Christchurch

Christchurch is a town in , famed for its millennium-old priory, from which the town derives its name.
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  • Type: Town with 47,800 residents
  • Description: coastal town in Dorset, England
  • Also known as: “Christchurch, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stocks and Christchurch Castle.

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are feet restraining devices that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of is seen as early as Ancient Greece, where they are described as being in use in Solon's law code.

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is a Norman motte and bailey castle in Christchurch, Dorset, . The earliest stonework has been dated to 1160. The castle's site is inside the old Saxon burh dominating the River Avon's lowest crossing.

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southbourne and Mudeford.

Suburb
is a suburb of , in the unitary authority area of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, in the ceremonial county of , England.

Suburb
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is a harbourside and beachside parish based on a former fishing village in the east of Christchurch, , England, fronting water on two sides: and the sands of Avon Beach.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , in , England. Originally it was a small settlement to the south of the much more important , and for centuries it existed as a huddle of farm buildings on the edge of heathland. is situated 2½ miles west of Christchurch.

Christchurch

Latitude
50.7349° or 50° 44′ 6″ north
Longitude
-1.7779° or 1° 46′ 40″ west
Population
47,800
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CCH
Open location code
9C2WP6MC+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 14600264
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2653075
Wiki­data ID
Q925424
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Christchurch” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Christchurch”
  • Bashkir: “Крайстчерч (Дорсет)”
  • Bashkir: “Крайстчерч”
  • Basque: “Christchurch (Dorset)”
  • Basque: “Christchurch”
  • Belarusian: “Крайстчэрч”
  • Belarusian: “Крайстэрч”
  • Bengali: “ক্রাইস্টচার্চ”
  • Bulgarian: “Крайстчърч, Дорсет”
  • Bulgarian: “Крайстчърч”
  • Catalan: “Christchurch”
  • Cebuano: “Christchurch”
  • Chinese: “克莱斯特彻奇”
  • Chinese: “克萊斯特徹奇”
  • Chinese: “克賴斯特徹奇”
  • Dutch: “Christchurch”
  • Esperanto: “Christchurch (Dorset)”
  • Esperanto: “Christchurch”
  • French: “Christchurch”
  • Galician: “Christchurch”
  • German: “Christchurch”
  • Gujarati: “ક્રાઇસ્ટચર્ચ”
  • Hebrew: “כרייסטצ’רץ‘”
  • Hungarian: “Christchurch”
  • Irish: “Christchurch”
  • Italian: “Christchurch”
  • Japanese: “クライストチャーチ”
  • Japanese: “ドーセット”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ರೈಸ್ಟ್ಚರ್ಚ್”
  • Korean: “크라이스트처치”
  • Ladin: “Christchurch”
  • Latin: “Christchurch”
  • Latvian: “Kraistčērča (Dorseta)”
  • Latvian: “Kraistčērča”
  • Lithuanian: “Kraistčerčas”
  • Malayalam: “ക്രൈസ്റ്റ് ചർച്ച്, ഡോർസെറ്റ്”
  • Malayalam: “ക്രൈസ്റ്റ് ചർച്ച്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Christchurch”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Christchurch i Dorset”
  • Norwegian: “Christchurch”
  • Persian: “چریستچورچ، دورست”
  • Persian: “کرایست‌چرچ، دورست”
  • Polish: “Christchurch”
  • Portuguese: “Christchurch”
  • Romanian: “Christchurch, Dorset”
  • Russian: “Крайстчерч”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Christchurch”
  • Sindhi: “ڪرائسٽ چرچ، ڊورسٽ”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کرایست‌چرچ، دورست”
  • Spanish: “Christchurch”
  • Swedish: “Christchurch, Dorset”
  • Tamil: “கிறிஸ்ட்சர்ச்”
  • Tatar: “Крайстчөрч (Англия)”
  • Tatar: “Крайстчөрч”
  • Telugu: “క్రిస్ట్చర్చ్”
  • Turkish: “Christchurch, Dorset”
  • Ukrainian: “Крайстчерч”
  • Urdu: “کرائسٹ چرچ، ڈورسٹ”
  • Volapük: “Christchurch”
  • Welsh: “Christchurch, Dorset”
  • Welsh: “Christchurch”

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