Beautiful England
BOURNEMOUTH
POOLE & CHRISTCHURCH
Described by SIDNEY HEATH
Painted by ERNEST HASLEHUST
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
1915
BRANKSOME CHINE, BOURNEMOUTH
One of the most picturesque of the many "chines" or openings in thecoast. Branksome Chine was formerly the landing-place of the famoussmuggler Gulliver, who amassed a fortune.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Branksome Chine, Bournemouth Frontispiece
- Bournemouth Pier and Sands from Eastcliff
- Bournemouth: The Square and Gardens, from Mont Doré
- The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
- In the Upper Gardens, Bournemouth
- Boscombe Chine
- Bournemouth: The Children's Corner, Lower Gardens
- Talbot Woods, Bournemouth
- Poole Harbour from Constitutional Hill
- Christchurch Priory from Wick Ferry
- Priory Ruins, Christchurch
- Christchurch Mill
The scenery which impresses most of us is certainly that in which Natureis seen in her wild and primitive condition, telling us of growth anddecay, and of the land's submission to eternal laws unchecked by thehand of man. Yet we also feel a certain pleasure in the contemplation ofthose scenes which combine natural beauty with human artifice, andattest to the ability with which architectural science has developedNature's virtues and concealed natural disadvantages.
To a greater extent, perhaps, than any other spot in southern England,does Bournemouth possess this rare combination of natural loveliness andarchitectural art, so cunningly interwoven that it is difficult todistinguish the artificial from the natural elements of the landscape.
To human agency Bournemouth owes a most delightful set of moderndwelling-houses, some charming marine drives, and an abundance of PublicGardens. Through Nature the town receives its unique group of Chines,which alone set it apart from other watering-places; its inv