Hurn

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title: "Hurn" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["civil-parishes-in-dorset", "villages-in-dorset", "areas-of-christchurch,-dorset", "conservation-areas-in-dorset"] description: "Village in Dorset, England" topic_path: "society/religion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurn" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Dorset, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Hurn
static_image_name	_ Hurn Post Office - geograph.org.uk - 1067736.jpg
static_image_caption	Hurn village stores
label_position	left
country	England
region	South West England
population	468
population_ref	(2001 Census)
os_grid_reference	SZ127970
coordinates
post_town	CHRISTCHURCH
postcode_area	BH
postcode_district	BH23
constituency_westminster	Christchurch
civil_parish	Hurn
unitary_england	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
lieutenancy_england	Dorset
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| official_name = Hurn | static_image_name = _ Hurn Post Office - geograph.org.uk - 1067736.jpg | static_image_caption = Hurn village stores | label_position = left | country = England | region = South West England | population = 468 | population_ref = (2001 Census) | os_grid_reference = SZ127970 | coordinates = | post_town = CHRISTCHURCH | postcode_area = BH | postcode_district = BH23 | dial_code = | constituency_westminster = Christchurch | civil_parish = Hurn | unitary_england = Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | lieutenancy_england = Dorset

Hurn is a village and civil parish in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district of Dorset, England. It is situated between the River Stour and River Avon 3 mi north-west of Christchurch and 5 mi north-east of Bournemouth town centre. In 2001, the village had a population of 468.

Hurn is the location of Bournemouth Airport (originally RAF Station Hurn), an important airfield dating to the Second World War. The village was served by Hurn railway station from 1863 to 1935, and the station building and platform are extant. They are now used as the Avon Causeway Hotel.

Hurn is listed in the Domesday Book as "Herne" (in the Egheiete Hundred of Hantescire), and was later known in the 13th century as Hyrne and in the 14th century as Hurne. The name is derived from the old English "hyrne", which means a disused part of a field or the land sectioned by an oxbow lake.

Hurn Court is a Grade II listed manor house, formerly home to the Earls of Malmesbury.

Governance and politics

Hurn is part of the Christchurch parliamentary constituency for elections to the House of Commons. It is currently represented by Conservative MP Christopher Chope.

Hurn is in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority. For elections to the council, it is part of Commons electoral ward.

Historically, Hurn was in Hampshire until 1974. From 1894 to 1932 it was in Christchurch Rural District, and from 1932 to 1974 it was in Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District. From 1974 to 2019, it was part of Christchurch Borough in the two-tier non-metropolitan county of Dorset, administered at the higher tier by Dorset County Council.

References

References

1. [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/h/hurn/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica - Disused Stations - Hurn]
2. [http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/hantsgaz/hantsgaz/s0003469.htm Old Hampshire Gazetteer - University of Portsmouth.]
3. [http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/S-Hearne.html The origin of the name Hearne]
4. (2018-10-23). "Ward boundaries finalised for new (BCP) Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council".
5. "Hurn CP through time {{!}} Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit".

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