St John’s Church, Purewell
St John's Church is a Church of England mission church in Purewell, Dorset, England. It was built in 1880–81.Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Purewell, Dorset
- Also known as: “St John” and “St John’s Church, Christchurch, Dorset”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stocks and Christchurch Castle.
Stocks
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stocks are a feet restraining device that were used as a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation. The use of stocks is seen as early as Ancient Greece, where they are described as being in use in Solon's law code. Stocks is situated 3,500 feet west of St John’s Church, Purewell.
Christchurch Castle
Christchurch Castle is a Norman motte and bailey castle in Christchurch, Dorset, England. 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. Christchurch Castle is situated 3,600 feet west of St John’s Church, Purewell.
Red House Museum and Gardens
Museum
Photo: Ykraps, Public domain.
The Red House Museum and Gardens is a museum of local history located in Christchurch, Dorset. The red-brick Georgian building was constructed in 1764 as the parish workhouse. Red House Museum and Gardens is situated 3,900 feet west of St John’s Church, Purewell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stanpit and Mudeford.
Stanpit
Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanpit is a neighbourhood of Christchurch in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Stanpit is within Mudeford parish, and is situated on the shore of Christchurch Harbour, 1 mile east of Christchurch town centre.
Mudeford
Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mudeford is a harbourside and beachside parish based on a former fishing village in the east of Christchurch, Dorset, England, fronting water on two sides: Christchurch Harbour and the sands of Avon Beach.
Wick
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wick is a village on the south bank of the River Stour in Dorset, England, just short of the Stour's entry into Christchurch Harbour. Along with the nearby village of Tuckton, it originally formed a tithing in the Hundred of Christchurch, before becoming part of the Civil Parish of Southbourne in 1894.
St John’s Church, Purewell
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.73583° or 50° 44′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.7601° or 1° 45′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C2WP6PQ+8XOpenStreetMap ID
way 188203841OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q105104721
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