's Church]] are half a mile south, on the other side of the A30. Only the chancel remains. Oborne had been given to [[Sherborne Abbey]] by the Saxon [[Edgar, King of England|King Edgar]] in the 10th century and it remained a 'chapel of ease' to the abbey until the [[Dissolution of the monasteries|Dissolution]] in 1539.<ref name="smith">{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Kenneth|title=St Cuthbert's Old Church, Oborne, Dorset|publisher=Churches Conservation Trust|location=London|year=2006}}</ref> Above the lintels of windows on the east and north sides are inscriptions entreating prayers for the good standing of Abbot John Myer (1533) and Sacristan John Dunster of Sherborne.<ref name="smith" /> The interior of the chancel contains a 17th-century [[pulpit]] and communion rails as well as a [[piscina]] and [[baptismal font|font]] from the former church at North Wootton. Nothing now remains of the medieval nave that was demolished in the 1860s. The chancel lay neglected until the 1930s, when a new incumbent began to restore it, taking advice from A. R. Powys (secretary of the [[Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings]]) who was also responsible for the restoration of the church at Winterborne Tomson, Dorset.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kinross|first=John|title=Discovering England's smallest churches|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|location=London|year=2003|pages=40–41|isbn=1-84212-728-4}}</ref>

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For people with the surname, see Oborne (surname).

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50°57′54″N 2°29′34″W / 50.9651°N 2.4927°W / 50.9651; -2.4927

Oborne /ˈoʊbɔːrn/ is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, situated just north of the A30 road approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Sherborne, and is close to the border with Somerset. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 101.[1] Oborne shares a grouped parish council, Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council, with the three village parishes of Poyntington, Goathill and Castleton.[2]

A new parish church, designed by William Slater, was built on a fresh site in 1862. The volume on Dorset in the Buildings of England series by John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner describe this as having "nave with bellcote, chancel and apse ... Slater's and Carpenter's typical single and twin lancets with pointed-trefoiled cusping".[3] The remains of the Old St Cuthbert's Church are half a mile south, on the other side of the A30. Only the chancel remains. Oborne had been given to Sherborne Abbey by the Saxon King Edgar in the 10th century and it remained a 'chapel of ease' to the abbey until the Dissolution in 1539.[4] Above the lintels of windows on the east and north sides are inscriptions entreating prayers for the good standing of Abbot John Myer (1533) and Sacristan John Dunster of Sherborne.[4] The interior of the chancel contains a 17th-century pulpit and communion rails as well as a piscina and font from the former church at North Wootton. Nothing now remains of the medieval nave that was demolished in the 1860s. The chancel lay neglected until the 1930s, when a new incumbent began to restore it, taking advice from A. R. Powys (secretary of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) who was also responsible for the restoration of the church at Winterborne Tomson, Dorset.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Area: Oborne (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council". Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  3. ^ Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1972). The Buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 306. ISBN 0-14-071044-2.
  4. ^ a b Smith, Kenneth (2006). St Cuthbert's Old Church, Oborne, Dorset. London: Churches Conservation Trust.
  5. ^ Kinross, John (2003). Discovering England's smallest churches. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 40–41. ISBN 1-84212-728-4.
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