Founded in 1810 by Lewis Tregonwell
Historically part of Hampshire, it joined Dorset with the reorganisation of local government in 1974.
Map before Bournemouth existed.
A link to British Library OS Sketch of Poole
A link to British Library OS Sketch of Poole
Description: This drawing covers the coastline of Swanage and Studland. Reflecting the military impetus of the Ordnance Survey, a battery and signal point are marked on opposite sides of Swanage Bay. The islands and sands around Poole are recorded in detail and the various channels marked and named. There is a network of red-ink lines around Swanage. These are probably stone walls delineating field boundaries, but could also be corrections added at a later date. On the right-hand edge of the manuscript, a note records the scale of the drawing, the date of execution and the names of the surveyors. The note is pasted on and may have been trimmed from the margins of the drawing and repositioned. A red pecked line, starting at Allam Chine on North Shore, marks the county boundary between Dorset and Hampshire.
Creator: Budgen, Charles
Map nearly a century after Bournemouth was founded.
A link to OS one inch Map 1885-1900 Series - Outline
Abt 1842 - 1918 (76 years)
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