Victorian Bournemouth (191) finds some extreme business methods practised by money-lenders during the 1880s.
Tag: genealogy
Victorian Bournemouth (184): artisans
Victorian Bournemouth (184) finds artisans in increasing number practising a widening array of trades and crafts during the 1880s.
Victorian Bournemouth (182): Q2 summary
Victorian Bournemouth (182) summarises articles that touched on working people and different aspects of their lives.
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 (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 (173): marriage social dynamics
Victorian Bournemouth (173) explores social information within the occupations of grooms and father-in-laws found on marriage certificates.
Victorian Bournemouth (171): single mothers (2)
Victorian Bournemouth (171) follows the curious story of a single mother and her daughter through official sources.
Victorian Bournemouth (170): single mothers (1)
Victorian Bournemouth (170) explores the subject of illegitimacy as it occurred within the resort and its suburbs.
Victorian Bournemouth (168): A. M. Bennett’s legacy (2)
Victorian Bournemouth (168) continues the story of trouble rocking St Peter’s parish after its long-established vicar, A. M. Bennett, died.