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The history of Poole, a town in Dorset, England, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement around Poole Harbour during the Iron Age. The town now known as Poole was founded on a small peninsula to the north of the harbour. Poole experienced rapid growth as it became an important port following the Norman Conquest of England.
The following were mayors of Poole, Dorset, England: 1515–16, 1521–2, 1530–1, 1536–7, 1543–4: William Biddlecombe [1] 1597–1598: Roger Mawdley; 1697–8, 1703–4, 1704–5: William Phippard [2] 1798: John Jeffery [3] 2015: Janet Walton [4] 2018: Sean Gabriel [5] [6] 2019, 2020: Marion Le Poidevin [7] 2021: Julie Bagwell [8] 2022 ...
Scaplen's Court Museum in 2012. Scaplen's Court is a fifteenth century Grade I listed house in Poole, Dorset, England, adjacent to the Poole Museum.The house is now used as a museum focusing on life in Poole between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, and includes a Victorian schoolroom and kitchen.
Henry Paye (died 1419), also known as Harry, Page or Arripaye (to the Spanish), was a privateer and smuggler from Poole, Dorset in the late 14th and early 15th century, who became a commander in the Cinque Ports fleet. He intercepted hundreds of French ships for gold, wine, exotic fruits and brought it back to the people of Poole.
Poole capped his career as librarian of the Newberry Library, a private research institution, from 1887 to 1894. Poole designed the building, which still stands at 60 West Walton Street. [4] While he was a moving force in the modern library movement, Poole's ideas ultimately put him on the wrong side of history.
The church was commenced in 1876 and completed in 1881 to a design by Frederick Rogers. John Loughborough Pearson made alterations, including adding vestries and an organ chamber, followed by the nave in 1891–92.
The World Health Organization said it has dismissed a biosecurity expert after an internal inquiry upheld allegations of sexual misconduct but the man's lawyer dismissed the investigation as a ...
Poole Museum (formerly known as the Waterfront Museum) is a currently closed local history museum situated on the Lower High Street in the Old Town area of Poole, Dorset, and is part of the Borough of Poole Museum Service. Entrance to Poole Museum is free, [1] and the museum is the fifth most visited free attraction in South West England. [2]