Last ever sale at Wimborne Market after 165 years of trading
THE public will have one last opportunity to buy at the famous Wimborne Market as it hosts a clearance sale this weekend.
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THE public will have one last opportunity to buy at the famous Wimborne Market as it hosts a clearance sale this weekend.
DEVELOPERS say the “legacy” for a market town will continue as plans for a site have finally been submitted.
AFTER more than 165 years of trading, the famous Wimborne Market looks set to leave its current site. The site, off Station Road, has been earmarked for a new retirement village by McCarthy & Stone, with a planning application submitted earlier this year. The market has been operating on the site up until now, and the organisers have sought permission to relocate to the Wimborne Show ground. But what’s happened at the market to get to where we are today? THE HISTORY OF WIMBORNE MARKET The market was founded in 1855 by Thomas Ensor. He bought the fields and joining the new Wimborne...