BOURNEMOUTH is a rising and fashionable watering-place, and municipal borough, originally within the parishes of Christchurch and Holdenhurst, but constituted a distinct parish about the end of the year 1894, under the “Local Government Act, 1894,” it is included in the parliamentary borough of Christchurch, New Forest division of the county, petty sessional division of Ringwood, union and hundred of Christchurch, and in the rural deanery of Christchurch and archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester: it is 5 miles north-east from Poole, 5 west-south-west from Christchurch, 104 from London by road and 107 ½ by rail. The London and South Western Railway Co.'s direct line, opened 1888, from Brockenhurst through Christchurch, reduced the distance from London to 107 ½ miles, there being two stations respectively east and west of the town: these stations have been rebuilt and are spacious red brick structures in the Queen Anne style.

The town has increased rapidly, and contains many capacious and elegant mansions and villas, and is much frequented by invalids on account of its mild and genial atmosphere, its facilities for bathing, the pine woods and the beautiful scenery in its neighbourhood. Bournemouth is pre-eminently adapted for a watering-place for summer and winter; in the latter season it is sheltered from cold winds.

Sir James Clarke and Drs. Aitkin and Granville, in their respective publications on climates, constitutions and watering places, strongly recommend this favoured spot, for preserving the health that is good, and strengthening the constitution that is impaired.

The pine woods and groves for which this district is justly celebrated contain, it is computed, nearly three millions of trees, composed of the following species:-the Pinus Sylvestris (Scotch Fir), Pinus Maritama, or Pinaster (the clustered Pine), Pinus Austriaca, or Nigricans (Black Austrian Pine), Pinus Strobus (the Weymouth Pine, or White Pine of the Americans), and the Pinus Insignis, or Californica (Oregon Pitch Pine); the medicinal properties thrown off by these are invaluable to those possessing a weak constitution and suffering from pulmonary disorders.

The pier, opened 1880, is of iron, with pitch pine floor, designed by and erected under the superintendence of the late Eugenius Birch esq. C.E.: its length is 838 feet; for a distance of 650 feet it is 35 feet wide, but the remainder is 110 feet; it has a central band stand: at the entrance there are waiting rooms, and over the centre portion is a clock tower; the original cost was £23,000, but in 1894 the pier was lengthened by another 150 feet; F. E. Robinson esq. C.E. was the engineer; the exact length is now 1,000 feet, and the further cost was £13,000.

The harbour of Poole is entered from the Great Bay, west of the Isle of Wight, and is sub-divided into the Christchurch, Hengistbury, and Poole Bays, Bournemouth being situated at the centre of the latter bay. The splendid scenery of hill and dale, studded with well-built residences, forms a picturesque view: the terraces, slopes, and roads are irregularly laid out. On the borders and in the vicinity of Bournemouth are many handsome residences of the nobility and gentry: the country consists partly of wood and forest lands, and partly of common and down lands, covered with heath and gorse.

The town previously governed by a Board of Improvement Commissioners of 17 members, was incorporated in 1890 by royal charter dated 23 Feb. in that year: the Corporation consists of a mayor, six aldermen, and 18 councillors.

The Gas and Water Company’s works are about a mile west of the town: the water supply is obtained from the neighbourhood of Longham, Dorset, and is of the purest quality.

St. Peter’s ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1845 from the civil parishes of Christchurch and Holdenhurst. The church of St. Peter, originally a small village church, has been enlarged at various times, and is now an edifice in a Modern Gothic style, consisting of chancel, with aisles, transepts, south porch, and a western tower with pinnacles and spire, together rising to a height of 195 feet, and containing 8 bells: the elaborately-sculptured reredos is by Mr. Earp: there are memorial windows to the Rev. George Stopford Ram, ob. 18-vicar; to the wife of Benjamin Lancaster esq. and to the Rebbeck family: all the other windows are stained memorials: the church was enlarged in 1874—9, at a cost of £5,676, and affords 1,250 sittings, of which 400 are free. The churchyard has been laid out with great taste, and contains many fine memorials, including one to the first vicar, the Rev. Alexander Morden Bennett, ob. 1880. The register dates from the year 1845. The living is a vicarage, net income £150 yearly, with 2 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Sir G. A. E. Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick bart. and held since 1890 by the Rev, Cecil Edward Fisher M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, and prebendary of Lincoln.

