Which parts of the area are included in Pokesdown? cont’d
A PDF of the maps is available here where they can be enlarged for easier viewing. Images can also be clicked on to open a higher resolution image in a separate tab.
This is the modern-day political ward of “Boscombe East & Pokesdown”. It was previously called just “Boscombe East”, even though it always included Pokesdown, but the name was changed in October 2018:152
![Map showing the boundaries of wards Boscombe West, Boscombe East and Pokesdown, and West Southbourne, and colour coded showing areas of greater deprivation in increasingly darker shades of blue.](https://mlmp4ohalowa.i.optimole.com/w:896/h:772/q:mauto/f:best/https://roseberypark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Boscome-East-Pokesdown-Ward-map-with-indices-of-deprivation-colours-50pc-80pc.jpg)
This map shows the modern-day (2021) boundary of the suburb or district of Pokesdown – a much smaller area than the other Pokesdown boundaries, but Rosebery Park Baptist Church is still in it (both current location and site of original chapel)! The original C of E parish church, St James, is still here too.
![Map showing the boundary of modern day Pokesdown suburb surrounded by photos of the road signs showing where Pokesdown begins.](https://mlmp4ohalowa.i.optimole.com/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://roseberypark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Map-boundary-of-Pokesdown-suburb-2021-v3-40pc-90pc.jpg)
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The next map shows the modern-day boundary for the Parish of St James, Pokesdown, over-laid with the boundaries for the 1895 to 1901 Pokesdown Urban District, the 2018 Boscombe East & Pokesdown Ward, and the area locals today might consider to be the suburb or district of Pokesdown. And this is why it’s difficult to say where Pokesdown begins and ends – what year and which aspect are being discussed?!154
![Map showing boundaries of Pokesdown modern suburb, parish, ward, and the old urban district over-laid.](https://mlmp4ohalowa.i.optimole.com/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://roseberypark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/different-boundaries-of-Pokesdown-map-v2-40pc-85pc.jpg)
By postcode boundaries, Pokesdown is split, with the north side of Christchurch Road falling into BH7, and the south side into BH5, so postcode boundaries are not a help in defining where Pokesdown is! BH6 starts just to the east of Southbourne Road.155
![Map showing the boundaries of postcode areas BH5, BH6 and BH7.](https://mlmp4ohalowa.i.optimole.com/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://roseberypark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Pokesdown-postcode-boundaries-40pc-90pc.jpg)
The copy and paste citation for this page: The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown – Pokesdown: its boundaries, Page 2. Author: Michelle Fogg. Date: May 2022. Url: https://roseberypark.org/history/pokesdown-boundaries-2/
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Rosebery Park Baptist Church, 812-814 Christchurch Road, between Boscombe and Pokesdown, Bournemouth, BH7 6DF