History of Bournemouth and its neighbourhood for the period 1857-1871.
Polygraphy. Circus. Minstrels. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (103) explores reports of theatrical performances to recreate an idea of what the resort’s audience witnessed. The study uses press reports of an act’s performance at Bournemouth as well as elsewhere to recapture as much as possible. Most of the acts mentioned performed popular entertainment, rather than serious music […]
Protect. Promenade. Progress. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (102) explores how affluent people used certain entertainment forms to obtain different objectives. Their applications appear to correspond with different places on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. This psychological framework categorises human motivation to fulfil basic to extended needs. The needs identified here appear in three of Maslow’s hierarchical levels: […]
Spa-trekking, wealthy, single ladies Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (101) presents the results of analysing women designated in the 1871 census as ‘annuitant’. They formed one part of women visiting and residing in Bournemouth who depended on ‘unearned’ incomes. Victorian Bournemouth (101): unearned incomes Overview A tenth of women recorded in the resort by the 1871 census […]
Control. Challenge. Complications. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (100) surveys the Board of Improvement Commissioners which had served the town following its enactment in 1856. Before the Improvement Commission’s establishment, individual initiative without an overall framework had created Bournemouth’s built environment. Medical concerns about the resulting state of the drainage system in part lead to the establishment […]
Arrival of lodging-houses Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (99) surveys the estate of venues used for holiday purposes during the early 1860s. It matches data on venue arrivals collected for 1864 with other sources that contain information on these buildings and their occupants. Although established venues served this market throughout the year, private lodgings may have helped […]
Professional and public facilitators Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (98) analyses the professional and personal lives of solicitors active during the resort’s second period. The men appeared often in press accounts of the resort’s legal, civic, and cultural events. Genealogical analysis suggests that, in addition to their shared professional interests, kinship connections may have existed between some. […]
Town women. Country women Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (97) charts the demographic profiles of women living in the town and their rural counterparts 1851-1871. It highlights several social and economic factors which differentiated the two populations. The article concentrates on the adult (20+) female population of the Greater Westover area. This consisted of Bournemouth and the […]
Middling people. Lodging-houses Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (96) explores patterns found in a database of tourist traffic assembled from the Poole & Dorset Herald (1864). The paper published a visitor list each week. It listed those arriving, their venue, and limited demographic data. Departures also appeared as well as names of those moving from one venue […]
Melange of restless working people Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (95) explores the biography of Oxford Road, first settled in the 1860s. By the 1871 census, however, over two hundred people lived on this road. Only a few would stay longer term. Victorian Bournemouth (95): orientation and occupations Orientation Oxford Road, or, sometimes Street, lay in the […]
Greater choice. Local landmarks. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (94) surveys hotels present in the resort during its second period. It establishes their number, their commercial and social usage, and profiles the managers. The old duopoly comprising the Bath and Belle Vue hotels faded as new businesses entered the category. Victorian Bournemouth (94): background Hotel population Bournemouth’s […]