Victorian Bournemouth (182) summarises articles that touched on working people and different aspects of their lives.
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Victorian Bournemouth (181): workhouse pictures
Victorian Bournemouth (181) finds compassion on occasion softening the dark prejudice with which Guardians managed the local workhouse.
Victorian Bournemouth (180): workhouse Guardians
Victorian Bournemouth (180) observes how Guardians of its Union workhouse reacted to challenges occurring during the 1880s.
Victorian Bournemouth (179): ‘martyr royalty’
Victorian Bournemouth (179) analyses the kinship and social profiles of Tolpuddle natives recorded as Springbourne residents during 1881.
Victorian Bournemouth (178): early Moordown (2)
Victorian Bournemouth (178) resumes exploring the early years whereby an area of heath underwent rapid urban development to become Moordown.
Victorian Bournemouth (177): early Moordown (1)
Victorian Bournemouth (177) charts aspects of how Moordown experienced rapid growth from an empty heath to a busy suburb.
Victorian Bournemouth (176): infant mortality (3)
Victorian Bournemouth (176) finds infant mortality a constant factor throughout the resort’s developing eastern suburbs.
Victorian Bournemouth (175): infant mortality (2)
Victorian Bournemouth (175) analyses the occurrences of infant mortality recorded in the neighbouring settlements of Moordown and Winton.
Victorian Bournemouth (174): infant mortality (1)
Victorian Bournemouth (174) explores parish records to understand how infant mortality blighted local society during that period.
Victorian Bournemouth (173): marriage social dynamics
Victorian Bournemouth (173) explores social information within the occupations of grooms and father-in-laws found on marriage certificates.