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Pest Control and Wasp Control Highcliffe

Posted by debbieandsteve on Jul 26, 2012 in Ants, birds, Bournemouth, Christchurch, Dorset, fleas, Highcliffe, mice, moles, Mudeford, New Milton, pest control, pest management, pest prevention, Pests, Poole, rat, Rats, Ringwood, squirrels, Verwood, Walkford, Wasp Control, Wasp Removal, Wasps | 0 comments

Highcliffe is situated in Dorset to the east of Christchurch and Mudeford and to the west of  Walkford, New Milton  and Barton on Sea with Hinton to the north. It is a popular place for tourism and has its own golf course which is next to Highcliffe Castle. It was around 1830 that Lord Stuart de Rothesay purchased part of the estate on which he had built the castle between 1831 and 1836. Around  the same time twenty properties were built in a field and a village called Newtown was born. In 1892 the name of the village was changed to Highcliffe It was not until 1900 that mains water arrived...