Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles
The Church of St Giles is the Church of England parish church for the village of Wimborne St Giles, Dorset. Originally founded in the 13th century and rebuilt several times over the ensuing centuries, the present church is a mixture of Georgian and Gothic Revival architecture.Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “St Giles”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Giles House and Knowlton Circles.
St Giles House
Manor estate
St Giles House is located at Wimborne St Giles in Dorset in England, just south of Cranborne Chase. It is the ancestral seat of the Ashley-Cooper family, which is headed by the Earl of Shaftesbury. St Giles House is situated 1,200 feet south of Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles.
Knowlton Circles
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knowlton Circles are a complex of henges and earthworks in Knowlton, Dorset, England. The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is the best known and best preserved, but there are at least two other henges in the vicinity as well as numerous round barrows. Knowlton Circles is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles.
Ruins of Knowlton Church
Ruins
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ruins of Knowlton Church is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knowlton and Boveridge.
Knowlton
Hamlet
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Knowlton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Woodlands, Dorset, England. It is about 6 miles north of town Wimborne Minster, and about 1 mile south of the village of Wimborne St Giles.
Boveridge
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boveridge is a hamlet in Dorset, England about 1 mile north of Cranborne, 12 miles south-west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, and 10 miles north-east of Wimborne Minster, Dorset. Boveridge is situated 2½ miles northeast of Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles.
Gussage St Michael
Village
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gussage Saint Michael is a small village in Dorset, in the south of England. At the 2001 census, the village had a population of 219. Gussage St Michael is tucked off the main A354 as it runs through the Cranborne Chase, ten miles from Blandford Forum and fourteen miles from Salisbury. Gussage St Michael is situated 3 miles west of Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles.
Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Wimborne St. Giles, East Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.9071° or 50° 54′ 26″ northLongitude
-1.95599° or 1° 57′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C2WW24V+RJOpenStreetMap ID
way 144327890OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q17530956
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Swedish—“Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “כנסיית סנט ג’יילס, ווימבורן סנט ג’יילס”
- Swedish: “Church of St Giles, Wimborne St Giles”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery and Wimborne St. Giles Village Hall.
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