3rd Period

History of Bournemouth and its neighbourhood during the 1870s.

Victorian Bournemouth (146)
3rd Period

Victorian Bournemouth (146): British Indians (4)

Multi-multi-families Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (146) finds public and private links interconnecting the British Indians who settled in the resort during the period 1871-1881. Genealogical analysis provides insights into the social history of Indian natives born to families who had originated in Britain. By the time they arrived in Bournemouth, in some cases, several generations of […]

Victorian Bournemouth (146)
3rd Period

Victorian Bournemouth (145): British Indians (3)

‘Simla-by-the-sea’ Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (145) explores the way in which British Indians perhaps experienced difficulty after migrating from their native homeland to British society. They may have found alienation and rejection, to escape from which they gravitated to spas, whose soothing climate and exclusive society perhaps reminded them of time they had spent in such […]

Victorian Bournemouth (139)
3rd Period

Victorian Bournemouth (138): Springbourne (2)

Kinship support groups Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (138) explores active kinship groups as a possible reason for Springbourne’s rapid population growth in the 1870s. Victorian Bournemouth (138): background Decline in rural population Despite lying in Hampshire, Bournemouth attracted many migrants from Dorset towns and villages. At least three adult natives of almost forty Dorset towns and […]