The ecclesiastical parish of the Holy Trinity was formed in 1867 partly from Holdenhurst civil parish and partly from the parish of St. Peter’s. The church, erected in 1869 from designs by Charles Fergusson esq. of Carlisle, is a cruciform building of diapered red brick, in the Lombardo-Gothic style, and consists of apsidal chancel with small aisles (the northern one containing the organ chamber and vestry), clerestoried nave of five bays, aisles and a tower of brick, containing a clock and 5 bells, chiming the hours and quarters: the stained east window is a memorial to Robert Kerley esq. the donor of the site of the church: the pulpit, of alabaster and coloured marbles, was erected by the congregation to Captain Maxwell Falcon R.N. in 1872: there are sittings for 1,000 persons, 350 being free. The register dates from the year 1867. The living is a vicarage, gross income from endowment £150, with pew rents and residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1891 by the Rev. William Eliot M.A. of Wadham College, Oxford, hon. canon of Worcester, and rural dean of Christchurch.

The ecclesiastical parish of St. Clement was formed in 1872 from Holdenhurst civil parish. The church, in Knole road, erected in 1872, is a lofty building of stone, with Bath stone dressings, in the Gothic style of the 14th century, from designs by the late Mr. Sedding, and consists of chancel, nave of six bays, north aisle, side chapel, north porch and a tower, added in 1893: the entire cost of the building of the church, the parochial schools, and vicarage house, and of the endowment of the living was defrayed by Edmund Christy esq. late of the Knole, Bournemouth: a Teredos of stone and alabaster and a stained east window (in memory of the late Lieut. Christy) were added in 1883, by Joseph Christy esq. brother of the founder: there are sittings for 600 people. A Mission chapel of St. Mary, at Springbourne, in connection with St. Clement’s, was opened in 1895, at a cost of £1,500. The register dates from the year 1872. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £283, with residence, in the gift of Edmund Christy esq. and held since 1891 by the Rev. Charles Seymour Towle B.A. of St. John’s College, Cambridge.

The ecclesiastical parish of St. Michael was formed in 1874 from the parish of St. Peter. The church of St. Michael and All Angels is a building of stone, with Bath stone dressings, in the Early English style, and was erected in 1876, at a cost of £12,519, from designs by F. Norman Shaw: it consists at present only of chancel, nave and aisles and a south porch: a reredos of Caen stone and alabaster with red marble shafts was added in 1884, and a stained east window was erected in 1882, in memory of the late George Durrant esq. by his niece, Miss Durrant: in 1889 a marble pulpit was placed in the church at a cost of £300, as a memorial of the mission conducted here in 1887 by the Rev. H. Armstrong Hall: there are 860 sittings, of which 460 are free. The register dates from the year 1874. The living is a vicarage, endowed with £150 yearly and pew rents, in the alternate gift of Miss Durrant, of Norwich, and Mrs. J. B. Wanklyn, of Cheam, Surrey, and held since 1881 by the Rev. Fredk. Elijah Toyne.

St. Paul's was constituted a separate parish in 1890. The church, at the junction of St. Paul’s and Littledown roads, was erected during 1881—7, at a cost of £6,000: it is of Purbeck atone, with Bath stone dressings, in the Early English style, and consists of apsidal chancel, nave of two bays, north aisle, south porch and a low square tower rising from the east end of nave: there are sittings for 750 persons, about half that number being free. The register dates from the year 1890. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £2/0, and is in the gift of the Dean of Windsor and J. R. Thomson esq. M.D. and held since 1885 by the Rev. Clement Laroom Burrows M.A. of Hertford College, Oxford.

