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Hoburne Park is an area of Christchurch, Dorset (historically Hampshire). [1] History. Hoburne was named in the Domesday Book in 1086, in the Edgegate Hundered. [2]
The route adopted by the Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway passed through several miles of land owned by Lord Malmesbury who, as a condition of the sale of his land to the railway, required that two private halts be provided: the first to serve his Heron Court (later Hurn Court) residence and the second for his tenants and staff at Avon Cottage. [2]
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Though the ancient hamlets of East Howe, High Howe and West Howe lay to the south, with a farming hamlet called Cudnel to the east, settlement at Bear Cross itself only began after 1756 when the main route from Poole to Ringwood was diverted to its present position – that of the A348, or Ringwood Road.
Tucktonia was a late 1970s theme park located on Stour Road, Christchurch, Dorset, England. It was officially opened on 23 May 1976 by Arthur Askey. [1] It originally occupied 4 acres (1.6 ha) of the 21-acre (8.5 ha) Tuckton Park Leisure Complex. The park was closed down in 1986. The site has since been redeveloped for residential use.
The village is situated approximately 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2.0 km) north-east of Christchurch town centre but less than 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) from its urban extent. [1] [2]Sitting on a gravel terrace above the Avon Valley flood plain, Burton village is a linear settlement along the historic route from Christchurch to Ringwood and Salisbury. [3]
Winkton is a hamlet to the north of Christchurch in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Together with the village of Burton, it is in the civil parish of Burton and Winkton. Historically in Hampshire, Winkton is on the borders of the New Forest, and is adjacent to the River Avon. [1]
Christchurch was a railway station in Christchurch in Dorset, England.It was opened on 13 November 1862 by the Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway.Becoming part of the London and South Western Railway, it was closed on 30 May 1886, and replaced by the current Christchurch railway station located to the west of the newly created junction with the rail route to Hinton Admiral, New ...