Wimborne (or Wimborne Minster), market town and par. with ry. sta., Dorset, in E. of co., at confluence of rivers Allen and Stour, 7 miles N. of Poole by rail, 11,966 ac., pop. 5390; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Friday. Wimborne is an ancient place, occupying the site of a Roman station, and known to the Saxons as Wimburnhamynstre. Its church, a cathedral-like edifice, was founded by Edward the Confessor, and is a remarkable relic of antiquity. Among the other buildings in Wimborne are a fine grammar school and an endowed school. Coachbuilding is carried on; there are mfrs. of buttons and woollen hose.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))