St. Stephen's ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1882 oat of the parish of St. Peter, a temporary church having been erected and opened for service in August, 1881: the present church of St. Stephen, erected during the period 1881—97, at a cost of £12,000, under the superintendence of the late Mr. J. L. Pearson, architect, of London, and consecrated June 10th, 1885, is designed as a memorial to the late Rev. Alexander Morden Bennett, founder and first vicar of St. Peter’s church, and consists of apsidal chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles of six bays, transepts and a tall lead-covered fleche rising above the crossing: the marble font, a memorial to Elizabeth Brackenbury, was provided, at a cost of about £200, by the ladies of the congregation: the marble pulpit was erected at a cost of £400, and there are several stained windows: H.R.H. Prince Oscar of Sweden was married at this church 17th March, 1888: there are about 700 sittings. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £150, in the gift of the Council of Keble College, Oxford, and held since 1882 by the Rev. Alexander Sykes Bennett M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford.

St. Augustin’s church, Wimborne road, a chapel of ease to St. Stephen's, was erected in 1891—2, at a cost of £6,500, given by the Rev. Henry Twells M.A.: it was designed by Mr. William Butterfield, architect, and is a building of stone, consisting of nave, north and south aisles, vestry and organ chamber: there are sittings for 500 persons. The Rev. Henry Twells M.A. of St. Peter’s College, Cambridge, and hon. canon of Peterborough, is the incumbent.

St. Swithun’s church, Gervis road east, is a chapel of ease to St. Peter’s, and was erected in 1876—91, at a cost of £10,092: it is of Purbeck stone with Bath stone facings, and consists of chancel and nave: the reredos of white marble was the work of Mr. Earp: the building has seats for about 600.

St. Ambrose, Westbourne, a chapel of ease to St. Peter’s, erected in 1879—80, at a cost of £4,372, is of stone and brick, and consists at present only of a chancel and part of the nave: it will seat 350 persons.

St. Andrew’s, Malmesbury park, a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity, erected in 1892, is of brick, and consists of chancel and temporary nave: the east window is stained, and there is a reredos of oak, both being memorials: the church affords 450 sittings.

The church of St. Ambrose, on the West Cliff, is for the district of Westbourne, in the parish of St. Peter.

The Catholic Oratory of the Sacred Heart, Richmond hill, is an edifice of stone, in the Gothic style, dedicated in 1875, the foundation stone having been laid July 23rd, 1872: it consists of chancel, nave, aisles and north porch, and a tower at the east end with spire and containing an Angelus bell: the High altar, St. Joseph's altar and Lady altar, each with its reredos, are of Caen stone, richly carved: the church is now (1898) being considerably enlarged from designs by Mr. Pilkington, architect, of London, at a cost of £7,000, and will seat about 400 persons.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church, Exeter road, erected in 1887, is a building of stone, consisting of nave, aides and a tower with spire 140 feet in height: the cost, including site, sessions house and class room for Sunday school, was about £12,000, and there are sittings for about 700.

The Meeting House of the Society of Friends, in Avenue road, erected in 1871, is of red brick, and will seat about go persons.

The Baptist chapel, Lansdowne road, erected in 1876, at a cost of about £4,000, from designs by C. C. Creeke esq. is a building of brick and stone, in the Gothic style, and will seat 650.

The East Cliff Congregational church, in the Holdenhurst road, erected in 1879, at a cost of £4,000, is of brick and stone, and has a tower 90 feet high containing a clock: the church was enlarged in 1889, and schoolroom, class rooms, a lecture hall and library, and a house for the minister built, at a cost of about £3,200: sittings are provided for §00 persons.

The Westbourne Congregational church, Poole road, erected in 1897—8, at a cost of £4,500, is of stone, and will seat 450 persons.

The Richmond Hill Congregational church, erected in 1891 at a cost of about £17,000, is a building of stone in the Late Gothic style, from designs by Messrs. Lawson and Donkin, architects, and has a tower with spire about 130 feet in height: there are 1,200 sittings: attached is a lecture hall and school and class room, a manse with grounds and a caretaker’s house: the freehold site was given by the late George Durrant esq.

