St Cuthburga: refounded 1043 by Edward the Confessor; limestone intermingled with brown stone
St Cuthburga: towers from the south; Norman centre tower (right); Perpendicular west tower, completed 1464 (left)
St Cuthburga: view from the north
St Cuthburga: Norman transitional piers with pointed zigzag arches; westernmost are Decorated
St Cuthburga: nave looking west; Norman crossing with scalloped capitals
St Cuthburga: Early English lancet east window, centre glass c15 Flemish
St Cuthburga: chest cut out of solid wood, first thought to be Saxon, now considered c.1300
St Cuthburga: John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, & wife Margaret, 1444; tomb with cusped quatrefoils
St Cuthburga: John Beaufort & wife Margaret, 1444; alabaster on Purbeck marble tomb
St Cuthburga: John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset d.1444, captured at Bauge 1421, released 1437, created KoG c.1440
St Cuthburga: John Beaufort, created Lieutenant of Aquitaine & Duchy of Normandy 1443; probably committed suicide 1444
St Cuthburga: Margaret, Duchess of Somerset, daughter of John Beauchamp of Bletsoe, d.1482; mother of Margaret Beaufort & grandmother of Henry VII
St Cuthburga: tomb of Gertrude Courtenay (nee Blount), Marchioness of Exeter, 1558; a religious conservative & supporter of Catherine of Aragon & Princess Mary
St Cuthburga: Sir Edmund Uvedale, 1606; Corinthian columns, funeral helm above
St Cuthburga: Ethelred, King of West Saxons, killed fighting Danes 871, eng. c.1440
Entry Name: The Minster Church of St Cuthburga
Listing Date: 14 June 1952
Last Amended: 2 February 1983
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1119581
English Heritage Legacy ID: 107082
ID on this website: 101119581
Location: St Cuthburga's Collegiate Church the Minster, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, BH21
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Wimborne Minster
Built-Up Area: Wimborne Minster
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Wimborne Minster St Cuthberga
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury