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Gallery: Dorset Miscellaneous
Newman's Shop, High Street, Wimborne Minster, c. 1900s
@iamtimbo / 8 years ago / 3457 views / 2 comments
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This is the shop next to where Church House currently stands - you can just see the corner of the stables belonging to Sansom's Hardware shop, as visible in this picture:
The shop has been home to a couple of different outlets in recent years, including India Jane and Almondbury's, but was for many years best known as McIlroy's. The corner of the building closest to the camera was remodelled (possibly during the construction of Church House in around 1905) to incorporate a rounded end display window.
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I've done a bit of research on the Newmans in the photos - you can read it on the Wimborne forum here ....
I notice that the building is known here as 'London House', which I suppose demonstrates a certain outward-looking and commercial aspiration. I imagine that a silk merchant would have to be fairly well-connected nationally....