Holdenhurst and Related Topics

Bournemouth

Coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England.

Welcome to Bournemouth, England's Coastal Garden

Section of a 1759 map of Hampshire by Isaac Taylor, showing the Manor of Christchurch and the area around the Bourne chine

A view of Bournemouth showing the temporary wooden jetty that was replaced by an iron pier in 1880.

Photochrom of the entrance to the pier, 1890s

The Waterfront Cinema and Leisure Complex (now demolished)

Bournemouth Town Hall was built in the Victorian period, originally serving as a hotel for visitors to the town.

Financial services are crucial to the town's economy and Unisys was a major employer in the industry.

Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) is a national conference and music venue in the town.

Bournemouth Pier including the Pier Theatre

Shops and apartments in the centre of Bournemouth

The grave of writer Mary Shelley and her parents, including Mary Wollstonecraft, in St. Peter's Church, Bournemouth

The Grade II listed entrance to Boscombe Pier

Bournemouth railway station, built in 1885, with a replica Victorian iron and glass roof

Bournemouth and Poole College Lansdowne Campus

St Stephen's Church, Bournemouth, built in 1898

A blue plaque marking the birthplace of Hubert Parry at 2, Richmond Terrace, Bournemouth

Blue Plaque on the Wall of St Peter's Churchyard commemorating the resting place of members of the Shelley family.

In the 12th century the region around the mouth of the River Bourne was part of the Hundred of Holdenhurst.

Christchurch Inclosure Act 1802

United Kingdom local and personal Act of Parliament (42 Geo.

3 c. 43) for the dividing, allotting, and inclosing, certain commonable lands, and waste grounds within the parish of Christchurch and parish or chapelry of Holdenhurst, in the county of Southampton.

Boundary of Muscliff and Strouden Park in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Muscliff and Strouden Park (ward)

Ward in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Other areas in the ward include Holdenhurst, Townsend and Throop.

BH postcode area

Group of 26 postcode districts in southern England, within eleven post towns.

Bournemouth railway station, Malmesbury Park, Richmond Park, Queens Park, Charminster, Strouden Park, Townsend, Holdenhurst, Throop

Designated areas of green belt in England; the Metropolitan Green Belt outlined in red

Richard Bennett (English cricketer)

Richard Alexander Bennett (12 December 1872, Holdenhurst, Bournemouth, Hampshire – 16 July 1953, Thornbury Park, Gloucestershire) was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1896 to 1899.

Oldest Dwelling in Bournemouth, a Cob barn thought to be over 500 years old

History of Bournemouth

The History of Bournemouth and human settlement in the surrounding area goes back for thousands of years.

The Square in Bournemouth with a tram c1910.

The Bournemouth War Memorial, built in 1921, located in the central gardens.

The rebuilt Methodist Church on Exeter Road.

There were villages at Kinson, Throop, Holdenhurst (where the oldest dwelling is located) and Iford and a handful of buildings at Pokesdown but the area between these communities was just a wilderness of pine trees, gorse, ferns and heather.

Eight exclaves of highly anomalous Cowley, all in Hillingdon, then in Middlesex.

List of United Kingdom locations: Ho-Hoo

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Littledown

Suburb of Bournemouth, in Dorset, England.

Originally it was a small settlement to the south of the much more important Holdenhurst Village, and for centuries it existed as a huddle of farm buildings on the edge of heathland.

Parish church of St Nicholas, Corfe, Somerset

Benjamin Ferrey

English architect who worked mostly in the Gothic Revival.

All Saints' parish church, Blackheath, built 1857–67

Parish church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset

St John the Evangelist, Holdenhurst, Hampshire (now Dorset): chancel, 1873

Corfe Castle, captured and destroyed by Cromwell's army in 1646

Throop, Dorset

Village in Dorset situated on the outskirts of Bournemouth.

The mill and nearby surrounding areas are a popular location for walking and fishing, with several walking routes alongside the River Stour towards Muscliff and Holdenhurst.