Broadstone (St. John Baptist)

St. John the Baptist's Church, Broadstone, Dorset

Located on the heathlands between Poole and Wimborne Minster, Broadstone began to grow quite rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century, especially when the railway (originally the Southampton and Dorchester) arrived at New Poole Junction (later Broadstone) in 1872. A new church, designed by W. J. Fletcher of Wimborne, was dedicated by the Bishop of Salisbury (John Wordsworth) on the 24 June 1888. Broadstone became a parish in its own right in 1906. A new north aisle was added in 1909.

Sources:

• John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The buildings of England: Dorset. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 114.
• F.P. Pitfield, Dorset parish churches, A-D. Milborne Port: Dorset Publishing Company, 1981, pp. 114-116.
• St John the Baptist Church, Broadstone, History of the Parish and Diocese. Available at: http://www.stjohnschurchbroadstone.org.uk/parish-information/parish-history/

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