Holdenhurst
Holdenhurst | |
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![]() St John's Church, Holdenhurst | |
Location within Dorset | |
OS grid reference | SZ128952 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BOURNEMOUTH |
Postcode district | BH8 |
Dialling code | 01202 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Holdenhurst Village |
Holdenhurst is a small isolated village situated in the
The village has only been accessible by car via a single narrow lane since the through route was cut off in the late 1960s by the building of the Bournemouth Spur Road (A338). There is no public transport.
Although the village itself has always been small, the
Etymology
Holdenhurst is recorded in the
Early history
The location of Holdenhurst on the edge of the flood plain of the lower
The
19th and 20th centuries
Although there were many boundary and name changes over the years, even by the start of the 19th century the parish of Holdenhurst (also known as the Liberty of West Stour) encompassed the whole area between Christchurch in the east and Poole in the west. The area was still a remote and barren heathland, and much of it was common land used by the inhabitants for livestock and by the poor for wood and turves.[7]
In 1802, however, the
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Holdenhurst like this:
HOLDENHURST, a village and a parish in Christchurch district, Hants. The village stands on the river Stour, 3 miles NW of
Christchurch borough.[8]
Up until 1894 the parish comprised 7,390 acres (29.9 km2). In that year part of it was formed into a separate parish of Winton, and that part lying on the coast was transferred to the new parish of Bournemouth. Further portions of the parish were later transferred to Bournemouth and to Southbourne, and by 1912 the parish of Holdenhurst comprised an area of 3,080 acres (12.5 km2).[4]
In 1931, the whole of the remaining part of the parish was subsumed into the
Politics
Holdenhurst is part of the Muscliff and Strouden Park ward for elections to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council which elect three councillors.[9]
Holdenhurst is part of the Bournemouth East parliamentary constituency, for elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
References
- ^ "Holdenhurst Ch/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ "The Bournemouth Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Holdenhurst Village) Order 2013" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ Map of Holdenhurst parish
- ^ a b c 'The liberty of Westover: with Holdenhurst and Bournemouth', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 (1912), pp. 133-37. Date accessed: 17 March 2007.
- ^ History of the Saxon Village of Holdenhurst - Location and Settlers
- ^ 'The hundred of Christchurch: Introduction', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 (1912), pp. 81-2. Date accessed: 17 March 2007.
- ^ a b The 1802 Inclosure of The Liberty of West Stour Archived 2007-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time: Holdenhurst Hampshire.
- ^ "Muscliff and Strouden Park". www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
External links
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- http://www.holdenhurstvillage.co.uk/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080119221409/http://www.ruttergadd.co.uk/westover/