Bournemouth At A Glance

By John Brown

Bournemouth Today - has an easy and relaxed feel to it, the mixture of    ne buildings, colourful parks and its  glorious  beaches, ensure Bournemouth is still  one of  the south coast's  premier  destinations.  There  is  certainly  no shortage of things to see and do, in and around Bournemouth.

As you descend into Bournemouth from any of its many approaches (it sits in a valley or chine), you immediately feel that Bournemouth has that extra dimension. Mile upon mile of soft creamy sand stretches out towards Sandbanks and Poole Harbour in one direction, while in the other, it  boasts impressive hotels and guest houses perched high above a steep cliff face.

There are endless seafront walks and glorious pine-scented woodlands and chines, that tumble gracefully down to the sea. Clean and scrubbed, Bournemouth is still a place to come and enjoy the best a British seaside resort has to offer.

A Bookopeia Compact Travel Guide

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bookopedia
• Release date: Mar 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393772293

John Brown

John Brown (1800-1859) was a staunch abolitionist who came to believe that violence and coercion was the only way to stop the scourge of slavery in the United States. Fiercely religious and believing himself to be the instrument of God sent to earth to personally abolish slavery, Brown led a life of activism and violent resistance, finally deciding that the best way to set off a slave liberation movement would be to capture the Federal armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, arm the slaves and then lead a violent rebellion that would sweep through the southern states. During the raid, in October of 1859, five men were killed and many more injured, but Brown and his forces did indeed take over the armory. Very few slaves joined his revolt, however, and the armory was soon retaken by the local militia and US Marines, the latter led by Robert E. Lee himself. Brown was tried immediately, found guilty and hanged in December of 1859, the first person to be executed for treason in the United States. John Brown delivered the following speech at the conclusion of his trial on November 2, 1859. He would be executed a month later and become a hero and martyr to the abolitionist cause.

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Contents

A Short History Getting There Accommodation Eating Out

Where To Visit Shopping Things to Do

Outside Bournemouth

Useful Numbers & Contacts (With click-on web-links

A Brief History

Early Bournemouth - During the Tudor period the area we now know as Bournemouth was used as a hunting  estate, 'Stour  eld  Chase', but by the late   18th   century  only   a  few  small   parts  of  it   were  maintained.  These including several  elds around the Bourne Stream and a cottage known as Decoy Pond House.  Up until  around 1802,  most of  this  was common land. Then  with  the passing  of  the Christchurch  Inclosures  Act  of  1802  and the Inclosure Commissioners' Award of 1805, hundreds of acres were transferred into private ownership for the   rst time - thus freeing up great tracts of land for other use.

Georgian /Victorian Bournemouth - It’s widely accepted that Bournemouth owes its  early  popularity  to one lady,  and that lady  was the late  Queen Mother's ancestor, Mary Eleanor Bowes. She was extremely wealthy, and moved to Pokesdown in  the 1790s  to escape the clutches  of  her second husband.

Very much a leading light of Georgian society,