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Broadstone, Dunyeats Road c1955 (ref. B735013) | The parade of shops
remains, but with 21st-
century changes. Today
the chimney has gone,
and the windows have
recently been replaced.
The telephone box in
front of the newsagents
has moved across the
road to behind the
camera. The old school
sign in the centre of the
photograph warns
motorists that the village
school is on the left.
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Broadstone, the Broadway c1960 (ref. B735023) | Broadstone is named after Broadstone Farm, which
in turn took its name from broad stones spanning a
stream. One is outside the Stepping Stones pub.
The main road, which includes The Broadway,
which we see here, was built in 1765. Baxter's is
now Bath Travel. The railway bridge is at the far
end. The now-closed railway arrived in 1847, but
since there were few houses, a station was not built
until 1872. There were just five villas here in 1888
when Lord Wimborne built the school. An early
resident was the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, a
contemporary of Charles Darwin, who lived at the
now demolished Old Orchard in Wallace Road from
1889 until his death in 1913.
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Brownsea Island, the Castle 1891 (ref. 29623) | We see Brownsea Castle
from the south-west,
with Canford Cliffs' high
ground visible across the
harbour to the right. The
building was originally
part of a string of coastal
defences built by Henry
VIII from Portland to
Southsea. An early
owner was Elizabeth I's
Lord Chancellor
Christopher Hatton.
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Brownsea Island, the Castle 1891 (ref. 29624) | A view of the Castle
taken in the year
Brownsea's owner
George Cavendish-
Bentinck died. He had
bought the island in
1870, but by 1887 he
had to admit that he
could not make the
pottery on the far side
pay. He chose to live in
The Villa, which can be
seen in the background,
and gave the Castle to
his son Frederick as a
wedding present.
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Brownsea Island, the Villa 1891 (ref. 29625) | The Villa was built in the
1850s as the vicarage for
the newly-built church.
But from 1870 until
1891 the house was the
home of island owner
George Cavendish-
Bentinck, who preferred
to live there rather than
the Castle. The Villa is
now within the nature
reserve, which embraces
a heronry.
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Brownsea Island, the Castle 1891 (ref. 29621) | This is the view from the
quay where visitors land
today. Ahead is the
glass-roofed approach to
the castle from the
castle's own landing
stage by the twin towers.
The house on the right,
now the café, was built
in 1842 for the Chief
Coastguard Officer and
his family.
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Brownsea Island, the Castle 1898 (ref. 41187) | The 'Elettra', Marconi's
yellow-funnelled steam
yacht, is moored in front
of Brownsea Castle. At
this time the island was
owned by Charles Van
Raalte, who the previous
year had changed the
name of the island from
Branksea to Brownsea
to avoid confusion with
Branksome on the mainland.
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Canford Magna, the Manor c1886 (ref. 19490) | Canford House is Poole's manor house, which dates
from 1450. In the early 19th century this was the
home of William Ponsonby, brother of Byron's lover
Lady Caroline Lamb. Ponsonby's wife, Lady Barbara,
was the sister of the reformer Lord Shaftesbury. In
1846 Sir John Guest, of Guest Keen & Nettlefold,
the iron and steel magnate, bought Canford and
employed Charles Barry, whose Palace of
Westminster was still being built, to enlarge the
house. Guest was so extravagant that he became
known as 'paying Guest'. His son Ivor, who in 1880
was made Lord Wimborne, welcomed many visitors,
including the Prince of Wales (Edward VII), Lady
Wimborne's nephew Winston Churchill, and the
poet Rupert Brooke. The house became Canford
School in 1922.
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Canford Magna, Post Office c1955 (ref. C396005) | The cottages were built between 1870 and 1872 under the direction of Sir John Guest's wife Charlotte, who was
responsible for the many familiar estate cottages now to be found scattered across Poole. The rustic porches were
added by her daughter-in-law Cornelia in about 1890.
