Hengistbury Head
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Hengistbury Head, formerly also called Christchurch Head, is a headland jutting into the English Channel between Bournemouth and Mudeford in the English county of Dorset. It is a site of international
View from Warren Hill overlooking Mudeford Spit
"Double Dykes", Hengistbury Head
Old Ironstone Quarry, Hengistbury Head
Warren Hill as seen from the beach, 2008
Harry Gordon Selfridge
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Harry Gordon Selfridge Sr. was an American retail magnate who founded the London-based department store Selfridges. The early years of his leadership led to his becoming one of the wealthiest and most
Hengistbury Head
…golf course were also put forward before World War I, though none of these schemes came to fruition. In 1919 the head was sold by Sir George Meyrick to Harry Gordon Selfridge with plans to construct a grand house. These plans also came to nothing, apart from the establishment of a nursery garden. Bournemouth Borough Council…
Selfridge c. 1910
Selfridge circa 1880
Original Oxford Street store in London
Rose Selfridge, circa 1910