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Christchurch town centre and the Harbour are overlooked by the 11th-century Christchurch Priory. Once a monastery, it was given to the town for use as a parish church by Henry VIII after the dissolution in 1540. [10]: 141 It is the longest parish church in England with a nave over 311 feet long.
Christchurch shown in Dorset There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Christchurch in Dorset .
In 1846, the Canford Manor Estate, Dorset was purchased by John Josiah Guest, the Welsh iron magnate, and his wife Lady Charlotte Guest, for £335,000 as a country retreat. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Over time the family spent increasing amounts of time in Dorset , although Guest continued his role as sole manager of the Dowlais Ironworks Company , which had ...
Christchurch (/ ˈ k r aɪ s (t) tʃ ɜːr tʃ /) 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.
Christchurch has listings in the former two categories. As of July 2011 [update] , there were 315 historic places and seven historic areas listed. In August 2011, Heritage New Zealand started the process of removing listings of buildings demolished after the earthquakes, starting with the Manchester Courts and the NZ Trust and Loan Building ...
The Red House Museum is a free entry museum of local history. The ground floor features a Kitchen Gallery, Victorian Bygones Gallery, costume and fashion collections, and an exhibition of 1930s furniture by the noted Christchurch-based craftsman Arthur Romney Green. The Main Gallery in the former stables hosts regular temporary exhibitions.
This is a list of settlements and other places in Dorset, England. Towns, and settlements with populations over 3,000, are listed in bold ; other settlements in plain text. Contents:
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 most easterly borough in the county.