Victorian Bournemouth (162) examines the process of the resort’s incorporation through the eyes of its promoters.
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Victorian Bournemouth (161): municipal incorporation (3)
Victorian Bournemouth (161) explores how social backgrounds of Improvement Commissioners affected attaining the municipal charter (1890).
Victorian Bournemouth (158): socio-economic trends (1880s)
Victorian Bournemouth (158) uses demography and genealogy to sketch the area’s socio-economic development during the 1880s.
Victorian Bournemouth (157): the 1880s
Victorian Bournemouth (157) introduces articles which analyse different aspect of the resort’s history during the 1880s.
Victorian Bournemouth (156): Q4 summary
Victorian Bournemouth (156) surveys articles published in the fourth quarter, covering different aspects of society at all levels.
Victorian Bournemouth (152): the Triangle, 1870s
Victorian Bournemouth (152) surveys the area known as The Triangle, an offshoot of Commercial Road, which emerged during the 1870s.
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 (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 (136): technology
Victorian Bournemouth (136) charts how the arrival and spread of technology brought many benefits to the resort’s inhabitants.
Victorian Bournemouth (135): tricky ladies
Victorian Bournemouth (135) explores female itinerant swindlers who invaded resorts and spas in pursuit of easy money.