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Bournemouth, Dorset
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Although Bournemouth is the largest conurbation in the geographical county of Dorset, administratively it is outside the county. |
Although Bournemouth has grown to be the largest centre of population in Dorset and certainly, together with the ancient boroughs of Christchurch and Poole forms its largest conurbation, it has only grown from a tiny fishing village in the last two centuries.
Bournemouth's mild climate and beautifyl surroundings have ensured its success as the premier resort of the Dorset and Hampshire coast. The borough has a well-know art gallery and orchestra.
Bournemouth is a modern town although the site around which it is centered, surrounding the Bourne stream, was occupied in prehistoric times. The towns growth has been remarkeably rapid.
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In 1858, Bournemouth's only barber came from Christchurch twice weekly. |
The Dorset squire, Lewis Tregonwell, who founded the town paid a visit to the coast here in 1810 and later built a summer residence here. By 1841, Bournemouth had grown to include 26 buildings including a church, hotel, boarding house and library.
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Now Holdenhurst and adjacent Throop have become overshadowed by the conurbation of Bournemouth but at the time of the formation of the Hampshire Constabulary in 1839, Bournemouth was described as a watering place policed by the village constable of Holdenhurst. The first constable (PC Smith) was appointed in 1856. |
A wooden pier was constructed on the beach in 1861, the railway came to the town in 1870 and a second pier was built in 1880.
By 1890 when the town was incorporated, the population had risen to 37,000. Suburbs of the town extended rapidly, both inland as well as along the coast to both east and west of the Bourne stream. In 1918, Bournemouth became a parliamentary borough and it was subsequent to this year that much of the development took place - Branksome Park, Canford Cliffs, Kinson, Pokesdown, Southbourne and Westbourne all saw a great deal of development.
The rapid development seriously encroached on the heathland and pinewood habitat of the area which the municipal authorities checked in some measure by protecting trees and planting more, predominantly the Scot's Pine (Pinus sylvestris) for which the town is famous.
Hand-in-hand with the rapid expansion of the town, many new parishes were formed and churches built. In 1932, Hengisbury Head with it's Iron-Age settlement and the southern arm of Christchurch Harbour were added to the borough. The Boundaries of the Borough now include Boscombe, Holdenhurst, Kinson, Pokesdown and Southbourne.
Bournemouth, together with Christchurch, send two members to parliament.
Bournemouth West station was opened in 1874. The connection to Bournemouth Central was completed in 1893. Bournemouth West, with its six platfroms, was the terminus of the Somerset & Dorset services.
The all Pullman "Bournemouth Belle" service was inaugurated in 1931 by the Southern Railway. It lasted until electrification of the line in 1967 (it was hauled by diesel from 1966).
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History of the Railways in Dorset London & South Western Railway |
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| 1810 | Dorset squire Lewis Tregonwell visits Bournemouth Tregonwell later built a summer residence at the hamlet and is credited with founding the modern town, the largest in the county | |
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| 1820 | Tregonwell\'s house in Bournemouth leased to the Marchioness of Exeter and renamed Exeter House | |
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| 1836 | Sir George Tapps-Gervis appoints architect Ben Ferrey to build a resort at Bournemouth | |
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| 1837 | Bulding of Westover Villas starts in Bournemouth | |
| 1838 | Building of the Royal Bath Hotel by Sir George Tapps-Gervis at Bournemouth | |
| 1839 | The Tregonwell Arms acts as a Post Office for Bournemouth | |
| 1840 | Westover Villas in Bournemouth completed | |
| 1840 | Southampton-Weymouth stage-coach starts stopping at Bournemouth | |
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| 1840 | First Bournemouth guide book published | |
| 1841 | National census; population of Bournemouth is 695 | |
| 1842 | Death of Sir George Tapps-Gervis who developed Bournemouth into a resort from a hamlet | |
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| 1845 | Consecration of St Peter\'s Church, Bournemouth | |
| 1849 | Wooden bridge of the Bourne in Bournemouth replaced in brick | |
| 1851 | National census; population of Bournemouth is 1,707 A growth of 146% in ten years | |
| by 1851 | Bournemouth\'s first shops appear in Commercial Road | |
| 1855 | Construction of a small wooden jetty on the beach at Bournemouth | |
