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Wimborne Minster

25 February 2012

A first visit for Dorset Camera to this Dorset market town.

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Walking along East Street towards the town centre with Wimborne Minster prominent on the sky line.

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This old brick building is next to the Methodist Church. We were fascinated by all the different phases of work and lack of horizontal lines of bricks.

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Wimborne Minster. The majority of the church as seen today was built by the Norman’s between 1120 and 1180. The church is dedicated to St Cuthburga.

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The old free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth I. This building dates from 1849. See the plaque below for more history.

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The green outside the Minster.

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The High Street.

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On the corner of the town square looking down West Borough.

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The Greenwich time clock on the corner of High Street and King Street.

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The corner of Poole Road and Leigh road.

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Turnpike cottage on Leigh Road.

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February 2015 - Some new pictures of Wimborne Minster. The church is dedicated to St Cuthburga.

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February 2015 - A closer view of the tower.

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February 2015 - The Minster and War Memorial.

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February 2015 - The approach to the Minster from the High Street.

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February 2015 - The town square.