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1896 Christchurch Times newspaper article discussing whether Stourbourne or Portman Cliff would be good alternatives to the name "Pokesdown"
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newspaper article from Christchurch Times 1896 discussing whether the name Pokesdown should be changed to Pinehurst-on-Sea
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colourised postcard showing pine woods at Pokesdown near Boscombe
Postcard of Pine Woods, Pokesdown. Date: postmarked 1906. Source: Alwyn Ladell Flickr
Postcard showing pines along Fisherman’s Walk. Date stamped 1904.
Postcard showing pines along Fisherman’s Walk. Date stamped 1904. Source: ebay innokentijs
letters to Bournemouth Guardian newspaper 1898 suggesting name of Pokesdown by changed to Brooksdown or Richmond-on-Sea
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article in Christchurch Times, September 1896, about changing the name of Pokesdown to Boscombe Park or Boscombe East or Pinehurst on Sea
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article in Portsmouth Evening News, October 1924, saying Pokesdown is an ugly name
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Page 1 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: the Mid to Late Victorian Era, setting the scene…
Page 2 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: Setting the scene, cont’d
Page 3 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: From Boscombe to Freemantle to Rosebery Park, cont’d…
Page 4 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: The Rosebery Park Estate, cont’d
Page 5 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: The Rosebery Park Estate, cont’d
Page 6 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: Into a new century
Page 7 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: Into a new century, cont’d
Page 8 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: The 1920s
Page 9 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: The 1930s
Page 10 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: The Second World War
Page 11 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: RPBC move to Christchurch Road, 1947 to 1952
Page 12 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: RPBC in the 1950s
Page 13 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: the 1960s
Page 14 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: late 1960s
Page 15 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: 1970s-80s
Page 16 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: 1983 to 1991, RPBC’s 100 Year Anniversary
Page 17 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: 1990s to early 2000s
Page 18 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: RPBC 2009 to 2017
Page 19 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: Pokesdown 2012 to 2019
Page 20 – The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown: 2019 to 2020
Page 1 – Pokesdown: the name – Its Origins
Page 2 – Pokesdown: the name – Its Origins – pixies, Puck, and pookas, cont’d
Page 3 – Pokesdown: the name – What’s wrong with it? What could it be changed to?
Page 4 – Pokesdown: the name – What’s wrong with it? What could it be changed to? cont’d
Page 5 – Pokesdown: the name – What’s wrong with it? What could it be changed to? cont’d
Page 6 – Pokesdown: the name – Christian views of the name ‘Pokesdown’
Page 7 – Pokesdown: the name – residents and businesses in Pokesdown choosing to use another district name!
Page 8 – Pokesdown: the name – district names used by Rosebery Park Baptist Church
Page 1 – Pokesdown: its boundaries
Page 2 – Pokesdown: its boundaries, cont’d
Pokesdown from the British Newspaper Archive: Index

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