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Boldre
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Also known as Boldre, Hampshire

Boldre is a village and civil parish in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It is in the south of the New Forest National Park, above the broadening (estuary) of the Lymington River, two miles (3 km) north of Lymington. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,931, and in the 2011 census, 2,003. The parish has a few campsites and a tourist caravan site, along with visitor parking around its mixed woodland and heath hamlet of Norley Wood.

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Place details

Locality
New Forest
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.static_image_name
Boldre.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Boldre in the New Forest
UK place.official_name
Boldre
UK place.civil_parish
Boldre
UK place.population
2,003
UK place.population_ref
(2011 Census including Pilley, South Baddesley and Walhampton)
UK place.shire_district
New Forest
UK place.shire_county
Hampshire
UK place.region
South East England
UK place.constituency_westminster
New Forest East
UK place.post_town
LYMINGTON
UK place.postcode_district
SO41
UK place.postcode_area
SO
UK place.dial_code
01590
UK place.os_grid_reference
SZ315981

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Population
2003
Image
Boldre.jpg
Dialing code
01590
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Commons category
Boldre
OS grid reference
SZ315981
IPA transcription
ˈboʊl.dər
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11 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • History
  • Early and mediaeval
  • Gilpin and the picturesque
  • ''Comyn's New Forest''
  • Caroline Southey
  • ''Hood'' Association
  • ''Priest in Prison''
  • Folklore
  • References
  • External links

Boldre is a village and civil parish in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It is in the south of the New Forest National Park, above the broadening (estuary) of the Lymington River, two miles (3 km) north of Lymington. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,931, and in the 2011 census, 2,003. The parish has a few campsites and a tourist caravan site, along with visitor parking around its mixed woodland and heath hamlet of Norley Wood.

==Description== The parish covers and include the hamlets of Battramsley, Sandy Down, Pilley, Bull Hill, Norley Wood, Portmore, South Baddesley, and Walhampton. It has a church, St. John the Baptist, a Boldre Club, one of the oldest surviving in the forest, a pub-restaurant (the Red Lion), the Church of England-ethos William Gilpin School on Pilley Hill, named after a local Vicar. The old school house in Boldre Lane has a plaque outside and houses a post office.

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