Kinship. Community. Carpentry. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (90) analyses a group of carpenters working in the town during 1871 who came from Hinton Martell, a tiny settlement north of Wimborne. The analysis shows that kinship, occupation, and neighbourly proximity connected these Bournemouth immigrants. The results offer clues to society in their native village and aspects of […]
Introduction During Bournemouth’s early period, infrastructure problems arose. They consisted of bad drains and roads as well as issues of design and layout. Some thought this happened because land proprietors and property developers lacked coordination. A deeper problem, however, a fault line at the site’s modern origin, may have contributed to the situation. A stinking […]