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Canford Magna, Canford Bridge 1899 (ref. 43719) | The Portland stone bridge, built in 1813, carries the main road from Poole to Wimborne on the far bank of the
River Stour. Canford House's western drive runs to the left directly to the bridge, thus avoiding a long road journey.
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Canford Magna, Village 1904 (ref. 52484) | Canford House is Poole's manor house, which dates
from 1450. In the early 19th century this was the
home of William Ponsonby, brother of Byron's lover
Lady Caroline Lamb. Ponsonby's wife, Lady Barbara,
was the sister of the reformer Lord Shaftesbury. In
1846 Sir John Guest, of Guest Keen & Nettlefold,
the iron and steel magnate, bought Canford and
employed Charles Barry, whose Palace of
Westminster was still being built, to enlarge the
house. Guest was so extravagant that he became
known as 'paying Guest'. His son Ivor, who in 1880
was made Lord Wimborne, welcomed many visitors,
including the Prince of Wales (Edward VII), Lady
Wimborne's nephew Winston Churchill, and the
poet Rupert Brooke. The house became Canford
School in 1922.
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Parkstone, Park 1898 (ref. 41176) | Parkstone Park, which opened in 1888, was
originally Three Acre Field. It was bought by the
council from Lord Wimborne for £560 and turned
into a garden to mark Queen Victoria's Jubilee,
which had been celebrated the previous year.
A stream which ran through the middle is now
culverted. The end shop is a chemist's, J A Haynes,
which soon moved a few doors to the left. Although
now a restaurant, the words 'Mentone Pharmacy'
in brass have been retained. At the time this picture
was taken, Parkstone was being compared to
Menton in the south of France; there is also
a Mentone Road.
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Parkstone, Sandecotes 1900 (ref. 46098) | The two boys are posing at the south end of Highbridge Road near the
junction with Belle Vue Road. The house opposite is Broomrigg; like
the one to the left, it has today been demolished to make way for
modern flats.
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Parkstone, Bank Corner 1904 (ref. 52788) | The bank was built in
1894 as the Wilts &
Dorset Bank on the main
road to Bournemouth at
the Church Road cross-
roads at the bottom of
Castle Hill. Today it is
Lloyds TSB. Parkstone
Park is to the left.
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Parkstone, Castle Hill 1900 (ref. 46095) | The main road from Poole to Bournemouth was called Parkstone Hill
until the 1890s, when a castellated house called The Castle was built on
high ground near the top. The site is now the south end of Glen Road.
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Parkstone, Sandcotes 1904 (ref. 52785) | Alton Road is in the
foreground. The house
on the right is Kenwood,
which has its entrance in
Corfe View Road.
Immediately behind is
Eaton Hall in Highmoor
Road. The new house to
the right is 8 Corfe View
Road, which retains its
stained glass in the
stairway window.
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Parkstone, from the Pier 1900 (ref. 46099) | The pier is at the bottom
of Evening Hill. The hut has
today been superseded by
a larger building for the East
Dorset Sailing Club. Both
houses in this photograph
survive. On the left is Shore
Lodge, and on the right is
Evening Hill Grange.
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Parkstone, from Constitution Hill 1904 (ref. 52782) | The view from Constitution Hill across Poole and its
harbour remains a tourist attraction today. We can see a
tram climbing North Road. When the trams first ran in
1901, only one had brakes strong enough to use the hill,
so passengers had to change at the top.
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Parkstone, Church 1904 (ref. 52795) | The east end of St Peter's
church is seen from
Church Road. St Peter's
dates from 1833. It was
the scene of Robert
Baden-Powell's wedding
in 1912; his bride was
Olave Soames from
nearby Lilliput
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Poole, Rockley Sands, Bay Hollow c1965 (ref. P72356) | In the Sixties 100,000 visitors a year were holidaying at Rockley
Sands Caravan Park; it covered some 600 acres of harbourside
heathland and pine wood. These caravans are on the west side of the
wood just above Rockley Point.
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