Social Structures

Parliamentary Boundaries

Extract from The Poole Pilot October 1867
Newspaper

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Parliamentary Representatives to be Reduced

Extract from the Poole Pilot June 1867
Newspaper

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Particulars of Costs of Building Lagland St. Chapel in 1760

This document contains the costs of building the new Lagland Street Chapel, and lists of donors/donations and of pew subscriptions in the new Chapel. It contains some interesting footnotes that cover: the weights and measures of the period; the form of leasehold; and the meaning of some archaic terms associated with its construction, and certain aspects of social history embedded within the accounts. SSCC
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Passenger ferry

Museum Ref No: Bristowe2-191
Passenger ferry with passengers embarking ready for departure; Girl Quides. From the Ernest Bristowe collection.
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Pearce, Robert Pearce

Museum Ref No: H6_0001
Portrait of Robert Pearce, macebearer, 1930
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Photos of Lagland Street School

The originals of these photographs are on display in the Skinner Street United Reformed Church, Poole. A short introduction to the photos outlines the historical significance of the site, and further reading for those interested in the early history of England's educational system, which arose from Sunday Schools. (This site was the location of one of the oldest known Sunday Schools in England.)
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Pilley, William Pilley

Museum Ref No: PPS120734p1
William Pilley from Poole & Parkstaone Standard
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Plantaganet, Alice Plantagenet

Museum Ref No: PLA 942.337
History of the Town and County of Poole by John Sydenham, Poole, Sydenham, 1839 Pages 28-31
Book

Policemen parading with bicycles.

Museum Ref No: AH_SportsField
A large collection of policemen on bicycles in Poole Park. From the Andrew Hawkes collection.
Photograph

Poole Adult School

Museum Ref No: H1b_0003
Amity Hall interior, inaugural meeting of Poole Adult School; 1906. Unidentified
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