Victorian Bournemouth (171) follows the curious story of a single mother and her daughter through official sources.
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Victorian Bournemouth (166): sentences for thieves
Victorian Bournemouth (166) analyses and discusses theft cases heard by local magistrates which resulted in imprisonment.
Victorian Bournemouth (164): local justice at work
Victorian Bournemouth (164) introduces a series of articles relating to the Petty Sessions and Police Court during the 1880s.
Victorian Bournemouth (158): socio-economic trends (1880s)
Victorian Bournemouth (158) uses demography and genealogy to sketch the area’s socio-economic development during the 1880s.
Victorian Bournemouth (149): Oxford Road (4)
Victorian Bournemouth (149) uncovers the middling, upholstered dream world available to aspiring inhabitants of Oxford Road.
Victorian Bournemouth (147): Oxford Road (2)
Middling street life Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (147) introduces a short series exploring Oxford Road’s physical and community growth 1871-1901. The articles cover its geographic positioning and the built environment; demographics of the street; its socio-anthropology. It finds a stable, middling community, living in perhaps some comfort, pitched between the working people of Springbourne and the […]
Victorian Bournemouth (143): Q3 summary
Victorian Bournemouth (143) surveys articles published in the third quarter, covering a range of subjects.
Victorian Bournemouth (139): Springbourne (3)
Victorian Bournemouth (139) explores further aspects of the community inhabiting Springbourne, the Bournemouth suburb housing many working people.
Victorian Bournemouth (138): Springbourne (2)
Kinship support groups Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (138) explores active kinship groups as a possible reason for Springbourne’s rapid population growth in the 1870s. Victorian Bournemouth (138): background Decline in rural population Despite lying in Hampshire, Bournemouth attracted many migrants from Dorset towns and villages. At least three adult natives of almost forty Dorset towns and […]
Victorian Bournemouth (137): Springbourne, 1881 (1)
Victorian Bournemouth (137) provides demographic and geographic background for further analyses about Springbourne’s population and society as captured by the 1881 census.