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bournemouth
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Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town on the south coast of England directly to the east of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 183,491 making it the largest settlement in Dorset. With Poole to the west and Christchurch in the east, Bournemouth forms the South East Dorset conurbation, which has a total population of over 465,000.
Before it was founded in 1810 by Lewis Tregonwell, the area was a deserted heathland occasionally visited by fishermen and smugglers. Initially marketed as a health resort, the town received a boost when it appeared in Dr Granville's book, The Spas of England. Bournemouth's growth really accelerated with the arrival of the railway and it became a recognised town in 1870. Historically part of Hampshire, it joined Dorset with the reorganisation of local government in 1974. Since 1997, the town has been administered by a unitary authority, giving it autonomy from Dorset County Council although it remains part of the ceremonial county. The local council is Bournemouth Borough Council.
The town centre has notable Victorian architecture and the spire of St Peter's Church, one of three Grade I listed churches in the borough, is a local landmark. Bournemouth's location has made it a popular destination for tourists, attracting over five million visitors annually with its beaches and popular nightlife. The town is also a regional centre of business, home of the Bournemouth International Centre or BIC, and a financial sector that is worth more than £1,000 million in Gross Value Added.
Bournemouth is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. The seat was created in 1918 and existed until it was abolished and split into two new seats in 1950. During the constituency's existence it was the most south-westerly seat in Hampshire (although the county boundary between Dorset and Hampshire was redrawn in 1974 so the town was transferred to Dorset).
Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the Borough of Bournemouth in Dorset, England.
Bournemouth may also refer to:
- A.F.C. Bournemouth, an English football team
- Bournemouth (UK Parliament constituency), a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency
- Bournemouth F.C., an English football team
- Bournemouth railway station, the main railway station serving the town of Bournemouth
- Bournemouth (airship), in the List of British airships
Usage examples of "bournemouth".
One the assistants at the Bournemouth library, an Algerian named Hamid Laghouat, had put them there.
When I reached Bournemouth I hoped to find at least some casual work there for a day or two while I sought a permanent position.
With any luck I would have an hour or two at least to get my bearings in Bournemouth before the light failed.
During the next few days I obtained railway time-tables which listed cross-Channel ferries and train connections on the Continent, and spent quite a lot of time between my other duties in studying these together with brochures from shipping companies, trying to work out how best to travel from Bournemouth to Athens.
I also found time, on the Saturday morning, to drive into Bournemouth, draw some money from my account in the bank there, and buy a lovely four-piece silver tea and coffee service made almost eighty years ago by Benjamin Smith of London.
I hoped this was a gesture of affection, but as we drove through Bournemouth and out on to the Larkfield road he said no word to her but simply looked about him, silver head turning slowly this way and that, the empty grey eyes gazing without seeming interest.
Charles and Lady Gascoyne are in Bournemouth and would be grateful if you would consent to receive them.
I spent alone together, for we took the train to Bournemouth and then a cab to Larkfield, so that I could fetch a trunk of clothes and personal belongings from Withy Cottage.
Adam and I took the train to Bournemouth to spend a few days in Larkfield.
Over to her right, the long length of Bournemouth pier jutted into the sea, pointing towards France.
Crusaders had come up the Avon from Bournemouth by barges and were forming a mile distant across the undulating plain.
Crusaders who had survived the Scottish disaster had passed through Bournemouth ere they took ship for their various homelands to scrape up their ransoms.
We have the siege train at Bournemouth, some fortifications already are dug and prepared, and we can throw up more.
So, while Aunt Patience, of Bournemouth, tarried and procrastinated, her loving nephews across the sea, thinking of her night and day, waited with as good grace as they could and played the game!
Thirty minutes later a very suspicious Blake Ravenscroft dismounted in front of Seacrest Manor, near Bournemouth, Dorset.