![1896 Christchurch Times newspaper article discussing whether Stourbourne or Portman Cliff would be good alternatives to the name "Pokesdown"](https://mlmp4ohalowa.i.optimole.com/w:1490/h:1080/q:mauto/f:best/https://roseberypark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1896-Christchurch-Times-Stourbourne-or-Portman-Cliff-com.jpg)
![newspaper article from Christchurch Times 1896 discussing whether the name Pokesdown should be changed to Pinehurst-on-Sea](https://mlmp4ohalowa.i.optimole.com/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://roseberypark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1896-pokes-and-pigs-com.jpg)
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![colourised postcard showing pine woods at Pokesdown near Boscombe](https://mlmp4ohalowa.i.optimole.com/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://roseberypark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Pine-Woods-Pokesdown-Alwyn-Ladell-Flickr-40pc.jpg)
![Postcard showing pines along Fisherman’s Walk. Date stamped 1904.](https://mlmp4ohalowa.i.optimole.com/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://roseberypark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/fishermans-walk-pokesdown-pc-ebay-40pc.jpg)
![letters to Bournemouth Guardian newspaper 1898 suggesting name of Pokesdown by changed to Brooksdown or Richmond-on-Sea](https://mlmp4ohalowa.i.optimole.com/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://roseberypark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1898-not-pokesdown-but-brooksdown-or-richmond-v2-com.jpg)
![article in Christchurch Times, September 1896, about changing the name of Pokesdown to Boscombe Park or Boscombe East or Pinehurst on Sea](https://mlmp4ohalowa.i.optimole.com/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://roseberypark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1896-rename-pokesdown-pinehurst-com.jpg)
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![article in Portsmouth Evening News, October 1924, saying Pokesdown is an ugly name](https://mlmp4ohalowa.i.optimole.com/w:auto/h:auto/q:mauto/f:best/https://roseberypark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1924-rename-pokesdown-west-southbourne-com.jpg)
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The History of Rosebery Park Baptist Church and Pokesdown – Pokesdown: the name, Page 4. Author: Michelle Fogg. Date: May 2022. Url: https://roseberypark.org/history/pokesdown-the-name-4/
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