The Punshon Memorial Wesleyan church, Richmond hill, erected in 1886, at a cost, including site, of £15,178, is a stone building, chiefly in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, a tower with spire and a ministers vestry; there are sittings for about 700 persons: annexed are schools with class-rooms. A new Wesleyan chapel is now (1898) in course of erection at Westbourne.

The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel off the Commercial road, and the Brethren hold services in the Belle Vue Assembly Rooms and in the Norwich Avenue Hall. The Unitarian chapel in the West Hill road, erected in 1890, has sittings for 400 persons.

The Cemetery, on the Wimborne road, has an area of 20 acres, and contains a mortuary chapel built in 1878, and consisting of nave, chancel, transepts and a tower with spire containing one bell: the transepts and chancel comprise the consecrated or Church of England portion, the nave being appropriated to the Nonconformists: the total cost was £20,000.

Bournemouth is divided into two sections by the brook from which the name is derived, and along the banks of which a beautifully laid out pleasure ground extends for fully a mile. From the centre of the town diverge roads leading westward to Poole, eastward to Christchurch and north to Wimborne. The spacious reading-rooms and library, on the beach, are well supplied with the London and provincial newspapers and periodicals; adjoining are the baths.

The Hotel Mont Dore stands on an eminence near the centre of the town. Adjoining is a large bath establishment containing Turkish and other baths, and a winter garden, comprising a covered lawn tennis court and concert hall.

The other principal hotels are:-The Royal Bath and East Cliff, which occupies a commanding position near the beach and overlooking the bays; it stands in its own grounds of 5 acres, and was considerably enlarged in 1887. The Imperial, a noble building among the pine woods and near the beach. The Hotel Metropole, erected in 1893, is a magnificent building at the corner of the Holden-hurst road. The Highcliffe, on the West Cliff (the highest point in Bournemouth), which has a frontage of 150 feet facing the south. The Belle Vue and Pier, on the beach opposite the pier and facing the sea due south, is the oldest established hotel in Bournemouth. Stewart’s family hotel beautifully and centrally situated on Richmond Hill. The Royal Exeter, visited in April, 1888, by Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Austria and Her Royal and Imperial Highness the Archduchess Valerie; the Pembroke, on the West Cliff, a commercial house, but also available for private families; and the Lansdowne, situated close to the pine woods and near the sea. The Granville, situated on Richmond Hill, is a temperance hotel, opened in 1894.

The Bournemouth Club, close to the pier, at the foot of the West Cliff, and erected in 1871, is a building in the Classic style, from designs by Messrs. Tuck and Burton. The Bournemouth and District Constitutional Club, in Yelverton road, was established in 1897, and has 250 members. The new club in Poole road, opened February 9th, 1898, contains all the usual advantages of a first-class club, and has 80 members.

The premises of the Shaftesbury Hall and Gymnasium Company, in St. Peter’s road, are of red brick and stone, from the designs of Messrs. Creeke and Gifford, architects, and form two distinct structures. The Shaftesbury Hall and Gymnasium comprises a large and lofty hall, about 70 feet long and 50 feet wide, with a raised platform at one end, three committee-rooms with offices. Under the hall is a gymnasium 48 feet by 57 feet, and 18 feet in height, with two dressing-rooms adjoining.

The Cairns Memorial House was purchased by a committee appointed for that purpose, and forms a memorial to the late Earl Cairns, sometime president of the Bournemouth branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association. The house serves both as premises for the use of the Bournemouth Y. M. C. A. and as a seaside home for rest and recreation for young men. On the basement floor is a spacious dining-room with kitchen and offices and attendants’ living and bed rooms. On the ground floor are reading-rooms, the young men’s parlour and secretary's room. The first floor is occupied by a lecture hall, 35 feet by 23, library and a second parlour. The upper floors are divided into sixteen dormitories and a bathroom. The Association has a boat club with its boat house on the beach.

The Digby Institute, in Beckford road, designed and built by Messrs. Lawson and Donkin, architects and builders, is the home of the Y. W. C. A.: it holds over 100 girls, and is under the care of Miss Wingfield Digby: attached is Havergal Hall, a large room capable of seating 160 persons, and let for public meetings, lectures &c.

