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Coordinates: 50°46′21″N 1°49′17″W / 50.77245°N 1.82126°W / 50.77245; -1.82126

Hurn
Hurn  Hurn shown within Dorset
Population	468 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SZ127970
District	Christchurch
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
List of places: UK • England • Dorset

Hurn is a village in south east Dorset, England, situated between the River Stour and River Avon in the borough of Christchurch, five miles north east of Bournemouth town centre. The village has a population of 468 (2001). The village is the location of Bournemouth International Airport (originally RAF Hurn). It was served by rail from 1863 to 1935, and the station building and platform are extant and used as the Avon Causeway Hotel.^[1]

Hurn is listed in the Domesday Book, as Herne (in the Egheiete Hundred of Hantescire)^[2], and was later known in the 13th century as Hyrne and in the 14th century as Hurne. The name is derived from the old English "hyrne" which means a corner or disused part of a field, sometimes the land sectioned by an oxbow lake.^[3]

References

1. ^ Subterranea Britannica - Disused Stations - Hurn
2. ^ Old Hampshire Gazetteer - University of Portsmouth.
3. ^ The origin of the name Hearne