WIMBORNE (ST-GILES), a parish in the hundred
of WIMBORNE-ST-GILES, Shaston (East) division of
the county of DORSET, 2 miles (S. W. by W.) from
Cranborne, containing, with Wimborne All Saints, 384
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with that of Wimborne
All Saints united, in the archdeaconry of Dorset,
and diocese of Bristol; rated in the king's books
at £'12. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. The church was rebuilt in 1732, on the
union of the two livings; it stands near the seat of
the Earl of Shaftesbury; and is the burial-place of the
family; its tower is crowned with balustrades, and at
each angle is an urn surmounted by a steel vane.
Here are almshouses for eleven poor people, founded,
in 1624, by Sir Anthony Ashley Bart. and endowed
with a large farm at Gussage All Saints.