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 […]
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 […]
Greater choice. Local landmarks. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (94) surveys hotels present in the resort during its second period. It establishes their number, their commercial and social usage, and profiles the managers. The old duopoly comprising the Bath and Belle Vue hotels faded as new businesses entered the category. Victorian Bournemouth (94): background Hotel population Bournemouth’s […]
Big brands. Rivalry. Mixed success. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (93) explores the lives, commercial success, and trading conditions of people who sold groceries during 1871. Victorian Bournemouth (93): the grocery business (1) Joseph Mundell This man, a Scotsman, gardener’s son, had come to Dorset by 1851, where he had a grocery and ironmongery in Bere Regis. […]
Varied and often transient Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (92) explores the social backgrounds of lodging-house keepers recorded during the resort’s second period. For comparison, this article uses a similar analysis published about landladies active in Victorian Blackpool. Victorian Bournemouth (92): overview Terrain Examination of the census and trade directories, including a comparison between them, shows that, […]
Commerce. Kinship. Key men. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (91) provides a summary of this year’s third quarter articles. The main themes to emerge include the commercial landscape, kinship, and key men. Victorian Bournemouth (91): commercial landscape Stable growth In the resort’s early period, its commercial sector remained both small and simple. Few business categories existed, while […]
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 […]
Steady, younger, multi-taskers Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (89) explores the category of female servants recorded at Bournemouth and its rural neighbourhood for the period 1851-1871. The occupations’ field used by the census provides much useful data. Job advertisements appearing in the press add more texture. Victorian Bournemouth (89): categories and demographics Categories of female domestic service […]
Influential. Wealthy. Connected. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (88) analyses the social profiles of people born in India noted at the resort by the 1871 census. For the most part successful identification has emerged, making it possible to establish their place in society and their subsequent lives. Victorian Bournemouth (88): survey Demographics In 1861, the census listed […]
Right skills. Personable. Social fit. Introduction Victorian Bournemouth (87) explores the occupations and genealogical background of those identified as the resort’s census enumerators in 1861 and 1871. It suggests that census officials selected enumerators who not only had the intellectual and human skills to do the job but who also fitted with the social profile […]