Wimborne Minster is the parish church of Wimborne, Dorset, England. The minster has existed for over 1300 years and is recognised for its unusual chained library . The minster is a former monastery and Benedictine nunnery, and King Æthelred of Wessex is buried there.
The minster is dedicated to Saint Cuthburga who founded a Benedictine abbey of nuns at the present day minster c. 705. Saint Walpurga was educated in the monastery, where she spent 26 years before travelling to Germany, following the missionary call of her mother's brother Saint Boniface. Leoba was also educated in this place. A monastery for men was also built around this time, adjacent to the abbey. Over the next hundred years the abbey and monastery grew in size and importance.
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Address: Wimborne Minster, East Dorset, United Kingdom
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