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    HANKINSON: BOURNEMOUTH (FL.1860S)

    St Peter's Church, Bournemouth

    c. 1840-50

    Engraving | 7.5 x 9.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2117272

    Print of a view of St Peter's Church in Bournemouth.

    St Peter's Church was replaced by a grander building with a spire in 1855. Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, and her parents Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, are buried at the Church.

    • Creator(s)

      Hankinson: Bournemouth (fl.1860s) (engraver)

    • 7.5 x 9.5 cm (image)

    • Acquired by Princess Louise

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                  • St Peter's Church [Bournemouth]
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