The British Newspaper Archive has digitised copies of The Bournemouth Daily Echo newspaper from 1900 to 1910. It was established in 1900 with its first issue published on 20th August 1900.
A discussion about the names of roads, including those on the Rosebery Park Estate, from an article entitled ‘Go-Ahead Bournemouth: Beautiful Beyond Any Seaside Place’ –
Rosebery Park Baptist Church, 812-814 Christchurch Road, between Boscombe and Pokesdown, Bournemouth, BH7 6DF. Also online.
The British Newspaper Archive has digitised copies of The Christchurch Times newspaper from January 1858 to November 1912. You can read more about the history of The Christchurch Times here.
A newspaper clip about the farewell service at the Freemantle Baptist Mission Chapel for Rev. F.G. Wells, 1891:
Rosebery Park Baptist Church, 812-814 Christchurch Road, between Boscombe and Pokesdown, Bournemouth, BH7 6DF. Also online.
The British Newspaper Archive has digitised copies of The Bournemouth Guardian newspaper from September 1883 to December 1921.
The Southern Baptist Association meet at Rosebery Park Baptist Church, April 1921, and have a discussion that wouldn’t sound out of place one hundred years later!
Rosebery Park Baptist Church, 812-814 Christchurch Road, between Boscombe and Pokesdown, Bournemouth, BH7 6DF. Also online.
The British Newspaper Archive has digitised copies of The Bournemouth Guardian newspaper from September 1883 to December 1921.
New refreshment kiosk on “Pokesdown Beach”, 1907, which helps dates photos of this era – if the kiosk is in the photo, it’s 1907 onwards! This is in the Bournemouth Guardian:
Rosebery Park Baptist Church, 812-814 Christchurch Road, between Boscombe and Pokesdown, Bournemouth, BH7 6DF. Also online.
The British Newspaper Archive has digitised copies of The Bournemouth Guardian newspaper from September 1883 to December 1921.
What I like about this next snippet from an 1899 council meeting, is that it mentions Dr Dickie, whose house ‘Windermere’ is shown on the 1898 map of Pokesdown on history page 2, and Mr Bolton, who is like the founding father of urban Pokesdown, discussing advertising hoardings on the main road, as can be seen in the otherwise picturesque photo of Pokesdown Hill on history page 1:
Rosebery Park Baptist Church, 812-814 Christchurch Road, between Boscombe and Pokesdown, Bournemouth, BH7 6DF. Also online.
The British Newspaper Archive has digitised copies of The Bournemouth Guardian newspaper from September 1883 to December 1921.
An article about the opening of the new Freemantle Baptist Mission Chapel, 1889:
Rosebery Park Baptist Church, 812-814 Christchurch Road, between Boscombe and Pokesdown, Bournemouth, BH7 6DF. Also online.
The British Newspaper Archive has digitised copies of The Bournemouth Guardian newspaper from September 1883 to December 1921.
Written in 1919, but talking about Pokesdown in 1855, and William Bolton, “the pioneer… of civilisation in the old village”:
Rosebery Park Baptist Church, 812-814 Christchurch Road, between Boscombe and Pokesdown, Bournemouth, BH7 6DF. Also online.
The British Newspaper Archive has digitised copies of The Bournemouth Guardian newspaper from September 1883 to December 1921.
A description of a walk through the local area, from 1885:
Rosebery Park Baptist Church, 812-814 Christchurch Road, between Boscombe and Pokesdown, Bournemouth, BH7 6DF. Also online.
A PDF of the newspaper articles is available here. They are images, and not plain text, but they can be enlarged for easier viewing this way.
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Rosebery Park Baptist Church, 812-814 Christchurch Road, between Boscombe and Pokesdown, Bournemouth, BH7 6DF. Also online.
The British Newspaper Archive has digitised copies of The Bournemouth Guardian newspaper from September 1883 to December 1921.
1883, population of Freemantle mentioned in this letter:
Rosebery Park Baptist Church, 812-814 Christchurch Road, between Boscombe and Pokesdown, Bournemouth, BH7 6DF. Also online.
