Middling people. Lodging-houses Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (96) explores patterns found in a database of tourist traffic assembled from the Poole & Dorset Herald (1864). The paper published a visitor list each week. It listed those arriving, their venue, and limited demographic data. Departures also appeared as well as names of those moving from one venue […]
Worship reputation for competitive forms of worship Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (77) explores how Bournemouth appeared to attract numerous clergymen as visitors. The resort’s worship practices had created interest amongst the country’s religious community. Press attention developed this attention into a reputation. Some lodging-house keepers may have specialised in accommodating specific denominations of clergymen. Victorian Bournemouth […]