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Sturminster may refer to: * Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton is a town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish situated on the River Stour, Dorset, River Stour in the north of Dorset, England. The town is at the centre of the Blackmore Vale, a large dairy agriculture region around w ... * Sturminster Marshall {{geodis ...
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Sturminster Newton
Sturminster Newton is a town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish situated on the River Stour, Dorset, River Stour in the north of Dorset, England. The town is at the centre of the Blackmore Vale, a large dairy agriculture region around which the town's economy is built, and is known as 'the heart of the Blackmore vale'. The town has shops, a primary and secondary school – Sturminster Newton High School – and a school and college catering for children with special education, special educational needs. A market is held in the town on Mondays. One of the largest cattle markets in England used to be held here, but it was closed in 1998. The town is noted for its connections with the authors Thomas Hardy and William Barnes, and as part of the historic West Country Carnival circuit. History Sturminster Newton was recorded in an Anglo-Saxon charter in 968 as ''Nywetone at Stoure'', and in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Newentone''. Newton refers to a new farm or e ...
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