The Post Office, in Beckford road, is a structure of brick with ornamented Bath stone frontage, from the designs of Mr. E. G. Rivers, architect.

The Science, Art and Technical School (in connection with the Science and Art Department, South Kensington Museum), was established here in 1889, and is carried on in Poole road.

The East Bournemouth Science and Art School is in Drummond road.

The Bournemouth Public Library, in Old Christchurch Road, was opened January 1, 1895, under the Free Libraries Act, and has branches at Boscombe, Westbourne and Malmesbury Park.

There are four banks, all in the Old Christchurch road, namely, the Wilts and Dorset Limited, the National Provincial Bank of England Limited, the Capital and Counties Bank Limited and the London and Midland Bank Limited.

The Theatre and the Bijou Hall are both in the Albert road.

Three newspapers are published here: “The Bournemouth Visitors’ Directory,” published wed. and sat.; the Bournemouth Observer,” published wed.; and “Bournemouth Guardian,” tues, and sat.

Bournemouth is the head quarters of the 4th Volunteer Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment, for which a new drill hall was erected by Miss Mitchell in 1897: the building comprises quarters for the drill instructor, armoury, rooms, canteen and billiard room. Here also are the head quarters of the 1st Dorsetshire Volunteer Artillery (Southern Division Royal Artillery), Nos. 1 and 2 companies, Tregonwell road.

On the West Cliff is the Coast Guard station, with a force of 1 officer and 9 men; from this spot the most magnificent sea views in or near Bournemouth are obtained: on the right, or south-west, are the Isle of Purbeck, Corfe Castle, Poole Harbour and Branksome Tower: on the left, or south-east, the Isle of Wight and the Needles, and Hengistbury, or Christchurch Head.

The Royal Victoria Hospital, founded in 1887. and opened January 16, 1890, by H.R.H, the Prince of Wales, as a memorial of the jubilee of Her Majesty’s reign, is built of Purbeck stone with Portland stone dressings, from designs by Messrs. Creeke and Gifford, architects, of Bournemouth, and have east and west wings: there are 38 beds, and in 1897 3,906 cases were treated: the site, valued at £1,200, was given by the late W. Clapcott Dean esq.

The National Sanatorium for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, erected in 1855, at a cost of about £15,000, from designs by Sir A. W. Blomfield A.R.A, is for the reception of convalescent consumptive patients of both sexes, and for those suffering from other diseases of the chest, who may benefit by a temporary residence in a dry and salubrious locality: the sanatorium is supported entirely by voluntary contributions with the exception of a small dividend arising from moneys given specially towards the maintenance of a few free beds, and contains 62 beds.

The Firs Home for Advanced Consumption is intended for (a) advanced cases of chest disease, which require removal from any of the institutions in Bournemouth intended solely for convalescents, preference being in all instances given to patients from the National Sanatorium. (b) Advanced cases of chest disease, if resident in private dwellings in Bournemouth. (Except under special circumstances, no case will be admitted under this class which has not been resident at least one month, (c) Approved cases not qualified under (b) on payment of an entrance fee of two guineas: it will hold 20 patients.

The Herbert Convalescent Home, in the Alumhurst Road, Westbourne, was founded as a memorial to the late Lord Herbert of Lea, and opened in 1867; the total cost of the buildings, with fittings, was about £5,500. The committee of the Salisbury Infirmary are entitled to the use of one half of the beds, the remainder are appropriated to patients who are recommended by subscribers and benefactors from all parts. The Home is supported by voluntary subscriptions and donations, and is managed by a committee, and under the charge of the matron, Miss Louisa Mellish.

The Hahnemann Convalescent Home, in West Hill road, was established in 1878 for convalescent cases of both sexes, treated on homoeopathic principles; 27 patients can be received.

Branksome Dene is the residence of Lord Wimborne.

