Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings

A rapid walk round the interior of the Priory Church shows that it practically consists of three main portions, almost entirely divided from each other--the #Nave#, the #Choir#,...

The North Porch, which no doubt from the days of its erection in the fourteenth century has formed the chief entrance into the church, is opposite to the westernmost Norman bay...

Of the churches connected with the religious houses which once existed in the county of Dorset, three only remain to the present day. Of some of the rest we have ruins, others h...

The exterior of the church of Christchurch Priory may be well seen from several points of view. The churchyard lies to the north of the building, extending beyond it both to the...

Wimborne Minster does not occupy a commanding position--it stands on level ground, its two towers are not lofty, the western only reaching the height of 95 feet and the central...

On the promontory washed on the one side by the slow stream of the Dorset Stour, and on the other by the no less sluggish flow of the Wiltshire Avon, not far from the place wher...

1. Reginald, 1150. 2. Ralph. 3. Peter, 1195. He built the clerestory and carried out other Early English work. 4. Roger, 1225. 5. Richard. 6. Nicholas de Wareham. 7. Nicholas de...

About a quarter of a mile to the north-west of Wimborne stands the chapel of #St Margaret's Hospital#. The date of the foundation of this hospital is uncertain; tradition has it...

Arms of Wimborne and Christchurch _Title page_ Wimborne Minster from the North-East 2 Wimborne Minster in 1840 3 Wimborne Minster in 1707. (From a copperplate in the Library) 13...

The North Porch 29 The Aisles 29, 38 The Clerestory 33 The Central Tower 34 The Transepts 38 The East End, Choir and Presbytery 42 Sedilia and Piscina 44 The Beaufort and Courte...

The Nave 92-98 The Aisles 98 The Transepts 100 The Rood Screen 105 The Choir 106 The Choir Stalls 108-110 The Reredos 112 The Salisbury Chantry 116 The Draper Chantry 118 The La...

The Western Tower 76 The North Porch 80 The North Aisle 80 The North Transept 82 The Choir, Presbytery, and Lady Chapel 84 The South Transept 88 The Nave 88 The Porter's Lodge,...

Date of Foundation 5 The Norman Church 8, 9 Alterations in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries 10, 11 Alterations in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries 11, 12 Modern Rest...