Hurn
| Hurn | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 Hurn village stores | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SZ127970 |
| Location: | 50°46’21"N, 1°49’17"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 468 |
| Post town: | Christchurch |
| Postcode: | BH23 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Christchurch |
Hurn is a village and civil parish in south-west Hampshire, between the River Stour and River Avon, five miles north-east of Bournemouth town centre. In 2001, the village had a population of 468. It originates as a tything in the ancient parish of Christchurch.
Hurn is the location of Bournemouth Airport (originally RAF Hurn), an important airfield dating from World War II. The village was served by Hurn railway station from 1863 to 1935, and the station building and platform are extant. They are now used as the Avon Causeway Hotel.[1]
Hurn is listed in the Domesday Book as "Herne" (in the Egheiete Hundred of Hantescire),[2] and was later known in the 13th century as Hyrne and in the 14th century as Hurne. The name is derived from the old English "hyrne", which means a disused part of a field or the land sectioned by an oxbow lake.[3]
Hurn Court is a Grade-II-listed manor house, formerly home to the Earls of Malmesbury.
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