Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Broadstone like this:

Broadstone.-- sta. (Poole Junction and Broadstone) on branch of the London and South-Western Ry., 2 miles NW. of Poole, SE. Dorset.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Broadstone by doing a full-text search here.


Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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