Wimborne St Giles

Wimborne St Giles

:"See also: Wimborne St Giles (hundred)"

Wimborne St Giles is a village in east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase seven miles north of Wimborne Minster, north of Poole. The village has a population of 366 (2001).

There is a first school called Wimborne St. Giles CE VE First School, a pub called "The Bull", a church a post office and a village hall. The River Allen, Dorset runs through the village. Every year the village holds a fete, which may or may not have a duck race.

Miscellanea

The bow of Eros (properly Anteros) in Piccadilly Circus, London was originally positioned to point towards Wimborne St Giles, the country seat of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, in commemoration of his philanthropic works.

External links

* [http://www1.dorsetcc.gov.uk/LIVING/FACTS/Census2001.nsf/6cadf4da179fc19500256663004afece/97f2a9b851d14c3c80256ec500373350?OpenDocument Census data]

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