Victorian Bournemouth (144) explores the demographics and mindsets of British people, native to India, found in Bournemouth during 1881. It begins a series articles concerning such people registered as present by the census.
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Victorian Bournemouth (113): Eastward Ho! (6)
Scrooge at the Christchurch Union Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (113) shows how traditional attitudes to the poor united Christchurch’s Union Guardians despite personal animosities. It follows events and decision making which resulted in the new workhouse, situated in Christchurch, but also serving the poor of Holdenhurst (including Bournemouth). The Guardians’ attitudes to their management of local […]
Victorian Bournemouth (85): hotel guest profiles
More hotels. Two markets. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (85) compares the social profiles of the resorts’ hotel guests during its second period to explore whether the venues served different demographic segments. Census listings for 1861 and 1871 provide some data. Additional insight comes from a special analysis of all arrivals (and their venues) conducted on the […]
Victorian Bournemouth (68): Volunteer Rifle Corps (3)
Victorian Bournemouth (68) examines how Bournemouth’s Volunteer rebels beat Lord Malmesbury at his own game of weaponising courtesy.
Victorian Bournemouth (67): Volunteer Rifle Corps (2)
Infighting. Social cracks. Independence. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (67) studies infighting amongst the Volunteer Rifle Corps, when middling independence opposed traditional privilege. Lord Malmesbury, commandant of the new Christchurch and Bournemouth volunteers, tried to impose a seigneurial approach. This brought confrontation with Bournemouth’s powerful people. He surrendered. Bournemouth established its own battalion, marking a key stage […]