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Christchurch East was a civil parish created at the end of the 19th century when rural districts were set up to permit the more rural areas beyond towns to be administered separately on questions of local interest. In this case the parish of Christchurch East was formed from an area to the east of the town of Christchurch and the west of the parish of Milton in 1894 when it became a civil parish in the Christchurch Rural District. The main settlement of the parish is Burton. It also included Bransgore which was a former chapelry of Christchurch. In 1897 the portion of Christchurch East facing The Solent was removed to create a second civil parish named Highcliff. Both these parishes are outlined on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1900, but only Christchurch East is labelled. The village named Highcliffe is visible however. Bransgore is also shown on this map to the north of Christchurch East. In 1932 Christchurch Rural District was abolished and the responsibilities of its council were taken over by Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District. In 1974, as part of the nationwide reorganization of local government, most of the area covered by Christchurch East, Highcliffe, and the town of Christchurch was removed from Hampshire and transferred to the County of Dorset. Bransgore, however, was left as a civil parish in the New Forest District of Hampshire. [edit] BurtonOlder parts of the village date back to at least the early 18th century but it was greatly expanded in the 1970s and 1980s. Today there are more than 1700 dwellings and the population is around 4,000. [edit] BransgoreSee the separate WeRelate on Bransgore. [edit] Research Tips
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