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It was acquired by Wimborne Urban District Council in the late 1930s and converted into a civic centre. [6] It remained the headquarters of the council for another three decades, [7] but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged East Dorset Council was formed at Furzehill, 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of Wimborne Minster, in 1974.
They are named after Cornelia Guest, Lady Wimborne who, as wife of Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne, oversaw the construction of the majority of the estate cottages. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Located within Dorset they span the breadth of the original Canford estate, clustered mostly in Canford Magna and Ashington , yet can also be further afield in ...
Wimborne Minster (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats: Shane Kevin Bartlett : 1,296 : 65.5 : Liberal Democrats: David Morgan : 1,155 : 58.4 : Conservative: Derek Bidkar Frank Burt 514 26.0 Conservative: Colin Robin William Beck 509 25.7 Labour: Stewart William Bullen 192 9.7 Labour: Ashley Wynne Rowlands 182 9.2 Majority ...
Citizens Advice [n 1] (previously Citizens Advice Bureau [9] [n 2] and also known as Cyngor ar Bopeth [n 3] in Welsh [10]) is an independent organisation specialising in confidential information and advice to assist people with legal, debt, consumer, housing and other problems in the United Kingdom. [11] [12]
2019 Dorset Council election: Colehill and Wimborne Minster East (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats: Janet Dover : 1,616 : 57.4 : Liberal Democrats: Maria Angela Roe : 1,073 : 38.1 : Conservative: KD Johnson 968 34.4 Conservative: David Geoffrey Lawson Packer 771 27.4 Green: Derek Baker 477 17.0 UKIP: Nick Wellstead 319 11. ...
Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, / ˈ w ɪ m b ɔːr n /) is a market town in Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. It lies at the confluence of the River Stour and the River Allen , 5 miles (8 km) north of Poole , on the Dorset Heaths , and is part of the South East Dorset ...
Merley is a large housing estate in Poole, a mile (2 km) south of Wimborne Minster. Originally called Myrle, Merley was a manor in the tithing of Great Canford (or Canford Magna ). The village merges with that of Oakley , and the housing estate was originally going to be called "Oakley Garden Village", note Oakley Shops and other signposts ...
Merley House. Merley House in Ashington, Wimborne, Dorset, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade I listed on the English Heritage Register. [1] It was built in 1752 by the bibliophile Ralph Willett and remained in the Willett family until about 1875.