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Hurn

Areas of Christchurch, DorsetCivil parishes in DorsetConservation areas in DorsetVillages in Dorset
Hurn Post Office geograph.org.uk 1067736
Hurn Post Office geograph.org.uk 1067736

Hurn is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Hampshire and the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Situated between the River Stour and River Avon, administratively Hurn is part of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority, lying 5 miles (8 km) north-east of the Bournemouth town centre. In 2001, the village had a population of 468. Hurn is the location of Bournemouth Airport (originally RAF Station Hurn), an important airfield dating to the Second World War. The village was served by Hurn railway station from 1863 to 1935, and the station building and platform are extant. They are now used as the Avon Causeway Hotel.Hurn is listed in the Domesday Book as "Herne" (in the Egheiete Hundred of Hantescire), and was later known in the 13th century as Hyrne and in the 14th century as Hurne. The name is derived from the old English "hyrne", which means a disused part of a field or the land sectioned by an oxbow lake.Hurn Court is a Grade II listed manor house, formerly home to the Earls of Malmesbury.

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N 50.77245 ° E -1.82126 °
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Avon Causeway

Avon Causeway
BH23 6AH
England, United Kingdom
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