Hurn
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Hurn is a village in south east Dorset, England, situated between the River Stour and River Avon in the borough ofChristchurch, five miles north east of Bournemouth city centre. The village has a population of 468 (2001). The village is the location of Bournemouth International Airport.
The village, originally known as Hearne, was served by rail from 1863 to 1935, and the station building and platform are extant and used as the Avon Causeway Hotel.[1]
The surname Hurn 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. There is a large concentration of Hurns in East Anglia in the U.K.
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