Introduction Social networks of people originating from the same Dorset district may have helped migrants achieve success in early Victorian Bournemouth. This post continues the focus on the hinterland framed by Cranborne and Wimborne. Social Networks Background Inhabitants of the area defined by Wimborne, Cranborne and the two rivers Allen and Crane migrated around it […]
Introduction Immigrant contribution to local culture has formed part of the analysis already discussed for the Wimborne, Cranborne, Crane River and Allen River hinterland, a fertile recruiting ground for early Victorian Bournemouth. This analysis goes further by exploring immigrants’ demography, in particular gender. Rural migration Natives account for around half of residents On average, around […]
Introduction ‘Cosmopolitan’ could have described early Victorian Bournemouth’s tourists, but the term might also have applied to the resort’s immigrant residential population. Demographic analysis of the population living in the Wimborne, Allen, Cranborne, Crane (WACC) hinterland offers insight into this aspect of the resort’s residents. The demographic analysis applied here depends on data from the […]
Introduction Migrants and their families achieved success by making important contributions to early Victorian Bournemouth’s economy and society. Several kinship groups came from the hinterland framed by the towns of Wimborne and Cranborne and the Allen and Crane rivers. Study of the Joy family, based in Hinton Martel, a village lying at the centre of […]