Wimborne Minster is an ancient market town that sits on the banks of the rivers Stour and Allen, in the south east of Dorset. Wimborne today is an interesting place with a history stretching back well over a thousand years. The most dominant building you see as you enter the town is the Minster church, that the town is named after. The Minster as you see it now was built after the Norman Conquest, in the 12th century, and is dedicated to St Cuthburga. St Cuthburga was a sister of King Ina, King of Wessex who ruled 688-728. Cuthburga founded a Benedictine nunnery in Wimborne in 705 ad and t...
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Wimborne, Dorset GB
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