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Early history. Saxon period. The Priory church. The castle. The leper hospital. The English Civil War. 18th and 19th centuries. Ambitious plans. The Battle of Mudeford. Workhouses and poor relief. Schooling. Services and transport. 20th century. Services and transport. World War II. Archaeology. Industrial history. Boatbuilding.
cc1fc0c2-c0db-4de1-9992-b41e2385df3b. An account of Christchurch during WW2 including coastal defence, anti-tank island and civil defence
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WELCOME TO THE CHRISTCHURCH HISTORY SOCIETY. The Society organises ten evening meetings a year, with talks on topics usually involving local history. It organises visits and guided walks and attends community events. The Society is the custodian of the Christchurch Archive, some 20,000 documents, photos and maps, on which a group of volunteers ...
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.
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.
Christchurch ( / ˈkraɪs ( t) tʃɜːrtʃ /) is a town and civil parish on the south coast [3] of Dorset, England. The parish had a population of 31,372 in 2021. [1] It adjoins Bournemouth to the west, with the New Forest to the east. Part of the historic county of Hampshire, Christchurch was a borough within the administrative county of ...
Feb 17, 2011 · The evacuation of Britain's cities at the start of World War Two was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in Britain's history. In the first four days of September 1939 ...
