Christchurch Priory is an ecclesiastical parish and former priory church in Christchurch in the English county of Dorset.
It is one of the longest parish churches in the country and is as large as many of the Church of England Cathedrals.
The entrance porch to the Priory
The Miraculous Beam, still exposed in the church
The Tower in which the 12 bells hang.
Prayer lights and banner at the Priory
Christchurch is a town and civil parish on the south coast of Dorset, England. The parish had a population of 31,372 in 2021. It adjoins Bournemouth to the west, with the New Forest to the east. Part of the historic county of Hampshire, Christchurch was a borough within the administrative county of Dorset from 1974 until 2019, when it became part of the new Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority.
Christchurch Priory, the longest parish church in England
Christchurch Castle ruins
Hart's Fusee Factory, built in 1845. The manufacture of fusee chains was an important industry in 19th-century Christchurch.
A P-47 Thunderbolt of the 405th Fighter Wing at RAF Christchurch, 1944