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Mar 14, 2021 · The first stagecoaches began to run from Christchurch in 1640. Then in 1642 came the Civil War. At first, Christchurch was in the hands of the Royalists but in April 1644 a parliamentary army captured the town.
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cc1fc0c2-c0db-4de1-9992-b41e2385df3b. An account of Christchurch during WW2 including coastal defence, anti-tank island and civil defence
Christchurch sits between two rivers – the Avon and the Stour – and research indicates it began as an early Saxon settlement. It was originally known as Tweoxneam (Twynham) from Old English meaning between two rivers.
The town was heavily fortified during the Second World War as a precaution against an expected invasion, and in 1940 an Airspeed factory was established on the town's airfield to make aircraft for the Royal Air Force .
- 19.5 sq mi (50.4 km²)
- Dorset
- 31,372 (2,021 Census)
- South West England
During the Second World War the town of Christchurch was defended against invasion as an Anti-Tank Island, as shown above. Christchurch was fortified against an expected invasion with the construction of pillboxes, gun emplacements and tank traps in and around the town and along the coast.
Where the recreation ground in Christchurch is there’s a road that runs alongside it, Sopers Lane, there used to be an air raid shelter that used to run about 100 feet along there and the people ...
