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East Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England.Its council met in Wimborne Minster between 2016 and 2019. [1] [2]The district (as Wimborne) was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging Wimborne Minster Urban District with Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District, plus the parish of St Leonards and St Ives transferred from the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District in Hampshire. [3]
Central and East Dorset including Bournemouth, Poole and most of Dorchester is served by South Today received from the Rowridge TV transmitter. North of Dorset including Shaftesbury and all of Somerset is served by Points West that is receive from the Mendip TV transmitter.
In the 1918 redistribution, the four Dorset constituencies were retained, but their boundaries were redrawn. East Dorset was reduced in area to about half its former size, with the northern part of the pre-1918 seat being transferred to North Dorset and the southern part to South Dorset. In the 1950 redistribution, this constituency disappeared.
The Shaftesbury estate in East Dorset is the home base and centre of business of the Ashley-Coopers. In addition to St Giles House, the family owns a large estate, including over 9,000 acres (3,600 ha), along with property, land, and loughs , that establishes them as one of the wealthiest families in the United Kingdom.
The Bill Wilson House stands at the southeast corner of Village Street and Mad Tom Road in the center of East Dorset, and is one of the village's largest buildings. It is a rambling two-story wood-frame building, its front facing west toward Village Street, and three sections extending along Mad Tom Road to the east.
A 28-year-old man from east Dorset and a woman, 22, from Wimborne, previously arrested on suspicion of burglary have been bailed. The puppies are five weeks old and are said to still be reliant on ...
Wimborne St Giles is a village and civil parish in east Dorset, England, on Cranborne Chase, 7 miles (11 km) north of Wimborne Minster and 12 miles (19 km) north of Poole. The village lies within the Shaftesbury estate, owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury . [ 1 ]
Detectives launched an investigation after the discovery of the two bodies at a house in Anthony’s Avenue, Poole, Dorset, at 11.35am on Tuesday December 31. The couple have been named locally as ...