The Battle for Wimborne - English Civil War

Royalist Wimborne was locked in a struggle with Roundhead Poole with many skirmishes in the countryside between the two towns. The “Wimbornites", as they were called, hatched a plot that a Roundhead Officer in Poole would open the gates in return for money. On the night the "Wimbornites" set off, the main gates were opened but not the inner ones. They came under heavy attack before being forced to flee with many casualties – they had in fact been betrayed!