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Shaftesbury Art Centre

 
 
Shaftesbury Art Centre Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stephen Palmer, June 14, 2025
1. Shaftesbury Art Centre Marker
Inscription.
Opened on 1st November 1957 in the former Market Hall, which ran from Bell Street to the High Street and was in use for nearly a century.
 
Erected by Shaftesbury & District Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, MusicEntertainmentIndustry & Commerce. A significant historical date for this entry is November 1, 1957.
 
Location. 51° 0.397′ N, 2° 11.834′ W. Marker is in Shaftesbury, England, in Dorset. It is on Bell Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, England SP7 8AR, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South West England. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 23 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Shaftesbury Town Hall (about 120 meters away, measured
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in a direct line); Blandford Forum War Memorial (approx. 16.9 kilometers away); 1731 Fire (approx. 16.9 kilometers away); Jack Counter VC (approx. 16.9 kilometers away); The Bastards' House (approx. 16.9 kilometers away); The Trafalgar Way (approx. 16.9 kilometers away); The Battle of Blandford (approx. 17 kilometers away); Fox Inn (approx. 22.1 kilometers away).
 
Shaftesbury Art Centre image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stephen Palmer, June 14, 2025
2. Shaftesbury Art Centre
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2025, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England. This page has been viewed 71 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 17, 2025, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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