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- Ascend a left-handed (defensive) spiral staircase in the Minster to find yourself in the Chained Library, founded in 1686. It was one of the first public libraries in the country, and is the second largest chained library; before the Reformation, this room housed the Minster Treasury.
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Chained Library. Ascend a left-handed (defensive) spiral staircase in the Minster to find yourself in the Chained Library, founded in 1686. It was one of the first public libraries in the country, and is the second largest chained library; before the Reformation, this room housed the Minster Treasury. The first donation came from Revd William ...
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The main choir of Wimborne Minster is a group of dedicated...
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The Minster has twice held Eco-Congregation Awards as well...
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Apr 22, 2014 · Up a 600-year-old staircase in Wimborne Minister church is one of the rare surviving chained libraries, a relic of the Middle Ages when books were so valuable they were kept in restraints. Most...
Wimborne Minster is the parish church of Wimborne, Dorset, England. The minster has existed for over 1300 years and is recognised for its unusual chained library (one of only a few surviving chained libraries in the world).
Wimborne’s Minster dates from around 1120 but a Benedictine Monastery occupied the site from before 705 when St Cuthberga, sister of King Ina, King of the West Saxons founded the order there. The Minster is home to the second largest Chained Library in England and one of the first to be set up.
There is no disabled access to the Chained Library, but you can watch a filmed tour of the Library. The Chained Library is normally open to the public most days of the week from April until the end of October, from 10.30am - 12.30pm and 2.00pm - 4.00pm.
Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England is yet another example of a chained library. It is one of the first in England and the second (demoted to third after Wells Cathedral chained library re-chained a number of their books) largest. [6] It dates from 1868 and has 150 titles wrapped in lambs skin. [7]
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 conurbation .
