St. Andrew's Church is a Grade II listed Gothic Victorian church in Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. A United Reformed church, it is noted for being the largest church in the town. The church stands behind the Norfolk Royale Hotel, next to Bournemouth Town Hall and opposite the Bournemouth War Memorial.
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The Bournemouth Islamic Centre and Central Mosque is a mosque in the centre of Bournemouth, a town in the English county of Dorset. The building is located in the town centre near St. Andrew's Church and St Stephen's Church.
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Bournemouth War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, located in the central gardens in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. The memorial is guarded by two stone lions made by WA Hoare. It was designed by Bournemouth's deputy architect Albert Edward Shervey, who copied the two lions from Antonio Canova's lions which guarded the tomb of Pope Clement XIII.
The war memorial stands near Bournemouth Town Hall and St. Andrew's Church, Richmond Hill.
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The Norfolk Royale Hotel is a Grade II listed building and 4 star Victorian hotel in Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset in England. The hotel is one of Bournemouth's most historic buildings and stands behind St. Andrew's Church, Richmond Hill and opposite the Sacred Heart Church.
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Westover, Hampshire, is the ancient manor, now in Dorset, over which much of modern Bournemouth has developed. This area of land marked a historic boundary between Celtic and Saxon civilisations, which found expression as the county boundary between Hampshire to the east and Dorset to the west. Geographically detached parts of the manor may have resulted from the post-Civil War breakup of estates formerly belonging to the Lords Arundell of Wardour.
The name probably derives from that of the Dorset Stour, which flows through the manor. At Christchurch, the Stour is joined by the Avon, and at one time the river upstream of this point was known as the "West Stour", while downstream it was known as either the "East Stour" or "Stour & Avon". The area bordering the West Stour became known as the Liberty of Westover.
Westover is a 'liberty' which meant that whoever owned it gained certain extra rights by dint of their possession. The name was used in an Act of Parliament in 1802 when the heathland of Westover was enclosed. Just over 30 years later, the name was used for one of the proposed new roads as holiday villas were built. Westover Road remains one of the principal commercial streets of modern Bournemouth.
It has always been co-owned with the manor of Christchurch.
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Bournemouth was 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.
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History
The original church was built in 1856, but the current building was built in 1891 and has since been the largest church in Bournemouth.
See also
List of churches in Bournemouth
