File: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. jpg | Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles ( 1621-1683 ).

Image: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. jpg | Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles ( 1621-1683 ).

He was born on 22 July 1621, at the home of his maternal grandfather Sir Anthony Ashley in Wimborne St Giles, Dorset.

On 20 April 1661, three days before his coronation at Westminster Abbey, Charles II announced his coronation honours, and in those honours he created Cooper Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles.

For example, in August 1665, the king paid a surprise visit to Ashley at Wimborne St Giles, and, during a later visit, introduced Ashley to his illegitimate son James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.

Image: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. jpg | Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles ( 1621-1683 ).

According to the provisions of his will, Shaftesbury's body was shipped back to Dorset on 13 February 1683, and he was buried at Wimborne St Giles on 26 February 1683.

He had already in 1631 succeeded his father as second Baronet of Rockbourne and been created Baron Ashley, of Wimborne St Giles in the County of Dorset, in 1661, and was made Baron Cooper, of Paulett in the County of Somerset, at the same time he was given the earldom.

The family seat is St Giles House, ( sometimes referred to as Ashley House ) near Wimborne St Giles in Dorset.

The estate at Wimborne St Giles came into the ownership of the Ashley family around the year 1460, through the marriage of Egidia Hamelyn and Robert Ashley, the 5th great grandfather of the 1st Earl of Shaftesbury.

* Ivor Churchill Guest, 2nd Baron Wimborne ( 1873 – 1939 ) ( created Baron Ashby St Ledgers in 1910 ; created Viscount Wimborne in 1918 )

He died on 22 February 1914 at Canford Manor in Dorset and was succeeded by his son, Ivor Churchill Guest, 2nd Baron Wimborne, 1st Baron Ashby St Ledgers, who was later created Viscount Wimborne.

His body was brought back by sea to England and buried at Wimborne St Giles, the family seat in Dorsetshire.

Among these may be especially mentioned Michael Ainsworth, a native of Wimborne St Giles, the young man who was the recipient of the Letters addressed to a student at the university, and was maintained by Shaftesbury at University College, Oxford.

Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, PC ( 16 January 1873 – 14 June 1939 ), known as The Lord Ashby St Ledgers from 1910 to 1914 and as The Lord Wimborne from 1914 to 1918, was a British politician, and one of the last Lords Lieutenant of Ireland, serving in that position at the time of the Easter Rising.

* Lester Piggott – Pinched ( 1957 ), St Paddy ( 1959 ), Casabianca ( 1963 ), Soft Angels ( 1965 ), Royal Palace ( 1966 ), Remand ( 1967 ), Sir Wimborne ( 1975 ), Dunbeath ( 1982 )

Image: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. jpg | Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley of Wimborne St Giles ( 1621-1683 ).

Wimborne St Giles, as the village of St Giles, has a long history recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.

The village of Wimborne St Giles was established in 1733, when the St Giles and All Hallows parishes were merged at the request of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury.

Wimborne St Giles is a hundred and parish located in the wooded valley of the River Allen, near the royal hunting ground of Cranborne Chase.

The tithing of All Hallows is located in the village, as well as the eponymous parish of Wimborne St Giles.

The newly combined parishes of St Giles and All Hallows took the name of Wimborne St Giles.

While the parish was centralised in Wimborne St Giles, the churchyard at All Hallows continued to be used for burials up to the end of the 19th century, because there was no room for a burial ground at Wimborne St Giles church, which was restored in 1852.

Æthelred died shortly after Easter ( 15 April ) 871, and is buried at Wimborne Minster in Dorset.

Wimborne Minster ( often referred to locally as Wimborne, ) is a market town in the East Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town.

The Mayor of Wimborne is currently Robin D Cook.

Wimborne is twinned with Valognes, France and Ochsenfurt, Germany.

The architecture of Wimborne is regarded as one of the foremost collections of 15th, 16th and 17th-century buildings in Dorset.

Wimborne Minster is twinned with

Below is a list of pubs in central Wimborne.

Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, now owned by the National Trust.

The main road running through the town is the B3082, connecting Blandford Forum to Wimborne Minster.

At Wimborne Minster it is joined by the River Allen, and at its estuary at Christchurch it is joined by the River Avon before it flows through the harbour into the English Channel.

Bekonscot is acknowledged to be the inspiration for many other model villages and miniature parks across the world, including Babbacombe, Southport, Tucktonia, Madurodam, Bourton-on-the-Water, Wimborne, Great Yarmouth, Clonakilty and Mini-Europe.

Paul is a past President of Hospital Radio Bedside, a radio station that broadcasts to hospitals in Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and Wimborne, United Kingdom.

Viscount Wimborne, of Canford Magna in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

It is not clear why the ten month delay took place, but it may be connected with objections from the town of Wimborne at the obvious loss of train services.

Colehill is a parish, neighbouring Wimborne Minster, in Dorset, England, with a population of 7, 000 ( 2001 ).

The latest parish initiative is a project to rebuild the Reef as a community centre for the young people of Colehill and Wimborne.

Gussage is a series of three villages in north Dorset, England, situated along a tributary of the River Allen on Cranborne Chase, eight miles north east of Blandford Forum and 10 miles north of Wimborne.

Hinton Parva is a hamlet and civil parish in east Dorset, England, three miles north of Wimborne Minster.