Meyidck Park, which has been secured by the Corporation through the generosity of Sir George Meyrick bart. has an area of about 130 acres, with cricket and football grounds, golf links &c.; it stretches from St. Stephen’s church to the Wimborne road and Talbot woods, and is easily accessible from all parts of the borough. The golf links were opened in 1894 by Lady George Meyrick; over £2,500 has been spent on these links, which are 60 acres in extent, and the length of the course is 2 miles 550 yards.

Sir G. A. E. Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick bart. of Hinton Admiral, who is lord of the manor of the hundred of Westover, James Edward Cooper-Dean esq. of Holdenhurst, and Miss Durrant, of Norwich, are principal landowners.

The area of the municipal borough is 2,415 acres; rateable value, £370,218. The population in 1891 was:-Boscombe ward, 632; Branksome ward, 4,167; Central ward, 5,720; East Cliff ward, 5,425; Springbourne ward, 7,418; West Cliff ward, 8,727; total, 37,781. The estimated population in 1891 was 55,000. The population in of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1891 was:-St. Peter, 10,848; Holy Trinity, 3,991; St. Clement, 8,678; St. Michael and All Angels, 5,824; St. Paul, 1,425; St. Stephen, 1,236; St. John the Evangelist, Boscombe, 3,321.

The orphanage and industrial home of the Sisters of Bethany, founded in 1875, has for its object the care, teaching and training for service of children who are orphans, or who, from any other circumstances, have a special claim upon charity: they come from all parts, but the greater number from the poorest localities of the east end of London, and from other large towns; they are received from the age of two and remain till fit for service; the orphanage depends for support upon the private means of the community, the proceeds of the laundry, payments for some of the children, and lastly, upon subscriptions and donations: in connection with the orphanage are day and continuation schools, under government inspection; the Lord Bishop of Manchester is Visitor.

Boscombe Manor is the residence of Lady Shelley, and Wentworth Lodge of Viscount Portman.

The Church of St. Aldhelm, Bourne Valley (a chapel of ease to All Saints), erected in 1892—4, is a structure of ashlar work and Bath stone in the later Decorated style; the church affords about 600 sittings. The population in of All Saints in 1891 was 2,158.

St. Aldhelm’s Church of England School, 1880 & 1886; new school rooms were built in 1890, & again enlarged in 1894 for 275 boys, 170 girls & 210 infants; average attendance, 190 boys, 180 girls & 190 infants.

Volunteers

1st Dorsetshire Artillery, Southern Division, Royal Artillery (Nos. 1 & 2 companies), head quarters, Tregonwell road, Capt. F. G. Lefroy, com.; Starg.-Capt. Kinsey-Morgan, medical officer.

4th Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment; headquarters, Holdenhiunst road.

Places of Worship, with times of Services

St. Peter’s Church, Rev. Canon Cecil Edward Fisher M.A. vicar; Revs, Philip Marmaduke Johnstone M.A. Herbert Burges Hunt M.A & George Owen Apthorp B.A. curates; 8 & 11 a.m. & 3, 4 & 7 p.m.; daily, 8 & 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.

Holy Trinity, Old Christchurch road, Rev. Canon William Eliot M.A. vicar; Revs. Edward Francis W. Eliot M.A Charles Philpott Koelle M.A. & W. M. Handcock B.A. curates; 8 & 11 a.m.& 3 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. & fri. 12 a.m.; thurs, holy communion, 12 a.m. (for invalids.)

St. Augustin’s Church, Wimborne road, Rev. Canon Henry Twells M.A. (in charge); 11 a.m. & 7 p.m. & 10 a.m. daily.

St. Clement’s, Knole road, Rev. Charles Seymour Towle B.A. vicar; 10.30 & 11.30 a.m. & 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 7.30 & 8 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.

St. Michael’s, Poola road, Rev. Frederick Elijah Toyne, vicar; 8 a.m. holy comm, (also on the first sun. in the month at 6.30 a.m.); 11 a.m. morning prayer & sermon; 12.30 p.m. holy comm.; 3 p.m. short evening prayer & sermon; 4 p.m. children’s service & catechising, & 7 p.m.; mon, 8.30 a.m.; tues. 8 a.m. (holy comm.) & 8.30 a.m.; wed, 8.30 a.m. & 12 noon (litany); evensong & sermon, 8 p.m.; thurs. 8.30 a.m. & 12 noon (holy communion); fri. 6.30 a.m. & 12 noon (litany); sat. 8.30 a.m.; holy days, 8 & 11 a.m. & 12 noon.

