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buried, if Leland is correct, in the north side of the presby- 

 tery, the body of King Ethelred, a century and a half later, 

 being placed by her, though some time afterwards her body 

 was translated to the east end of the high altar. The noble 

 Minster of Wimborne, often spoken of as "the pride of Dorset," 

 and "the glory of Wessex," which in its earliest days bore 

 the name of the Blessed Virgin, at a later age w T as dedicated 

 to St. Cuthburga ; and by this designation it is still known. 



