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Christchurch

Christchurch- the 12th burh to be cited in the Burghal Hidage

Kingdom Type of Burh No. of Hides O.S. Grid Ref
Wessex Burghal Town 470 SZ15979252

 

O.S. Map 1:50,000 – licence: Anquet Maps
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Aerial Photograph – licence: Memory Map

Burhs in order of citation

1 Eorpeburnan 2 Hastings 3 Lewes 4 Burpham 5 Chichester 6 Portchester 7 Southampton 8 Winchester 9 Wilton 10 Chisbury 11 Shaftesbury 12 Christchurch 13 Wareham 14 Bridport 15 Exeter 16 Halwell 17 Lydford
18 Pilton 19 Watchet 20 Axbridge 21 Lyng 22 Langport 23 Bath 24 Malmesbury 25 Cricklade 26 Oxford 27 Wallingford 28 Buckingham 29 Sashes 30 Eashing 31 Southwark 32 Worcester 33 Warwick

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Christchurch: early-medieval topography and features, with reconstruction of the line of the late-Saxon defences.
a–a bank in car park. b–b bank in Druitt gardens. c–c S wall of priory precinct. G1 site of north gate (Bargate).
G2 site of west gate in Wick Lane.
G3 site of east gate in Castle Street, probable 12th-century
gateway replacing late-Saxon gate on a different alignment.
Drawing by J Haslam
image: Haslam J. (2009) The Development of Late-Saxon Christchurch, Dorset, and the Burghal Hidage fig 2

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