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
The Minster Church of St Cuthburga
The Minster Church of St Cuthburga
The Minster Church of St Cuthburga
The Minster Church of St Cuthburga
The Minster Church of St Cuthburga
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