Wimborne Minster

Wimborne Minster is a small town with about 6,500 inhabitants in the southeast of the county of Dorset in southern England. The city is the administrative center of the District East Dorset.

Location

Wimborne Minster lies at the confluence of the rivers Stour and Allen five miles north of the big cities Poole and Bournemouth.

Economy

In previous centuries, the city was a trade, craft and service center for the farms in the region whose main source of income was the sheep. In Wimborne Minster Today it houses the headquarters of Cobham plc, a major UK aerospace and defense company.

History

The foundation of a convent in the woody and then probably only sparsely populated region of the St.. Cuthburga was around the year 705 by the burial of Ethelred, the brother of the King of Wessex Alfred the Great, the abbey came to royal honors. From Norman raids is not known, but destroyed the Danes in 1013 parts of the abbey buildings. Due to the Norman conquest of England ( 1066) also Wimborne Abbey came to enjoy a modern administration ( Doomesday Book) and a contemporary architecture, because from 1120 to 1180 was the old abbey church again. It is assumed that by then had formed a village close to the abbey church, which has been constantly increasing in the subsequent years. 1496 an accessible for anyone school was opened in Wimborne Minster of Margaret Beaufort; about 1686 followed one of the first public libraries ( chained library) in the country.

Attractions

  • The St. Cuthburga, sister of Ine, king of the West Saxons, dedicated to former abbey church probably is at the same place as the abbey was founded here about 705 of Cuthburga monastery. It is the dominant feature of the city.
  • Two streets of the old town ( Corn Market and High Street ) listed a number of stone and half-timbered houses from the 15th to 18th centuries.
  • The old grammar school ( Old Grammar School) from the mid-19th century is a remarkable building in the neo- Tudor style.
  • A custom-built in the 1950s open-air city model ( Wimborne Model Town ) in 1:10 scale is also worth seeing.
  • In the center of Wimbourne Minster Often you can see a town crier ( town crier ), which showeth old and new things to amuse the visitor.
  • On Guy Fawkes Day (November 5 ) takes place every year fireworks.
  • Since 1980, the Wimborne Folk Festival is held every year in June, in which both music and dance groups occur.
  • Interesting and attractive is a visit to the gardens and the house of Kingston Lacy ( four kilometers north-west ). The centerpiece of the garden is a in 1827 here from Egypt obelisk transported.

Well-known residents of the town

  • Saint Leoba
  • Thomas Hardy lived here from 1881 to 1883 with his first wife Emma
  • Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web
  • Robert Fripp, King Crimson band member
  • Al Stewart, singer- songwriter
  • Montague John Druitt who might be eligible to be Jack the Ripper have been

Twin Cities

Post town Regions of England Administrative counties of England Counties of England Cuthburh Wimborne Minster (church)
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