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Boscombe (other)
Boscombe may refer to: * Boscombe, Dorset, a suburb of Bournemouth, England :*Boscombe railway station, its former railway station :*A.F.C. Bournemouth, an association football team sometimes called Boscombe Football Club *Boscombe, Wiltshire Boscombe is a small village in the civil parish of Allington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about southeast of Amesbury on the banks of the River Bourne, on the A338 road which follows the Bourne on its way from Salisbury to Tidworth and beyo ..., England :* MoD Boscombe Down, a military airfield near Boscombe in Wiltshire :* Boscombe Bowmen, a Bronze Age burial group found at Boscombe Down * Boscombe, Alberta, Canada {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boscombe, Dorset
Boscombe is a suburb of Bournemouth, England. Historically in Hampshire, but today in Dorset, it is located to the east of Bournemouth town centre and west of Southbourne. Originally a sparsely inhabited area of heathland, from around 1865 Boscombe developed rapidly from a small village into a seaside resort alongside Bournemouth. Its first pier opened in 1889. There are numerous architectural styles within the town, ranging from the elaborate Victorian style of the Royal Arcade and St Clement's Church, notable examples of Art Deco such as the former Gas & Water Company store at 709 Christchurch Road, and the modernist 1950s styles of the pier and Overstrand buildings. Alongside these are modern flats developments such as The Reef, The Point (sometimes called the Pointer by some residents) and Honeycombe Beach. The nickname ''Bos Vegas'' has gained popularity in recent years and occurs with slight spelling variation in the names of two Boscombe businesses. Boscombe is ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boscombe Railway Station
Boscombe railway station was a station in Bournemouth, now in the county of Dorset, England (the station was located in Hampshire for the entirety of its existence). It was opened in 1897 at which time the previous station with the name was renamed Pokesdown railway station, Pokesdown. The station served the Royal Victoria Hospital and the centre of Boscombe around the Royal Arcade. It was also the closest station to Dean Court, the home of the football club known during the station's life as AFC Bournemouth, Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic FC. The station had a goods yard which received traffic from a large area of Bournemouth, and a large coal depot with sidings. It also had substantial brick buildings which were demolished a few years after closure. Closure took place, just before the electrification of the line through it, on 4 October 1965. The site today The area of the station yard is now occupied by a small industrial estate and the old coal yard awaits redevelopment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boscombe, Wiltshire
Boscombe is a small village in the civil parish of Allington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about southeast of Amesbury on the banks of the River Bourne, on the A338 road which follows the Bourne on its way from Salisbury to Tidworth and beyond. Until it was added to Allington parish in 1934, Boscombe was a separate civil parish, its land stretching both northwest and southeast onto the downs above the river. History Domesday Book in 1086 recorded two estates with altogether 19 households: one (later called East Boscombe) held by the nobleman William of Eu and the other (West Boscombe) by Amesbury Abbey. According to John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'', in 1872 the Basingstoke and Salisbury railway line ran through Boscombe, and there was a post office, almshouses and a Norman church. The population at that time was 143. By 1894 the population had fallen to 113 and the church was in poor condition. The manor house at East Boscombe, known as Bos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MoD Boscombe Down
MoD Boscombe Down ' is the home of a military aircraft testing site, on the southeastern outskirts of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. The site is managed by QinetiQ, the private defence company created as part of the breakup of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) in 2001 by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The base was originally conceived, constructed, and operated as Royal Air Force Boscombe Down, more commonly known as RAF Boscombe Down, and since 1939, has evaluated aircraft for use by the British Armed Forces. The airfield has two runways, one in length, and the second . The airfield's evaluation centre is currently home to Rotary Wing Test and Evaluation Squadron (RWTS), Fast Jet Test Squadron (FJTS), Heavy Aircraft Test Squadron (HATS), Handling Squadron, and the Empire Test Pilots' School (ETPS). History First World War An aerodrome opened at the Boscombe Down site in October 1917 and operated as a Royal Flying Corps Training Depot Station. Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boscombe Bowmen
The Boscombe Bowmen is the name given by archaeologists to a group of early Bronze Age people found in a shared burial at Boscombe Down in Amesbury () near Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. Discovery The burials were found in 2003 during roadworks being carried out on behalf of Qinetiq, the contractor that operates the Boscombe Down military airfield. The site is near a group of houses (known as Lower Camp) in Amesbury which are associated with the airfield (which lies to the east). The burials The grave contained seven burials: three children, a teenager and three men. Analysis of the skulls suggests that the men and the teenager were related to each other. The eldest man was buried in a crouched position with the bones of the others scattered around him, and their skulls resting at his feet. They became known as the Bowmen because several flint arrowheads were placed in the grave. Other grave goods included a boar's tusk, a bone toggle, flint tools, and eight Beaker vessels; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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