The Community Assembly of Sherborne is located in a market town and civil parish in north west Dorset and is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale. Sherborne was named scir burne by the Saxon inhabitants, a name meaning 'clear stream', after a brook that runs through the centre of the town and is referred to as such in the Domesday Book.
In 705 the diocese of Wessex was split between Sherborne and Winchester, and King Ine founded an abbey for St Aldhelm, the first Bishop of Sherborne, which covered Dorset, Somerset, and Devon. King Alfred the Great's elder brothers, King Æthelbald and King Æthelberht, are buried in the abbey.
The large Sherborne diocese lasted until about 909 when it was further sub-divided into three sees, with Sherborne covering Dorset. In 933, King Æthelstan granted land at Sherborne to the nuns of Shaftesbury Abbey under the condition that they would recite the Psalter once a year on All Saints' day and say prayers for the king.
Community Assemblies are made up of residents concerned about a lack of democratic process at a local and national level, dedicated to preserving and asserting our inalienable rights and obligations to ourselves, the Earth and future generations.
Founding Facilitators
- Frits Reggulactor
- Lesley Carrington
- Andrew Cole
- Michele Hounsell
Founding Facilitators of enlisted Community Assemblies in the Group Directory are also affiliate members of the Community Assembly of the British Isles.
Location
Address
Sherborne, Dorset, British Isles
