Wimborne hospital
Community ID:
897
Alternate Names:
S. Margaret and S. Anthony
Region:
Dorsetshire
Modern Location:
Wimborne
Corporate Status:
Hospital
Dedication:
S. Margaret and S. Anthony
Date Founded:
1216 or earlier
Date Terminated:
1547
Foundation Information:
Founded for leprous brothers and sisters, the hospital became a dependency of the male monastery Wimbourne College Wareham (female) sometime after 1500.
Secondary Sources:
Early Ecclesiastical Settlement in Dorset: a Note on the Topography of Sherborne, Beaminster and Wimborne Minster
Wimborne Minster (SZ 0199). The Early Development of the Town
College of Wimbourne, in Dorsetshire
The Victoria History of the County of Dorset2:106-7 available online at ">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40164&strquery=wimbo... [Victoria County History]
Admin. Notes:
[V0148]
Contributors:
WRL Project
Contributors Notes:
Further research is necessary to be certain that Wimborne hospital was a women's community.
Date Started:
1216
Date Finished:
1547
Length:
356
