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Bournemouth Fabian Society has been in existence since 1892 and as such, is one of the oldest local societies. Beatrice Webb was a key early contributor, having been educated there, and Rupert Brooke. The society has come and gone, with peaks in 1924 (during the first Labour Government) and in World War Two. [3]
The history of Bournemouth and human settlement in the ... Bournemouth was the first local council in the UK to ... Abbey Life and Portman Building Society all ...
Moordown, according to Michael Stead, "may well be the longest continually settled area of Bournemouth". [1] Evidence of its antiquity was unearthed in 1873, when 97 cremation urns, redolent of the Middle Bronze Age, were exhumed in the Redbreast Hill area; unfortunately most of them "crumbled to atoms" [2] on being exposed to the air.
It collects, stores, preserves and makes available documents relating to the history of Dorset. It is a local authority archive service, jointly funded by Dorset Council, and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, serving both authorities. The oldest document in the archives is from 965 AD.
Welcome to Bournemouth, England's Coastal Garden. The first mention of Bournemouth comes in the Christchurch cartulary of 1406, where a monk describes how a large fish ("uni magno piscis"), 18 feet (5.5 metres) long, was washed up at "La Bournemothe" in October of that year and taken to the Manor of Wick; six days later, a portion of the fish was collected by a canon from Christchurch Priory ...
Local: Local history, ceramics and Poole Pottery, archaeology, maritime and social history, local trades and industries, costume and textiles; formerly known as the Waterfront Museum Poole Old Lifeboat Museum and Shop: Poole: Maritime: Former lifeboat station and historic lifeboat Portland Bill Lighthouse: Isle of Portland: Maritime: Lighthouse ...
A Companion Guide to North Bournemouth: Redhill to Kinson. Bournemouth: Bournemouth Local Studies Publications. McKinstry, A. J. (2012). "Crosses revisited – part two". Journal of the Christchurch Local History Society
The Borough can trace its history back to 27 August 1890 when the Municipal Borough of Bournemouth was created by royal charter. On 1 April 1900 it received county borough status which lasted until 1974. [1] In February 2018 the 'Future Dorset' plan was approved by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid.