Monument record MDO6275 - All Hallows Church, Wimborne St Giles

An earthwork platform measuring some 22 yards by 9 yards marks the site of the former All Hallows Church, which was demolished soon after the union of the old parishes of Wimborne All Hallows and Wimborne St. Giles, which happened in 1733. It has been much disturbed by the digging of graves.

(SU 02391259) All Hallows Church (NR) (Site of) (NAT). <1>

(32) PLATFORM (02391259), some 22 yds. by 9 yds., lying about 250 yds. S.S.W. of (18), is the site of All Hallows Church; it bounds the former churchyard on the N. and has itself been much disturbed in the digging of graves. The former church building, described by Hutchins as 'a mean fabric' was demolished soon after the union of the old parishes of Wimborne All Hallows and Wimborne St. Giles, in 1733. <3>

SU 024127 Wimborne All Saints is listed as a deserted Medieval village. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<2> Beresford, M, and Hurst, J G, 1971, Deserted Medieval Villages, 186 (Monograph). SWX1568.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 100 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(32) Platform (02391259), some 22 yds. By 9 yds., lying about 250 yds. S.S.W. of (18), is the site of All Hallows Church; it bounds the former churchyard on the N. and has itself been much disturbed in the digging of graves. The former church building, described by Hutchins as 'a mean fabric' (III, 602), was demolished soon after the union of the old parishes of Wimborne All Hallows and Wimborne St. Giles, in 1733.'

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213788 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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