St. Paul’s, St. Paul’s road, Rev. Clement Larcom Burrows M.A. vicar; Rev. Robert Bennet Wynne Davies B.A. curate; 8 & 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.

St. Stephen’s, St. Stephen’s road (memorial to the Rev. A. M. Bennett), Rev. Alexander Sykes Bennett M.A. vicar; 8 & 12.15 holy eucharist (choral); 11 a.m. matins with sermon; 3.30 p.m. litany; 3.45 p.m. children’s service; 7 p.m. evensong, with sermon; last sun. in the month, holy eucharist, at 6 & 8 a.m. & 12.15 p.m.; holy days, 8 & 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.; week days, 8 & 8.30 a.m. & 5 p.m. (except wed.); wed. 8 p.m.; wed. & fri. 12.15 litany; thurs. 12 noon, holy eucharist.

St. Swithun’s (chapel of ease to St. Peter), Gervis road east, Rev. Duncan Woodruffe M.A. curate in charge; 8 & 11 a.m. & 3.30 & 7 p.m.; daily, 8 a.m.

St. Ambrose (chapel of ease to St. Peter), Alumhurst road, Westbourne, Rev. John Irwin Patterson M.A. curate in charge; 8 & 11 a.m. & 3 & 7 p.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; wed. & fri. 11 a.m. holy comm.; daily, 6 p.m.

St. Andrew’s (chapel of ease to Holy Trinity), Burnett road, Malmesbury park, Rev. Edward Francis W. Eliot M.A. curate in charge; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Andrew’s (Iron), Florence road, Boscombe, Rev. W. Moore White LL.D, vicar; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. John’s Church, Christchurch road, Boscombe; Rev. Sydney A. Selwyn M.A. vicar; 8 a.m. (holy com.), 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.

All Saints, Branksome park, Rev. C. G. Doyne, M.A. vicar.

Catholic Oratory of the Sacred Heart (Jesuits), Richmond hill, Revs. Bartholomew Cooney, Francis de Zulueta, John Redman & David Bearne, priests; sun. & holidays of obligation, mass, 8 & 9.30 (children’s mass) & 11 a.m.; afternoon service, sun. 3.30 & 7 p.m. holidays of obligation, 3.30 p.m.; fri. benediction, 3.30 p.m.; daily mass, 7.45 & 8.30 p.m.

Catholic Chapel of Mary Immaculate, Middle Road, Westbourne, served from Richmond hill; mass, sunday, 8.30 p.m.; benediction, 3.30 p.m.; daily mass, 8.30 a.m.; thurs. benediction, 3.30 p.m.

Corpus Christi, Catholic, Boscombe, Rev. Charles De Lapasture S.J., Rev. Joseph Foxwell S.J. & Rev. Chas. Redman S.J. priests; mass, 8.30 & 10.30 a.m.; afternoon service (children), 3.30; evening service, 7; p.m.; benediction, wed. 4.10 p.m.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, Exeter road, Rev. John W. Rodger; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.

Presbyterian Mission Hall (McGill Memorial), Windham road, Springbourne; James S. White, missioner; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.

Society of Friends, Avenue road; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 11 a.m.

Baptist, Lansdowne road, Rev. Alexander Corbet; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; tues. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist, Gladstone road, Boscombe, Rev. William B. Robinson B.A.; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist (West Cliff Tabernacle), Poole road, Westbourne; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, East Cliff, Holdenhurst road, Rev. Thomas Evans; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, Richmond hill, Rev. John Daniel Jones M.A., B.D.; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, Christchurch road, Boscombe, Rev. Francis Sloper; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs, 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, Poole road, Westbourne (vacant); 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Commercial road, Revs. Joseph Dinnick, J. Herridge& G. Doe; 11a.m. & 6.45 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Springbourne, Rev. Joseph Dinnick; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Wimbourne road, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m.

