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The picture (right) is close to where the Continental Cinema once stood. Opened in 1911 it started life as the Winton Hall and was renamed Winton Electric Picture House the following year. In 1930 it was modernised and renamed Plaza, becoming the first cinema in Bournemouth to show talking pictures.
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Winton library was opened in 1907 and became Bournemouth's first permanent purpose-built library. It was built on land provided by landowner Lord Leven with financial support from Scottish-American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It was one of the first public libraries in the country to allow open
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The steep rise in Wimborne Road to the north of Kemp and Wycliffe roads, has been known locally for many years as Peter's Hill, with several stories circulating as to the origin of the name, the least fanciful would seem to be that the spire of Saint Peter's Church in Bournemouth could be glimpsed
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The idea of creating a public recreation facility for Winton was first envisaged in 1902. The Earl of Malmesbury gave nearly six hectares of suitable land to Bournemouth Borough Council in 1904. The official opening of Winton Recreation Ground took place in September 1906.
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Around 1850, wealthy Scottish philanthropists Georgina and Mary Talbot saw the plight of local workers and set about trying to improve their lives by purchasing land along the road and building four artisan cottages and sinking wells to provide fresh water. They founded
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After the war years it was again refurbished and renamed the Continental. In 1978 it changed hands but the cinema took a downturn in the 1980s due to lack of maintenance and it ended its life in 1989 when it was demolished to build a pub.
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from the top of the hill. Evidence of the name dates to 1871, soon after Winton was formed, when Henry Vatcher a carter living with his wife two children and two lodgers, gives Peter's Hill as his address on the census.
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in Wimborne Road, and what was the art-deco Moderne Cinema building, now known as the Lifecentre, having undergone a complete refurbishment maintaining the art-deco theme.
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The facilities available at the ground include Richmond Park Bowls Club, tennis courts, cycle track, children's playground, playgroups play building and a cricket pitch.
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Today Winton is still popular for shopping. The area has several striking buildings, such as Saint Luke's Church, the old Fire Station on Peter's Hill, the
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to Horseshoe Common. In 1805 this all changed when a new main road through Winton was put in and named Muscliff Road (today it is known as Wimborne Road).
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to live in, given its local amenities, bus connections to the town centre and proximity to Talbot Campus, the university's main site and the AUB campus.
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Winton Recreation Ground is the only significant green space in an area of approximately one square mile, serving a population of 4750 people.
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The library has undergone a number of refurbishments during its lifetime, the most recent in 2006 when a computer suite was added.
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a book which reveals the town in western Queensland was named after our very own Winton by the postmaster, Robert Allen, in 1876
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This busy road junction in Winton is called Winton Banks because several banks that used to surround this junction. Currently,
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Philanthropists Georgina & Marianne Talbot purchase land on the main Wimborne Road. The beginning of the development of
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The first fire station is established. It is staffed by volunteers and the fire engine is a horse drawn pump.
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read the literature on which she based her literary career culminating in her autobiographical trilogy
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By 1891 the population of Winton had reached 4,000. On 31 December 1894 Winton became a separate
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The cricket pavilion is over 90 years old. It was extended in 1962 and refurbished in 1999.
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are the last of the banks surrounding this junction after the closure of
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completed at a cost of £5000. The building consists of Portland and
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At the beginning of the 19th century the area was just rough
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are built for the old and infirm. They are constructed of
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Bournemouth extends its boundaries to include Winton.
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Woolworths open their 513th branch. Closed in 2008.
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Winton is located in Dorset
Dorset
OS grid reference
SZ085935
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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Dorset
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South West
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England
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BH3 and BH9
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