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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 333 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOURNEMOUTH , a municipal and See also:

county See also:borough and watering-See also:place of See also:Hampshire, See also:England, in the See also:parliamentary borough of See also:Christchurch, Io7z m. S.W. by W. from See also:London by the London & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 59,762. It is beautifully situated on See also:Poole See also:Bay. Considerable See also:sandstone cliffs rise from the sandy See also:beach, and are scored with deep picturesque dells or chines. The See also:town itself lies in and about the valley of the See also:Bourne stream. Its sheltered situation and desirable See also:winter See also:climate began to attract See also:notice about 184o; in 1855 a See also:national See also:sanatorium for consumptive patients was erected by subscription; a See also:pier was opened in 1861, and in 187o railway communication was afforded. The climate is remarkably equable, being relatively warm in winter and cool in summer; the See also:average temperature in See also:July is 61.7° F., and in See also:January 40•3°. The town contains numerous handsome buildings, including municipal buildings, churches, various places of entertainment, sanatoria and hospitals, a public library and a See also:science and See also:art school. Its suburbs have greatly extended along the See also:sea front, and the beautiful chines of Boscombe, See also:Alum and Branksome have attracted a large number of wealthy residents. There are piers at the town itself and at Boscombe, and the bathing is excellent.

The parks, gardens and drives are extensive and pleasant. A service of electric tramways is maintained, notable as being the first See also:

system installed in England with ascombination of the trolley and conduit principles of supplying current. There are See also:golf links in Meyrick and See also:Queen's parks, both laid out by the See also:corporation, which has in other ways studied the entertainment of visitors. The two railway stations are the Central and See also:West, and through communications with the See also:north are maintained by the See also:Somerset & See also:Dorset and Midland, and the See also:Great Western and Great Central See also:railways. The town, which is of wholly See also:modern and remarkably rapid growth (for in the See also:middle of the 19th See also:century the See also:population was less than r000), was incorporated in 1890, and became a county borough in 1900. The corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 11 aldermen and 33 councillors. See also:Area, 5769 acres.

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