Unitarian, West Hill road. Rev. Charles Cement Coe F.R.G.S.; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; thurs. 8 p.m.

Wesleyan (Punshon memorial) Richmond hill; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan, Poole road, Westbourne; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; tues. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan, Ashley road, Boscombe; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan, Victoria pl. Springbourne; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.

St. John’s Mission Hall, Shelley road, Boscombe; 3 & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 8 p.m.

St. Michael’s Mission Hall, West Hill cottages; times of services various.

Nathaniel Church, Seamoor road, Westbourne, Rev. R. Brook Lander; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Belle Vue Assembly Rooms, near the pier; sun. 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; thurs. 8 p.m.

Norwich Avenue Hall; sun. 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; tues. & fri. 7.45 p.m.

Salvation Army Barracks, Shelley road, Boscombe, James Gilliard, adjutant; sun. 7 & 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 p.m.

Schools

St. Peter’s Choir Home (where 8 boys receive education, board & lodging in return for their vocal services), 8 Crowther terrace, Upper Terrace road.

Science, Art & Technical School (in connection, with the Science & Art Department, South Kensington), Poole road; Hubert Schroder A.R.E. art master.

Holy Trinity, St. Paul’s road, built, with master’s residence, in 1850, & enlarged in 1874, for 500 children; average attendance, 476.

Branch Infants’ School of St. Peter’s, Orchard street; average attendance, 35.

St. Peter’s (boys, girls & infants), built in 1870, with residence for master, for 500 children; average attendance, 400.

St. Ambrose (mixed), Middle Road, Westbourne, enlarged in 1883, & rebuilt in 1891, for 250 children; average attendance, 93.

St. Clement’s (mixed). Church road, with residence for teachers, for 570 children; average attendance, 490.

St. Michael’s, West Hill road, built in 1878 & enlarged in 1889, for 500 children; average attendance, 128 boys, 121 girls & 95 infants.

National School (St. John’s) (boys, girls & infants), Gladstone road, Boscombe, opened January, 1893, at a cost of £2,000, & enlarged in 1896, for 420 children; average attendance, 310.

British, Lansdowne road (boys, girls & infants), erected in 1875, for 400 children; average attendance, 300; a new gymnasium & drill room were erected in 1896 at a cost of £600.

British, Gladstone road, Boscombe (mixed), for 314; average attendance, 312; William Jones, master; infants, for 235; average attendance, 235.

Cleveland (infants), Cleveland road, Springbourne, built in 1877, & enlarged in 1898, for 240 children; average attendance, 202.

National School, Freemantle, Boscombe (mixed), for 120 children; average attendance, 60.

St. Walburga’s Catholic, Yelverton road; average attendance, 100; the nuns of the Cross, mistresses.

Hotels

Royal Bath & East Cliff, East cliff.

Hotel Mont Dore, Sanatorium road, C. F. W, Kneese, mgr.

Highcliffe, West cliff, John Kilner.

Imperial, East cliff, W. H. Dore, proprietor.

Royal Exeter, Exeter Park road, Henry Newlyn.

Pembroke Family & Commercial, John Allen & Co. Commercial road.

Boscombe Chine, Miss Barnett, manageress.

Belle Vue & Pier, W. H. Dore, proprietor.

Waverley Family & Commercial Temperance, Holdenhuras road, Charles A. D. George, proprietor.

The Grand, Fir vale, Old Christchurch road, W. H. Dore & H. J. Preston, proprietors.

Hotel Metropole, East cliff.

Lansdowne, East cliff, William Humphry, proprietor.

Salisbury, Boscombe, Salisbury Hotel Boscombe Limited, proprietors.

Hotel Burlington, Boscombe, A. C. Groscutt, manager.

Stewart’s Family, Richmond hill, Miss E. Baker, manager.

Central Hotel Co. Limited, Richmond hill.

Mansion Hotel, The Square, S. Wall Richards, proprietor.

Granville The (Temperance), Yelverton rd.