Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BOSCOMBE CHINE

BOSCOMBE CHINE, a narrow water-worn ravine on the coast of Dorset; 2 miles E of Bournemouth. Boscombe Lodge, the seat of Sir Percy Shelley, Bart., is adjacent.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a narrow water-worn ravine"   (ADL Feature Type: "canyons")
Administrative units: Dorset AncC
Place: Boscombe

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