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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 ...
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Christchurch Priory . Christchurch and District Arts...
- Archive
A list of over 153,200 surnames has been transcribed from...
- CHS Website Final
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- Shop
Christchurch History Society The Porch Room, Priory House...
- 2(H). Highcliffe Castle
In 1977 Highcliffe Castle was purchased by Christchurch...
- 2(F). Christchurch Priory
Christchurch town centre and the Harbour are overlooked by...
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- Saxon Christchurch
- Christchurch in The Middle Ages
- Christchurch in The 16th Century and The 17th Century
- Christchurch in The 18th Century
- Christchurch in The 19th Century
- Christchurch in The 20th Century
Christchurch began as a Saxon village. Its original name was Tweoxneam, which means between 2 rivers. The Saxon settlement stood on a triangular piece of land between the rivers. Early in the 10th century, Christchurch was made a burgh or fortified settlement. (Alfred the Great created a network of fortified towns across his kingdom called burghs)....
At the time of the Domesday book, Christchurch probably had a population of around 170, which made it a fairly large village for that time. Christchurch had one watermill, which ground grain to flour for the inhabitants. In about 1094 the Normans built a priory (a small abbey) at Christchurch. There was also a leper hostel in the Middle Ages, dedic...
In the early 16th century, a writer said that Christchurch was ‘situated in a desolate place in a very barren country, out and far from all highways, in an angle or a corner (between 2 rivers), having no woods or commodious country about it, no good town near but only the said poor town of Christchurch which is a very poor town and slenderly inhabi...
In this century there were still many fishermen in Christchurch. Other industries in the town were knitting silk stockings, glove making, and making fusee chains (a type of very small chain that formed part of the mechanism of a watch). Another important industry in Christchurch was brewing. Perhaps the most profitable industry in those days was sm...
In 1801, at the time of the first census, the population of Christchurch was 1,410. Even by the standards of the time, it was a very small market town. It was also poor. In 1832 a writer said ‘The town presents no symptoms of activity or industry. The houses are of a middling description. The appearance of the inhabitants, who are thinly scattered,...
In 1901 the population of Christchurch stood at 4,204. So it was still very small. In 1902 the council began laying sewers in the town. In 1903 an electricity generating station opened but it was many years before electric light completely replaced gaslight. Trams ran in Christchurch from 1905 to 1936. They were replaced by trolleybuses. These ran ...
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There has been a church on the site of Christchurch Priory for over 1300 years, from the first Saxon building to the glorious Priory Church you can see today. The current building of Christchurch Priory was built in the 11th century, although the medieval roof still exists and is visible above the newer one. The roof includes the Miraculous ...
Christchurch Food Festival "Christchurch, UK - May 12, 2012: Many people of different ages walking around the Christchurch Food Festival in Dorsert, UK. Shops and stalls in the background." christchurch england stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images
The Constable's House and Priory; seen from the Town Bridge. Christchurch is a town, civil parish and former borough in the county of Dorset on the English Channel coast, adjoining Bournemouth in the west, with the New Forest to the east. Historically in Hampshire, it joined Dorset with the reorganisation of local government in 1974 and is the ...
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Apr 12, 2019 · Share. On a cool, crisp morning in May 1860, before the settlers of Christchurch stirred for the day, Dr Alfred Charles Barker climbed to the roof of the unfinished Canterbury Provincial Government Buildings and began to take photographs.
