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A Bird's Eye View from the Priory Tower

Six black and white photographs of the view of Christchurch from the Priory Tower. Taken from the Christchurch Parish News.

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A history of Fordingbridge

An account of the history of Fordingbridge and its neighbourhood

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A history of Salisbury

A history of Salisbury from the Romans to the Stuarts

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A Peep into the Past of Christchurch

Article written by G. M. Christie about her recollections of Christchurch High Street and people. Taken from the Christchurch Parish News.

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Aerial photograph central Christchurch

Miscellaneous photographs, parcel 3. Aerial photograph of central Christchurch C.1958. Castle Street, Church Street, High street, Wick Lane, Quay Road. Kings Arms Hotel & Bowling Green in foreground. Castle, Priory (part), Church Hatch, Red House Museum, Regent & Druitt Gardens shown. (Note: photograph shows the new shopping arcade on the corner of High Street & Wick Lane that was built in 1960, replacing Square House pulled down in 1958)

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Aerial photograph of Christchurch

Photograph & negative. Aerial photograph showing Christchurch Railway Station, Addiscombe Road school, Fairmile, Mill Road, Knapp Mill Water Co. Works, River Avon meadows, St Catherine’s Hill & Christchurch Hospital in distance. Glimps of Stour Road with Bargates in foreground. War time Wartime anti invasion defences can be seen along the railway. Also visible the single rail track link to Ringwood, passing by the water works. Knapp Mill Water works opened 1895. Photo early 1950s. Chris Austin collection.

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Aerial Photograph of the Priory and surrounding town.

Aerial photography of the Priory and surroundings. Taken from the Christchurch Parish News.

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Aerial view Christchurch

Miscellaneous photographs, parcel 3. Very large photograph on a red mount. Aerial view of Christchurch Town. Christchurch sailing club & River Avon in foreground. Town Bridge (over River Avon), Priory Castle & Constables House shown, as is the new Christchurch Fountain roundabout, High Street, Druitt Gardens, Bargates, Barrack Road recreation ground (with football pitches) and Twynham school.

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Aerial view of Castle, Castle Street and Church Street

Aerial view of Castle mound and ruins, Castle Street & Church Street. Trolleybus shown on turntable. Square house in High Street

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Allen white collection. Aerial view of Christchurch Priory and town. Foreground is the Quay, Place Mill and Tom Lack boat works, River Avon and meadows in background.

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Allen White collection. Aerial view of Christchurch Priory and town. Foreground is Christchurch Quay, Place Mill and Tom Lack boatyard, beyond is the River Avon and meadows.

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Allen White collection. Aerial photograph of Christchurch Priory and town. Foreground is the road junction of High Street, Castle street and Church Street with the junction of the Rivers Stour & Avon in the background.

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Aerial photograph of Christchurch with views from the town in the foreground, Christchurch harbour central and the coast and the Isle of Wight in the distance. Junction of the Rivers Stour & Avon, Stanpit marshes, Wick fields, Hengistbury Head and sandspit and Quay shown. Town areas shown are the crossroads of High Street, Castle Street & Church Street, Wick Lane and the Christchurch Quay area.

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Allen White collection. Aerial view of Christchurch. Foreground is the River Stour with Christchurch Quay, Christchurch Sailing Club and Tom Lack boatyard (catamarans). Top part of photograph shows the Christchurch by-pass and Fountain roundabout. Street with Town Bridge & Waterloo Bridge of the River Avon shown but before construction of the Christchurch Civic Offices.

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Allen white collection. Aerial photograph of Christchurch town centre showing Christchurch Castle, Church street, part of Castle Street and part High Street. Not clear – out of focus.

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Aerial photograph. High Street, Barrack Road, Pound Lane & Spring Gardens. C 1946 – 48

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Allen White collection. Aerial photograph of central Christchurch with the High Street running through the centre of the photo. Druitt gardens in foreground. Before construction of Christchurch by-pass in 1958. Pound Lane shown upper left, Town buildings in centre. Photo not clear – out of focus.

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Allen White collection. Aerial photograph. Christchurch Castle in foreground, road junction of Castle Street with Church Street, Wick Lane & Church Lane. Square House with garden clearly shown. A tram is using the turntable next to the Dolphin Inn. Top is the Red House Museum and Vicarage, lower left is Church Hatch in Church Lane.

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Allen White collection. Small aerial photograph of Christchurch town, printed with Allen Whites address underneath (39 Wick Lane, Christchurch, Hants). Druitt Gardens in foreground, Priory centre and Stanpit marshes and Wick fields with coastline beyond.

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Allen White collection. Aerial photograph of Christchurch, Castle and mound is at the centre top of the photo, with the bowling green to the left, just below is Castle Street which joins the High Street coming from the right of the scene. The River is at the bottom left. Not a very clear photo.

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Allen White collection. Aerial view of Christchurch. Partial view of Christchurch Castle in the left side foreground with the rear of the north side of Castle Street properties backing onto the Castle mound. The Dolphin centre (rebuilt 1974/5) is the corner of Wick Lane with Fine Fare supermarket opposite. Church Street building with tables & chairs on forecourt is the Copper Skillet restaurant. (Kellys Directory of 1972 -1975 inc list Fine Fare grocers at 73 High Street).

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Allen White collection. Detailed aerial photograph of central Christchurch. Christchurch Castle and mound is in the centre with the bowling green and Constables House behind. Further behind is Convent Walk and the River Avon. A Bowling match in The Priory churchyard is shown on the right. The entire length of Castle Street is shown from the High Street junction to the Bridges. Also shown Church Street, Wick Lane and Quay Road. A trolley bus can be seen next to the trolley bus turntable in Street

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Aerial view of Christchurch

A.W. collection. Aerial photograph. Sept 1951. Centre is Christchurch Castle and mound showing all the steps and pathways around. Rear of buildings in Church Street and Castle Street back onto the mound. Square house is facing the road junction (High on right, Castle Street – south & Chrurch Street left). Gardens rear of Square House shown. To left of Square House is the Dolphin Inn and trolleybus turntable (in use with trolleybus), then to the left again is the shop & photograph studio built by Mallet, corner of Wick Lane.

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Aerial view of Christchurch

Aerial photograph of Christchurch Town, from Priory area to Bargates & Barrack Road. West end of bypass shown & Fountain roundabout.

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