The Churches of Britain and Ireland
Bournemouth, Dorset
Churches at
Boscombe, Moordown,
Southbourne,
Westbourne.
Apostolic Faith Church, off Muscliffe Road. SZ 0895 9422. © Graeme Harvey. Interior view, © Alan K. Taylor. Facebook. Bournemouth Oratory - see Sacred Heart, below. Christian Fellowship Assemblies of God. Can you identify where this is or was? © Graeme Harvey. Church for the Nations. Can you identify where this is or was? © Graeme Harvey. Church of the Annunciation (R.C.) on Charminster Road and Richmond Wood Road. Its grade II* listing dates it to 1905-6, by G.G. Scott (his first church). SZ 0972 9318. © Graeme Harvey. Link. Citygate Church (Evangelical) on Holdenhurst Road. SZ 0987 9186. © Chris Kippin (2024). Link. East Cliff U.R.C. on Holdenhurst Road and St. Swithun's Road (Citygate Church can be seen in the background). This source dates it to 1879, successor to a smaller church of 1868 on the same site. SZ 0982 9180. © Chris Kippin (2024). Grade II listed. Kinson Methodist Church. © Graeme Harvey. Lansdowne Church (Evangelical) on Lansdowne Road. From an old direction sign nearby it seems to have been Baptist previously. SZ 0951 9149. © Chris Kippin (2024). Link. Wimborne Road Cemetery has a Mortuary Chapel at SZ 0905 9274. It was seen by Streetview in 2017. Our Lady of Peace St. Margaret Pole (R.C.). © Graeme Harvey. Parish Church of the Holy Epiphany. © Graeme Harvey. Rosebery Park Baptist Church. © Graeme Harvey. Sacred Heart or Bournemouth Oratory (R.C.) on Albert Road. Its grade II listing dates it to 1872-4, enlarged in 1896-8. SZ 0867 9128. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, © Graeme Harvey. Link. St. Alban (Vineyard church) on Charminster Road, Fitzharris Road and Linwood Road, Charminster, as seen by Streetview in 2021. SZ 0967 9324. Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1907-9. St. Andrew at Kinson (Evangelical Charismatic Anglican). Stories abound of smuggling connected with this church, and a famous smuggler - Robert Trotman - shot by customs men in 1765, is buried here. © Roger Hopkins. Link1. Link2. The former St. Andrew (Presbyterian) on Exeter Road. SZ 0852 9108. © Graeme Harvey. Another photo, previously in the Unknown section, was identified by Phil Draper, and is a family photograph from Alun Watkins. An enlargement of the church. Another view, © Chris Kippin (2024). Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1887-8. St. Andrew (U.R.C.) at Richmond Hill. © Graeme Harvey. Another view, with St. Stephen in the background. © Roger Hopkins. Another view, from an old postcard (franked 1905) in Steve Bulman's Collection. And another, © Graeme Harvey. Link. St. Edmund Campion (R.C.). © Graeme Harvey. St. Katherine at Southbourne. © Graeme Harvey. St. Michael and All Angels. © Graeme Harvey. Another view. © Roger Hopkins. St. Peter. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view. © Graeme Harvey. Another view, © Roger Hopkins. The prominent tomb is the resting place of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Roger Hopkins describes this church as "a delicious example of Victorian architecture with wonderfully over-egged interior dressing". Here are two photos to prove the point - 1, 2. Both © Roger Hopkins. Link. St. Stephen was much admired by Sir John Betjeman. © Roger Hopkins. Link. Salvation Army at Pokesdown. © Graeme Harvey. Salvation Army at Winton. © Graeme Harvey. Seventh-day Adventist Church. © Graeme Harvey. Spiritualist Church on Bath Road and St. Peter's Road. SZ 0926 9120. © Chris Kippin (2024). Link. Spiritualist Church on Charminster Road. SZ 0967 9316. © Graeme Harvey. Link. Victoria Park Methodist Church. © Graeme Harvey. The former Wessex Christian Centre (2021 Streetview) on Hinton Road, which in 2024 Google Streetview says is "permanently closed". Circa SZ 0902 9102. Winton Christadelphian Church on Wimborne Road, Winton. Behind the more recent frontage is a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, shown on the 25" O.S. map of 1902. SZ 0867 9401. © Graeme Harvey. Link. Winton Methodist Church on Alma Road and Heron Court Road, Winton. SZ 0931 9320. © Graeme Harvey. The church extends along Alma Road to Fitzharris Avenue, where there is an older church building (2019 Streetview). Link.
Winton U.R.C.
on Luther Road. SZ 0874 9387.
© Graeme Harvey. By 2020 this was called
The U.R.C. Centre (2020
Streetview).
Boscombe
Moordown
Southbourne
Westbourne
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06 April 2024
© Steve Bulman