Village Hall Series 1392 - Holdenhurst Parish Hall Multi-Cache
Village Hall Series 1392 - Holdenhurst Parish Hall
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Holdenhurst Parish Hall caters for private functions.
It is situated along a rural lane on the outskirts of Holdenhurst Village. The age of the building does not seem to be noted on the web. But when we spoke with a gentleman locking the gates he stated that the three flat roofed extensions were part of the original building and not later additions. Outside the gate there is one of the original gas street lamps of the area.
Holdenhurst Village, noted in the Doomsday Book of 1068,is a small isolated village in the N.E. suburbs of Bournemouth. Isolated since the building of the Bournemouth Spur Road in the 1960’s, it since has no “through route” by car. So only accessed from Muscliffe,or Throop by car. But still accessible by foot/cycle from Coooper Dean roundabout or foot/cycle along Riverside Avenue via the bridge over the A338/Spur Rd.
Holdenhurst Village is quoted as the “Mother of Bournemouth” but prior to being absorbed into the new Parish of Bournemouth in 1894 the “Parish of Holdenhurst” stretched from Christchurch in the east to Poole in the west. Or was it in the “Parish of Christchurch” that stretched that far?(we found it a complicated read) Also there was “Liberty of Westover” (Westover Liberty) that we failed to get to grips with re- the history of Holdenhurst village.
The notice board is at the headline co-ords
A = Number of Graphic symbols
B = Number of letters in 2nd word, top left
C = Number of words in small font top right
D = 1st Digit of gas lamp post (large white)
E = 2nd Digit of gas lamp post (large white)
F = Number of letters in the last word of the largest font.
N 50 45.ABC W 001 49.DEF
This cache is part of a series of caches which are placed at or near village halls and community centres. For details and statistics visit the Village Hall Series website Click here
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