Local links are websites containing information for Bournemouth and the surrounding area.
For all other useful websites, please go to The Cyberlibrary, where you can Browse by (broad) subject or try the A-Z Index of more specific subjects.
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The development of Bournemouth from 1800 - 1907. Include maps, photographs and information on Bournemouth's early schools and famous people.
Dorset Coast Digital Archive (DCDA)
Text, images, information and educational material about the Dorset coast, its history, settlements, society and physical form. There is also a Map Viewer which enables you to look at the changes that have taken place over the Dorset coast in the last two hundred years.
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum
Find out about the history of the Sir Merton and Lady Russell-Cotes, their house (built 1987 - 1907) and art, Japanese and sculpture collections. Additional images in the Schools Online resource.
Environment - Conservation and Design (Bournemouth Borough Council)
Lots of information on Bournemouth's listed buildings, conservation areas, blue plaques, historic parks and gardens, archaeology and scheduled ancient monuments.
Statistics (Bournemouth Borough Council)
The Research and Information web pages have Bournemouth statistics and key facts including population and Census.
See also A Vision of Britain through Time - Bournemouth which has information and maps of Bournemouth from 1801 - 2001.
Dorset History Centre
Dorset's archives from 965 and local studies materials are collected in this DHC in Dorchester (formerly known as the Dorset Record Office). Online 'document of the month'.
Hampshire Records Office
Hampshire's archives, including film and sound recordings, based in Winchester. Some online documents and photos. Also search the online catalogue for Hampshire Photographic Project photos.
Poole Local History Centre
Visit this LHC to research using their resources on Poole's Heritage.
Historical Directories
Digital library of local (street) and trade directories in England and Wales 1750 - 1919. High quality reproductions of original pages. A project set up by the University of Leicester.
Images of England
A project to photographically record all England's listed buildings at a 'point in time' (the turn of the millennium). Run by the National Monuments Record - the public Archive of English Heritage.
WORLD WAR II
WW2 Resources at Bournemouth Libraries' Heritage Zone
Search this online catalogue by keyword, title or author to see resources held, their library 'location' at the Heritage Zone, and a brief description of each in relation to Bournemouth during WW2.
WW2 Peoples War
A BBC project to capture people's stories of World War II in a lasting archive. Stories are military and civilian, front-line and home front. Search for articles, including many from Bournemouth residents.
A Bournemouth WW2 Eye Witness Account
From Ann Parker, who lived in Moordown at the time.
