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East Boldre is a linear village and civil parish situated near Lymington, Hampshire, England. East Boldre is surrounded by the New Forest and forms part of the district of New Forest.The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Paul and there is a baptist chapel which was founded in 1810. There is a traditional local pub, The Turfcutters Arms, and a post office. The parish includes the adjoining hamlet of East End.HistoryPeople have lived in the East Boldre area since prehistoric times. Over thirty Bronze Age barrows lie within the parish boundaries.The village of East Boldre was originally a straggling hamlet and was known as Beaulieu Rails. This earlier name reflected the fact that the settlement had grown up along the wooden railings defining the western boundary of the Manor and parish of Beaulieu. The residents were described in a parliamentary report in 1834 as "for the most part smugglers and deer-stealers."The first church was a Baptist church founded in 1810. The Anglican church of St. Paul was built in 1839, but was restored and the chancel added in 1891. The ecclesiastical parish of East Boldre was formed in 1840. There were 650 inhabitants in 1871. The village hall was built in 1917. In 1929 East Boldre Civil Parish was created from the Parish of Boldre.

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