Victorian Bournemouth (177) charts aspects of how Moordown experienced rapid growth from an empty heath to a busy suburb.
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Victorian Bournemouth (95): Oxford Road Bio (1)
Melange of restless working people Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (95) explores the biography of Oxford Road, first settled in the 1860s. By the 1871 census, however, over two hundred people lived on this road. Only a few would stay longer term. Victorian Bournemouth (95): orientation and occupations Orientation Oxford Road, or, sometimes Street, lay in the […]
Grocers and bakers in early Victorian Bournemouth
Introduction Grocers and bakers made migrant stops at early Victorian Bournemouth, but a couple stayed to form a long standing engagement with the resort. The jobs involved different skills – baking and retailing – but they seemed to overlap on occasion. The varying longevity of these traders offers clues to the nature of early Bournemouth’s […]