Victorian Bournemouth (230) has traced the activities of slate clubs as reported in the local press during the last two decades of the century. Once a feature expressing the personality of their sponsoring local pubs, this form of behaviour became institutionalised to take its place amongst Bournemouth’s other charitable bodies.
Giving reflects donors’ wider purposes Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (123) looks further into the patterns of donations made by the congregations attending the resort’s three main churches. The analysis explores the extent to which the incumbents’ style of worship and personal ambitions may have resulted in these patterns. Victorian Bournemouth (123): schools and missions Detail In […]
Heavenly pennies Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (122) explores the patterns within donations made by the resort’s main three churches during the 1870s. Each week, the Poole & Dorset Herald reported the amounts given by parishioners of St Peter’s, St Michael’s, and Holy Trinity. Analysis finds wide differences in the amounts given and their application between the […]