Wimborne Minster

including Holt

Wimborne, East Street circa 1915	Wimborne, or Wimborne Minster, a parish, market town, and railway station,is 22 E by N from Dorchester and 6 miles north from Poole. The town is of great antiquity, justly celebrated for its venerable collegiate church. This ancient edifice, which is dedicated to St Cuthberga, is of a cross shape with two square towers - one of them rising from the centre of the roof, and the other terminating the west end; a lofty spire, which surmounted the former, is said to have fallen down in the year 1660; the whole structure is divided in the manner of a cathedral, and consists of a chancel, nave, choir, and aisles, a transept, a cross aisle, and three porches; the chancel and choir were restored in 1835 and 1855, and the nave in 1857.
The tithing of Holt has been formed into a separate district for ecclesiastical purposes, and a chapel and school-houses built. There are chapels for the Baptists, Wesleyans, and Independents. St Margaret's hospital (or almshouses), Courtnay's Hospital, and a school and almshouse at Pamphill is in this parish. Here is a National school a British school and a Grammar School dating from ELizabethan times. The cemetery is situated on the Blandford Road. It is neatly laid out with shrubs, &c., and is well adapted for the solemn purpose it is used. Wimborne parish contains 11,966 acres, and in 1861 a population of 4,807. [From an 1865 Directory]	Wimborne High Street circa 1910
The Online Parish Clerk (OPC) for Wimborne is not available at present Please refer to the transcriptions below or contact the coordinator for any queries

Census	Volunteers to transcribe any of the years would be appreciated. 1841 Census:- District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5, District 6, District 4 Kingston, District 5 Kingston 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census District 3 (Leigh) Any transcriptions of other years would be very welcome
Parish Registers	Any transcriptions of complete years would be most welcome.
Postal Directories	Universal British Directory of 1791 Harrod's 1865 Directory on site
Photographs	View old Postcards of Wimborne Minster, all circa 1900-1920 below
Other Records	Cemetery Burials 1889-1915 [Paul Dear] Militia List 1796 transcribed by Caryl Parsons Extracts from Hutchins History of Dorset 1868 Edition World War I Memorial
Wills	A List of Wills to be found at the Public Record Office Will of John Bemister 1743 [Helen Ginn]
Maps	The 1891 Ordnance Survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Wimborne Minster' under place search.
	For modern location maps visit:- www.multimap.com For a 1920s map of the area click on the thumbnail opposite [166kb]

Wimborne from St Margaret's Hill	Julian's Bridge over the River Stour

Wimborne, The Square	St Margaret's Church and Almshouses

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