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The presentment (a complaint or request) was submitted by the Grand Jury of Dorset to the Judge of Assizes in 1681, complaining about the rector of St. James' Church, Poole, Rev. Samuel Hardy. Hardy had been a controversial choice because of his dissenting views and theology - St James Church being Church of England. Hardy was ejected on 3 August 1682, following a further complaint.
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History Centre Volunteers have transcribed the Poole records from the Uk Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811.
"This collection contains registers of the money received for the payment on taxes for an apprentice’s indenture between 1710-1811. The registers kept track of the money paid by masters of a trade to have an apprentice. The dates in the records are for when the tax was paid and may be some years after the apprenticeship, not when it started or finished."
The list in in chronological order but can be searched for individual surnames.
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Museum Ref No: PEP 0488Memorial to Private John K. Ronaldson of the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, who died on 11th July 1918 in Cornelia Hospital of wounds received in France, age 24 years. Poole Cemetery. Photograph P. E. Parker
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This documents contains an introduction about the Rules of the St. James' Church Sunday School, with a list of books for wider reading about the Poole Sunday Schools, which were some of the earliest established in the country. It will be of particular interest to people interested in social history of this era, and those interested in the earliest developments of the British school system, which grew from these early beginnings.
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Museum Ref No: Canmem6RussellRussell Memorial photographed in Canford Church, June 2015
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Thomas Macnamara Russell Esquire
Admiral of the White. late Commander in Chief in the North Seas.
He actively served his Country Seventy Years with ardour, bravery and ability and combated her enemies in Thirty six engagements. His most undaunted spirit of enterprize during the first revolutionary wars of America and France was unrivalled.
In1784 he was offered The Honour of Knighthood and at the close of his brilliant career he receieved the warmest acknowledgements from the Admiralty for his superior conduct as a Naval Chief
His successful blockade of the Texel during the threatened invasion of our shores was conducted on a new and admirable system of his own.
He was the first who had ever dared to anchor a Fleet there in the strongest gales of a Northern Winter and on an enemy’s lee shore.
Heligoland surrendered to him by which he secured invaluable advantages to his Country.
The Magnanimous intrepid and generous heart of a British Seaman was united in him with the urbanity of a Courtier.
He departed This Life on the 22nd Day of July 1824 in his 85th Year.
Elizabeth his Wife Died on the 2nd of March 1818 in her 66th Year
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The images are of a 7-page leaflet, commemorating the first centenary of the Skinner Street Congregationalist Church.
Martin Kemp-Welch's name appears at the end of the leaflet, indicating that he may have been the author. PRC. SSCC
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The images are of a 4-page leaflet containing a concise history of the Skinner Street United Reformed Church, Poole (formerly, the Skinner Street Congregational Church).
It was originally written in 1987 by Rev. W. A. Kerr and later revised and augmented by Mr. R. E. Harding, in 1996.
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A transcription of Skinner Street Congregational Church Baptisms 1838-1902.
Created by a joint project of Skinner Street United Reformed Church and Poole Museum, using equipment kindly provided by the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society. PRS. SSCC
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A transcription of Skinner Street Congregational Church Burials Book.
Created by a joint project of Skinner Street United Reformed Church and Poole Museum using equipment kindly provided by the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society. PRS. SSCC
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A transcription of Skinner Street Congregational Church burials 1802-1837.
Created by a joint project of Skinner Street United Reformed Church and Poole Museum using equipment kindly provided by the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society. PRS SSCC
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