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Alum Chine is the largest chine in Bournemouth, England. [1] The gorge was crossed by a suspension bridge by the early part of the twentieth century.
In early maps the place was often transposed with Durley Chine.
During World War II, Robert Louis Stevenson's house Skerryvore, at the head of the chine, was severely damaged by bombs during a destructive and lethal raid on Bournemouth on the night of 15–16 November 1940. Despite a campaign to save it, the building was demolished. [2]
The chine gives its name to a number of local features, Alum Chine Beach being the most obvious, and to an area of the town and a telephone exchange.
A ship, the Alum Chine, destroyed in a dynamite explosion in 1913 was also named after the chine.
A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. The hull may open at the top, or it may be fully or partially covered with a deck. Atop the deck may be a deckhouse and other superstructures, such as a funnel, derrick, or mast. The line where the hull meets the water surface is called the waterline.
Bournemouth is a coastal resort town on the south coast of England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest in the administrative county of Dorset. With Poole to the west and Christchurch in the east, Bournemouth is part of the South East Dorset conurbation, which has a population of 465,000.
A chine is a steep-sided coastal gorge where a river flows to the sea through, typically, soft eroding cliffs of sandstone or clays. The word is still in use in central Southern England—notably in East Devon, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight—to describe such topographical features. The term 'bunny' is sometimes used to describe a chine in Hampshire. The term chine is also used in some Vancouver suburbs in Canada to describe similar features.
Alum Bay is a bay near the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England, within close sight of the Needles rock formation. Of geological interest and a tourist attraction, the bay is noted for its multi-coloured sand cliffs. The waters and adjoining seabed form part of the Needles Marine Conservation Zone and the shore and heath above are part of the Headon Warren and West High Down Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Athletic Football Club Bournemouth, often abbreviated as AFC Bournemouth or simply Bournemouth, is a professional football club based in Kings Park, Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, that plays in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1899 as Boscombe St. John's Institute F.C., the club adopted their current name in 1972. Nicknamed "The Cherries", Bournemouth have played their home games at Dean Court since 1910. Their home colours are red and black striped shirts, with black shorts and socks, inspired by that of Italian club A.C. Milan.
Boscombe is a suburb of Bournemouth, England. Historically in Hampshire, but today in Dorset, it is located to the east of Bournemouth town centre and west of Southbourne.
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Poole Bay is a bay in the English Channel, on the coast of Dorset in southern England, which stretches 16 km from Sandbanks at the mouth of Poole Harbour in the west, to Hengistbury Head in the east. Poole Bay is a relatively shallow embayment and consists of steep sandstone cliffs and several 'chines' that allow easy access to the sandy beaches below. The coast along the bay is continuously built up, and is part of the South East Dorset conurbation, including parts of the towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch. The bay is often erroneously referred to as Bournemouth Bay, because much of it is occupied by Bournemouth.
In geology, the Bagshot Beds are a series of sands and clays of shallow-water origin, some being fresh-water, some marine. They belong to the upper Eocene formation of the London and Hampshire basins, in England and derive their name from Bagshot Heath in Surrey. They are also well developed in Hampshire, Berkshire and the Isle of Wight. The following divisions are generally accepted:
Westbourne is an affluent residential and shopping area of Bournemouth, Dorset. It is located in between Branksome, Poole and the centre of Bournemouth, just off the main A338. Poole Road, mainly full of specialised shops and small cafes, runs though the centre Westbourne with Seamoor Road curving round bringing more shops and services. Many of the shops have residential property above them.
The Pines Express was a named passenger train that ran daily between Manchester and Bournemouth in England between 1910 and 1967.
Barton on Sea is a cliff-top village in Hampshire, England, with close connections physical, governmental and commercial to the inland town, New Milton: its civil parish to the north. As a settlement, Barton has a history dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. Its housing, few shops and numerous hospitality venues were largely built in the 20th century. Barton is notable for the many fossils to be found in the Barton geological beds in the cliffs, as well as for the significant sea defences built to defend the cliffs against coastal erosion. Barton on Sea, effectively a suburb of New Milton, is a very popular retirement location. Approximately 36% of the population are retired. The population of Barton in the 2001 census was 6,849.
Yellow Buses is a bus operator based in Bournemouth, on the south coast of England. Yellow Buses is the trading name for Bournemouth Transport Ltd.
Branksome Park is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, which adjoins Branksome, Dorset. The area covers approximately 360 acres (1.5 km2), mostly occupied by housing, and includes Branksome Chine which leads to the award-winning blue-flagged beaches of Poole.
Lewis Dymoke Grosvenor Tregonwell was a captain in the Dorset Yeomanry and a historic figure in the early development of what is now Bournemouth.
Springbourne is a suburb of Bournemouth. It occupies the north-east part of the main built-up area, north of Boscombe. Its formal boundaries are Northcote Road to the west, the Wessex Way (A338) to the north, Ashley Road to the East and the railway line to the south.
The History of Bournemouth and human settlement in the surrounding area goes back for thousands of years.
Neville George Clevely Heath was an English murderer who raped and killed two young women. He was executed in London in October 1946.
Dehua porcelain, more traditionally known in the West as Blanc de Chine, is a type of white Chinese porcelain, made at Dehua in the Fujian province. It has been produced from the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) to the present day. Large quantities arrived in Europe as Chinese export porcelain in the early 18th century and it was copied at Meissen and elsewhere. It was also exported to Japan in large quantities.
Wilts & Dorset was a bus operator providing services in East Dorset, South Wiltshire and West Hampshire. It operated services around Bournemouth and Poole before becoming the More brand and around Salisbury and Amesbury before becoming the Salisbury Reds brand. It was part of Go South Coast, a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group.