August 2024 – Update
This month has been focused on the Ephemera that has survived from the local bus service that was based at
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St Mary Bourne One-Place Study
The history of a Hampshire parish
1941-1969 Pioneer House – Pioneer Motor Services
Next to the church in St. Mary Bourne stands Pioneer House which today is a private home. This article looks
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1919-1941 Pioneer House – St. Mary Bourne Motor Services (Tibble and son)
Pioneer House has a long history in the village of St. Mary Bourne, this article is looking at just one
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July 2024 Update
July started with the introduction of some of the Poll Books available and the chance to view who firstly was
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Bourne Revel Monday – fun with consequences!
Warning: This post does contain historic content that may be graphic and uses historical terms that today we would find
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1734 Poll Book
Results of the 1734 Election for St. Mary Bourne
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1710 Poll Book
Results of the 1710 Election for St. Mary Bourne
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June 2024 Update
Well just a couple of posts this month for the blog but interesting ones. Behind the scenes its mostly been
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Marriage’s 1780-1839
There were 352 weddings in St Peter’s Church between 1780 and 1839 and looking at these statistics shown in the graphs has raised some questions to be answered.
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Forced Marriages
Interesting extracts on forced marriages
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