Some l& 3nns of Wimborne, 



By E. KAYE Le FLEMING, 



(Read 17th February, 1920). 



|F it be true that the history of England is written 

 on the walls of its parish churches, may we 

 not also claim that much of the same history has 

 been developed in its inns ? For in most towns 

 it was in the large market-room of some leading inn that 

 most foregatherings of public import were held. From 

 the antiquarian point of view, Wimborne has been lucky in 

 that the railway never reached the old town proper. In the 

 first Post Office Directory, 1848, we are told that Wimborne is 

 situated half a mile from the station on the Southampton to 

 Dorchester railway. The town grew towards the railway, and 

 new buildings, instead of displacing old ones, sprang up in the 

 direction of the new station. While we still have some of the 

 old inns standing where they have stood for centuries, it may 

 be worth while putting on record some of the interesting 

 points in their history. 



THE GEORGE INN 



From the antiquarian point of view, there can be no 

 hesitation in assigning pride of place to the " George Inn," 



