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Surrey Road, POOLE, BH12 1EG

Built in 1889. The Church stands just inside the Poole border but serves a Bournemouth Parish.

An Elizabeth II-reign postbox close to the Surrey Road traffic lights. Branksome Wood Road is the road across the other side of the junction.

Although just Poole side of the borough boundary, the church is ecumenically in Bournemouth.

Looking down from Image across the treetops to the northwest of Bournemouth town centre. Just across the border into the borough of Poole is Image whose spire we see, left. In the distance is Image at the northern extremity of Image

At the junction of Surrey & Brunstead Roads, though the actual boundary is some way to the east. Local authorities have adopted this pattern of boundary post, with undulating top; perhaps supposed to be redolent of the sea.

This pillar marks the former boundary between the counties of Dorset and Hampshire. It remains the borough boundary between Poole (this side) and Bournemouth, as can be seen by the modern street signage and the change in the pavement surface (where each council has maintained the road up to the border). The plaque on this side (see Image for a close-up) and the opposing one refer to the side they face, rather than being a 'welcome' sign for the traveller who reads it: this one therefore refers to the county of Dorset and the parish of Kinson, while the opposite one (Image) refers to the county of Hampshire and the parish of Holdenhurst. The boundary nearby (though not at this point) was altered in about 1904, shifting Kinson into Bournemouth and therefore into Hampshire. However, in 1974 the Hampshire/Dorset boundary was redrawn, bringing Bournemouth into Dorset. This is therefore no longer a county boundary but remains the borough boundary as discussed above.

The east facing side of the Image confirms that this was (until 1974) the Hampshire side of the border (it refers to the side it faces, rather than being a 'welcome' sign for the traveller seeing this side of the pillar). Miss Durrant, named on the plaques, was the late-19th-century owner of the Branksome estate which straddled the boundary.

The west facing side of the Image confirms that this was (until 1974) the Dorset side of the border (it refers to the side it faces, rather than being a 'welcome' sign for the traveller seeing this side of the pillar). Miss Durrant, named on the plaques, was the late-19th-century owner of the Branksome estate which straddled the boundary.

County Boundary Marker by the UC road, in parish of Poole (Poole District), Surrey Road, next to entrance drive to No 55. Surveyed Milestone Society National ID: DO_DOHA01cb

County Boundary Marker by the UC road, in parish of Poole (Poole District), Surrey Road, attached to stone wall pier of No 78A. Inscription reads:- COUNTY OF DORSET PARISH OF KINSON. ------ MISS DURRANT. ------ 1887. Surveyed Milestone Society National ID: DO_DOHA02cb