Victorian Bournemouth (139) explores further aspects of the community inhabiting Springbourne, the Bournemouth suburb housing many working people.
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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.
Victorian Bournemouth (119): mob violence (1)
Circling the family’s wagons Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (119) marks the first of several articles analysing a riot which happened on Windham Road, Springbourne, in 1878. During this, a mob tried to harm Arthur Adams, tailor, a court witness and set his house alight. This article arranges the events along a timeline extracted from several witness […]
Victorian Bournemouth (110): Eastward Ho! (3)
Brief candle of independence Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (110) discusses the series of meetings and decisions taken during the mid-1870s that resulted in the town’s annexation of Springbourne, Boscombe, and East Cliff. Victorian Bournemouth (110): Background Land ‘Boscombe is now virtually joined to Bournemouth.’ This press statement accompanied notice about extensive building in the former. Attempts […]
Victorian Bournemouth (109): Eastward Ho! (2)
Different folks. Different strokes. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (109) explores the social profiles and life histories of the men who served on the short-lived committees of Springbourne and Boscombe in 1875. It also compares them with the backgrounds of those who supported independence for the ’70 acres’ on East Cliff. Victorian Bournemouth (109): Springbourne committee Building […]
Victorian Bournemouth (108): Eastward Ho! (1)
Eastern promise Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (108) explores the background to the process whereby the Improvement Commission annexed the resort’s eastern settlements. Bournemouth also increased its representation on the Board of Guardians managing the Christchurch Union. This subject covers several articles. Victorian Bournemouth (108): geography Population increase During the 1870s population continued to grow within Greater […]