No it was 1974 see http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Britain.html "This was known as County Gates and it was the border between Hampshire and Dorset before the 1974 boundary changes." http://www.southernlife.org.uk/dorset/branksom.htm Chris SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://Southernlife.org.uk History of the Hampshire, Dorset and IOW Villages,Towns and Churches ----- Original Message ----- From: "hastings press" <hastings.press@virgin.net> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Pre 1974 western boundary Thank you Mike. Was it 1972 then? Somewhere I read 1974. Hopefully I won't have any more "dodgy ones" west of Westbourne. I have about 270 women so far. Helena Hillmoore@aol.com wrote: > Lychett Heath is definitely Dorset. The 1972 shift of boundaries put > Bournemouth and Christchurch into Dorset. The old boundary can be found on > many > modern street maps and passes through Westbourne continueing north to > Boundary > Rd. The first bus stop as you entered Westbourne used to be known as > County > Gates although as far as I know there were never any gates. > > People living in Branksome, Canford Cliffs and Sandbanks always used > Bournemouth as their postal address even before the introduction of post > codes and > we always used to say that the 'best bits of Bournemouth were actually in > Poole.' > > Mike > Waterlooville > Hants > > > > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message