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Victorian Bournemouth (123)
3rd Period

Victorian Bournemouth (123): church offerings (2)

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 […]

Victorian Bournemouth (123)
3rd Period

Victorian Bournemouth (122): church offerings (1)

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 […]