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Gold Hill is a steep cobbled street in the town of Shaftesbury in the English county of Dorset. The view looking down from the top of the street has been described as "one of the most romantic sights in England."[1]
At the top of the street is the 14th-century St Peter's Church, one of the few buildings remaining in Shaftesbury from before the 18th century. Adjacent to the church is the former Priest's House (Sun and Moon Cottage), which is still part of the Gold Hill Museum building but now houses a shop.[2]
The cobbled street runs beside buttressed walls of the precinct, which are the grounds surrounding ancient Shaftesbury Abbey, built by King Alfred the Great. The walls are a scheduled monument.[3] Their origins are not known, but are presumed to have been built in the 1360s, when the abbess or other authority was given royal permission to build town defences.[4]
Each year the town hosts the Gold Hill Fair to raise money for local charities.[5]
- ^ Hyams, J. (1975). The Batsford Colour Book of Dorset. B. T. Batsford Ltd. p. 54.
- ^ Historic England. "Sun and Moon Cottage (1108731)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Abbey precinct wall on Gold Hill, Historic England, 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019
- ^ "Gold Hill's wall gets a weeding". BBC. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Gold Hill Fair". Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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