Editing Wimborne Minster (section)

==Buildings and architecture==
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Wimborne has one of the foremost collections of 15th-, 16th- and 17th-century buildings in [[Dorset]]. Local planning has restricted the construction of new buildings in areas such as the Cornmarket and the High Street, resulting in the preservation of many of the original buildings. Examples include the [[Wimborne Minster (church)|church of Wimborne Minster]], [[Wimborne Minster Town Hall]], the [[Museum of East Dorset]] and dozens of 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century fronted shops and pubs. The town is home to the [[Tivoli Theatre (Wimborne Minster)|Tivoli Theatre]], a 1930s [[art deco]] cinema and theatre.

===Wimborne Minster Church===
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[[File:John Beaufort Grave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Tomb of [[John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset|John Beaufort]]]]
This is a [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Saxon]] church, with [[Norman Architecture|Norman]] and [[Gothic Architecture|Gothic]] architecture. It is famed for its [[chained library]] and the tomb of King [[Æthelred I of Wessex|Æthelred]], elder brother of [[Alfred the Great]], as well as the tombs of [[John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset|John Beaufort]], Duke of [[Somerset]], and his duchess, the maternal grandparents of King [[Henry VII of England]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wimborneminster.org.uk/|title=Wimborne Minster and the Northern Churches, Dorset|first=Triple W Software|last=Ltd|website=www.wimborneminster.org.uk|access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref> The tombs are made of Dorset Limestone and New Forest Stone.

===Wimborne Model Town===
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The model town is one of the largest and longest-established model towns in England. It depicts Wimborne at the time the model was made, in the 1950s. It is at 1:10 scale, resulting in the model of the Minster being several feet high. The model shop windows accurately show the goods which the real shops were selling at the time. The exhibition also includes a model railway based on [[Thomas the Tank Engine]], which was opened by [[Christopher Awdry]], and expanded in 2014.