Retirement Properties Spotlight in Sturminster Newton

Sturminster Newton : Sturminster Newton is an old market town in the Blackmoor Vale and was known as Newentone in Domesday and had four mills. Its name seems to derive from two separate places being on opposite sides of the river. It lies about eight miles south-west of Shaftesbury and is well known for its six-arched bridge crossing the River Stour as you leave the main A357 Blandford Road. The town has many attractive 17th and 18th century buildings and is still an important centre for the local farming community.