Bournemouth History
Until the early 19th century the area where Bournemouth now stands was just heathland where cattle grazed. Then in 1810 a man named Tregonwell visited the beach with his wife. She loved the area and persuaded him to build a house there. He purchased 8 1/2 acres and built...
Hengistbury Head
Over a million visitors per year climb up Hengistbury Head to the grassy plateau of Warren Hill. Only a few know of her structure or of her long and rich history. Fewer still know why, or how, she has been so badly damaged in recent centuries by man. Hengistbury Head is a truly important place...
Bournemouth History
Until the early 19th century the area where Bournemouth now stands was just heathland where cattle grazed. Then in 1810 a man named Tregonwell visited the beach with his wife. She loved the area and persuaded him to build a house there. He purchased 8 1/2 acres and built...
a house with cottages for his butler and gardener.
Read the rest of this account on Tim Lambert's local history site.
Read the history of Poole.
Read the history of Christchurch.
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