| 1856 | Police force formed in Bournemouth | |
| 1856 | Act of Parliament establishes a board of Improvement Commissioners to administer the mushrooming town of Bournemouth | |
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| 1861 | Wooden pier constructed on Bournemouth beach | |
| 1864 | Gas street lighting introduced in Bournemouth | |
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| 1866 | Piped water introduced in Bournemouth | |
| 1866 | Work commences on building Bournemouth Arcade | |
| 1870 | Volunteer fire brigade established in Bournemouth | |
| 1870 | Railway reaches Bournemouth | |
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| 1870 | A doctor buys land in Southbourne to develop it as | |
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| 1872 | Bournemouth Arcade (1866-) completed | |
| 1873 | St Clements Church built at Boscombe, Bournemouth | |
| 1874 | The Winter Gardens laid out in Bournemouth | |
| 1874 | boscombe Chine Hotel built at Boscombe, Bournemouth | |
| 1874 | Belle View Road and the South Cliff Hotel built at Southbourne | |
| 1876 | Boscombe and Springbourne become part of Bournemouth | |
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| 1877 | Wimborne Road Cemetery laid out in Bournemouth | |
| 1880 | Iron pier built at Bournemouth replacing the wooden structure of 1861 | |
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| 1881 | National census; Bournemouth has population of 16,859 | |
| 1882 | Building of the Theatre Royal in Bournemouth | |
| 1883 | St Katherine\'s Church built at Southbourne | |
| 1884 | Boundaries of Bournemouth expanded - Westbourne becomes part of the town | |
| 1885 | Opening of the Bournemouth Direct Line (railway) to Dorchester | |
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| 1885 | Mont Dore Hotel built in Bournemouth as a health spa with guests given water from the Auvergne | |
| 1885 | East railway added from Bournemouth | |
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| 1886 | St Katherine\'s Church in Southbourne consecrated | |
| 1889 | Building of Boscombe Pier (Bournemouth) | |
| 1889 | Opening of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Bournemouth | |
| 1890 | Bournemouth\'s Improvement Commissioners replaced by a council with a Mayor and Aldermen | |
| 1891 | National census; population of Bournemouth is 37,000 Increase of 119% on 1881 population | |
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| 1891 | National census; fueled by the growth of Bournemouth the population of Pokesdown is 1,871 - a rise of 113% on 1881 | |
| 1892 | St Katherine\'s Childrens Home opened in Southbourne | |
| 1893 | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra established | |
| 1895 | Opening of the first public library in Bournemouth | |
| 1897 | Boscombe railway station opened | |
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| 1897 | Bournemouth East Cemetery laid out | |
| 1900 | First publication of the Bournemouth Echo | |
| 1901 | Bournemouth boundaries extended - Southbourne on Sea and Pokesdown become part of the town | |
| 1901 | Electric tram service introduced in Bournemouth | |
| 1903 | Bournemouth and Poole Electricity Company establishes power station in Christchurch, Dorset | |
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| 1904 | Introduction of the first motorbuses in Bournemouth | |
| 1921 | Monte Dore Hotel (1885) in Bournemouth coverted into a Town Hall | |
| 1929 | Bournemouth Pavilion built | |
| 1931 | Boundaries of Bournemouth extended - it swallows up Holdenhurst, Kinson and Wallisdown | |
| 1934 | Decision taken to construct airfield at Hurn Christchurch, Dorset Now Bournemouth International Airport | |
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| 1934 | rolley-buses start replacing trams in Bournemouth | |
| 1936 | Last trams replaced by trolleybuses in Bournemouth | |
| 1936 | Bournemouth suffers a typhoid epidemic | |
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| 1939 | Schoolchildren evacuees from Portsmouth and Southampton arrive in Bournemouth Bournemouth did not escape German bombing during WW II - 219 people were killed by bombs | |
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| 1963 | Opening of the Rothesay Museum in Bournemouth | |
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| 1972 | Hampshire border oved eastwards leaving Bournemouth and Christchurch in Dorset | |
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| 1984 | Building of the Bournemouth International Centre | |
| 1989 | Opening of the Royal Bournemouth Hospital | |
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| 1992 | Bournemouth Polytechnic becomes a University | |
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| 1997 | Bournemouth becomes a unitary authority | |
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| 1998 | Opening of the Streetwise safety centre in Bournemouth | |
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